HOME | DD

tsukiusagimochi In reply to ??? [2009-08-24 02:52:57 +0000 UTC]

I love this picture for two reasons, the first being, this is a beautiful image of both Tiana and Naveen together. Their clothes, the colours, and the their plain character design is all very lovely.
The second reasons being, that it reminds me of my parents.

I'm really upset how people are dealing with Prince Naveen, because he's white(if he even is white, when I first saw him, I thought he was hispanic.) In a way, I feel like people are saying that it's not okay to have a black/white couple.

I can understand wanting a black princess and prince, since most of the time the woman have the same color man.(Mulan/Shang, Aladdin/Jasmine, Snow White/Prince Charming...etc.) Yet there are mixed couples in Disney(Phoebus/Esmeralda, Pocahontas/John Smith, Lady/Tramp...etc.) So what's wrong with a black and white couple? Nothing, nothing at all. My mother is black and my father is white, and they've been happily married for fifteen years. So I don't see whats wrong with that happening to this Disney couple.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Xelphina In reply to tsukiusagimochi [2009-10-02 21:49:47 +0000 UTC]

Great reply~! I agree with you. But, I think Prince Naveen is French or French Creole, which would fit in with the city's history. ^^

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

thelyAAA In reply to ??? [2009-08-19 20:00:41 +0000 UTC]

I'm so excited for this movie because we haven't had a classically-animated Disney movie in so long! And with a Disney Princess too!!! Plus, this picture of them is so adorable! Love the swampy color scheme. I can't believe I haven't favorited this yet! I took a gander at your gallery and I gotta say, 'keep up the awesome work!'

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

lighteningstorms In reply to ??? [2009-07-31 15:40:56 +0000 UTC]

Prince Naveen is huge copaired to Tiana! He's one hand could coverup her face and crush her head or smother her. But he would never do that.
He's still fine as hack though, as Frog and human.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Hipper-Reed In reply to ??? [2009-07-27 08:49:53 +0000 UTC]

Wow, they both look stunning. Yummy man-cakes and a gorgeous princess.

I like the expressions on both of them as well. It's like you captured a witty tete-a-tete here

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SQUEAK-Z In reply to ??? [2009-07-19 19:48:39 +0000 UTC]

oh my god..do you take reqests?this is soo beautiful

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Stapic In reply to ??? [2009-07-19 07:30:56 +0000 UTC]

I love this It's beautiful! Did you draw the characters in Illustrator and the background in photoshop? I love your work, you inspire me so much

I also think people are just upset that when Disney finally made a feature film with an African American princess, they didn't make an African American Prince too. There has already been a middle Eastern prince and white prince, even Asian (in Mulan) so why not African?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Wolfsstare5 In reply to ??? [2009-07-11 19:16:27 +0000 UTC]

SOO hot I'm jealous! And I wish you would REALLY see more of this!Very beauitful and if they were anime there would definately make me a happy hentai hahahah! ^.^
Hope to see more of them!
You rock!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

aku192 In reply to ??? [2009-07-10 08:39:18 +0000 UTC]

I love your work so much! This looks so professional as if it's done by the original Disney artists! I can feel the love you have for these two characters in this. And even as drawings you can feel the chemistry between Tiana and Naveen here! Just perfect! You're officially my idol now!

Marvelous job!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Lainedy In reply to ??? [2009-07-09 03:11:45 +0000 UTC]

Wow...all the job is awesome *-*
The design of the dress and the clothes, the background, the characters...lovely.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Octi-chan In reply to ??? [2009-07-08 23:16:11 +0000 UTC]

OHGOSH, you are SO GOOD at drawing disney style<33333 jflasdhgds i think you just made me go a bit more crazy for these two OHGOSH you made them look so CUTE!!! spectacular and stunning i just can't stop staring!

now i'm sooooo can't wait for the movie to come out

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

YukiOni In reply to ??? [2009-07-07 14:23:24 +0000 UTC]

Really beautiful

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

karu-mila In reply to ??? [2009-07-05 20:10:45 +0000 UTC]

*jaw drops* Oh my god, those two are gorgeous! The swamp makes for a good background and the lily pads and lotus flowers are a nice touch. I have to say, green's a good colour for Tiana and Naveen. Speaking of Naveen, there's still traces from when when he was a frog with the eyes and some of his other features. Those two can't seem to keep their eyes off each other... so sweet. Are you sure you're not a Disney artist?

As for what you said, you do bring up a good point... but Naveen is already so ethnically ambiguous that I don't really see why there's the backlash. He could easily pass off for a number of different ethnicities and he hasn't been assigned one by Disney, so people can perceive what they want to see him as. I looked up his name and it's Indian. It means 'new' which is well suited 'cause he and Tiana are presenting something new in Disney films.

Personally, it's not a big deal for me 'cause I'm a Tamil girl that grew up in a diverse community where there were a lot of multiracial families that got along fine with everyone else. I think the only problem was that the kids from those families had more to do on Multicultural Night. Anyways, about the lack of African-American male leads, I think that Disney is starting to pave the road for more of them in the future. But since the animation process takes a long time, it might be best to be patient.

All I'm asking is for more ethnically diverse casts with equal roles for all of them... but you can still see that progress is being made.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

luvusagi In reply to ??? [2009-07-03 03:34:37 +0000 UTC]

I love this it's so beautiful I love you work it really inspires me I want to be a Disney artist someday and I grew up on Disney and animated films are my love I cry when I think about it I'm such an over-emotional chump >.< and I don't really think I care that it's a mix realationship though it's i sorta feel like why could he be black so that it's a "black" royal couple or whatever but eh i'm not that pressed either way I'm very excited to see it and look forward to amazing songs (there better be songs if not it won't feel like a truely animated Disney film) but sorry for so much blabbering I love your work!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

trexmaster In reply to ??? [2009-07-02 17:10:19 +0000 UTC]

As a white male who likes black females (sadly all the ones I've met already have boyfriends), I envy the Prince here.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TakeoX In reply to ??? [2009-07-02 05:37:27 +0000 UTC]

Great Picture, amazing detail makes me really excited about seeing the film however I have my own concerns about The Princess and the Frog. First, Tiana, the black princess, is paired up with a white prince (or at least a prince who looks white and is voiced by a Brazilian actor who also looks white) who has to save her from a black villain. Some might argue that portraying interracial marriage in film is good – but why then weren’t any of the white princesses given non-white princes to save them from white villains? And since Disney doesn’t give white princesses non-white princes, isn’t this interracial relationship at the expense of black boys who deserve a hero just as much as black girls deserve a heroine? Originally the prince was explicitly reported as being the jazz-loving monarch of a European country. By giving the prince an olive, but still white, complexion and a Brazilian accent, Disney gets to go forward with their original white hero yet make him ambiguous enough to not be unequivocally criticized as white at the same time. Furthermore, there’s a disturbing racial subtext to this plot. As intellectual Gayatri Spivak says, one of the main justifications of colonialism has been “white men saving brown women from brown men.” Here, that racist and sexist notion is invoked. The plot also follows Disney’s pattern of making their evil characters more “ethnic” and darker than their good characters. For example, the Chinese have wheat colored skin in Mulan while the Huns are dark gray. Aladdin is tan with European features while Jafar is brown with Arabic features.

Another charge levied at critics of The Princess and the Frog is that they are trifling to “waste time” getting agitated over cartoons. But the fact is all media, especially those directed at children in their formative years, shape how people see and interact with the world. That’s why fairy tales have morals and Sesame Street has educational value. Children are especially malleable by media because they haven’t or have just begun developing critical thinking skills and are just getting their first and foundational impressions of the world.

Disney recognizes the power of media. The company has often used its films to political ends. For example, Donald Duck was placed in a series of World War II films designed to make children passionate supporters of American troops and enemies of the Nazis and the Japanese army. Then later, Donald Duck was used in the films Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros to promote Franklin Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor policy towards Latin America. Clearly, if cartoons were “just cartoons” Disney wouldn’t make such films....

Sorry for the long post, I'm just passionate about the subject of my race's portrayal in media!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Robato In reply to TakeoX [2009-07-31 20:02:59 +0000 UTC]

Good points. and I'd also like to add that the only prince of African Decent (that i can think of) from Disney is Simba... (and there was an episode in Aladdin)

Disney: Oh come on! you guys have... Simba! That's gotta count for something! And remember that Aladdin episode? Eh? Eh?

To be honest, I'm extremely happy that there is a black princess, but the job is incomplete... or maybe a little unfair since the other princesses get heroes / princes of the same people group, but not the Black one.

Now i'm all for seeing the good inside of others, and even loving them regardless of the color of their skin... but really, they could have put a black prince in there.

I mean, why can't I (or someone like me) be a hero, a prince, or the man a princess longs for, or unwittingly falls in love with?

possible response: We have a black President! What more do you want!?

(although i wasn't even talking about the presidency)

Me: Fairness. Real fairness. AT LEAST based on the track record! White princess, White hero.[Sleeping Beauty, Snow White etc.] Asian princess Asian prince (so to speak)[Mulan] Arab princess, Arab hero [Aladdin] I'd also like to see a Latin prince and princess... and for some reason, I don't think Disney will have a problem with that.

ok, it's been on my mind too.

It would be cool of Disney (and others) to portray a prominent Black man without him being some kind of rapper/singer/performer or athlete! (martial artist would be cool too!)

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

KillaSamuraiBabe In reply to Robato [2009-10-02 23:22:11 +0000 UTC]

I am soooo agreeing with you right now! What's up with not having a black male prince?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Robato In reply to KillaSamuraiBabe [2009-10-09 22:45:55 +0000 UTC]

thank you... I don't know!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

KazeCobra In reply to ??? [2009-06-29 19:52:05 +0000 UTC]

I love this picture, i agree with your statement entirely anyone who thinks this coupling is wrong is just...BLAR! the issue itself gets me ready to breakdown walls

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ugkfan2681 In reply to ??? [2009-06-24 13:36:16 +0000 UTC]

yea will they ever do a disney movie about a black prince.and i doubt the princess would be a none black person.as a black male im upset about this shit

👍: 0 ⏩: 0