Brianna Garcia’s Disney Princess art gallery inspires real-life Princess photo

So the other day, Web Watch was browsing through TheChive’s Daily Randomness when we ran across this picture:

And we said to ourselves, “by golly, we’ve seen this before.”

And sure enough, we had.

We saw a cartoon version of this when we were browsing through BRIANNA GARCIA’S ART GALLERY a while back.  Brianna is a graphic artist known in Disneyland circles who has done a number of Disney- and Disneyland-related sketches and artwork, along with other freelance work. 

Brianna’s graphic version of the above photo was done back in 2006, and was inspired by THIS graphic of Ariel, Belle, Snow White, Cinderella, and Aurora called “Disney Princess Funny Faces”, posed in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland by Anime-Ray.   Brianna says that “Smile” has even been passed around Disney Consumer Products as an example of what the Princesses should not be shown doing.

Other than the addition of Tinker Bell (who has magically transformed herself into a Princess-sized pixie for the photo), the Princesses obviously have taken Brianna’s graphic to heart in their recreation of the cartoon piece.

Brianna’s art has inspired other Disney Princesses and cosplay Princesses to make their own versions as well, shown here:

Brianna says that she received a photo copy of the Walt Disney World Princesses recreating her art – but Web Watch is unsure which one is the version she is referring to of those we’ve seen.  While Web Watch thinks the top photo is really the superior version in its recreation of Brianna’s artwork, we also think the Princesses in the last photo are closer to the real deal, if you know what we mean.   If you know for sure where the above photos were taken, post the information in the comments and we’ll be sure to provide proper credit.

In any case, take the time to browse through Brianna’s art gallery.  There’s some great stuff there.

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UPDATE:  more “Funny Disney Princess Making Faces” cosplay photos have surfaced –

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