Fairy Tales

[secondlina]

It seems Disney is going back to fairy tales lately (Rapunzel coming out in 2010, The Snow Queen is announced as the next "traditionnally animated" feature, the princess and the frog just came out...). It makes me really happy and makes me want to dive back into fairy tale stories a bit. Yeah, Disney uses clean versions of the tales, but it's still fun to see their adaptation and encourages me to start doing my own again. I looked on the internet for this specific piece of art associated to an Andersen fairy tale. I don't know which tale it is, who the artist is... I just know the image struck me as awesome. I,m not even sure if it's a boy and a girl or two girls in the picture. But I kinda want to write a story for this image. If anyone knows where it's from, please let me know!



Kinda seems like a princess and a traveler no?

Aside from that, I still seem to be having a bit of trouble inspiring myself and motivating myself to draw. Ideas for motivation you guys?

Okay, it's my bedtime. Work starts back tomorrow. Adieu , xmas vacation. You were fun.

-Isa

Comments

[brendala.livejournal.com]

There's nothing intentionally morbid about the lack of parents in Disney films. I think the overwhelming number of dead parents in Disney films is more of a story device to give the young protagonists some conflict and/or simplify the story by including as few extra characters as possible.

That said, after watching the extras on the Aladdin DVD, I'm still a little disappointed that they cut her character from the film.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I agree. Aladdin!Momma was cool.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I believe that the classic Aladdin tale made him the son of a widow, and British pantomime versions of the story called her the Widow Twankey. Oddly enough, not only did the Disney version write out his mom, but I believe his dad turns out to be alive in one of the Disney sequels.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Yeah. In the third movie we find out that Aladdin has a dead-beat daddy who ditched his wife and son to hunt treasure with thugs. And I remember that sequel making his dad out to be a sympathetic character! O_O