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I've had this idea of making this artwork of the trio — Sir Shrek, Donkey, and Princess Fiona — in the Shrek 5 style while interpreting what they'd look before the events of Shrek 5 itself (i.e. Shrek without crow's feet and one of his rolled-up sleeves not asymmetrical), Fiona with her bangs not grown out, and Donkey's mane looking less like he's balding).

I started Donkey first; it was a mere five hours of tracing for a small guy like him. Afterwards, Shrek himself was next; it was approximately seven hours tracing him, apart from a few breaks and going to work this afternoon. I skipped adding the details on his vest and pants for later. Meanwhile, Iost track of the total of hours it took tracing Fiona; during the process, I had trouble tracing her right hand on her hip to where I had to trace it separately and add it in. Donkey and Fiona's poses were from these "heritage" renders posted by a Shrek archive account called The Shrek Storybook, while Shrek's pose was made with the use of the following: his body was from a screenshot from the 2025 cast announcement, the legs were from illustrations from a book called Shrek Evergreen courtesy of another Shrek archive account called Shrek History, and his head and arms were from screenshots from the official teaser.

Once the tracing was done, next came the coloring. For Fiona's dress, styled after the one from Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After (as well as Scared Shrekless), I based the colors off her appearance in the current DreamWorks Animation logo since 2022 with the gold accents on her sleeves and belt. I intentionally skipped adding the symbols on her dress, namely the chest part and bottom half, to mimic how Puss in Boots' cape to his design in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish lacked the symbol on the back of his cape.

Soon after the coloring was done, I started to do the details on Shrek's vest by layering the warping screenshots of his vest from the Shrek 5 teaser and an official screenshot with Image Warp followed by layering it on the artwork with PhotoLayers and tracing the details. I considered adding the details onto his pants, but there was little to work with as his legs were as present in the teaser and I couldn't make out much of the details from the official render of him, so I skipped the pants.

I've been wanting to post a PNG of this pose of Shirley when he was in the process of being made by Jimmy and Timmy in the third Jimmy Timmy Power Hour special "The Jerkinators!" With the special now 20 years old (July 21, 2006-July 21, 2026), now was the time, courtesy of Neutron2001 reminding me of the day.

I realized in the official teaser to Shrek 5 that Felicia was on a motorcycle-styled broomstick, which has been done before with this Shrek clone Happily N'Ever After!

The image was courtesy of Shrek History, who deleted this from his account back in either 2024 or 2025; I asked if I could post this, which he was cool with.

A whole new meaning to the lyric "Get your game on!"

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The sequel to the 2011 spin-off ditched the Shrek franchise's semi-realistic style for a more stylized look with more expressive animation.

With that said, Puss' design had a ton of different changes, especially to his attire.

His hat is a standout: the side of his hat is now exaggeratingly longer, while the feather is bigger than before. The hat also lacks the red outlining around it. The head part of the hat is rounded on the top instead of flat like the previous movies.

His cape is now a clip-on instead of one-piece; the silver piece on his cape is now a cat head instead of a sun-like shape. Like the belt, it also lacks the red outline.

His belt was changed from a thin brown with a generic buckle to a thick, black one with a newly-shaped buckle and an extra strap. His belt in the previous movies was set in the middle of his torso before it was placed down to his hips.

His rapier sword looked about the same; only differences made were the outside lacking the marking, the pomal now shaped like a cat head, and the bottom half with "bumps" that go all the way around.

His boots are more flat on the top and aren't curved on each side as before. Unlike the hat and cape, the boots retain their red outlines, but are slightly faded.

For Puss' physical appearance, his fur is a more darker orange with a lighter tan that's more noticeable on his abdomen.

His eyes are bigger as are his pupils. Unlike the previous movies, his eyes are fully green and have no white in 'em.

He no longer has a "goatee" below his chin.

I was pretty skeptical at how the look of Last Wish looked when I saw the first trailer due to how inconsistent the animation style was compared to the the previous Shrek films and the preceded 2011 spin-off, but I started to warm up to it; The Last Wish's animation style was met with high praise that it gave the Shrek franchise new life.

So, remember, next time you look at the Shrek 5 designs, always remember Puss' Last Wish design.

Starting with Shrek himself, I decided to gather screenshots from the teaser and pit 'em with screenshots of him that matched his expressions and positions.

Comparing his design from the Shrek 5 teaser to the design from the Shrek 5 cast announcement, you can see stark contrast.

Next was Donkey, with the same approach in showing off the facial features and body positions.

Comparing his updated design from the teaser and his design from the cast announcement, it's about night and day, especially in the eyes.

"A true crown jewel."

— The Toad

After finding myself revisiting an old post comparing the Shrek 5 designs to the past four Shreks, I decided to gather some more screenshots of Shrek and Donkey from the cast announcement.

Hopefully, these screenshots are more appealing.