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(repostin something I made a while back while I wait for photoshop in other computer to work so I can finish commishes b4 weekend.)'I drew this in mind when I read an article some weeks back (which I want to find again, but I cannot find it???) I read about one woman who took her youngest daughter to see "Princess and the Frog" . Seeing her little girl make OMG!ENCHANTED!FACE and thinking the new generation gets to have Tiana while her generation did not.
This thought made her bawww in the theater.
I also bawwww while thinking of this.
It's sad but happy at the same time.
It's kind of like when I first saw "Mulan" the first time as a little girl. I was personally moved.
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Because all the "issues" and some flaws of this film aside, I felt the movie and Tiana were made with sincerity and love, not just something to be marketed, which is important when bringing to life a story you want to move people with.
Princess and the Frog and Tiana (c) Disney
Fanart by me (because I love this movie FFFF)
EDIT: Guys, you are seriously going to make me BAWWW (aside from all the wapanese trolling on the front comments lol) even more with all these lovely stories you're telling me about your Disney memories.
If only Disney knew how much good stuff like this is what lasts with their audience ;___;
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<3 This pretty much sums up why I was so excited for Princess and the Frog. Yes, sweet 2D animation and a return to the classics... but mostly because Disney WAS my childhood. And I was so happy because little girls now have this nice tough princess who solves most of her problems herself. Even though the ending totally ripped off Anastasia.
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Tiana looks beautiful, but what truly makes this picture so resonant is the girl's expression in that last panel.
I felt the same way when I first watched 'Beauty and the Beast' (the first of about 1503230983 viewings, that is, to my parent's mixed joy and dismay) when I was little; a heroine who was a bit weird, loved her family, and read books.
Absolutely gorgeous.
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The way you drew Tiana was soooo beautiful. I really love the detail of your work <333
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Your portrayal of Tiana is GORGEOUS! Very dreamlike.
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This makes me Bawww! So well drawn, the emotions are perfect!
Aurora was my favourite disney character, and then the tomboyish Ariel 
I can't wait to see this film, the fact that Disney is finally making 'its own' 2D animation is so exciting!!
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'BAAAAWWWWWWWWW *U*
Wonderful idea, that's really beautiful.
And btw your style rocks, great work
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Soooo pretty. The second pannel is amazingly well-done.
When I was five; The Little Mermaid was re-released on VHS. I had never met another redhead in my entire life. The day it hit the stores my dad went the first moment they opened their doors and bought it for me.
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Wow, that is true beauty right there. :3
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This is a emotional and wonderful short story. The girl looks so impressed! You really appeared that shining, that children have, if something deeply important happens to them! The Scene implies, that this could be a moment she always will remember later.
Well done! Really beautiful!
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The image and description brought tears to my eyes...I didn't realize yet that, finally, black-skin little girls will have a black-skin princess to admire. It was impossible to imagine such a concept when during the "Snow-White" era.
Very moving.
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srsly, disney is awesome for making their audience bawl. ;_;
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it took them 21 years...but finally...FINALLY we have a princess! *cuddles up in her PatF blankey* I LOVE YOUR WORK!!! bravo, brava, encore!
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Exactly. Ex FREAKING actly. My sisters and I loved Pocahontas because, well, she was dark skinned and it was who they dreamed of becoming. Now most of them have children of their own. For all of us, for all of my nieces to have Tiana is just monumental. It makes the whole family BAWWWWW!
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I didn't like the movie much, but if it can do that to black girls seriously lacking representation then I'm all for it!
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Funny thing is that I still feel that way now about certain Disney cartoons. I love how you were able to not only bring out the little girl's emotion but my own as well in this one single image! Bravo!!
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When I saw this movie, that was the same look on everyother kid in the theatre, and seeing those faces like that makes the movie even better. I remember that feeling too...
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Unfortunately, this film isn't coming out in the UK until Feb 5th. Fortunately, however, that's 12 days before my birthday.
Funny how I'm planning on seeing a Disney film for my 18th birthday. lol I don't think I'll ever grow out of 2D animation.
Not sure if I've said this before, but this is gorgeous!
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I completely agree with you about the film. Criticisms set aside, they pulled something together that really spoke to an audience. It really resonated with me (not just because I think I look like Tiana 
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Ahh..this picture makes me want to remember how it felt, when I was 5-6 years old, to see my father ( who unfortunately isn`t among the living anymore, rest in peace ) coming home from work, bringing a disney movie tape. He's given me a lot of those, I can say I had some collection of disney movies. And unlike what I see in the general animation nowdays, those movies could easily touch anybody's heart. Who didn`t at the very least let a tear out when Mufasa died, in Lion King? I swear many times those movies made me cry from sadness and happiness. I guess Disney's got the spirit for that.
Feelings like these make me remember how joyful my childhood was. Thank you for giving me one more chance of witnessing them.
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This is absolutly amazing. I can just feel how enchanting the experience must've been for that little girl. Disney is just, MAGICAL. Besides highschol musical and all that comercial crap. But the 2d creations speak to people of all ages. I really love this. I think its the stories like these that disney animators try to create. I hope one day that I can make moments for people as an animator. Thank you for creating this, really.
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It's about damned time Disney had a black princess *nods* I loved this movie so much, it made me cry. I grew up on all things disney, and I'm hoping to go to Disneyland, someday, and find a porcelin figurine to this movie! YAY FOR DISNEY CATCHING UP WITH THE TIMES!
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This is beautifully drawn and colored and it captures a lot of feeling. This picture's got heart~<3
My family just saw the movie on Saturday. I have a family of 7-- two parents and four little sisters (ages 12, 6, 3, and 8 months). Just imagine the epic b'awww-ness of 5 enchanted faces. It was magic <3
Anyways, another wonderful deviation!~
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This is absolutely beautiful.
I can agree with the woman whom inspired this picture, how lucky the generation is to have Tiana. I didn't have anyone like her growing up, so I'm so happy for them.
The day I went to go see it, as I was coming out, there was a little group of girls all dressed up in their Tiana costumes saying "Princess Tiana!" over an over. It definetly cracked a smile.
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same thing happen to me with pocahontas... I was so obsessed when I was 7 I got hospitalized and all I'm asking is my pocahontas original soundtrack cassette to accompany me. (where is it now 
Good thing disney decides to create some more of it's classics
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This is a very sweet piece, hahaha~ Instant 
It reminds me of when I first saw "Mulan" as well; (putting the historical inaccuracies aside) that movie made me feel so much Asian pride
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awhhhh!! ^^
such a nice feeling youre drawing here
cute i love it
i will fave it ;D
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its so preettyy, i like their expressions. i love disney movies...............and I wanna SEE THIS ONE!!
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I think its really nice that Disney (at times when they actually make GOOD movies) stretch their boundaries to other worlds etc. although I may not be Asian, African, Hispanic or Oriental, that doesn't mean I still can't appreciate movies like The Princess and the Frog.
It seems society has become so seperated, even though we try to intermingle and say everything is ok, we still live diverse and those diversities often group together in strong concentrations of different areas. The Princess and the Frog did a very good job of combining two sides together without any seperation between them, I adore that movie and hope to see more like it in the future
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I relate with the little girl. That's STILL how I react to Disney movies. lol I love the way you drew Tiana; it's very free and nonrigid.
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Now I just have to tell my disney story. When my dad was in high school he played Captain Hook in an amateur production of the Peter Pan musical. When my parents were three they divorced (thirteen years ago now) and I went through a period of horrible personal upheaval. To this day I remember very little of my childhood before the age of ten, and what I do remember is few and far between.
My dad, unable to spend as much time with me as he would have wanted through the divorce proceedings, showed me the Peter Pan animated movie. I had heard his stories about Captain Hook, and from the instant I saw Captain Hook my life changed.
If it weren't for Peter Pan and the support that the idea I could escape to another world it gave to me, I don't think I could have survived those first few horrible years. Of course, this animated Peter Pan led me to watch the Mary Martin version and then the Cathy Rigby version. By the time I was six I desperately wanted to meet Cathy Rigby, and my whole childhood I believed I was Captain Hook.
When I was eleven Cathy Rigby's farewell tour of Peter Pan came to town, and I went with my dad. We didn't have the best seats, but afterward I stayed nearly an hour and got to meet Cathy Rigby. I think meeting her that day gave me a new reason to live and continue on in life.
To this day, the song Distant Melody makes me cry every time I hear it. I'm not quite sure why, but even though I have my memories from my childhood repressed, this always gives me the strength to go on. My whole childhood was shaped by my father's, and then my, love for Peter Pan. While I don't like what Disney has become in the recent years, I know that people like me all around the world owe, at some base level, a large part of their childhood to the magic that Walt Disney created.
Sorry. That was probably a little over the top. I'm sure that you didn't want to read this or anything and it's a bit of a big thing to spill randomly onto the internet, but this picture, I think, expresses the feelings of me and many others.
Thank you.
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How lovely. ^_^ For both the wonderful art of the picture and the comments.
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I adore this movie haha i have seen it 3 times with different kids and they all loved it, my niece says she is princess tiana haha. I got the art book for it, the art is so gorgeous, the movie had some special meaning for me, not the color of her skin but where the movie takes place, in the south. I know the foods they make and talk about and the background scenery was actually painted in the state i am from. I will be seeing this movie a 4th time actually, it comes to japan in march 
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Finally! A Disney Princess who dreams of owning a successful business! Plus Jazz! YAY!
(Loved this movie and it has the BEST bad guy song!)
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I am so happy you did this! Just wonderful across the board! I absolutely love it!
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You captured the emotions perfectly =]
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You know, I am 27 and I think I had the exact expressions on my face as the little girl
Disney has made a come back, thats for sure. Poked my nose at some of the animation video released and it made me want to cry. I turned Tarzan and Jane off in about two minutes in.
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Epic!
Kudos!
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I suppose you might get tired of hearing all the 'Baaaaw!'s but here's another one.
Baaw. : >
It's very touching and beautiful.
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I can't seem to find words to describe how much I absolutely adore this picture!! Everything about it is so beautiful!
That movie has done so much for me! It inspired me to follow my once forgotten dream of becoming a Disney animator! I wish to someday inspire others as I was (and still am) inspired by these touching films! It'll be hard, and it'll take a while, but what an amazing journey it's going to be!
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They did such a fabulous job on this movie and they held to the general Disney princess tradition.
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I really like this piece!
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Oh wow... I don't think I've ever felt this much emotion while looking at a picture before. Srsly, I'm tearin up. Excellent job!
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Reminds me of that ending for Dreamgirls! 
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Aw, I love this~
I work in a toy store and little girls are so excited. We have a balloon on the door and little girls hug it as they walk by our store.
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You know, it's amazing that I don't really remember Disney movies grabbing me when I was little . . .
But watching them now I'm completely overcome with how beautiful most of them are.
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