diary of a fairy princess

Two-piece silk evening gown

c. 1865-1869

pink and white silk brocade evening gown made in Paris, France in the 1860s

Reception gown

c. 1905

unknown maker

Blue Hydrangeas Dress

c. 1896-1906

silk, tulle, sequins, gemstones

French

hey pals!! i'm working on a filterable, tagged collection of picrew i like. right now there's about 60 picrew (and other such makers such as those from neka or meiker) in there with tags for things like fashion, hair options, skin colors, specific features like horns or headscarves, and body types. you can search for multiple tags at a time and filter out tags you don't want. the whole thing is organized in a big grid of sample results from the picrew in question, so you can see the style at a glance and click it for more images and the url, but you can change the view and organization system however you like.

the link is here!!! feel free to share this wherever. i'm still going through my folders and adding more makers, so expect lots of updates real soon.

i'm hoping this makes it easier for people to find picrew that suit them and their characters, especially in cases where it's unfortunately harder to find certain features like dark skin options and fat bodies.

a 1968 Vietnamese stamp from a series on local crafts

Character designs for Sleeping Beauty by Tom Oreb

“Eyvind and I were the two hot new guys… We’d work on the weekends, we’d throw storyboards up… a lot of the old guys just absolutely turned on us. It was really kind of brutal in a way. But guys like Tommy, Ward Kimball, Bill Peet, Don DaGradi, they didn’t have that closed kind of thing. Tommy really married Eyvind and I. He became our friend. He looked after us. He talked us up. So the three of us became really good friends. We started hanging out together and all of that. Eyvind was kind of like Tom’s equal. They were both in the same age range and everything else. And I was the young kid. I was probably nine or ten years younger than both of them. I just became Tom’s protégé. I idolized him.” - Vic Haboush, layout artist

“There was only absolute harmony and enthusiasm between Ken Anderson, Don DaGradi, Eric Larson, Tom Oreb and myself. We set out to create the most beautiful picture we could do. We all loved each other’s work… The first production layouts were given to me to redraw in my style. Tom Oreb drew the characters over and over and over again. The Ink and Paint Department made finished cels of Tom Oreb’s characters and they were placed over my backgrounds to see if they would fit.” - Eyvind Earle, background painter & color stylist

excerpt and photos from They Drew As They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Mid-Century Era: The 1950s and 1960s by Didier Ghez Aurora photo [x]

I'm proud of you for making it though that time, but I need you to stop suppressing your feelings now that you're here.

the pancake tutu

as seen in sleeping beauty (pink) and swan lake (white)

also known as a platter tutu, the pancake is probably what you think of when you hear the word ”tutu”. it’s made of 8-16 tulle layers increasing in length from bottom to top, kept stiff with starch, stitching, and sometimes a thin wire hoop sewn in between the layers.

the romantic tutu

as seen in giselle (light blue) and chopiniana (white)

the romantic tutu is the oldest tutu style, worn as early as the late 1700s, and popularized by marie taglioni (1804-84) in 1829. it’s made of lighter tulle layers reaching to as high as just below the knee, and as low as to the ankle.

the bell tutu

as seen in the awakening of flora (four dancers) and paquita (blue)

the bell tutu is a less common variation of the pancake tutu. it uses dozens of layers of tulle without a hoop to get a fuller, lighter look when in movement. it’s more expensive and difficult to make, but completely worth the effort.

the powder-puff tutu

as seen in jewels (white), and stars and stripes (red)

the powder-puff tutu, also known as the american style tutu, was favored by american choreographer george balanchine (1904-83). it’s made of short layers of tulle that aren’t sewn together or hooped, to achieve a less structured look.