So, I stumbled upon an article about reimagined Disney Princesses that I absolutely fell in love with. An artist reimagined classic Disney Princesses as different races than their original design, which may sound like a tired version of "race-bending" but actually came across as eye-opening and intriguing. Although I couldn't find the name of the artist in the article, there was a comment of why he felt compelled to draw these images. In his statement he says, "no political agenda in mind for these edits (except maybe the desire to see a little more diversity), I just love working with character design.” Which makes me love his product even more. He was driven by artistic inspiration, not a board of producers telling him to include more brown people in his work. The whole purpose of diversity is defeated when it is forced and artificially synthesized. It should be automatic to look at a scene full of racially homogenous characters and feel as though it isn't an accurate representation of reality. However, I shall stop my ranting and show the beautiful work of this artist below. The link to the original article will be at the end.
1. Snow White
2. The Little Mermaid
3. Cinderella
4. Beauty and the Beast
5. Hercules
6. Sleeping Beauty
7. Princess and the Frog
8. Pocahontas
9. Aladdin
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