Artist Creates Comics Where He Replaces Famous Disney Characters In Modern Day Life

What if Disney characters were like ordinary people, with everyday problems, dilemmas, and social networks?

Damjan

• Published in Disney
• November 14, 2020

We romanticize Disney characters. And who can blame us? They have strong personalities and aren't afraid to fight for what they believe in. But what if they were living in our world? Would that change them? Would they be like us, with our quirks and everyday problems? Would they assimilate into this social-networks-image driven society?

One Indonesian Photoshop artist is not afraid to ask those questions. Andhika Muksin creates comics where she places famous Disney characters in the modern world and everyday situations. She regularly publishes her work on her social media accounts, and we have compiled a list of her best illustrations.

She says that some of her ideas come as a "full package, "while others sometimes "cook" for a long time: "That's why I keep a log of all my ideas that come to my head. More like a journal or diary but for my art."

1. "Multitask Kween"

2. "Day Xx Of Quarantine. Doing The Flip The Switch Challenge Challenge And Found Out That Your Boyfriend's Make Up Game Is Better Than Yours"

3. "My Kind Of Friday"

4. "Disney Lockdown"

5. "When You Need To Stand 2 Meters Apart And Have To Wake A Princess From Sleeping Curse"

6. "Quarantine Mood"

7. "We All Have That One Friend..."

8. "Cats Are Arseholes. Every Cat Owner Will Agree"

9. "When You're Social Distancing But Need To Curse A Newborn Baby Asap"

10. "Party City Queens"

11. "Video Call"

Muksin says that finishing each illustration requires a different amount of time. Some images can be completed in an hour, and others may take days. "But never more than 3 or 4 days. This usually happens If I didn't like the result, and keep reworking it until I'm satisfied," the illustrator stated.

"I've always wanted to be an artist/illustrator but not specifically a digital artist. I had an acrylic painting phase back then, but now Photoshop is just a preferred tool," he said.

The artist explained that over the last 15 years as an illustrator, he's learned that the process of finding one's creative style is as crucial as letting it all go for the sake of experimentation and testing the boundaries.

Muksin loves Disney, but he doesn’t just reimagine the cartoon characters into realistic situations. He also photoshops Disney princesses into celebrity photos.

His love affair with Disney started when he was five or six years old, and he got a VHS tape of Alice in Wonderland as a birthday gift.

“I was obsessed with it. I would watch it almost every single day after school. Not long after that, the Disney Renaissance era started, the obsession became a bit out of control and cemented my status as a Disney fanboy.”

12. "Mulan's Dad Really Misses Her"

13. "Snow White Is Not Having It. Nope"

14. "When Your Prince Finally Here"

15. "The First Few Seconds Of Cold Shower"

16. "Ughhhhhhhhhhhh"

17. "When You Realized It's Already Monday"

18. "Disney Lockdown"

19. "Quarantine Beauty"

20. "Alice In W̶o̶n̶d̶e̶r̶l̶a̶n̶d̶ 2020"

21. "Running From Bad Dates Be Like"

Muksin fell in love with Disney characters, and he wanted to make fan art of them. “But instead of ‘remaking’ them in my own aesthetic style, I put a naughty twist on them. Over time, as I kept posting my Disney characters in real life stuff, I noticed that more and more people re-shared them on their Instagram, and I got more and more positive DMs and comments as well. So I guess people liked them.”

When asked about his inspiration, the artist said that he gets ideas entirely randomly. He believes that we all relate to Disney because we grew up with these characters.

“These characters are constantly revitalized through wide arrays of innovations. From Broadways, Disneyland rides, merchandise, and now Live Action remakes. These things brought them to iconic status. So I guess they blend so well with our everyday life because they are so well known,” he explained.

22. "If You Were Ariel, Which One Would You Do?"

23. "Quarantine Mood"

24. "Quarantine Day X. Haircut Experiments Gone Wrong"

25. "When You Spent Sleepless Nights Binge-Ing The Whole Seasons Of A Show Just To Find Out The Ending Was Crap"

26. "Disney Lockdown"

27. "Ugh...it's That Annoying Dude From The Land Again"

28. "Whatever Happens In This Zoom Meeting, We May Never Know..."

29. "That’s What Meghan Should Have Done"

30. "Zzzrella... It Was A Long Journey To The Ball Anyway"

Damjan