The Soul Of A Dragon

How did no one before Hiccup ever look at dragons and didn't instantly think friend shaped.

Dragon time.

These are all doodles and wips, mostly just to get the vision out of my head, none of this is “finished” work

The eel effect

An anonymous sketch commission of Lilo & Stitch as a Valentine for their loved one!

Apologies if there are any issues with the Hawaiian-language phrasing, I just used Google Translate 😅

The series and spinoffs have a few hiccups here and there but for the most part? L&S showed understanding and compassion towards “weirdness” and embraced it in a way I think was actually rather uncommon at the time, there’s other media out there from that era that did similar (like The Addam’s Family for example), but L&S managed to touch on just how validating acceptance and understanding can be from a meta standpoint-its very narrative and story embraced and celebrated these characters’ strangeness in a way that we’re only seeing come into prominence now, and I think that’s incredible to realize

Today is the twentieth anniversary of Lilo & Stitch. 🌺👽

The original Disney animated film that started it all premiered at the Disney-owned El Capitan Theatre on June 16, 2002, where Disney fans first saw the funny, silly, charming, and heartwarming tale of the unlikely duo of a lonely little Hawaiian girl and a blue alien genetic experiment on the lam whom she adopts as her "dog". The film would go on to have its wide release across the United States five days later and would spawn a substantial franchise in the years since.

To honor this occasion, here are some pictures from the Lilo & Stitch premiere. (Images come from Lilo & Stitch Source [fr], WSB-TV of Cox Media Group, and mabroselvisworld.com [de].) Also, check out these lower-resolution images of the premiere from LaughingPlace.com (Wayback Machine link).