Sunday, October 23, 2011

Valentine & Sons Snow White "Cut-Out Numeral" Birthday Cards

These Snow White birthday postcards are part of the Walt Disney Cut-Out Numeral series. Each is shaped in the form of the birthday number and measures approximately 5.5" x 3.5". The vintage artwork is quite fetching and is as fresh today as when it was produced, circa 1938. The backs read "Reproduced by permission of Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Ltd. by Valentine and Sons Ltd. Dundee."

Snow and Dwarfs Number 10...





Another numeral 10...




Snow and Prince Number 9...




"Red-Letter Day" 9...




Snow and Dwarfs Number 8...




Snow and Forest Animals 8...




Sneezy Number 7...




Snow White Number 7...




Sleepy Number 6 + Doc Number 6...




Happy Number 5...




Snow White & Dwarfs Number 5...




Snow White at Wishing Well Number 4...




Dopey Number 4...




Doc, Happy & Bashful Number 3 + Solo Bashful 3...





Snow White Numeral 2...




Grumpy Number 2...




Happy Number 1 + Doc 1...

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Drawing Snow White

Here's another tutorial on how to draw Snow White, this one from WikiHow.

Step #1:

Sketch Snow White's body. Draw a vertical line with a curve where the bust will be crossed with a horizontal line for the arms. Then draw an oval on either side of the horizontal line for the hands. On top of the vertical line, make an oval shape for the head. Make a cross on the face to create guidelines for facial features later.



Step #2:

Draw an oval for the torso. Under that, make a curvy skirt shape.



Step #3:

Add the eyes on the horizontal guideline of the face. Draw the eyebrows above. Mouth smiling, slightly open. Small curve for the nose, between the eyes and mouth. Outline the hair using a wavy line. Begin at the top of the head and end at the chin. Draw two outward curving lines from the chin for the neck



Step #4:

Detail the dress. Continue shaping the corset on the torso, and add movement to the skirt. The sleeves should be short and puffy. Put a big collar on the neck.



Step #5:

Add detail to the arms and hands.



Step #6:

Carefully outline the image, erasing all pencil lines when you finish.



Step #7:

Color the image. Add shadows and highlights if desired.

Images and instruction copyright WikiHow. Creative Commons License.

For more Snow White tutorials, see the earlier drawing lesson by Dawn Darko and also the How to Draw books.

Friday, October 21, 2011

ABC's "Once Upon a Time" Premieres Sunday

From the writers of Lost comes Once Upon a Time, a new ABC television series where classic fairytale characters exist but in present day. Their town is a parallel world in which they look like modern people and don't remember who they truly are.



Emma Swan’s life has been anything but a fairytale. A 28-year-old bail bondsperson, she’s been taking care of herself since she was abandoned as a baby. But when Henry—the son she gave up 10 years ago—finds her, everything changes. Henry is desperate for his mom’s help and thinks that Emma is actually the long, lost daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. Yes, the actual Snow White and Prince Charming. Even stranger, Henry believes that Storybrooke, the sleepy New England town he calls home, is really part of a curse cast by the Evil Queen, freezing fairytale characters in the modern world with no memory of their former selves. Source: Once Upon A Time website.


Actor Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret...




Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Snow White's abandoned daughter...



Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina...




Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold...




Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/John Doe...

All images and video copyright ABC Television


The pilot episode airs Sunday, 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central on ABC.

Once Upon A Time Wallpaper

A look at the desktop wallpapers from the new ABC television series, Once Upon A Time...





Wallpapers copyright ABC Television. Downloaded from the show's website, Ask the Magic Mirror page.