Artist Creates Comics Where He Replaces Famous Disney Characters In Modern Day Life

What if Disney characters were like ordinary people, facing everyday problems, dilemmas, and social networks?

Damjan

Published in Funny
14 Nov 2020

Artist Creates Comics Where He Replaces Famous Disney Characters In Modern Day Life

Disney characters usually live in a world of perfect timing, dramatic entrances, and happily ever afters, but Andhika Muksin gives them a much messier reality. The Indonesian Photoshop artist turns familiar princesses and side characters into people dealing with quarantine, awkward dates, social media, and everyday modern life.

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His comic-style edits have made the rounds online because they feel both funny and strangely believable. Instead of keeping Disney characters frozen in fantasy, Muksin drops them into celebrity photos, lockdown scenes, and other situations that look a little too familiar.

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That mix of nostalgia and real life is exactly what makes his work so easy to scroll through.

1. "Multitask Kween"

Andhika Muksin

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2. "Day Xx Of Quarantine. Doing The Flip The Switch Challenge Challenge And Found Out That Your Boyfriend's Make Up Game Is Better Than Yours"

Andhika Muksin

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3. "My Kind Of Friday"

Andhika Muksin

His Disney characters are having a very modern kind of day.

4. "Disney Lockdown"

Andhika Muksin

5. "When You Need To Stand 2 Meters Apart And Have To Wake A Princess From A Sleeping Curse"

Andhika Muksin

6. "Quarantine Mood"

Andhika Muksin

7. "We All Have That One Friend..."

Andhika Muksin

8. "Cats Are Arseholes. Every Cat Owner Will Agree"

Andhika Muksin

9. "When You're Social Distancing But Need To Curse A Newborn Baby Asap"

Andhika Muksin

10. "Party City Queens"

Andhika Muksin

11. "Video Call"

Andhika Muksin

Muksin says that finishing each illustration requires a different amount of time. Some images can be completed in an hour, while others may take days. "But never more than 3 or 4 days. This usually happens if I don't like the result and keep reworking it until I'm satisfied," the illustrator stated.

"I've always wanted to be an artist/illustrator, but not specifically a digital artist. I had an acrylic painting phase back then, but now Photoshop is just my preferred tool," he said.

The artist explained that over the last 15 years as an illustrator, he's learned that the process of finding one's creative style is as crucial as letting go for the sake of experimentation and testing boundaries.

Muksin loves Disney, but he doesn’t just reimagine the cartoon characters in realistic situations. He also photoshops Disney princesses into celebrity photos.

His love affair with Disney started when he was five or six years old, and he received a VHS tape of Alice in Wonderland as a birthday gift.

“I was obsessed with it. I would watch it almost every single day after school. Not long after that, the Disney Renaissance era started, and my obsession became a bit out of control, cementing my status as a Disney fanboy.”

This also feels like the friend who backed out of urgent lizard sitting, and triggered an AITA debate.

12. "Mulan's Dad Really Misses Her"

Andhika Muksin

13. "Snow White Is Not Having It. Nope"

Andhika Muksin

14. "When Your Prince Finally Arrives"

Andhika Muksin

15. "The First Few Seconds Of A Cold Shower"

Andhika Muksin

16. "Ughhhhhhhhhhhh"

Andhika Muksin

17. "When You Realize It's Already Monday"

Andhika Muksin

18. "Disney Lockdown"

Andhika Muksin

19. "Quarantine Beauty"

Andhika Muksin

20. "Alice In Wonderland 2020"

Andhika Muksin

21. "Running From Bad Dates Be Like"

Andhika Muksin

Muksin fell in love with Disney characters and wanted to create fan art of them. “But instead of ‘remaking’ them in my own aesthetic style, I put a naughty twist on them. Over time, as I kept posting my Disney characters in real-life situations, I noticed that more and more people reshared them on their Instagram, and I received more and more positive DMs and comments as well. So I guess people liked them.”

When asked about his inspiration, the artist said that he gets ideas entirely randomly.

“These characters are constantly revitalized through a wide array of innovations, from Broadway shows, Disneyland rides, merchandise, and now live-action remakes. These elements have brought them to iconic status. So I guess they blend so well with our everyday lives because they are so well known,” he explained.