It should be said that I have a deep obsession with Disney movies...particularly movies with awkward characters. This weekend, I watched two of my favorites: Lilo and Stitch (an all-time best Disney creation) and The Road to El Dorado. Lilo and Stitch made me want to dig through my old drawings and pull out the old fan sketches I've done for that movie. Unfortunately, I could only find one of those old sketches. This one was started around two years ago and never finished...water is evil to try and color with colored pencils, which is why the sketch is unfinished. I'll have to get back to it at some point, but for today I avoided restarting my attempt at a wave.
So, that left El Dorado. Love that movie. Miguel and Tulio are two of the best characters that Disney has come up with in quite a while. Then again, I always love the "side-kick" like characters, and Disney admits that El Dorado was made as a movie where the typical side-kick characters are the stars.
I spent an hour or so sketching the characters from the opening scene of the movie.
At some point, I may color the sketch. Not sure if I'll do that with colored pencil or in Photoshop. Depends on my level of boredom when I decide to sit down and color. If I'm really bored and willing to spend more time on it, I'll use colored pencil. Photoshop is quicker and easier, so I'll use that if I only want to spend a little time on it.
Half of my love for Disney movies comes from the music, so I put a video from the movie below. This accomplishes two things. 1) It let's you enjoy the lovely music and 2) It gives you a view the Miguel and Tulio in action so that you can better judge my drawing of them.
My other project of the weekend was to finish the written portion of my Photoshop Custom Shapes tutorial. That tutorial is now up and running. Enjoy.
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Well, you're not going to believe this, but then again, maybe you will. I have NEVER seen the two movies you featured above. Your video is my very first snippet at knowing what you're referring to. I did enjoy the music. My question is, why did you pick the title: Mighty and Powerful Gods? Is that a reference to Disney, his movies or the characters? Sorry I can't comment on anything else EXCEPT to say I think you did a swell job on the drawing.
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P.S. And please tell that mighty and powerful character you're attached to NOT to make fun of me for not being into or up on all of Disney's movies. *thumbs in ears, wiggling fingers at HIM*. Feel free to remove this very unprofessional comment when you're editing.
Reply to Marie:
LOL. The title "Mighty and Powerful Gods" refers to the movie itself. In the movie, Miguel and Tulio pose as Gods to the people of El Dorado. The line "Mighty and Powerful Gods" comes straight out of the movie.
Both are great movies. Two of my favorite Disneys. I think my top 5 favorite Disney movies of all time would be:
Lilo and Stitch
Treasure Planet
Road to El Dorado
Emporers New Groove
Brother Bear
Not necessarily in that order, though Lilo and Stitch is definitely always the number one. The others switch order depending on my mood. I would definitely recommend watching them, if you ever get the chance. They are adorable.
I'm glad you like my drawing. ^.^ And I have no desire at all to delete your comment.
Regards ~
Artist Anika
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