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Side blog to put my Disney Art Projects, including the Canon Descendants AU, (cuz even though the company suuuuucks I still love the old movies) along with any Fairytale animation bits I might like. Main blog is @Ibrithir-was-here, icon by @spotchy_pooch on twitter. Commissions open on main blog.

[princess-ibri]

Had to share this absolutely fantastic animatic of the song "My Petersburg" from the Anastasia musical.

[gd2006arts]

While some stand calmly at a statue, others attack an animatronic.

[uwmspeccoll]

✨👑 Fairytale Friday 👑✨

Storybook Kingdoms and Slightly Dramatic Adventures

This week, we’re wandering into the storybook kingdom of Peter and the Princess by Carl H. Grabo, with illustrations by John R. Neill and published in Chicago by Reilly & Lee in 1920. The book arrives straight out of that early 20th-century moment when fairy tales were becoming increasingly playful, visual, and delightfully theatrical.

Carl H. Grabo (1881-1955) was primarily known as a literary scholar, specializing in poetry and Romantic literature. This makes his turn toward fairy tales feel a little unexpected, in the best possible way. There is something charming about a serious scholar stepping briefly into the world of castles, adventure, and fairytale imagination. The story itself carries many familiar fairytale ingredients, royalty, quests, danger, and enchantment, but with the lighter, more whimsical tone that children’s literature of the 1920s often embraced.

The illustrations are by John R. Neill (1877-1943), whose work helped define the look of fantasy for generations of readers. Neill is best remembered today for his work on L. Frank Baum’s Oz books, where his swirling linework, expressive characters, and elaborate decorative details helped shape the visual identity of Oz itself. After Baum’s death, Neill even went on to write and illustrate additional Oz titles of his own.

This is exactly the kind of fairytale that feels designed for rainy afternoons and dramatic reading voices. Between Grabo’s storybook adventure and Neill’s gloriously detailed illustrations, the whole thing has the energy of a kingdom where absolutely everything is slightly more theatrical than necessary, which, personally, I fully support.

--Melissa (who thinks adventures are always improved by elaborate costumes and questionable decisions), Distinctive Collections Library Assistant 

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[thecollectibles]

Fan Art by Xin Yingzong

[disneyfolk]

Frozen 2 (2019) dir. Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck

[princess-ibri]

How would Dorothy react to being used as a pawn?

Well I think we see that in the Wizard of Oz movie. She goes off on the Wizard for being a humbug and a bad man, and gets him to keep his promises

[princess-ibri]

Sorry for so many questions, I love the Disney universe (especially Yen Sid XD). If there is a Demon Court, then there must be a counterpart, like the light. What would that be like? Who's included? Are they the Protectors?

It would be the Protectors yeah, with the High Fairy Court. My idea for the winged Protectors in the Disneyverse is that they're actually kinda Nephilim? For lack of a better word? But good. They're the offspring of the Disneyverse version of angels and mortals and make it their duty to watch over the lands.

[princess-ibri]

Have you had the chance to watch any of Sofia The First: Royal Magic, yet?

I haven't no! Didn't even know it was out yet

[princess-ibri]

I wonder how would Dorothy react to that she didn't actually killed elepha?

Going off of how in the book she only went to Elphaba's castle to apologize for her house dropping on Nessa, and didn't mean to melt her with the water but save her from catching on fire, I'd go with her being very glad she didn't accidentally murder another person, even if said person was rather wicked towards her personally at the time :s

[princess-ibri]

Are some of the girls who are part of the Disney Princess line-up in your DisneyVerse queer? Or every girl is straight/j?

Mallow and Audrey are gay, Melody is Bi, Eva is Ace, those are the ones I've hard headcanoned for. But honestly I'm otherwise fine for people to headcanon my interpretations however they like. Most are probably Bi tbh.

Oh wait, if you meant Princesses themselves?

Ok so my personal headcanons for the princesses:

Snow White--Straight

Aurora-Bi

Cinderella-Bi

Ariel-Pan

Jasmine-Straight

Belle-Pan

Pocahontas-Straight

Mulan-Bi

Tiana-Bi

Merida-Aroace

Rapunzel-Pan

Moana-Pan

Anna-Pan

Elsa-Ace

Raya-Gay

[nerissa-quintessence]

Arts by сажа

[stollensstk]

winx was my biggest hyperfixation of all times literally the only media I can rewatch endlessly

[minartsmaker]

The Queen and her Magic Mirror.

I'm honestly trying to break my art block. I wonder how quickly this will turn into a new pairing?

[minartsmaker]

I fell for the byte

[minartsmaker]

Do with me what you want, but I still won’t give up the idea that these two loved each other, at least for a short time.

[secretmellowart]

Who is your favorite of the Little Mermaid's sisters, from the original fairytale? [Based on what they do when they first rise to the ocean's surface! Pics below]

The eldest sister [gazes at the human town from a distance]

The sunset sister [looks at the sunset & tries to swim towards the sun]

The adventurous sister [Swims down a river & tries to play with humans]

The shy sister [stays in the middle of the ocean watching the sky and dolphins]

The winter/storm sister [stays on an iceberg watching ships in a winter storm]

Voting ended onMay 26

The Eldest Sister:

The Sunset Sister:

The Adventurous Sister:

The Shy Sister:

The Winter/Storm Sister:

[dim-draws]

"No matter how your heart is grieving. If you keep on believing. The dream that you wish will come true"

Cinderella from 1950, 1997 and 2015 drawn by me :)

There is something so satisfying in every rendition of the Cinderella story, the moment when she is transformed by her Fairy Godmother. Seeing this young girl, who was mistreated and abused for years, suddenly receive this magical transformation and finally see herself as who she was meant to be all along is so beautiful.