As you may have noticed, here at GeekTyrant we are big Disney Princess fans. Disney Princess art, Disney Princess parodies, Disney Princesses dressed up as better, cooler characters… we love it all. But if we’re going to be honest, some of the Princesses are kind of wimpy, poorly characterized, or totally lacking in agency. Like, what was Aurora’s defining characteristic in the original Sleeping Beauty? I don’t know. It was a cool story, but like some of the other princesses, she was a little bit boring.
Enter Rejected Princesses, a website devoted to “women too awesome, awful, or offbeat to get their own animated movies.” The brainchild of former Dreamworks animator Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses gives somewhat forgotten women their due. Each post features a fantastic Disney Princess-style illustration, plus a write up of why the woman is so interesting/unlikely to make the Disney vault. Like,...
Enter Rejected Princesses, a website devoted to “women too awesome, awful, or offbeat to get their own animated movies.” The brainchild of former Dreamworks animator Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses gives somewhat forgotten women their due. Each post features a fantastic Disney Princess-style illustration, plus a write up of why the woman is so interesting/unlikely to make the Disney vault. Like,...
- 7/23/2014
- by Mily Dunbar
- GeekTyrant
According to this former DreamWorks artist, some women from history are a little too "offbeat" to be featured in an animated princess movie. So he's giving them their own time in the spotlight. Jason Porath is the man behind the website RejectedPrincesses.com, where he draws women from history and mythology that have really incredible backstories—stories that a studio like Disney would never, ever touch. He gives them a shiny Disney-esque look and tells their tale, and sometimes these tales lean more toward the R-rated side of the spectrum than the Mickey Mouse-approved PG side. And believe it or not, his inspiration for this project came from the hottest Disney princesses around...
- 6/19/2014
- E! Online
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