Through Mathieu Normand
Published on 18 Apr 21 at 18:12
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Arielle at the beach with her kite surf, the wicked witch at the fashion week, Aladdin polishing his apartment… Virginie Fleury, resident of Rouen (Seine-Maritime), has fun distorting the image of disney characters by drawing them on photos representing landscapes or everyday scenes. This results in unusual arrangements.
“I try to imagine how to put them in a situation in relation to their personality,” she explains. I’m 32 years old. I grew up with the Disney. I still love to watch them, old and new. These are all my references. The result hits the mark. Its account In real disney, was followed by more than 9,400 subscribers in one year.
–A “pleasure” born during the first confinement
The idea came during the first confinement. “I had seen a drawing of Mulan who was in the streets in China with her mask, remembers Virginie. I found it so excellent. I said to myself: ‘I really want to do this!’ La Rouennaise had never drawn before. Containment was the opportunity to get started. “I set myself goals so as not to go around in circles. At the beginning I did one drawing a day. It was my motivation. “
She creates on her Ipad. She uses photos that she took during a trip, taken by partner photographers or copyright free on the web. Then she embeds princesses, princes, emblematic or secondary characters, according to her desires, working their expressions according to the situations.
–Virginie has continued to produce most of the past year with a few breaks. She tempers: “I’m doing it for fun.” I don’t feel professional at all. I’m preparing a drawing of Eric for the birthday. We should see all the evolution in one year! “
Drawings sometimes engaged
This amateur designer is also quite proud to have conveyed certain more committed messages, with drawings showing Pocahontas demonstrating or Arielle the little mermaid collecting litter on the beach. “It may not be the most successful, but I found it really cool to associate Arielle with this political message. It is a cause that is close to my heart. “
–Some also saw commitment where there was none. “I wanted to make a drawing to illustrate the fact that Disney bought Fox. It was the opportunity for me to draw Anastasia, a character that I adore, since she was now at Disney. She pictured her kissing Belle, which earned her a shower of hard-to-accept negative comments. “Being a lesbian myself, I found it interesting to stage them that way. I didn’t expect it to create such a blowout. It was really something that touched me, that I found free. Fortunately, I also had support. “
It might have chilled her, but she reacted the next day with a drawing of Mushu holding a scroll of the Kamasutra. One way of responding: “Here, I draw what I want, and I will continue!” “
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