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Published: 2012-10-09 03:02:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 34166; Favourites: 515; Downloads: 390
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Description Reposting again, for those who didn't get the chance to see it.

There have been so many widespread visceral responses to "Apocalypse Princesses". I've heard gripes about me putting Mulan in the wrong attire, bitching about the corsets and feminine clothing, and even one rant about how it's not the Apocalypse if it doesn't look like a Mad Max movie.

I warned people they wouldn't like my take on the Disney princesses. Each and every one of those princesses in their respective movies were sexual. I don't care how you want to skew it. They dripped with sex. With their tight little outfits, and their pouty lips and their big doe eyes. They were all fantasies. (Yes even Mulan so you shut up too) Be it by the symbolism of their situations, or the actual physical attributes they were given, they were colorful representations of females in male dominated worlds.

I drew them still clad in the colorful symbolism they were created in. But I turned it on it's ear. Behind every one of them is evidence that she's on her own, and that her male love interest has either died, is missing, or has been murdered in a couple of cases. They are recognizable because of the colors and costumes they still wear. But evidence of the changes are very much present. They took what was at hand, and used it. Some have changed a lot. Some not so much.

You're looking at the demise of their perfect happily ever after storylines. THAT is the Apocalypse.

Get it?

Yeah…you thought it was just a bunch of boobies, huh?

"Cinderella is the Ghost. I imagine her out on the dunes, lost and a little sad. Snow is the Poisons Expert. Hence the shrunken dwarf heads. They were an experiment that went awry. Tink has a St Christopher statue tied to her wings. I imagine her being the aerial assault. And her wings are held together with duct tape. Wendy is the leader. She has a thimble around her neck. And a croc tattoo. Esmeralda has a Djali goat embroidery on her vest. And sunbursts on the front of her vest. She's the thief, of course. Ariel is mutated by toxic waste, as is Flounder. Her jewelry is made of shells and sea trash. Alice is the explosives expert. Aurora is the Dragonslayer celebrating with a cigarette and champagne. Belle killed the beast. Hence the skull and half breed baby…and necklace of teeth. Jasmine is her father's personal bodyguard. Hence the tiger death mask. Mulan is the assassin."

Here's a bit more:

Most of their male counterparts ended up unable to survive. Or left them alone.

Cinderella escaped the castle, where her prince was hell bent on leading his people to devastation. Then he was overthrown and murdered in the midst of the impending chaos. Snow took her fated poisoning and turned it around by learning the trade. Who needs saving, or protection, when you can avoid the danger, and use it to your advantage? Tink does for herself, using her skills to fight the pirates. Wendy took leadership when Pan was gone. Esmeralda took to the streets when her soldier love left her (remember the book?) Ariel went back to the water when her prince was murdered. Sleeping Beauty had to slay her own dragon. Belle's obviously been raped and imprisoned. (See the baby?) She killed her tormenter. But she kept the child. Jasmine protects her father now that her hapless husband was killed in the war. She kept his monkey, though. Mulan to me is the pansexual. She is an assassin, and utilizes everything at her disposal. And she LIKES it. Alice is the perpetual child, hell bent on the magic of destruction.
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Comments: 72

TessFowler In reply to ??? [2013-01-19 22:46:07 +0000 UTC]

I can't wait to see what you do with her!

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IAmCatLadyCosplay [2012-12-16 19:50:46 +0000 UTC]

do you have full bodies of these?
my friend and i want to cosplay your designs but we're at a loss on some of the pieces of the costumes haha

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TessFowler In reply to IAmCatLadyCosplay [2012-12-16 20:32:39 +0000 UTC]

Elsewhere in my gallery you'll find close ups. And if that's not enough feel free to add me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tessfowler7 I have an album full. If you're attending SDCC, be sure to come by my table in Artist Alley and say hello!

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IAmCatLadyCosplay In reply to TessFowler [2012-12-16 22:45:45 +0000 UTC]

okay i sent your facebook link to my friends who are planning on doing it as well..if we make them before SDCC we'll be sure to stop by!

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DC-Tiki [2012-12-08 02:47:16 +0000 UTC]

Haha, very cool, nice character re-designs!

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CelticChick In reply to ??? [2012-11-06 00:26:59 +0000 UTC]

love your picture just wish it got a bit bigger so i could see all your great little details.

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lenoli-greenleaf [2012-10-26 10:35:22 +0000 UTC]

Bah! So creative!! This is such a unique idea. Inspired!!

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pukkafish [2012-10-18 18:09:29 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing!

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cinemajack In reply to ??? [2012-10-18 02:04:38 +0000 UTC]

That is amazing!

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SelanaRiver In reply to ??? [2012-10-17 01:38:08 +0000 UTC]

I just love your vision of those steampunk Disney princesses *O* !!! it would be a wonderful inspiration for a group cosplay !!

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Nevendar92 In reply to SelanaRiver [2012-10-19 23:17:48 +0000 UTC]

Funny you say that, I showed this to some of my friends that did Zombie Prinesses last year, and they love the idea.

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SelanaRiver In reply to Nevendar92 [2012-10-20 04:19:44 +0000 UTC]

In fact it's quite logical, when you start doing cosplay (like me) and that there's an amazing and original picture with disney princesses which appears ... You dream ^w^

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7disney7 [2012-10-15 16:54:31 +0000 UTC]

clever!

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FlorrieQueenOfKook [2012-10-09 16:15:03 +0000 UTC]

I love all of this, amazing!!! I love Ariel's eyes and Mulan just looks so badass xx

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YesIAteYourCookie [2012-10-09 03:07:45 +0000 UTC]

THIS! This is pure awesomeness.
This is amazing in every way, and I love this so much, I might buy this even though I have no money.
You, my friend, are an amazing artist.
I cannot express how amazing and how much I love this picture.
You made my night.
Thank you for your awesomeness.
Awesome is the only word that comes to mind besides Genius.
I swear to Bob, that you are now, in my book, my favorite fantasy artist/imaginative genius on this site.
Disney was my life growing up, and now I'm all about the apocalypse and zombie outbreaks and zombies and blah blah blah, but mixing my two favorite things has never even come to my mind before. <3
I love this so much.

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TessFowler In reply to YesIAteYourCookie [2012-10-09 03:25:27 +0000 UTC]

You are too kind!!! Thank you so much for this comment!

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YesIAteYourCookie In reply to TessFowler [2012-10-09 03:32:02 +0000 UTC]

But I'm being 300% honest.
I should be thanking you, if I already did not.
From what I have seen, your drawings take everything I know and love, and make them better, by adding more things I know and love.
You seem to have the same mindset as me, but a much better artist.
All I do is color in line art with photoshop, I'm not very good at drawing.
You inspire me to learn, to want to draw and create such amazing pieces of art! So, please keep posting, and I will forever follow and love your art.

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TessFowler In reply to YesIAteYourCookie [2012-10-09 03:37:01 +0000 UTC]

"You inspire me to learn."

YES!! That is what I live for!!!

Honestly, I try to lead my life with the motto "Kill that which bores you on sight." And I find that when I hit the ground running, others feel the wind and get up to run too. Go go go!! Have fun and always keep learning.

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YesIAteYourCookie In reply to TessFowler [2012-10-09 03:41:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
I hope one day, I almost as amazing as you.
I would love it if you could even teach me a few tricks or two!
I draw more cartoony, anime/manga style things, but I know a couple of comic book traits that I sometimes throw into my doodles and sketches.
Unfortunately until I get a scanner, my pictures will not be seen.
I would love it, if you could show me how to better my anatomy (poses, different sides or the body, hands, and feet), and different sides of the face, because that's what I need to work on. Even if it costs me money, I would love to learn from an amazing artist such as yourself.

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TessFowler In reply to YesIAteYourCookie [2012-10-09 03:45:20 +0000 UTC]

I did a tutorial on youtube. Just search my name. And I will be doing more. But feel free to add me on FB and ask questions. facebook.com/tessfowler7

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YesIAteYourCookie In reply to TessFowler [2012-10-09 03:53:53 +0000 UTC]

I really love when you put a little bit of meat on your characters. I saw that Ivy, a a bit chubby, not a lot, but enough to be very sexy.
I think a little bit of chub on a girl is nice, especially in the right places.
And when I see your art, I see women the way they should be.
Not the way society thinks they should be. And I really like that.
My name is Destiny By the way, so you'll know who I am when I pop up.
Have a great night, and I hope I can talk to you more!

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