Oooh those are lovely! I can't decide which I like better. They're both amazing but there's just something about flat color that's always so appealing...
"He has no hat because when I was a kid my sister had the Aladdin doll, and it was this pain in the neck how the hat was just this plastic thing stuck to his head, so even when he was playing a 1990's businessman or something it was always there. In my heart, I came to resent it for that."
Ohmygod that annoyed me too! You could never even have him be Prince Ali without Ali's headpiece because of that.
Ohmygod that annoyed me too! You could never even have him be Prince Ali without Ali's headpiece because of that.
OMG yes. What if he wanted to take his hat off because he was indoors, or it was hot, or something? And the turban never stayed on well, anyway, not if you were actually playing with the toy.
Though, the not-plastic hair on the Beast doll was worse. It stuck straight up once we took the tie out, which of course we did right away. It never looked right ever again.
Haha! The people who made those dolls really needed to think about what they were doing before going ahead and actually making the dolls. I still have my Sleeping Beauty/Aurora doll from back then and her eyes are almost completely gone because of the whole using cold/warm water to make her go to sleep and wake up again.
Oh, we had that one too! We didn't use it that hard, though. Her hair and clothes inevitably got wet when we tried, and then she was gross to hold.
Though, at least she didn't end up like the little mermaid doll. Since it was a mermaid, I took it into the bath and the swimming pool. Her hear got moldy inside, and became vaguely greenish.
EEEEEE. He is so CUTE and SMIRKING and STREETWISE and he has CURLS. This is AMAZING and you must do MORE OF THIS. RANDOM CAPSLOCK.
Also, my friend had that Aladdin doll, and yes, it was a pain in the butt. At least with the Beast, you could take his Beast mask off and let him be a long-haired hippie for a while.
EEE I may have been specifically looking forward to your comment because I knew you'd specifically enjoy this :D
I SO SO SO want to do more. I've got myself writing prompt drabbles to try and keep up my ideas, and I do have a few more....
See, our Beast doll was a running joke, because his hair stuck straight up once you took the tie out and then you could never get it back down. I'm not sure he ever got to play his movie character. We re-named him BHD (Bad Hair Day) and he always got stuck playing the idiot-villain.
YAY! I will be waiting for more of these with greedy hunger in my eyes.
Yeah, my Beast doll had the same awful hair. And for some reason, I lost all of his clothes, so somehow he ended up wearing Cinderella's Prince Charming's red/gold pants...and nothing else. Wardrobe and hair combined, it was pretty bizarre.
I like them both, but I really have a thing for flat coloring. His expression is wonderful! I would have loved him with more of an attitude. I had the Aladdin doll, but the hat didn't bother me because my best friend decided one day to swing Aladdin around by the head, which caused his body to separate and go flying across the room (no magic carpet required). The head never fit again, but we did have great horror adventures with Headless Aladdin chasing my Barbies.
He had a lot of attitude for a Disney guy, really (compare: Hercules, Eric, Shang...) but yeah, he'd have been awesome with even more. So, I imagine him that way.
Did you ever put other doll heads on the wrong bodies? We had a Barbie and a Ken whose heads came off, so sometimes we swapped their heads for lulz. We also used the headless Ken body a bit, but only for more lulz; he was usually in the back room at the doctor's office and the doctor would have to periodically beat him off.
I prefer the second one actually. Actually, I think some middle ground would've been awesome. Cell-shading, like in the actual movie.
Also, I haven't drawn in forever, so I envy you. (Although I have been busy with other creative escapades, like writing, roleplaying, making icons, LJ layouts, profiles, fanvidding, and other projects. I've actually been quite productive in that sense.)
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"He has no hat because when I was a kid my sister had the Aladdin doll, and it was this pain in the neck how the hat was just this plastic thing stuck to his head, so even when he was playing a 1990's businessman or something it was always there. In my heart, I came to resent it for that."
Ohmygod that annoyed me too! You could never even have him be Prince Ali without Ali's headpiece because of that.
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OMG yes. What if he wanted to take his hat off because he was indoors, or it was hot, or something? And the turban never stayed on well, anyway, not if you were actually playing with the toy.
Though, the not-plastic hair on the Beast doll was worse. It stuck straight up once we took the tie out, which of course we did right away. It never looked right ever again.
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Though, at least she didn't end up like the little mermaid doll. Since it was a mermaid, I took it into the bath and the swimming pool. Her hear got moldy inside, and became vaguely greenish.
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Also, my friend had that Aladdin doll, and yes, it was a pain in the butt. At least with the Beast, you could take his Beast mask off and let him be a long-haired hippie for a while.
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I SO SO SO want to do more. I've got myself writing prompt drabbles to try and keep up my ideas, and I do have a few more....
See, our Beast doll was a running joke, because his hair stuck straight up once you took the tie out and then you could never get it back down. I'm not sure he ever got to play his movie character. We re-named him BHD (Bad Hair Day) and he always got stuck playing the idiot-villain.
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Yeah, my Beast doll had the same awful hair. And for some reason, I lost all of his clothes, so somehow he ended up wearing Cinderella's Prince Charming's red/gold pants...and nothing else. Wardrobe and hair combined, it was pretty bizarre.
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Did you ever put other doll heads on the wrong bodies? We had a Barbie and a Ken whose heads came off, so sometimes we swapped their heads for lulz. We also used the headless Ken body a bit, but only for more lulz; he was usually in the back room at the doctor's office and the doctor would have to periodically beat him off.
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I prefer the second one actually. Actually, I think some middle ground would've been awesome. Cell-shading, like in the actual movie.
Also, I haven't drawn in forever, so I envy you. (Although I have been busy with other creative escapades, like writing, roleplaying, making icons, LJ layouts, profiles, fanvidding, and other projects. I've actually been quite productive in that sense.)
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