A few months ago, artists at the studio were given canvases and asked to create a piece of artwork based on any one of the 50 Disney animated features that inspires us. Once finished, these canvases will be sold at a charity auction later this year. I will pass along the details as soon as I have them, but for now I thought I would post a few photos of my finished piece:)
My inspirational film of choice is (of course) The Little Mermaid. I knew that I wanted to work with paper for this piece, but I also wanted to utilize the large (18"x36") canvas that was given to me. After a little experimentation, I decided to cut the canvas to be the top foreground elements while its wooden frame serves as a perfect support for the inner layers of paper. The construction was tricky, but in the end I think everything turned out okay (and should stay in place)!
When I make original artwork for gallery shows, I am often asked if it is difficult for me to part with it. My answer is almost always the same: if I know going into the making of a piece that it will be sold, I don't have a problem letting go of it when the time comes.
Well, this one may be the exception.
Have a lovely week, everyone! More updates soon!
140 comments:
Amazing, I love your job!
it's wonderful!
how did you get the canvas to be that stiff?
Absolutely gorgeous. I am really WOWed by this. Beautiful
Your sense of design is stunning - the flowing shapes are almost mesmerising!
I Absolutely LOVE the Little mermaid.
I love, love, love, love, love x100 this!! I wish I hv them.
great work
wow brittney I thank this is one of my favorite pieces of your to date, great stuff
Wow, this is just beyond amazing! The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie and this is so good! Wonderful job!
Absolutely stunning!
Too beautiful! What a great project, it must be so exciting to go back and draw from the classics. I loved your Lion King canvas too :D
awesome!
I am absolutly amazed!!!!
It is lovely...!
WOOOOOOW what a beatiful piece!! I really love your work. The Little Mermaid is my favorite animation film, and I think this is great and wonderful tribute. I'm already waiting for your next post :D
WOW!!! This si so Beautiful, Brittney! I wouldn't be able to give this one away!
There's no words to describe how wonderfull this is. Incredible work! :)
This is just too beautiful!!!
Absolutely wonderful!
Amazing. I love the palette!
amazing!
Absolutely stunning piece. I've never seen anything so well rendered and well designed based on a Disney Film. You are an artistic genius. Brovo & Encore.
Please give further details on the auction.
Haha, the music started playing in my head as I looked at these. This piece is absolutely gorgeous, I wish the whole movie could be redone in this style.
I'm in love with your blog :) ♥♥♥
Annemarie
Oh my goshhhhhh. I am so speechless. This is amazzzingggggg! Woah!
OMG I LOVE IT!!! its beautiful :) I love love love the little mermaid.
Well you are crazy....
Amazing. Im stunned.
You just made my inner child squeal with happiness.
This is beyond words.
Such a stunning piece, amazing details. Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie.
This is so beautiful
Your cut paper work is so fabulous and this may be my favorite yet. So beautiful, great composition and color sense! Little Mermaid was one of my favorite Disney films too. I hope whoever bids on it appreciates it as well!
Brittney, I love it so much, great job!!!!
INCREDIBLE! It's beyond words!
Fantastic! While the Little Mermaid is one of my least favorite Disney movies, you've really captured something mythic and wonderful about it. I'm sure someone will love to have this in their home.
This is perfect <3
holy crap, this is gorgeous!
Whoever ends up with it will be a very lucky person :)
just beautiful ! ^_^
This is so beautiful ! The details are perfect. Just wow :D
Fantástico trabalho! Parabéns!
Muito lindo.
Abraço cordial.
This blows me away! Thank you so much for sharing your work!
WOW! I Love it! Ariel is still my favorite 20 years later, with Simba coming in at a close second so I love your Lion King cutout too! :D
wow brittney!!! that is so amazing :D
absolutely beautiful-
do you know where one could see the other artists' canvases, this is amazing!
I'm a little embarrassed by how much I like this. Wow!
Gee, how'd I know you'd pick TLM? I am so impressed at the large scale on this one, that's a lot of space to fill with your usual lavish detailing. Wish I could see this in-person! Will you be up north for WonderCon btw?
This is perfect...that's all!
This is really stunning. You captured that scene perfectly.
Awesome, love it!
It really is ridiculous how talented you are. I love "The Little Mermaid". This is another beautifully detailed piece done in your trademark unique style.
wooooww... words can't really describe how phenomenal this is 0_o
Amazing! I would have a hard time parting with this too! :)
very cool!
Jag dropping beautiful. If I ever had the chance to see it in person I don't think I'd be able to walk away.
Brittney.. I'm speechless.
Honestly, this may be my favourite piece that you've ever done.. and I can just imagine how breathtaking it is in person.
Love it and love you!
This is astonishing. You are amazing - and I do hope you realise that your art inspires so many people.
Thank you.
This is exquisite. You continue to inspire! <3 I love the color choices and shapes.
Uh... wow.
That's fantastic Brit!!
Holy cow, this is so gorgeous!
My God how lovely.
Brittney...simply AMAZING! I wish you could do more "inspired" pieces like this. but I do know I look forward to seeing your work in the next Disney "art of.." book! Inspiring stuff for me..makes me wanna leave the computer and pick up a pencil!
Do you know how awesome you are?? that's right. VERY. :)
WOW...:D
oh my gosh, you are INCREDIBLE! You have the best cut-out pieces I've ever seen! Mermaid is my all-time favourite Disney feature and you've really captured the essence of the film in this piece. Very very good work!
So so so beautiful, Brittney!
A-MA-ZING !!!!!!!
your work is always a big great surpise !
WOAW so Beautiful work! I love!!!
this is absolutely beautiful, the paper engineering and sense of design and unremarkable.
This is absolutely fantastic! The Little Mermaid has been a favorite of mine since childhood as well.
So pretty!
wow!
it's stunning. love the colors and shapes!
love it!
I wish I could have it at home ! It is so beautiful, and it is one of my favorite disney, you just made an amazing mermaid, thanks a lot for showing it to us, it makes me dream...
Beautiful as usual!
It is very very wonderful!
I'm totally Fan of your job <3
and all the details ...Wow wow WOW !
I LOVE IT - LO AMO, LO AMO, LO AMO!!!!!
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen!!! very inspiring!
anthony
Juste a little comment to say, that your work is amazing, i love it. When i see your work i have a lot of ideas, your univers is a source of inspiration.Thank you for this beautiful picture.
I know you are flooded with praise for all of your amazing works, and this is no exception! I'll have to find you at a convention to ask you in more depth about your process. Thank you for the delicious eye candy!
this is stunning. lucky duck to whoever gets it for keeps!
Whoah.... AMAZING.
i thought i commented on this already, but man, BEAUTIFUL!!! : D you've really outdone yourself, lady!
waou, just terrific.
In french i would say "ca tue!"
Wow! Absolutely fantastic!
Oh daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayumn!!!!
AMAZING!
AMAZING!
absolutely gorgeous. absolutely. (clapping in real life) haha
fantástico arte!
Beautiful work!!
Wow Brittney - your art is sooooo inspirational! The Little Mermaid was the first Disney animated movie that I saw as a kid at the theatre, and it's always been my favourite (although I think that Tangled is now number one : )) Thanks so much for sharing your work!
beeeautiful! will you ever do a tutorial?
My little mermaid..The picture of my childhood ( my adolescence too )
Love your work.
Beautiful piece Brittany!
Awesome! I really love your littles mermaid's work!!!
This is soooo gorgeous I can't even begin to describe how beautiful this is!
great job here!!
i really like what you do
gorgeous!
^___^
Looks great Brittney! Love your work!
amazinz !!!!!!!!!!!! I love this work !!! realy it's fantastic !!!
Wowww.. This is very mesmerizing!!
Brilliant work, Brittney!!
I think I'm in love!!! O_O
Your work is stunning and soooo gorgeous! I bow down to you <3 thank you for sharing the amazing art :)
Muito lindo!!!
Wup di duu - I wonna be like you u uuh...
True genius! So inspired by this work. Its so wonderful!
YOUR WORK IS AMAZING! wow.
This is simply breath taking. I would have a very difficult time parting with this piece too!
This is absolutely amazing. I love the positive and negative shapes, nice S- curve, great colors, great composition. Just spectacular!
Wow, very cool!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loooove this soo much! Ariel is my absolute favorite! You captured her so well. I dont know how you do it! This is amazing!
Absolutely breath-taking! Thank you for sharing!
Wow...
your work is just AMAZING! =)
my eyes shine when I come here.
Absolutely beautiful!
My day has become infinitely better since I found your blog. Everything on here is magical and amazing and I am just so in love with all of it! I will be buying prints from your Etsy store for sure, everything is so beautiful! Thank you for creating it, it makes me so happy just to look at it :D
wow, you just keep raising the bar time after time! how did you get to be so maazing?
can't wait for the tutoriaaaal :D
I was referred to your work by a friend who knows that I do cut-paper as well. Your Ariel blows me away - gorgeous and intricate and magical.
It's incredible what you do with illustration. Very happy to have found your work.
Just beautiful! Wonderful work.
Hermoso!!!
WOW! This is probably the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!!!!! I absolutely Love, Love, Love it Brittney! Brilliant work :)
Karisa
Brittney, this is EXCEPTIONAL!
Love it!
my friend shared this with me on facebook; so beautiful I can't stand it! (not to mention it's my favorite movie, ever)
Absolutely stunning piece, I love it!
I'm speachless, it's so beautiful!
It's so Amazing!=)
I love Little Mermaid and your paper cutting arts are really attractive!
Keep up and wish you all the best!
holy shoot! this is amazing!
lovely
Absolutely stunning piece of work!
I'm just completely gobsmacked. This is so bold and delicate and jaw-droppingly BEAUTIFUL. It looks like a lot of love has gone into it and oh, it's stunning. Thank you so much for sharing.
Made this http://hopepixie.deviantart.com/art/Part-of-that-world-207859475
based on it, hope you don't mind
This is absolutely amazing! I wish I could own this piece! You are super talented!
wow that is just amazing. I love it.
Holy moly! Is this still for sale at all? I'd loooove to get it! :3
Your artwork is inspiring.
Has the auction happen yet? I love your work! =)
Absolutely gorgeous. I am actually WOWed by this. Beautiful
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This is stunning! I hope you don't mind me sharing it on my tumblr: http://kandkathome.tumblr.com/post/14876916583/the-little-mermaid-paper-art-found-via
Stunning! It's truly exciting to see how you've progressed over the years. Your work prior to working for Disney was already great, but it's evident that once you got going in the studio the creativity exploded into flight tenfold!! Keep the fires burning, girl!
is there any way you would do a painting of this and have it available on your etsy shop? I would love to have a copy of this.
:)
Your blog is quite helpful to me and i am sure to others too. I appreciate your post, it is usually nice and contains useful information .
Hello! Lovely work but unfortunately you've been plagiarized: http://dannykent.deviantart.com/art/The-Little-Mermaid-Ariel-WIP-2-325604825
Oh this looks absolutely stunning!
I wonder if someone could create a music box this way...? Like the music box hidden beneath the layers?
@Kelly Tindall
The guy gives credit to this artist (he even put a link to the original art piece) and he said made it for his girlfriend not to sell it. Did you even read his description before jumping to the theft conclusion?
I saw your work for the first time, just speechless. I just can not see a lot on. Always wanted to do something like that, but I do not have much talent.
I saw your work for the first time, just speechless. I just can not see a lot on. Always wanted to do something like that, but I do not have much talent.
Wait I'm confused...
Is this you too?
http://dannykent.deviantart.com/art/The-Little-Mermaid-Ariel-WIP-2-325604825
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