Inspiration Pick: Claire Keane

although Sleeping Beauty is my favorite Disney movie (the artwork is amazing XD), my favorite Disney Princess is Rapunzel. While the film Tangled was wonderfully done, I have to say that one of my favorite aspects of it is the artwork done by Claire Keane.

 Claire Keane is the daughter of none other than the animating legend Glen Keane. If you don't know who that is, please google it. Seriously. Inform yourself.

Anyway, this is my "Inspiration Pick" for today. Her use of texture and color is soft and mysterious, and fits wonderfully (or at least i think so) with the more mature side of the Rapunzel story. Her designs for the film were feminine and whimsic, and honestly, i wish there was a stronger feel of it in the finished product. Though i must say the influences of Claire are definitely present in Tangled.

 As girly as i myself am, i do tire of over-girlyness. too much pink makes my right eyeball twitch. So i love the mix of classic femininty in these paintings. It doesn't feel like you're getting shot in the eyeball with girlyness.

i know i used "eyeball" twice in that paragraph but it needed to be done.

my favorite and final painting for this post. i hope to adopt some of the texture and interest of this style by practicing with it. its so different from what i usually do, but im hoping to expand my abilities and at the same time, capture a feeling in my artwork that seeps with mystery and fantasy the way this work does.