In an earlier Archive entry, we examined a Snow White book from 1960. While not a Disney produced title, it nonetheless closely followed the story version told in the Disney film. Nardini, the illustrator of that book, filled the pages with dynamic compositions, some of it quite reflective of the original Disney studio artwork.
Today, Snow White collector Titania Hill shares a few scans from another book, this one printed in Finland in 1969. It too shares similarities with the original Disney work, as well as with the 1960 Nardini book.
G. Malipiero is the author/editor, and the artwork was created by Canaider, who signed most of his illustrations.
To avoid copyright infringement issues with Disney, the publisher/artist would certainly have to make the dwarfs as non-Disney as possible. Still, it's interesting that one of the little men was given "Doc" glasses.
Aspects of the artwork do clearly draw from Disney. Add a red bow in the hair and some paisleys to Snow White's shoulders and you have a Disney princess. A black babushka instead of yellow would just about give us the Disney Witch.
As with the earlier book, the story also follows closely to the Disney version, particularly when it comes to such details as the Witch's demise.
Disney-influenced or not, these storybook illustrations from the 1960s are some nice examples of Snow White artwork.
Illustrations copyright Canaider/Ed. G. Malipiero. Scans courtesy of the Titania Hill Collection.
To commemorate the release of Pierre Lambert's Blanche-Neige book, the publisher Démons et Merveilles also released a collection of two hand-painted resin figures in 2000.
In conjunction with the release of Pierre Lambert's Blanche-Neige hardcover in the year 2000, a set of three Snow White lithographs were produced by the publisher, Démons et Merveilles. Printed on high quality paper 300 grs, they measure 60 x 80cm each.
"Snow White Last Supper" by Hugo Duarte, a designer and illustrator from Portugal. This was a school project where the students were instructed to insert the characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs into a famous painting. Hugo chose Leonardo da Vinci's work.
The piece was first drawn on paper, then vectorized in Illustrator and finished in Photoshop. See more of Hugo's art at his website and deviantArt.
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The "Seven Deadly Sins" of wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony have been re-envisioned by Canadian artist Chris Hill. Chris has depicted these capital vices as the Disney princesses and Tinker Bell, all in Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau style. Snow and her apples represent gluttony.
In 2005, the Kellogg Company teamed up with Disney during the 50th anniversary of Disneyland to offer a collection of weighted roly-poly toys called Wobblers. They're similar to, but larger than the popular 1970s Weebles. ("Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.") Each 3" Wobbler features a different character, 50 in all, including Snow White, the Old Witch, and Dopey.
Snow White is #41 in the series. It's made from two separate molded pieces, divided by the
line that encircles the Wobbler. The bottom section is obviously the weighted end.
Each character came individually packaged in plastic wrap--sometimes it was clear, others slightly opaque. It's a little difficult to see, but the Wobbler on the right sits in its own cup.
Wobbler in plastic packaging cup.
Manufacturing divots/holes are seen along the top and bottom.
Artist Matthew Colrain was the founding art team member for Creata Promotion, the agency responsible for designing the Wobbler premiums. He specialized in Disney-styled art, generating a hundred different characters for this campaign. Unfortunately, many of the designs fell short due to budget constraints. In the end, it was the most popular characters that were chosen. See a few of the artwork examples at his Down Under Designs, Inc.
Created as cereal box prizes, the Wobblers could be found inside a wide range of Kellogg's brand cereals.
Various promotions, recipes, and games might be printed on the inside panels of the box. This Rice Krispies package included an "Ask the Magic Wobbler" game.
Tucked inside a select 1000 boxes were special certificates that entitled a fortunate consumer to a free complete set of 50 Wobblers. Read about one woman who won.
For those who weren't lucky enough to win any contests--and who'd rather not have to eat over 50 boxes of cereal--there was a happy alternative. An order form was printed on the inside of many (but not all) of the Wobbler cereal boxes. The set could be gotten simply by mailing it in along with three UPC Proof of Purchase box tops and a payment of $29.95.
The mail order set of 50 in original box.
Box cover.
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In another offer, exactly half of the Wobblers from the series were repackaged as a 25 piece Disney Parks Event collection. Not available for purchase, this one had to be won in a "Back to School Sweepstakes" sponsored by Kellogg's and ShopRite. Eligible contestants entered the contest by purchasing 4 Kellogg's or Keebler products using a ShopRite members card.
TummyTickers are a series of 6 oz. apple juice bottles marketed for young children. They come with reusable collectible plastic caps featuring Disney and other popular characters. Several of the princesses are represented including Snow White. These images were snapped in February of 2012 at a Wal-Mart store...
Over the last several years, a series of interesting commercials have been produced for Rebisco, the Republic Biscuit Corporation located in the Philippines. The TV spots use familiar fairytale characters to promote their Hansel Sandwiches (cookies).
The Snow White piece was produced in 2008. Rather than biting into the Witch's apple, Snow is drawn back into the
cottage by the aroma of a Hansel cookie.
Video posted by gilbertgeorgegiles.
The production combines live
action with animation. For obvious legal reasons, the dwarfs could not be drawn to resemble
the Disney characters. Yet, the poison apple as well as the cottage and forest glen do have a strong Disney-esque feel to them.
Screen Captures
Client : Republic Biscuit Corporation
Director : Raul Jorolan
Producer/Writer : Gilbert Buguis
Cinematography : Monchie Redoble
Editor : Jojo Medalla
Production Design : Emery Villanueva
Music/Score : Noisy Neighbors
Animation : Holy Cow Animation
Production House : United Asia Productions
