If you spend your days surfing the never-ending Instagram feed, you might've already heard of a freelance illustrator called Isabelle Staub, who rocked the platform with her fresh reimaginings of classic Disney Princesses. What you might not know, though, is that this series also helped the artist to get out of a serious creative block.

“I’ve always loved Disney since I was a child, so I decided to paint the princesses in my own art style for fun,” Isabelle told DesignTaxi. And she really got into it, spending from 8 to 12 hours recreate each image. Almost the whole process is done in the Corel Painter, with only a few last touches done with Photoshop.

"I’m definitely ready to start a new series! Someone requested villains, which I think would be really cool. But I might give the whole Disney theme a rest for a while.”

Right now she's in the first stages of illustrating her own children's book, so keep refreshing her Instagram and Etsy pages for more awesome works.

More info: Isabelle StaubEtsy | Instagram (h/t: designtaxi)

#1

Pocahontas, Pocahontas

Pocahontas, Pocahontas

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#2

Ariel, The Little Mermaid

Ariel, The Little Mermaid

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Kailyn Anderson
Community Member
6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can you guys just enjoy the artwork? Its within the artist's right to styalize their work however they like. Its pleasing to the eye and shows talent. Chill

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#3

Belle, Beauty And The Beast

Belle, Beauty And The Beast

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Eglė Liubinaitė
Community Member
6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first one doesn't have make up and lip surgery, but the second one looks cool too :D

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#4

Esmeralda, The Hunchback Of Notre-dame

Esmeralda, The Hunchback Of Notre-dame

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Jesus Wäre
Community Member
6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are they all covered in oil? No one is that shiny without oil!

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Tiana, The Princess And The Frog

Tiana, The Princess And The Frog

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Aurora, Sleeping Beauty

Aurora, Sleeping Beauty

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Isabelle Staub
Community Member
6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am the artist who did these- I never once said I wanted these to look realistic. I just painted the princesses in my own art style for fun! It's not that serious.

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