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Artist Isabelle Staub is giving Disney animals that we know and love stylized makeovers, and they look gorgeous. If you’ve ever wondered what these iconic characters would look like in human form, well, we’ve got a treat for you. Scroll down to enjoy some of Isabelle’s newest best work and be sure to let us know which artistic transformations were your faves and why. (We’re huge fans of Dory and Nala!)
The illustrator told Bored Panda that the Disney animal series wasn’t planned at all. “I was feeling pretty uninspired at the time and this idea came to me when I was scrolling through images on Pinterest. I thought to myself, ‘It might be cool if I did a human version of some of these Disney animals,’” she said.
Read on for the rest of our interview with Isabelle and when you’re done with this post, have a look through our previous article about her repainting characters in her own style right here.
More info: Instagram | IsabelleStaub.com | TikTok | Twitter | YouTube | Patreon
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Lady from Lady and the Tramp
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Lady from Lady and the Tramp as a human
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Dory from Finding Nemo
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Dory from Finding Nemo as a human
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Nala from The Lion King
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Nala from The Lion King as a human
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Marie from The Aristocats
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Marie from The Aristocats as a human
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Lola from Shark Tale
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Lola from Shark Tale as a human
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“Once quarantine really hit, I had time to keep exploring this theme. Each piece varies on the time it takes but typically around 7 to 10 hours total. I would say the most difficult piece was Dory just because she was the first of the series and I was still fleshing out my ideas so there was a lot of back and forth on what I was going for,” Isabelle went into detail about her artistic process.
The cool thing is, she even filmed herself doing the drawings—you can check out the videos on her TikTok.
Isabelle told Bored Panda that Disney has been “extremely influential” on her art and that she loves revisiting her Disney animal series to spark inspiration. “I have been wanting to do some of the OG Disney characters like Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck! I think that would be a fun challenge for me… So that might be next!” she gave us a sneak peek into her future plans.
Bored Panda also talked to Isabelle about her as an artist. We wanted to find out if she always wanted to become one and if she had any awesome bits of advice for aspiring artists who look up to her.
“I have always wanted to be an artist! From as long as I can remember, I was drawing all the time,” she shared.
“One piece of advice I would give aspiring artists is to keep going and keep practicing. I have been working professionally as a freelance artist for 3 years now and I am still learning and improving my skills every day,” she suggested that artists keep an open mind and keep honing their skills day by day.
“The learning never stops!” she added.
In her earlier series, Isabelle redrew other iconic cartoon characters using her own unique style: Pocahontas, Pocahontas
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Ariel, The Little Mermaid
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Belle, Beauty And The Beast
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Esmeralda, The Hunchback Of Notre-dame
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Tiana, The Princess And The Frog
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Jasmine, Aladdin
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Aurora, Sleeping Beauty
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Kida Nedakh, Atlantis: The Lost Empire
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Nani, Lilo And Stitch
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Roxanne, A Goofy Movie
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Here’s what some people said about Isabelle’s art
What do you think ?
Hans 4 years ago
And why is their unique style to look all the same, just with different colours?
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Truth Monster 4 years ago
While it appears the artist has talent, they sorely lack in originality and/or daring in this collection. Remaking Disney characters is the safest possible subject they could have chosen, unless they chose the earlier Disney characters, like "Song of the South".
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
It must be a slow day in the newsroom as the Disney Princesses are back in full. Why can 't someone shake it up a bit and draw the Avengers or the Muppets as 18th century French Royalty?
Bacony 4 years ago
Or better yet, just up and draw alien species! Nobody's gonna stop you, it's the apocalypse!
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NoodleBear 4 years ago
Why do they all have to look like Instagram models? Why can’t some look like me? With freckles, short hair, not huge lips, no makeup, a normal and not overly sexualized face
Kid Coyote 5 months ago
Maybe you should send the artist a picture of yourself. Or make your own fanart.
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Tenay Douglas 4 years ago
I honestly don't see what everyone's so upset over. If you take the time to REALLY look at the characters they actually look pretty different, from the body types to their hair styles and make up presence on overall, also the characters are different animals with different personality types and etc so yea maybe dory wasn't overly accurate but you could see the glazed and slight absent minded look she had plus she added the characters most prominent features not to be sexual but to more openly show who each character is based off their original color pattern
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Oh look, more giant eyes, tiny upturned noses, painfully swollen lips, and greasy skin. Gen Z is on one.
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
bro. Chill. It's just their art style, how their hand falls upon the page. Everyone's is different. This artist's just happens to have the full (NOT "painfully swollen, mind you) lips, and the skin isn't greasy. Comments like these are why some people aren't confident about their style and art.
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*˚tacocat˚* 4 years ago
I like these. I don’t get why others don’t. It must take a lot of time and effort to make these drawings. Pls don’t be rude about it, this is art. Art is meant to be different, and interesting. It is for you to think What was the artist thinking, what was their inspiration? Most of the people commenting are being extremely rude and not taking this into account. So STOP. It’s not making you a better person in any way. How would you like it if I did the same to your art. If you actually take time you see they ARE different to each other. Maybe some are not amazing, but it is normal to have some better work and some worse work.
Anna Repp 4 years ago
Nope, nope, NOPE! Duckface on all females, really? And I'm especially mad about Dori - she deserves much better!
Tim Fischer 4 years ago
Okay Bored Panda, gave u so many chances. It is getting ridiculous. Your site used to be so good. If I see one more thing as transformed disney princesses or something like that I turn my back. Promised.
Michał Jastrzębski 4 years ago
Dory looks like she's suffering from acute hypoxia. Humans and violet skin tone do not mix, really :V
Brittania Kelli 4 years ago
It’s not Disney animal characters as humans, it’s Disney animal characters as Bratz dolls.
Luca Giordano 4 years ago
Is this a injectables advert. Terrible examples of how we can introduce unrealistic and unhealthy bodygoals into (young) peoples life.
averageperson 4 years ago
Everyone has their own style of drawing, you don't have to hate on her just because she doesn't do it the way you would.
Slinkman 4 years ago
Haha clever BP, you wrapped this in a 'Disney animals in human form' paper, while this is secretly a 'Disney Princesses article'. You cheecky cheat :p
Craig Aitken 4 years ago
Thank goodness, it's been 2 days since we had a Disney Princess reimagined article.
DEKU x TODOROKI 4 years ago
BC its created by the same person... bro are you dumb?
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𝓴𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓲_𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔂 💖 4 years ago
I think they are very cute but they all look like they got plastic surgry
LaDonna Hulcy 4 years ago
This is NOT a Unique style. it's the same...over and over..BORING!!!
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
jeez, y'all need to chill. They AREN'T super sexualized, with their "porn lips" (shame on you), it's her art style. You guys shouldn't be shaming the artist about their style. It's just the way their hand falls on the page. Jesus. Just appreciate the art, and the time it took to make these, and the fact that the artist has confidence to post their art after all y'all are going after it. Jeez.
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
this is why so many artists aren't confident in their style. Cus of y'all's comments and judgements. it's like playing a game of "find the boomer" here. Just appreciate the art, fam. Everyone's definition of beauty is different, so please, I ask you, respect theirs.
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somnomania 4 years ago
did someone force you to look at this article? better yet, did you come into the article purely to complain about how much you don't like it? just keep scrolling if you're tired of disney stuff.
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Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 4 years ago
The lips are all so huge! And Mary from the aristocats one has me mad
Gerry Higgins 4 years ago
Very talented artist and all, but how many times will BoredPanda post this. This specific one or many, many others like it.. "Artist draws Disney/Cartoon characters as ...." It Has Been Done To Death. New content so I'm not an even more bored panda please.
Selam Dagnachew 4 years ago
They are all cool. really appreciated... i haven't seen like this before so continue
Eva Browning 4 years ago
People in the comment section, can we just let the artist draw stuff in peace? If none of you have anything nice to say, it's better to just not comment.
Bobby Sammons 4 years ago
Funny, I don't see any of the naysayers posting any of their works. You would think by their comments that they could do soooo much better.
Andrea Careless 4 years ago
People can have opinions on art without having to be artists. Art is a form of communication between the artist and the "audience." It's perfectly fair to be able to comment on our experience.
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Marilyn Bojanowski 4 years ago
F***k all this bad feedback. Everyone has their own style, and I for one think it's VERY well done. Ignore all the haters and keep up the good work! :)
Willow Anderson 4 years ago (edited)
Despite all the negative reviews, I think she has a very pretty art style and I would love for her to expand her creativity so I could see more of her.
Willow Anderson 4 years ago
To add to this I don’t think we should be raging over a persons art style. Just because her art style is a bit girly doesn’t mean we should be sending her hate mail and downvoting people's compliments to her. It’s kind of childish.
Load More Replies... Sammi 4 years ago
It’s literally her art style, I think it’s really pretty! It takes forever to find and get good at your own art style so the fact she is able to do something like turning cartoon fish into her idea of a human is astonishing to me. Just because she adds big lips and long hair doesn’t mean she’s drawing porn or sexualizing cartoon characters.
Charlotte The Crazy cat lady 4 years ago
people who are downvoting these nice comments about her Great style are f*cking a**holes
𝓴𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓲_𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔂 💖 4 years ago
Yep! Go ahead! Downvote me! I like her art style! Have a problem with that?!
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Cupcake Cloud 4 years ago
'How about some diversity', there's a fish, a dog, a lion and a cat, how much more diversity do you want you mentally challenged hambrain
John Baker 2 years ago
Yes, a fish, a dog, a lion and a cat that the "artist" turned into quasi-humanoid characters that all look basically alike. Speaking of mentally challenged hambrains...
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Csaba Hegedűs 4 years ago
Yeah, Jasmine is my favorite Disney animal too. But jokes aside, I'd sometime really wanna see male characters re-drawn maybe? Why is this weird fixation only towards princesses? Wo so wanna bring inclusivity into other franchises, pretending there never was there before (like Star Wars that totally didn't get inclusive with the introduction of Rey, Jedi Princess), but at the same time I feel only princesses define certain Disney titles.
Ivy Zhang 4 years ago
actually, there was an article about a month back about disney male characters, and some gender-bending
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Party Poison 4 years ago
wtf?? unique? they are all the same, all super sexualized, look nothing like they should, seriously look like a weird cartoon pron star, man I could rant for days. nice drawings, just weird way to use your talent (sorry if this offends anyone, I'm just saying what I think)
Charlotte The Crazy cat lady 4 years ago
yes totally! its her style, and respect other people's work, Karens(Or ken ;-))
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Random Panda 4 years ago
"It's my style" is not an excuse to draw the same face on every character. Plenty of artist draw truly distinct characters and you can still tell by the style of the art who created it.
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Hans 4 years ago
And why is their unique style to look all the same, just with different colours?
Load More Replies... Truth Monster 4 years ago
While it appears the artist has talent, they sorely lack in originality and/or daring in this collection. Remaking Disney characters is the safest possible subject they could have chosen, unless they chose the earlier Disney characters, like "Song of the South".
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
It must be a slow day in the newsroom as the Disney Princesses are back in full. Why can 't someone shake it up a bit and draw the Avengers or the Muppets as 18th century French Royalty?
Bacony 4 years ago
Or better yet, just up and draw alien species! Nobody's gonna stop you, it's the apocalypse!
Load More Replies... NoodleBear 4 years ago
Why do they all have to look like Instagram models? Why can’t some look like me? With freckles, short hair, not huge lips, no makeup, a normal and not overly sexualized face
Kid Coyote 5 months ago
Maybe you should send the artist a picture of yourself. Or make your own fanart.
Load More Replies... Tenay Douglas 4 years ago
I honestly don't see what everyone's so upset over. If you take the time to REALLY look at the characters they actually look pretty different, from the body types to their hair styles and make up presence on overall, also the characters are different animals with different personality types and etc so yea maybe dory wasn't overly accurate but you could see the glazed and slight absent minded look she had plus she added the characters most prominent features not to be sexual but to more openly show who each character is based off their original color pattern
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Oh look, more giant eyes, tiny upturned noses, painfully swollen lips, and greasy skin. Gen Z is on one.
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
bro. Chill. It's just their art style, how their hand falls upon the page. Everyone's is different. This artist's just happens to have the full (NOT "painfully swollen, mind you) lips, and the skin isn't greasy. Comments like these are why some people aren't confident about their style and art.
Load More Replies... *˚tacocat˚* 4 years ago
I like these. I don’t get why others don’t. It must take a lot of time and effort to make these drawings. Pls don’t be rude about it, this is art. Art is meant to be different, and interesting. It is for you to think What was the artist thinking, what was their inspiration? Most of the people commenting are being extremely rude and not taking this into account. So STOP. It’s not making you a better person in any way. How would you like it if I did the same to your art. If you actually take time you see they ARE different to each other. Maybe some are not amazing, but it is normal to have some better work and some worse work.
Anna Repp 4 years ago
Nope, nope, NOPE! Duckface on all females, really? And I'm especially mad about Dori - she deserves much better!
Tim Fischer 4 years ago
Okay Bored Panda, gave u so many chances. It is getting ridiculous. Your site used to be so good. If I see one more thing as transformed disney princesses or something like that I turn my back. Promised.
Michał Jastrzębski 4 years ago
Dory looks like she's suffering from acute hypoxia. Humans and violet skin tone do not mix, really :V
Brittania Kelli 4 years ago
It’s not Disney animal characters as humans, it’s Disney animal characters as Bratz dolls.
Luca Giordano 4 years ago
Is this a injectables advert. Terrible examples of how we can introduce unrealistic and unhealthy bodygoals into (young) peoples life.
averageperson 4 years ago
Everyone has their own style of drawing, you don't have to hate on her just because she doesn't do it the way you would.
Slinkman 4 years ago
Haha clever BP, you wrapped this in a 'Disney animals in human form' paper, while this is secretly a 'Disney Princesses article'. You cheecky cheat :p
Craig Aitken 4 years ago
Thank goodness, it's been 2 days since we had a Disney Princess reimagined article.
DEKU x TODOROKI 4 years ago
BC its created by the same person... bro are you dumb?
Load More Replies... 𝓴𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓲_𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔂 💖 4 years ago
I think they are very cute but they all look like they got plastic surgry
LaDonna Hulcy 4 years ago
This is NOT a Unique style. it's the same...over and over..BORING!!!
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
jeez, y'all need to chill. They AREN'T super sexualized, with their "porn lips" (shame on you), it's her art style. You guys shouldn't be shaming the artist about their style. It's just the way their hand falls on the page. Jesus. Just appreciate the art, and the time it took to make these, and the fact that the artist has confidence to post their art after all y'all are going after it. Jeez.
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
this is why so many artists aren't confident in their style. Cus of y'all's comments and judgements. it's like playing a game of "find the boomer" here. Just appreciate the art, fam. Everyone's definition of beauty is different, so please, I ask you, respect theirs.
Load More Replies... somnomania 4 years ago
did someone force you to look at this article? better yet, did you come into the article purely to complain about how much you don't like it? just keep scrolling if you're tired of disney stuff.
Load More Replies... Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 4 years ago
The lips are all so huge! And Mary from the aristocats one has me mad
Gerry Higgins 4 years ago
Very talented artist and all, but how many times will BoredPanda post this. This specific one or many, many others like it.. "Artist draws Disney/Cartoon characters as ...." It Has Been Done To Death. New content so I'm not an even more bored panda please.
Selam Dagnachew 4 years ago
They are all cool. really appreciated... i haven't seen like this before so continue
Eva Browning 4 years ago
People in the comment section, can we just let the artist draw stuff in peace? If none of you have anything nice to say, it's better to just not comment.
Bobby Sammons 4 years ago
Funny, I don't see any of the naysayers posting any of their works. You would think by their comments that they could do soooo much better.
Andrea Careless 4 years ago
People can have opinions on art without having to be artists. Art is a form of communication between the artist and the "audience." It's perfectly fair to be able to comment on our experience.
Load More Replies... Marilyn Bojanowski 4 years ago
F***k all this bad feedback. Everyone has their own style, and I for one think it's VERY well done. Ignore all the haters and keep up the good work! :)
Willow Anderson 4 years ago (edited)
Despite all the negative reviews, I think she has a very pretty art style and I would love for her to expand her creativity so I could see more of her.
Willow Anderson 4 years ago
To add to this I don’t think we should be raging over a persons art style. Just because her art style is a bit girly doesn’t mean we should be sending her hate mail and downvoting people's compliments to her. It’s kind of childish.
Load More Replies... Sammi 4 years ago
It’s literally her art style, I think it’s really pretty! It takes forever to find and get good at your own art style so the fact she is able to do something like turning cartoon fish into her idea of a human is astonishing to me. Just because she adds big lips and long hair doesn’t mean she’s drawing porn or sexualizing cartoon characters.
Charlotte The Crazy cat lady 4 years ago
people who are downvoting these nice comments about her Great style are f*cking a**holes
𝓴𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓲_𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔂 💖 4 years ago
Yep! Go ahead! Downvote me! I like her art style! Have a problem with that?!
Load More Replies... Cupcake Cloud 4 years ago
'How about some diversity', there's a fish, a dog, a lion and a cat, how much more diversity do you want you mentally challenged hambrain
John Baker 2 years ago
Yes, a fish, a dog, a lion and a cat that the "artist" turned into quasi-humanoid characters that all look basically alike. Speaking of mentally challenged hambrains...
Load More Replies... Csaba Hegedűs 4 years ago
Yeah, Jasmine is my favorite Disney animal too. But jokes aside, I'd sometime really wanna see male characters re-drawn maybe? Why is this weird fixation only towards princesses? Wo so wanna bring inclusivity into other franchises, pretending there never was there before (like Star Wars that totally didn't get inclusive with the introduction of Rey, Jedi Princess), but at the same time I feel only princesses define certain Disney titles.
Ivy Zhang 4 years ago
actually, there was an article about a month back about disney male characters, and some gender-bending
Load More Replies... Party Poison 4 years ago
wtf?? unique? they are all the same, all super sexualized, look nothing like they should, seriously look like a weird cartoon pron star, man I could rant for days. nice drawings, just weird way to use your talent (sorry if this offends anyone, I'm just saying what I think)
Charlotte The Crazy cat lady 4 years ago
yes totally! its her style, and respect other people's work, Karens(Or ken ;-))
Load More Replies... Random Panda 4 years ago
"It's my style" is not an excuse to draw the same face on every character. Plenty of artist draw truly distinct characters and you can still tell by the style of the art who created it.
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