#non Disney princess

[cityoftheangelllls]

The first in a series of crossovers!!

I’ve been wanting to draw some of my favorite leading ladies from Disney and non-Disney animated movies for quite some time now, and what better way to start than with Cinderella and Anastasia aka Anya dancing in a ballroom?

Cindy and Anya share a few things in common: they both have inspiring rags-to-riches stories, and they’re both kind, resilient, and determined young women. Oh, and they both have gorgeous, sparkling ball gowns!

I also want to use this series as an excuse to work on drawing and designing backgrounds.

Stay tuned for more!!

[usssnarfblat]

Did Anastasia deserve to die for her family's crimes against Fieval's family?

I've always found it interesting that "Anastasia" and "An American Tail" were made by the same guy...

My mom got us "An American Tail" as kids, since we were Jewish, and a Disney-like movie with Jewish characters was a one-of-a-kind thing. ("The Prince of Egypt" was still a few years away. Yes, I'm that old.) More to the point, my dad's side of the family is largely Russian Jews, who immigrated in the early 1920s, for exactly the same reasons as the Mouskewitz. Being a child of this background and very literally obsessed with cats, I had mixed feelings about the movie.

When "Anastasia" came out a few years later, Mom didn't let that history stop us from enjoying the new princess movie, but she didn't shelter us from it either. We regarded it like we did the real history behind any sugar-coated princess movie. She even got us some history books about the real Romanov family, and we were fascinated by the subject.

Still, it's an odd elephant in the room, watching "Anastasia" and knowing that her granddad was the one who sent those Cossack cats after Fievel's village, and her dad himself continued doing it to the Jewish mice who didn't leave.

"Go, Pompom, Kibble and Fluff-Baron! Kill those Jew mice, and I'll give you extra catnip treats tonight!"

Don Bluth presents both the Romannov family and their victims with equal sympathy, even opening both movies with the family celebrating a holiday, with the kid heroes getting a plot-specific present, before being viciously attacked.

"Wow Grandmama! Fieval and Tanya could use this as a merry-go-round!"

*Cough* "Yes uh, about those Jewish mice Sweetie..."

Bluth's portrayal of the Romanov family is not entirely inaccurate. By all accounts, Nicholas II was a deeply loving father who both doted on his children, but raised them not to be spoiled. Despite being royalty, the princesses shared bedrooms and did charity work at hospitals.

It's a baffling irony that Nicholas was nevertheless was a tyrant, and not remotely just to his Jewish subjects. When I was about twelve, Mom got me the Dear America book A Coal Miner's Bride, about the Catholic Polish immigrants who also fled the oppression of the Russian Tzar. (Anastasia's family conquered part of Poland in the 1800s, banning the Pols from speaking their own language and drafting their sons into the Tzar's dick-measuring contest wars.) Anyway, that's what my mom's side of the family was fleeing when they immigrated. Yes, my family has double reason to hate the Romanovs.

So, I personally don't have a lot of sympathy for Nicholas II. But the horrors his poor wife and children endured in their final moments never fails to get the reaction from me.

The rationalization for the murder of the children and queen was that it was the only way to ensure that the monarchy never returned. But I assume most modern-thinking people would say that the ends do not justify the means in this case.

That said, millions of families like Anetka's and Fievel's suffered as bad or worse than the Romanovs, because of the Romanovs, and no one remembers them because they didn't wear tiaras. This no doubt was another factor that killed sympathy for the Romanov children. But they were still children.

The question today is, if we can feel for a family that was literal royalty, despite their father being an undeniable tyrant against our own families...can we also feel for Palestinian and Israeli families, during a conflict that is vastly more complicated than Imperial Russia?

Or do they need to be cute mice and glittery princesses to get our attention?

[deenadraws]

Been a bit but here’s my Anastasia piece for this years cons!

[twilightangelsworks]

Here is the digital version of my work of Anastasia as a Wolfwalker.

[randomposter7]

Thumbelina (1994) dolls

First Thumbelina with her common clothes

Second with her wedding dress and her wings

Both are Dakin's

First is a set of Thumbelina and Cornelius with their common clothes

Second is them with their wedding clothing

Both are Blue Box's

Blue Box set with various characters from the movie

Including doll Thumbelina and Cornelius

[blackrose91]

[disney-is-mylife]

THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. I just wanted to highlight some beloved and underrated nostalgic classics.

I am NOT counting: Studio Ghibli, DC, Marvel, Scooby-Doo, sequels/prequels, and most other franchises. I also chose to cut Dreamworks, because I wanted to give as much love as possible to other nostalgic films. There's a LOT to cover in the 80s-90s, hence why I split the two polls.

80's Poll

Happy voting! ❤

[nathsketch]

I have a new one in the works! Can you guess who will it be this time?

They’ve been requested by many of you quite a few times! Long overdue! 🌸

Find me here: Instagram | Website & Portfolio 

[usssnarfblat]

Happy Passover! Stay safe.

City Flower

Harlem, New York 

Tzipporah Shepherd ventures out of Harlem to attend the much talked-about opening party of a speakeasy in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, called the Sphinx. 

Keep reading

[kabishkat19]

Non/Disney NextGen

(Don Bluth : Dragon’s Lair⚔️)

Della (14) Worrier princess

Doug (11) Kind hearted

Dian (4) Cutest prince

[trivijoy]

⠀⠀（❀ ˘˘）⠀⠀⠀⠀↷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ under

⠀⠀（❀ ˘˘）⠀⠀⠀⠀↷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀the sea

[usssnarfblat]

Parade of Pink

[haveamagicalday]

The final Battle of the Barbies!

We've made it to the end! Time to vote for the ultimate best Barbie

This is the last round of Battle of the Barbies! All other polls in can be found here.

[twilightangelsworks]

Here is the digital version of my previous work of Odette as a Wolfwalker. Since I decided to post traditional and digital versions of the same work, I decided to drop the cloning texture I use to do to color in the work. This is my first work where I colored it in with a digital brush. I also decided to do some shading as well. Please let me know what you think of this.

[randomposter7]

Quest for Camelot (1998) Hasbro dolls

First Kayley with a comb and a shield with a secret jewel, also has a cape

Second Garrett with Ayden the falcon and his staff

[blackrose91]