Real Life Disney Women and Girls

Ariel

Belle

Princess Jasmine

Snow White

Fa Mulan

Tiana

Jane Porter

Ursula

Esmeralda

Megara

Rapunzel

Cinderella

Princess Aurora

Pocahontas

Alice

Reference:  What Female Disney Characters Might Look Like in Real Life.

In one respect, artist Jirka Väätäinen broke the rules of animation and fantasy by rendering these Disney women and girls to a "real life."  These illustrations are not "real life," of course, but you have a sense for what I'm talking about.  This point is not a criticism.  Rather, I am continuously taken by what artists do with their imagination.  

Väätäinen endowed these characters with characteristics that Disney probably didn't intend or want.  Or maybe Disney did.  From the girl-next-door Ariel and Snow White, to coy Megara and naughty Rapunzel.  From awed Alice and bemused Cinderella, to the smoldering Princess Jasmine and Esmeralda.  It's an impressive effort, and the license to break rules is essentially what draws me to the arts.

From the oeuvre on his website, Väätäinen looks to be an impressive artist.