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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)

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Pocahontas, Pocahontas

Pocahontas, Pocahontas

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    Ariel, The Little Mermaid

    Ariel, The Little Mermaid

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    Kailyn Anderson
    Community Member
    8 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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    Belle, Beauty And The Beast

    Belle, Beauty And The Beast

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    Eglė Liubinaitė
    Community Member
    8 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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    Esmeralda, The Hunchback Of Notre-dame

    Esmeralda, The Hunchback Of Notre-dame

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    Jesus Wäre
    Community Member
    8 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
    8 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.

    Uwe Jarling
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You did an AWESOME job here! Wonderful work!

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    ALIYAH ALLEN
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg! these illustrations are so incredible!

    ivett cser
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i tend to smile like her especially the second one. like this one.

    Naly Morales
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg 😲 😍😍😍 I'm Speechless 😶

    Katherine Miller
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one reminds me of those old vintage dolls ♡♡♡

    Skyler Allati
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The hair is really neat. I think that they could have thinned out the face more to look like her though. Still very cool!

    Dennis Imoto
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they are both walking with him once upon a dream. Her name is Aurora and she is on tape #7 and this is her story...

    Hannah The Bear
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guys how have people not realised yet the TITLE is wrong. Read the story.

    Brandi Walker
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They do look realistic in some ways, but either way they are all way better than I can draw or color! These all look great!

    Kylle Loh
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like makeup trends then and now!

    Pennyworth
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beautiful rendering. But she does look much more emotional rather than playful.

    Molly Nelson
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are all SUPER cool, but with Sleeping Beautys "edited image" she looks like shes about to eat those poisonous Holly berries and kill herself!!! LOL! wtf!? Sleeping Beauty AKA Suicide Beauty.. sad... ;-)

    Julie Levak-Madding
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get it. The eyes still take up half the head and now it looks like they're wearing mascara and eyeliner on the giant moons. The lips look like extreme lip enhancement x33. It's almost as if the face were half lips and half eyes, like women who go through fifty (or so) surgeries to look more like a Barbie Doll. Please keep these away from little girls. They have enough Princess-induced body image issues, or soon will, to contend with.

    Fernanda Roz
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonderful work! I love them all :)

    Wayne Bart
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost looks like she's been drinkin'

    Nitt Lopez
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The second one look sleepy, or didn't slept enough.

    Krister Ng
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why the sleeping beauty so sad. She should be joyfully thinking of something in her mind.

    Tish Christian
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are all so s**t. Interpreted? More realistic? Not in my opinion. All they have done is enlarge the lips and make them look like tarts

    Emily Tian
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But they all take a lot of talent to draw. You shouldn't ever call an artist's work "s**t"

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    Chiara Fuffa
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're even less realistic than the original ones. Their features are basically the same, while Disney's princess usually look a bit different from each other: at least, they were drawn different in different decades. Then, they all have big shiny lips, an absent look in their eyes, smaller noses than the originals (in case of not - caucasian princesses). The "model" seems to be a soft-core comic. They look a bit lifeless and I must say I don't like them.

    Jill Stevenson
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    where's her teeth? why is she so shiny?

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