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Published: 2016-01-09 21:59:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 44683; Favourites: 2178; Downloads: 0
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Be as strong as the seas are stormy
And proud as an eagle's scream
In September, I went to Disneyland for a vacation. There's a glut of marketing materials of Disney princesses in very delicate poses. You know, one leg is slightly bent inwards, the head is tilted, shiny skirts everywhere. They're all removed from the context of their stories which gave them their personalities. To me they are reduced to bodies parading pretty dresses.
Doing a Disney princess series was always on my mind, but I didn't want bodies to be at the forefront of the illustration. I didn't want to do pinup or reimagined clothing choices in X century. Those are fun and great to look at, but it wasn't something that I felt passionate about.
I guess this series is my small attempt to capture the strength of these women in the films. I loved this particular lyric from Brave and always envisioned Merida unfettered by the storm, ready to face the perils that come her way. This is the first of my Disney Women series, and I hope you enjoy it!
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That is such an atmospheric and detailed artwork that captures her in such a strong way *_*
I want to ask in a humble way, if I could
1. set the colors on black and white / or maybe there is a line art which I am allowed to use
2. print it and
3 (re)color it (with credit to the artist) to learn more and led me lead by the atmosphere of your artwork and the characters/scenery. This means: No commercial use, just uploading it to my 'gallery' with credit to you and linking to the original artwork
You can find examples in my 'gallery'
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She looks so fierce, she could take on anything standing in her way!
Amazing job!
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So awesome! You took my breathe away! I absolutely LOVE this. And since Merida is my only favorite Disney princess, I want to say that this art screams out her personality. 💘💘
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This is awesome! Perfect Merida art She looks so dark and strong
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So you're the one who made this? I've seen it on the internet on a few different sites and i just love it.
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This is so wonderfully epic! I love the shadows and the sense of movement especially.
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This is awesome! The pose, the coloring and the message you're trying to convey is beautiful. Great job ❤
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This is amazing get job. What program and tablet did u use?
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Hi, thank you for the compliment! I use an old Intuos 3 tablet and Photoshop
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This is magnificent! Absolutely stunning! Merida is my fave
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Your amazing work has been featured here: My Daily Deviation Highlights VI
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Hi! Our group,
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featured your beautiful work in our Monthly feature - January 2016 journal!
Congratulations!
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I love the colors and the expression on her face.
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Wow, such an amazing work, well done...
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Congratulations on your well-deserved Daily Deviation! I consider it one of the best in the past week and included it in my Daily Deviation Highlights project journal:
My Daily Deviation Highlights - 11-17 January 2015Welcome to a Community Volunteer project in which we will be highlighting our favourite Daily Deviations featured within the recent weeks! We would like to encourage the community to join in on this project by simply going through the Daily Deviations page and collecting some of their favourite pieces of art within a journal titled "My Daily Deviation Highlights"! We hope this project will help spread awareness and love for Daily Deviations and our fellow deviant artists!
Use the hashtag #DDHighlights so we can find your journals!
(you can apply tags to your journal from the submission page)
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Have a wonderful day!
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What a powerful fearless princess you have painted! Congrats on the DD!
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God I love Merida and you've done an amazing job!
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I like that you are calling this series your "Disney Women Series", instead of "Disney Princess Series" because when I hear princess I think of the classic and cliche damsel in distress type with no character or depth of their own. I assume this is the same to many others. You've displayed Merida wonderfully! I love how strong and passionate she is, and that she made a stand to become the person she wants to be an not the person she is expected to become.
The green in most of the piece is a brilliant choice because it adds contrast with her hair and brings focus to Merida herself. Great job
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Congrats on the very well deserved DD! This is stunning and in character artwork!
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Wow! Very very beautiful work! Love it! and congrats for the DD!
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I think this is a terrific version of Merida. She is older, strong, and sure of herself. Congrats on the DD!
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*awesomeness level exceeds 999,999,999 and explodes* Dude...this is just...YES! Dude, no words can describe how awesome this is!
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I really love everything art wise in this picture! But I wish you had kept some of her more noticeable traits. She had a lot curliest hair, and a rather round face and slightly chubby figure.
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