#wish.retold

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They mean so much to me <3

[crowlirium]

I am having a lot of fun making my own rewrite of Wish right now. It is a sandbox for me to do whatever I please <3

Sketched out a redesign for Asha to better fit my own spin of things- for narrative purposes I think she’s going to be the adopted daughter of Magnifico and Amaya. She’s a bit more anxious but very optimistic and just wants to do her best and feel like a worthy heir to Rosas’ throne and magic.

I wanted her have a bit more a moon motif along with stars, but I really struggled to get those crescent shapes into her design. I also changed up her colors a bit to be a more reminiscent of the sky at dusk and dawn. I like the idea of Magnifico and Amaya being more sun themed also!

Just getting some ideas on paper and out of my head. Wish has quickly become one of those medias where I actually love the ideas presented but was ultimately disappointed by the execution. But I’m a creative who can do whatever I want so I can just make my own fun little au all for myself <3

I might try to throw together some designs for human Star tomorrow. I’ll be honest, I’ve never felt so disappointed looking at a story’s concept art before. I know that ideas get cut for one reason or another- but everything with a more traditional fairy tale, a villain couple, and Star and Asha being soulmates was the making of a story tailor made for me- and I’m kinda sad it never saw the light of day.

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[For future reference, I’m gonna be tagging the stuff relating to my AU/Rewrite with tags like wish critical and wish rewritee! With A Wish Worth Making being my personal tag for my rewrite/au. I’m having a lot of fun with it and playing with the story, but I also don’t want to clog the main tags for people looking for fanart and fanfics of the movie canon- and this way people might be able to block my more nitpicky and disappointed critiques!

I do want it to stand that I, overall, enjoyed the final movie. I’m just disappointed by how safe and lackluster it feels for a 100th year celebration of animation and storytelling- and as an artist myself I like to try and express that through my work. I also love playing with ideas set by the canon, or scrapped ideas, and throwing in stuff that I like as well. I wouldn’t be doing this is I was genuinely spiteful, and I’m so glad to see that plenty of people love this movie for what it is!]

That all said- I do wish they kept Star having a human form in some capacity. They’re cute in the final movie, but so often they just felt like a plot device and lacked an actual character outside of “playful” and “uses magic for comedy or plot purposes”. With Asha having seven whole friends, they all end up encountering the pitfall of acting as a unit with each character only having one defining trait they act on in a scene- at least Dahlia stood out- so having one more human-like character for Asha to interact with would have rounded out the cast much better imho.

Not even saying that they had to be romantic- platonic would have been amazing!

I considered polishing this drawing up a bit more, but I think I’ll leave it here. There’s a few other details I would have liked to tweak, but I feel a bit burnt out with this particular drawing. 2024 is gonna be my year of NOT pushing myself and just going with the flow! A drawing is done when I feel like it, and I can just start something else.