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Talented Artist Illustrates Disney Characters In Her Totally Unique Style

California-based caricature artist Emily Nguyen creates stunning Disney fan art.

Talented Artist Illustrates Disney Characters In Her Totally Unique Style

California illustrator Emily Nguyen has spent more than 15 years building a creative career that spans illustration, design, painting, photography, sculpting, and animation. She never studied art in school, though, because her academic path started with biochemistry instead.

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Today, Emily works as a full-time caricature artist for Disney Parks, and her fan art shows exactly why that fits so well. She reimagines Disney villains, heroes, and princesses in a style that feels completely her own, and the results are hard to look away from.

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Her take on these characters is playful, bold, and unmistakably personal. Read on.

1. Belle, Beauty and the Beast

1. Belle, Beauty and the BeastEmily Nguyen Art
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2. Aladdin and Abu

2. Aladdin and AbuEmily Nguyen Art
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3. Tiana and Naveen (The Princess and the Frog)

3. Tiana and Naveen (The Princess and the Frog)Emily Nguyen Art

Emily’s Disney portraits keep getting more inventive from here.

4. Sleeping Beauty: Aurora, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather

4. Sleeping Beauty: Aurora, Flora, Fauna, and MerryweatherEmily Nguyen Art

5. Maleficent

5. MaleficentEmily Nguyen Art

6. Snow White

6. Snow WhiteEmily Nguyen Art

7. Tinkerbell

7. TinkerbellEmily Nguyen Art

8. Mad Hatter & March Hare

8. Mad Hatter & March HareEmily Nguyen Art

That whimsical energy is doing a lot of the work here.

9. Ariel the Little Mermaid

9. Ariel the Little MermaidEmily Nguyen Art

10. Basil and Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective

10. Basil and Ratigan from The Great Mouse DetectiveEmily Nguyen Art

11. Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

11. Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)Emily Nguyen Art

12. Mulan

Frollo and Ursula from Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Little MermaidEmily Nguyen Art

13. Ursula

Frollo and Mulan characters, followed by Cinderella and her step-sistersEmily Nguyen Art

She keeps finding new ways to make familiar characters feel fresh.

This feels a lot like a friend’s parrot wrecking an artist’s prized painting, then arguing over vet costs.

14. Cinderella

14. CinderellaEmily Nguyen Art

15. Cinderella's Step-Sisters

15. Cinderella's Step-SistersEmily Nguyen Art

16. Evil Queen (Snow White)

16. Evil Queen (Snow White)Emily Nguyen Art

17. Cruella De Vil, Jasper, and Horace (101 Dalmatians)

17. Cruella De Vil, Jasper, and Horace (101 Dalmatians)Emily Nguyen Art

18. Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

18. Captain Hook (Peter Pan)Emily Nguyen Art

The villain lineup is especially fun to scroll through.

19. Belle

Captain Hook with Cruella De Vil, Jasper, and Horace, then Evil Queen and EsmeraldaEmily Nguyen Art

20. Evil Queen (Snow White)

20. Evil Queen (Snow White)Emily Nguyen Art

21. Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

21. Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)Emily Nguyen Art

22. Maleficent

22. MaleficentEmily Nguyen Art

23. Ariel the Little Mermaid

23. Ariel the Little MermaidEmily Nguyen Art

24. Pocahontas

24. PocahontasEmily Nguyen Art

25. Wiggins & Ratcliffe (Pocahontas)

25. Wiggins & Ratcliffe (Pocahontas)Emily Nguyen Art

26. Alice in Wonderland

26. Alice in WonderlandEmily Nguyen Art

27. Ariel the Little Mermaid

27. Ariel the Little MermaidEmily Nguyen Art

Emily’s Disney art is impossible to scroll past.

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