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Disney gave us a colorful bunch of friends to grow up with. Some were bold, expressive, and charismatic. Others were quiet, deep thinkers, carrying a world of emotions in their kind hearts. But as different as they were on the inside, most of them were very similar on the outside.

So artist Wyethe Smallish decided to try and see what they would look like if they were built differently. "I have my own body image issues that I work on, and a major way that I do that is through my art," Wyethe told Bored Panda. "So as a therapeutic exercise I wanted to alter some characters I really loved growing up."

But what started as a personal project has already touched hundreds of thousands of people—after Wyethe shared her works on social media, they quickly went viral, receiving tons of praise from people who really appreciate such a refreshing take on their beloved characters.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now the one on the left looks like she has an eating disorder 😬 they should def normalize different body types

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    The Disney Princess franchise is comprised of thirteen princesses and a number of associated heroines. Regardless of any actual title(s) they have, each official Disney princess is properly addressed (within the franchise) with the title of "Princess" preceding their name.

    They are: Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana, and Raya.

    "Growing up as a little girl, I always looked up to [Disney's] princesses and admired [their] stories," Wyethe said.

    "I noticed that they all had the exact same body proportions, and that made it harder for me to relate to them as I grew up."

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    Pumpkin Spice
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's probably got the strongest arms and core in the world from swinging around, painting, and kneading dough all day!

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    Having said that, Wyethe really enjoys the Disney character design. "It is a gorgeous style!"

    However, she believes that, "as a society in this day and age, body representation not only makes the image more relatable, but it also helps with body acceptance and body appreciation."

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    Rosy Maple Moth
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks great either way. I don’t understand why Disney characters aren’t allowed to have average bodies. Surely kids won’t care.

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    laura lee
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but Cinderella should be shown as too skinny. She wasn't fed properly and had to do all the hard manual labor.

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    "Overall there has been an enormous amount of positivity and appreciation for these illustrations," Wyethe added. "I receive messages every day saying how these images have helped heal their inner child. That makes it so worthwhile to me."

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    But we should remember that there's more to her art than this series. "While I do appreciate the love I have gotten from these drawings, as an artist this is not what I focus on. I may make more videos from time to time, but I have no desire to pursue this any further than a therapeutic exercise."

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    The classic Disney movies have long been criticized for the problematic messages they transmit to impressionable girls, including the idea that you need a man to be happy, that you should wait around until you meet the man of your dreams, and that, once you marry the prince, you will live happily ever after.

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    But the image of feminine physical perfection often takes center stage when it comes to criticism towards the studio. For example, in their paper 'Mirror, mirror on the wall: Whose figure is the fairest of them all?', anthropologist Toe Aung of Pennsylvania State University and independent researcher Leah Williams said, "Disney princesses have extremely small waist-to-hip ratios that are nearly impossible to achieve naturally."

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can we also fix that face profile? Seriously whose nose does that?!

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    Shayda
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, I love it, but I wanna see Ariel with muscles. She swims all day everyday. Give me toned Ariel lol XD

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    Aung and Williams argue that such characters "might heighten or reinforce our preference for lower waist-to-hip ratios, and the perception that physically attractive individuals with lower waist-to-hip ratios possess morally favorable qualities."

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    So instead of building girls' self-esteem, the way these princesses look might actually bring the opposite result in the long run.

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    Jay Son
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny how it now looks like she's older on the right, simply because she's fuller (if that's the correct wording)

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    Audacious_1
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks so much better- the original looked like a beanpole 😅 I love her new face shape too

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    But since beauty is a subjective trait, Aung and Williams focused on a measurable quality: the female characters' waist-to-hip ratio.

    Using screenshots, they determined the "minimum waist and maximum hip widths" for 11 official Disney princesses, and the main characters of the phenomenally popular Frozen as well as seven Disney villains, including Maleficent from The Sleeping Beauty and Ursula from The Little Mermaid.

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    still has completely """realistic""" triangular breasts, just like real women, lol

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a guess from me, but Disney draws inspiration from the country they're portraying's artstyle. I saw it in the first Mulan, and in Hercules. I kind of think Megara looks a lot like drawings/paintings on the more ancient pottery from Greece. But it could just be me, I'm not an art/culture expert by any meens.

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    lullaby
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like there really could have been a middle ground between stick and plump.

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    Family Osborne
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why is it okay for people to say "oh my god she looks like a stick, please make her fuller," but if I were to say "oh my god she's too curvy please make her skinnier" I'd get banished to Mars? PLEASE normalize ALL body types, including slim. Everyone gets insecure about their body--even if you consider them beautiful. ALL body shapes are beautiful and ALL deserve to be loved.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think Megara would have been a good one to portray as a real anorexic, to show that being too thin is also not going to look like that usually.

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    They found the median waist-to-hip ratio of the characters was a ridiculously low 0.535, meaning their waist measurement is just 53 percent of their hip measurement.

    That is far below the 0.7 that is widely accepted as ideal and, surprisingly, even lower than that of the traditional Barbie doll, which is 0.56.

    Such an hourglass figure is "nearly impossible to achieve naturally," the researchers highlighted.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never cared for the design they gave the human Beast. He actually looks a lot better filled out.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In her case, she was most likely starved by her stepfamily, so she would be more sickly-thin?

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seeing as she came from a warrior culture, and she said in the movie they had difficulties finding food, I see her as neither of these. She should be somewhere in between these two, and more muscular.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only thing here is that she actually is wearing a corset, so it's conceivable she might look pretty thin.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just seeing them with these side by side proportions. The originals look more and more like Jessica Rabbit.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only thing with this redo is is that in this scene, it's before her leaving home so she wouldn't have gone through all that training yet.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are those abs? Belly rolls? The others are good, but the editing on this one is....eh.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somehow he looks a lot older in the second picture - or is it just me?

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