What I Drew for Disneyland's Birthday – Day 15

Dream Finder and Figment dragon are looking
for more marvelous things to imagine and
collect with the Dream Catcher.
Journey Into Imagination, Epcot.

In the ride vehicle (L-R) Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Daisy.

4 hidden Mickeys.

 

Brother team Ian and Barley Lightfoot test the
track on Radiator Springs Racers against
spy team Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable.

Ian and Barley are from Pixar’s Onward.

Kim and Ron are from her Disney Channel series.

2x hidden Mickeys.

 

Mabel and Dipper Pines on the grid on
Tron Lightcycle Power Run,
Shanghai Disneyland

Dipper and Mabel are from the Disney XD series Gravity Falls.

1x hidden Mickey.

 

The suggestion box for July 16th is now closed.

You have now until 5:00pm EDT (2:00 PDT) July 16th, to pitch suggestions inspired by your favorite Disney Parks things and characters for consideration to be my last sketch of the day - here in the comments. This may be the last day for suggestions if I decide to complete the series on Friday, July 17th with sketches of my choosing.

Above is a handy checklist of the 46 things I’ve already sketched, which will to help you to help me fill this autograph book with 51 sketches of 51 different beloved Disney Parks things.

5 more pages to go.

What I Drew Sunday, April 26th - Top 3

For last Sunday’s session of What Shall I Draw Today? I reshaped it into an improvisational drawing session. For the six days leading up to the day, suggestions were welcomed. However, this time, folks were prompted to suggest things in three categories: 1) one or two characters; 2) things; and 3) settings or activities. On WSIDT Sunday, everything got deconstructed, sorted and recombined randomly as new drawing suggestions.

Here are the top 3 liked pieces from Sunday:

#1 - Barley and Ian (Onward) / in Firelight / Ballroom Dancing: suggestion by @johnssketches / @annakat.m / @alltookayleigh 

Here we have two elf brothers, who don’t dance in their movie, “Onward” and much less in a ballroom style dance. Embracing the “yes and…” tenants of improv, the two would be take to it with zero reluctance. Still, I chose to not pick a flashier composition of a dip or a lift.

The “firelight” aspect added a bit of additional attention and time, in the coloring stage of the drawing.

The story plays pretty straight forward and I guess there’s no more to say about it.

#2 - Padmé Amidala or (and) Peggy Carter / with teapot / in an attic: suggestion by @annakat.m / @japchrissy / @jonmpeterson

The character component has the “or” option. Here, I could have prepared the suggestion by splitting it into two different character suggestions. Instead, I let it play into an “and.” You get it, “yes, and…”

Here I demonstrate my push to generalize and minimize the background setting, if I can get away it. I had in my mind to depict a strong spotlight on the teapot, a la Raiders of the Lost Ark. The yellow patch at the top right implies a roof-top window which would have been the source of a shaft of light. Expediency nixed that idea, I’m sorry.

I have Peggy call Padme “princess” even though “queen” would have been the proper title. I like to think that Peggy would tease Padme about having such titles. Maybe that confused some folks.

Would Padme not recognize what a teapot is? Well, perhaps if she first saw only a odd shaped pot with a handle (the spout is pointing away from her point of view)?


#3 - Leni Peakitten / with an iPhone / swimming: suggestion by @thefurmaster78 / @breezie_draws / @harishas.art

Leni is an original character (O.C.) that the IG follower has suggested before and that I have drawn once before. Now you know.

This was the first combo-pick of the day and as a demonstration, I had posted a goofy introductory video of me pulling the slips of paper out of three cups. I mentioned that the suggestion was “a recipe for disaster” by which I meant that swimming is not an activity to take one’s iPhone.

Taking a selfie seemed to be the best way to feature the iPhone. I didn’t want to draw something that just happened to have a cel phone in it.

As it turned out by day’s end, it was the only suggestion featuring a single character and coincidentally the only one the I fit into the smaller collector card size format.




 

I only managed five sketches for the eight hour session.

Here are the rest of the 5 drawn on Sunday:

Spider-Man and Deadpool / taxi driving / Chicago

Suggestion by @akoymdf / @mannysmyname / @mannysmyname

Sorry for the misspelled “Chicago”

Wonder Woman & Okoye / as Star Wars characters / Cleaning puppys’ mess

Suggestion by @madesalvo / @motheroffreels / @juliet.montenegro

I hope that the results were interesting or funny. I believe it’s safe to say that they’re unexpected.

All of these and more original piece of art will be for sale at my next comic convention showing, which, honestly, I don’t know will happen this year.

The next WSIDT session is scheduled for Sunday, May, 24th.

Thank you to everyone who pitched their fun drawing suggestions. Thank you for following my blog and/or Instagram (@Monstergram7) and/or Monster Enterprises Facebook page. Thank you for liking.

All: Black ink and color pencil.
“Barley & Ian” and “Padme & Peggy” on paper. 12.70 cm x 17.78 cm (5.00 in. x 7.00 in.)
“Leni“  on Bristol Board. 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm  (2.50 in. x 3.50 in.)

What I Drew Sunday, January 23rd – Top 3

For the first WSIDT on 2020 we have a Disney trifecta in the top 3 liked pieces of the day. But the odds of that were pretty good with 8 out of 11 having some Disney or Pixar or Marvel or Star Wars thing featured.

#1 - Donald as Captain Picard: suggestion by @chrispy2143

As with most suggestions, I don’t know the reasons behind this Disney/ Star Trek mashup. These days, I don’t receive many Star Trek commission order, and much less in mashups. It’s a shame.

In reality, this is just a drawing of Donald in a Next Generation era Federation Captain’s uniform. To make it more Picard-like, I tried to feature baldness with a reflected glint off of his head. His pose too, needed to be iconic Picard. I chose that moment when the Captain orders navigation to “Engage.” 

Not satisfied, the captain needed a word balloon which naturally is “Make it so.” In my rush, I had confused the “Engage” gesture with “Make it so.” Then it quickly became, “Quack if so.”

As a second thought, as I’m now typing this, it would be amusing to see Captain Donald adjusting his uniform with a quick tug down, as the officers do when they stand up from sitting. It wouldn’t be a better drawing. It may be a cute 2-seconds of satire in animation. I dare somebody to MAKE THAT SO.

#2 - Merlin Training Ian Lightfoot: suggestion by @jorgem_0708

Statistically speaking, this one was a tie for first place with only 2 fewer total likes at the time of this writing. 

For the kids out there who aren’t yet familiar, Merlin is from Walt Disney’s animated tale of a young King Arthur, The Sword in the Stone. Merlin is, of course, a wizard. Ian is from Disney/Pixar’s yet to be released, Onward. 

Regardless of how the trailer hints to Ian’s relationship to magic, which isn’t much at all, this is a “what if” scenario. The books on the head is typical posture training included in etiquette montages a la The Princess Diaries. The knee raised high alludes to The Karate Kid, again with the training montage. A Yoda in a backpack callback just didn’t find its way in this drawing. Although Merlin has been shown to be able to change his size and shape, probably would not read well if he wasn’t at full size.

1x hidden Mickey.

#3 - The Mandalorian and Child Having a Tea Party at Disneyland: suggestion by @jesstothesmith & @akoymdf

Of several suggestions that featured The Mandalorian’s “Child” a.k.a. “Baby Yoda,” this one I thought that I could mashup two. One envisioned the pair having a tea party. Another cast Mandalorian taking the child to Disneyland.

Where can one enjoy a proper tea party in the famed theme park? Probably the Plaza Pavilion on Main Street. But Fantasyland in more iconic and more picturesque, and is had 2 attractions inspired by Alice in Wonderland. So the, tea party in impossibly - strike that - magically located in the courtyard.

For extra measure, Mad Hatter riding on the shoulders of March Hare have dropped in for tea time - as is you couldn’t tell that this was a drawing of a tea party.

The child gets a bit lost in the composition. The floating exclamation mark is an attempt to bring more focus on the little creature.

3x hidden Mickeys (not including a balloon, 2x Mickey ears hats or a logo on a Mickey ears hat).

1x Baby Oyster.

As I said above, there were 11 - posts, but I drew 12 pieces with one of the posts as a double of a suggestion. Further to confuse you, I drew not from 11 suggestions, but from 12 with the Mandalorain/ Disneyland pieces being a mashup of two related suggestions.

Here are the rest:

Tigger & Orange Bird
Suggestion by @elijones94

Belle...

... and Tiana (Disney Princesses) as cave-girls
Suggestion by @benmcdermott93

“Baby Yoda” in a Marvel Comics mashup
Suggestion by @squidney.ink

Mickey and Minnie celebrating the Chinese New Year - Year of the Mouse (rat).
Suggestion by @mkano

Scooby-Doo as Green Lantern
Suggestion  by @rod_j_sloan

Cassandra
 Suggestion by @harishas.art

Jon Kent/Superboy
Suggestion by @cyberknight6196

The Witcher (Henry Cavill)
Suggestion by @sdogg52

All of these pieces will be for sale at my table at WonderCon, Anaheim, CA in April.
Sorry, no, I have not yet set up an online store for these things.
Left-over suggestions may yet pop up as daily drawings and Instagram posts before the next WSIDT session next month, February 23.

Thank you for following my blog and/or Instagram and/or Monster Enterprises Facebook page. Thank you for liking. Of course, thank you to everyone who pitched their drawing suggestions.


All: black ink and color pencil.
“Captain Picard” on Bristol Board. 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm  (2.50 in. x 3.50 in.)
“Merlin Trains Ian” and “Mando Tea Party” on paper. 17.78 cm x 12.70 cm (7.00 in. x 5.00 in.)