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Something's Not Right...

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Ohhh yes this drawing has a fun story behind it. The idea rooted out of watching Mulan for the first time in a long time back in 2012. When I first saw it, I liked it, but it didn't strike me all that much. Fast-forward four years later, and somehow, Mulan snuck its way right into my heart!  I don't know what changed it for me... maybe it was that my opinion of Disney animation is much higher now than it was back in '08 when I hadn't seen all that many Disney animated films (hard to believe, I know) or maybe it was Brave. I couldn't help but notice the similarities... two tough, strong young women who aren't exactly "perfect" or "with tradition" who both ride black stallions and fight to do the right thing, even if it's not what's expected of them. But the similarity that stood out most to me was that both girls, at one point in the film, were gussied up for suitors. And then the image popped in my head of Mulan and Merida with each other's dresses and hairstyles. And Merida was telling Mulan "Something's seriously wrong here..." to which Mulan replies "Yeah! It's this dress! Why is it so tight??" XD I loved the idea so much I intended to draw it on Create, and I did begin work on it in '12, doing it in my normal style. However, months passed and I never got back around to finishing it before the end of the year. I ended up deleting it, deciding that it wasn't quite my best anyway. A short time later, in the midst of working on a bunch of more detailed pieces, I wanted to do something cute and fun in between, and this happened! The style is an accumulation of my style with chibi and anime styles. I'd never done this style publicly because it always looked sloppy when I did it on the computer, but then I tested it out again on a different drawing and realized that it actually looked good. And so, I realized I could get the Merida and Mulan image out of my head once more! Overall, I still love this piece... it's just too funny, and I'm still amazed I got the details in their dresses right. I think the style needs work, but this is a '13 pic, so who knows what I might be able to do next!

Mulan belongs to Disney, Merida belongs to Disney/Pixar, and the drawing belongs to me.
Font and pattern courtesy of Disney Online.
Tools used: DisneyCreate Digital Painter App, Photoshop Elements 11
Watermark Font: Walt Disney Script
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800x600px 380.88 KB
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