Princess and Pirate inc. #movember (D)

I was sorry to hear about William Goldman's passing a little while ago. What a writer.

I've also wanted to color this for a while and hey, it's even on trend for #movember. When I was a kid I thought the 'stache was gross but he rocks that look.

Sketch version from September 2017:

Potters In Winter (D)

We're currently obsessed with The Greatest Showman, but until those inevitable arts come along...

Today we went to this Christmas In the Wizarding World pop-up merchandise attraction at the mall and it was pretty cool. This is a sketch from almost ten years ago that I tidied up, added some textures and shadows and highlights and the snow effect I always wished it had and now it looks like I imagined it when I first drew it. Magic indeed.

Original from my first reading of HPatDH in 2008:

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color VIII (D)

I forgot that when I posted the sketches of these I included Tarzan with the previous batch, so he'll float into this group time time instead. Really close to the end with these!  Sketch versions here (and here).

Golden-haired Jane!

This one is still a stretch but it's a fun addition to the series anyway.

Do you see what I see in the background? 

This one is always tricky because it's Disney Un-Disneyed but also Joyce Un-Joyced.

See you next week!  When it will be December. o.O

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color VII (D)

It's definitely been a while but here's the next batch.  I hope you're ready for some drama!

Props to J for the inspired background idea.

Beast mode activated!!!

Please forgive my Chinese character work.  I did my best.

I'm rounding the corner for the end-of-year rush!

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color VI (D)

A few more on this fine Thursday afternoon.  Sketches for these here.

This is one of my favorites of the whole series so far.

The broooooding.

I had some color issues with this one but it works.

Almost caught up!

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color V (D)

I missed last week, but it's all good.  Here's the next trio in the Disney Un-Disneyed In Color series.  I always get excited when I reach this point. (Sketch versions here.)

Poor little waif.  At least he doesn't look much like a Hobbit anymore.

I actually have some design issues in hindsight but I decided to leave them be.

All the roses!

Hasta la vista.

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color IV (D)

Three literary dudes for the next round a painted Disney Un-Disneyed.  I especially like how Robin Hood turned out.

Merry indeed!

L.A. was short on physical description but I read somewhere that Taran had black hair in the original cover illustrations and I'm totally into that idea. 

Two for one!

The sketches for these can be found here.

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color III (D)

Time for a few more (sketches here), all done March 2017

I must admit her dress coloring was an inspired decision on my part.

This has never been my favorite but it's sure popular on Instagram.

Oooh, green textured background!

See you next week!

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color II (D)

Here are the next few in the series.

Details, details.

Get ready to see a looooot of digital watercoloring...

He can fly!

Sketches for these here.

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color I (D)

I really should have been posting these all throughout the year!  But here they are now, again in batches.  These were all done January 2017.

(Sketch versions here.)

I've posted this one before, but I'll throw it in here too.

Little Wooden Boy!

Let the background texture games begin.

More to come in the weeks to follow!

Beautiful & Forlorn (D)

Basically all I want to do these days is watch War & Peace on repeat forevermore.

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Disney Un-Disneyed In Color Kickoff (D)

A few years ago I did a series of sketches based on the source material for Disney's animated movies and I'm finally making good on my plan to paint them. This project will last for most of the year, and pieces probably will be posted in batches, but I did want to kick things off by sharing the one that started them all.

Prydain Peeps: A History (D)

I finally finished my reread which means I could finally get this project out of my head, featuring yet another update to give Doli a makeover and Coll a haircut, remove lame Glew / add more significant Magg, and include the witches, which I think is just what was needed (and who are after all fairly key players).

Previous update:

Bearded Doli!  And what the heck are you still doing there, Glew?

2012 Original:

Beardless Dallben!  And poor Horned King... Only in one book but still.

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Happy Windsday! (D)

We showed this movie to The Boy last night and he laughed and laughed. I tried to be quick with this one.

Friends of English Magic (D)

Have you read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell?  If not, why not??

Sunday Sketches -- Illusionals (D)

I recently finished reading the second book written by one of my old college friends (review here), and I thought it was a rollicking ride from start to finish!  Plenty of danger and drama and humor and just enough steampunk to be interesting and effective without being annoying and trendy.  Last week these Sunday Sketches resulted.

All the characters in her books are so vividly described and written that I find they flow pretty easily from my pen, even if they don't always come out just how I pictured them -- but that's on me, not on the author.

(You can see the other Sunday Sketches that Heather's writing has inspired in the past here.)

Sunday Sketches -- Disney Un-Disneyed IX (D)

(I guess I didn't post it early after all, ha.  But not late either!)

And thus we come to the close of the Disney Un-Disneyed Sunday Sketches.  I didn't do art for EVERY source material book/story, but I think I did most of them, at least the human characters and the most well-known ones.  This was a really fun project, not only for the reading, but also the drawing/designing.  I would like to color all of these eventually.

The Frog Prince (reviews here, here and here)

Rapunzel (reviews here, here, here and here)

The Snow Queen (reviews here and here)

The end!  And they all lived happily ever after.

Sunday Sketches -- Disney Un-Disneyed VIII (D)

My Disney Un-Disneyed Sunday Sketches series is fast finally coming to a close!  I really thought I would have these all posted by the end of 2014, but oh well, life happened and there you have it.  This is an interesting set of fellows, the first of which is a stretch for this series in the first place (and it took a few tries to get his look just right, thanks to J for helping me figure it out, as well as the strategic placement of props), and the third I didn't even know was based on a book in the first place.  The second turned out just how I thought it would.

The Emperor's New Clothes (review here)

Treasure Island (review here)

A Day With Wilbur Robinson (review here)

Almost done!  I don't think I'll wait until next Monday to post the last set, so stay tuned for those very soon!

Sunday Sketches -- Disney Un-Disneyed VII (D)

We've both just finished a big 30 day drawing challenge, so I haven't really had the chance even to post a few more Sunday Sketches, but we're all done now, so maybe I can finally finish posting these. This set features some of my favorites of the whole series.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (review here)

Hercules (reviews here and here)

Fa Mulan (reviews here, here and here)

And, because the final number was not a multiple of three, one bonus to round out the '90s:

Tarzan of the Apes (reviews here and here)

That's it for now.  We're getting pretty close to the end of the lineup!

Sunday Sketches -- Disney Un-Disneyed VI (D)

(^ Oops, I guess not!)

Hey! It's Christmastime! So to celebrate... I'm going to post a few more Disney Un-Disneyed Sunday Sketches! Because that's what Christmas is all about (?). Heading through the '90s now! The middle one is kind of a stretch, but since The Lion King is (loosely but also exactly) based on Hamlet, it seemed like that would be a fun addition to the series.

Aladdin (reviews here and here)

Hamlet, for The Lion King (review here)

Pocahontas (reviews here and here)

Merry Christmas, everyone! (And at this point I'm actually almost done with this series, so I'm just doing some catching up now!)