Even though Disney characters are strong personalities with their own values, most of them are a little... vanilla on the outside. Considering their audience, of course, there's nothing wrong with it. But what if Belle, Tarzan, and all the other beloved peeps were to star in something edgier?
Artist Lexis Vanhecke has been recreating Disney characters, and after going through her makeovers, they look like grown-up teenagers. But in a totally good way. Proving their rebellious years weren't just a phase, Vanhecke's characters grew up holding onto their wild, nonconformist souls, captivating millions of people online. Sharing her work on TikTok, the artist has already accumulated over 16M likes and 1.2M followers.
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Snow White
Lexis is a 23-year-old Ohio woman who recently graduated with a BFA in fine art and painting. She told BuzzFeed that she is actually an oil painter and she's just experimenting with digital art. "I downloaded the application Procreate and started making portraits on there before coming up with the idea to insert a picture and draw on top of it."
Tiana
One of the reasons why Lexis makes these transformations so seamless and believable could be the fact that she's really familiar with the characters. "I've always loved Disney, so I decided to give that a try," she said. "Other creators also had the idea to give a makeover to Disney characters, so I wanted to put my own personal spin on it. Although the other accounts I've seen have definitely given stylish makeovers, I've never seen anyone put an edgy spin on the characters, so I decided that would be my thing."
Moana
"When it comes to whether or not I consider my characters 'sexy,' well, it depends. I remake the characters in a way that I, personally, find fun and stylish. I do have a lot of children following me, so I don't want them to get too risqué. But, it depends on how you look at it! A lot of my adult viewers do find the beards, piercings, and tattoos sexy! However, my drawings aren't so sexy that they would be considered inappropriate."
Shang
Lexis thinks her videos are doing so great because she is merging both fashion and art, and that interests many. "When I begin a video, I don't have an end goal in mind. I think up the makeover as I go. So, in a way, it's a surprise for me to see the end result as well, which is super fun!" she said. "People can see their beloved characters as they would look in a different time or place, and I think the curiosity of seeing more characters is what keeps them coming back and following my account."
Aurora
Rapunzel
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please cut off your hair; and get some tattoos and piercings...
Ariel
Alice
Mulan
Mulan is my favorite Disney “princess”! I love the girl power in the movie!!
Jasmine
Elsa
Meg
I like this one better she kinda looks like collette from rattatulloui
Pocahontas
Cinderella
Belle
Tarzan
Naveen
In the second picture I think he reminds me of Juice WRLD, but white.
Naveen isn't white though. He's middle eastern. But you're right, he does look like juice wrld
Load More Replies...Well that was a let-down. Turned an amazing prince in a gutter rat, and not in a streetsmart Aladin way either.
Aladdin
Hercules
Prince Eric
Hades
Would have been better if they went with what was 'edgy' for each character's time period. Rather than making them all have tattoos, piercings and heavy make-up
Ok stereotype time! Boys: hella lot of tattoos piercings and muscles Girls: dyed hair black makeup Guys apparently I’m edgy for h@ving dyed hair
Another addition to the tired-ass 'reinventing' disney trend only somehow with even less creativity. Some even look like they were traced from the original pic badly.
Yeah; they are a slightly better quality version of kids doodling over the pictures in their textbooks.
Load More Replies...Wow, these are bad. Tatoos, piercings, hair dye and net clothing, eww.
Define "artist" (No, I don't think these are well done - the good parts are merely recoloured, while the edits are blurry or wonky.)
*climbs out of brewery rubble* Don't worry, i have a Peppa Pig first aid kit.
Load More Replies...Ah yes, tattoos and makeup. how edgy. Also, wow another disney post. BP may as well change its name to "reimagineddisney.com"
Sexualising disney characters belongs in a certain website, one that is not called boredpanda.
...Tumblr? Facebook? LinkedIn? Zombo.com? Help me out here!
Load More Replies...why you guys gotta be so hateful on the artist. i don't see yall doing s**t
Dang, I wanna stand up for the artist. This took TIME, bro. But I can't stand up for it because the only ones I actually liked are: Moana, Snow White, Aurora, and Alice (DANG Alice is so CUTE!!)
To each their own, But I don't really see the point. I don't really see these as "edgy"... I guess eyeliner and black clothing make you edgy. BUT if you like this that is TOTALLY FINE (I don't want it to seem like I'm bashing the artist or anyone else, this is just my opinion).
the only reason i dont like these are just becuase i really dont think making the medgy was very good. like people can look how they want to look but to see my childhood favorite characters look super different and look like they're gonna beat me up... stuff like that... i dont enjoy it
These transformations are horrible IMO. They have just westernised the foreign characters and spoilt the western ones. Sweet to slutty.
I would say they were more goth and modern rather than edgy, but really cool. 😎
Yeah “ being edgy“ doesn’t mean Just having parental issues or a miserable a**e..... get over yourself
despite all the rest of the comments, i really like these! im super emo, so i love seeing the style represented cuz i dont see that often
this was really good art work i would love to see more^﹏^
Would have been better if they went with what was 'edgy' for each character's time period. Rather than making them all have tattoos, piercings and heavy make-up
Ok stereotype time! Boys: hella lot of tattoos piercings and muscles Girls: dyed hair black makeup Guys apparently I’m edgy for h@ving dyed hair
Another addition to the tired-ass 'reinventing' disney trend only somehow with even less creativity. Some even look like they were traced from the original pic badly.
Yeah; they are a slightly better quality version of kids doodling over the pictures in their textbooks.
Load More Replies...Wow, these are bad. Tatoos, piercings, hair dye and net clothing, eww.
Define "artist" (No, I don't think these are well done - the good parts are merely recoloured, while the edits are blurry or wonky.)
*climbs out of brewery rubble* Don't worry, i have a Peppa Pig first aid kit.
Load More Replies...Ah yes, tattoos and makeup. how edgy. Also, wow another disney post. BP may as well change its name to "reimagineddisney.com"
Sexualising disney characters belongs in a certain website, one that is not called boredpanda.
...Tumblr? Facebook? LinkedIn? Zombo.com? Help me out here!
Load More Replies...why you guys gotta be so hateful on the artist. i don't see yall doing s**t
Dang, I wanna stand up for the artist. This took TIME, bro. But I can't stand up for it because the only ones I actually liked are: Moana, Snow White, Aurora, and Alice (DANG Alice is so CUTE!!)
To each their own, But I don't really see the point. I don't really see these as "edgy"... I guess eyeliner and black clothing make you edgy. BUT if you like this that is TOTALLY FINE (I don't want it to seem like I'm bashing the artist or anyone else, this is just my opinion).
the only reason i dont like these are just becuase i really dont think making the medgy was very good. like people can look how they want to look but to see my childhood favorite characters look super different and look like they're gonna beat me up... stuff like that... i dont enjoy it
These transformations are horrible IMO. They have just westernised the foreign characters and spoilt the western ones. Sweet to slutty.
I would say they were more goth and modern rather than edgy, but really cool. 😎
Yeah “ being edgy“ doesn’t mean Just having parental issues or a miserable a**e..... get over yourself
despite all the rest of the comments, i really like these! im super emo, so i love seeing the style represented cuz i dont see that often
this was really good art work i would love to see more^﹏^