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| Because Sleeping Beauty is so visually distinct from other Disney films, it's title character is also visually unique among the Disney princesses. Because the film relied heavily on vertical lines in it's artwork, Aurora is also drawn with a lot of vertical lines. Consequently, actress Audrey Hepburn's slender, willowy form greatly influenced the design and eventual look of Aurora. The vertical lines used in Aurora's design make her tall and also make her distinct from the other Disney princesses. Animators also used Aurora's long hair to frame for her face. Throughout the film, Aurora's hair always follows her head and falls across her shoulders. This helped emphasize her grace and femininity and also reminded the audience of her royal birth. In a departure from other Disney fairy tales, the personality of the heroine is revealed not through onscreen dialogue, but instead through the onscreen visuals. Aurora's royal birth is shown in the way she moves, but her grace and elegance also indicate a sweet innocence and humility. One of the most memorable scenes in the film is the duel between Flora and Merryweather over what color Aurora's dress should be. In the end, the dress was blue until Flora realized it at which point the duel over the color continues, this time as Aurora dances the night away with Philip. Personally, I'm disappointed that Disney seems to have forgotten that the dress was blue for most of the film as most of their pictures of Aurora show her in the pink dress, even while she's asleep. |
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| All pictures on this page were altered using Microsoft Digital Image Pro 10. I am not the original artist, but give all credit to the original artists. The websites listed below are where I found all the pictures of Princess Aurora that I have recolored. This site has no official relationship with the Walt Disney company and all characters on this site that belong to the Walt Disney company are the property of the Walt Disney company. All pictures found on this site are for private use only. You may use them on your own website, but must save them to your own server and link back to this page and site. |
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| In my youth, one of my dreams was to be a Disney animator. As I took art classes, I quickly realized that my artistic talents did not extend in the direction of drawing. Nevertheless, I credit Walt Disney's work for helping me develop an appreciation for art. With the advent of photo editing software, I have found an outlet for my creative impulses through photo manipulations. I started out by making funny pictures of me and my friends, but one day while looking at my plush Jedi Mickey I had an idea. I decided to see what a Disney Princess would look like with a lightsaber. After looking around for pictures of Disney Princesses where it would be fairly easy to insert a lightsaber into her hand, I found a great picture of Aurora. After assorted experiments with the hilt, I realized that by using layers I could make it look like Aurora was really holding the lightsaber, and so she became a Jedi Princess. The more projects I did the better I got, but I was still trying to find more pictures of Aurora in her blue dress until one day I discovered the change color function in the software. This opened up a whole new series of opportunities and challenges in making my own unique Disney artwork. Aurora quickly became my favorite Disney Princess because of the distinctive style Disney used on her. That made Aurora artwork more challenging and rewarding. |
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| This is one of the few pictures of Aurora that was originally in blue, but I recolored it in pink to see how it looked. In the many pictures of Aurora that I've recolored or changed, I've found that she looks best in natural soft colors such as the blue or pink that Disney featured her in originally, but also in traditional royal colors befitting her royal heritage as she is Disney's only Princess to wear a crown. |
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