Animated Life

Facebook Share Button Code Ever wondered what different characters from Walt Disney movies might look like if they were real people? Graphic artist Jirka Väätäinen has done some photo-manipulation and work at his blog to show some possibilities.

Väätäinen has so far stuck with Disney's female characters -- although he branched out beyond the heroines to include the villainous Ursula from The Little Mermaid. I can imagine several reasons for this. For one, most of the early Disney heroes were interchangeable versions of Prince Bland of Blandalot. I love Disney animation but I can't for the life of me remember anything that would distinguish the prince in Snow White from the prince in Cinderella. I remember the one in Sleeping Beauty fought a dragon. Later heroes, like Aladdin, Phoebus from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, or Li Shang of Mulan would, I imagine, offer an artist something to imagine to help build a character.

And for another Väätäinen is a guy, and historically guys have been known to paint pictures of pretty girls.

(H/T Buzzfeed via Yeah Right)