I don’t normally do straight paintings of established characters like this. Just painting someone else’s art makes me feel like I’m copying, but this time I wanted to do a painting of Ursula the Sea Witch because she is just plain awesome. Not only is she a great villain but she’s a woman in power and control of her life and her body. Sure she is is evil, but she still has everything else going for her, and she makes a really good role model. I always liked her songs and liked her attitude.
“Never under estimate the power of BODY LANGUAGE! Ha!”
I hope to one day get a cool Ursula costume going for myself, I just want to make sure that when I do, her tentacles look awesome, not cheap, that’s the big thing holding me back right now.
Ursula doesn’t apologize for anything, she takes up space and fills a room, and if she’s really mad, she just gets bigger. She’s plain awesome.
What a great perspective, I never thought of her that way :-) When you get that costume I want to see a picture!
When don’t I take pictures of my costumes? Trust me, you’ll see it.
Great painting. Reminds me of the photos that were floating around of Queen Latifah as Ursula. http://www.shoppingblog.com/2011pics/queen_latifah_ursula_disney_dream.jpg
Yes, Yes, Yes! Two role models for me, Queen Latifa and Ursula!
Yes! I love both of these women!