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Sakimichan is a digital artist who makes stunning paintings of Disney characters, drawn in a completely different way. These leading characters are redrawn with a new gender – and even more attractive than before!

Let’s take a look at 12 of Sakimichan’s gender-switched Disney heroes and heroines. On her website, she shares some insights into how these beautiful paintings are made. She even paints gender-bent Ghibli characters, too!

1) Ariel (The Little Mermaid)

Ariel main

2) Beauty & Beast (Beauty & The Beast)

Beauty

3) Pocahontas

Poca

4) Elsa (Frozen)

Elsa

5) Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)

Sakimichan made this male Cruella in response to a fan request. Who would you like her to gender-switch next?

Cruella

6) Esmerelda (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Es

7) Jack & Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Jack

8) Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)

Maleficent

9) Hades (Hercules)

Hades

10) Ursula (The Little Mermaid)

Ursula

Sakimichan doesn’t only draw Disney characters, though! Here are Howl and Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle:

Howl

And Ashitaka and San from Princess Mononoke:

Mononoke

Sakimichi also posts screenshots showing how her artworks progress in Photoshop, from rough sketches to fully rendered illustrations:

Progress Hades

Progress Jack

Be sure to check out more of Sakimichan’s art on her tumblr and facebook pages.

Source: Sakimichan via Hamusoku
Images: Sakimichan via tumblr