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Disney Artists Sketch Your Heart's Desire At PAX

A trio of talented Disney artists are stationed at the Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two booth at PAX Prime 2012. Disney fans are waiting in line for over three hours to ask these magicians to draw their favorite characters to life. I snapped some photos of the charming sketches and dropped them here for you to look at.

The first step.

Adding the hair.

The artist.

It's Belle from The Beauty and the Beast.

All the artist were working at easels. Those things always seem so uncomfortable to work with.

The final shot before it was handed over to the gracious recipient.

Another artist begins a sketch of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Watching this guy pull this scene from his mind and draw it into existence was mesmerizing.

He busted out his cell phone for a refresher on the looks of the Eiffel Tower.

A wider shot of the artists' stations.

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  • Wow, I really wish there were video of them drawing. ^_^

  • Not that many people would bring their kid to PAX.

    It's still awesome though.
  • Oh man this is so awesome. And Belle is best Disney princess, just saying.
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    One illustration of Donald dressed in his QuackShot gear, please!
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  • Oh, their favorite DISNEY characters? That's still cool, but I read it and thought they'd draw any game character you asked them to, in "Disney style". I was looking forward to seeing some Disneyfied Mario and Cloud drawings...

    It's crazy to see these guys and not know why Disney doesn't have more of a gaming presence. It's practically just Junction Point and Avalanche, and then a bunch of studios doing stupid movie tie-ins that aren't good. I look at these artists, and can easily imagine more games like Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper. All the artists at Insomniac and Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch who worked on those have strong animation backgrounds it seems. Disney's artists should be able to create original characters and universes for games WAY more often.
  • I'll take either a Darkwing Duck or one of the Gummi Bears :)

  • I knew it was Belle from step one. Illustrator for the win.

    Three hours in line isn't bad, I've waited almost twelve hours to get my Amanda Conner commissions.

  • Thanks for this look Tim. Those easels are not as uncomfortable as you may think. They can give your shoulder a good work out just from holding your arm up, but they really free you up to make more gestures, and they save your back from hunching over a table all day!
  • WHOA. Those are impressive!

  • If a drunk racist irish man can draw mickey then anyone can. Look it up Disney was Irish (don't know about the drunk though, but he was rather surly, unless you were lily white and christian he was your best friend).

  • Would it be wrong of me if I asked one of them to draw one of the Princesses with a little more cleavage, you know something I could "work" with. These prepubescent bodies do nothing for me.
  • Those artist truly know how to draw.

  • Sweet love the mickey thing
  • I wonder if they would be able to accept requests to draw other characters in Disney style. But just them being there to draw commissions for you is amazing. I'd ask for Belle as well lol

  • Wonder if they would have drawn Sora if asked XD

  • I think it's really cool to be good at drawing.

  • I find that watching people draw is extremely relaxing.

  • Great Perfect Draw Good Disney

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