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deviantART: gallery:davidkawena/89102 http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:davidkawena/89102&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:davidkawena/89102 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Thu, 23 May 2013 01:34:48 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Disney Heroes - Prince Adam by David Kawena http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Adam-by-David-Kawena-334690805 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Adam-by-David-Kawena-334690805 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:09:02 PDT Disney Heroes - Prince Adam by David Kawena nonadult digitalart/drawings/illustrations/conceptual davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2012-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena

]]> Disney Heroes - Kronk by David Kawena http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Kronk-by-David-Kawena-213773601 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Kronk-by-David-Kawena-213773601 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:04:38 PDT Disney Heroes - Kronk by David Kawena nonadult digitalart/drawings/illustrations/conceptual davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2011-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena [link]

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Yep! It's time for a new Disney Hero - and this is... KRONK, from "The Emperor's New Groove", in his Devil Version!

This one was a struggle! A big one!
For a long time now, my dearest friend was bagging me to draw Kronk, and I never got my hands around it. Never had the right vision, or inspiration for Kronk's character.

Last month I finally came out with this vision of Kronk you see here. I was watching the movie again and kind of got the idea, but it was really one of the many concept arts and character design pictures found on the 2nd Disc of the Collector;s Edition that gave me that extra push to realise, "O.K.! Now I know what I want to do!!!" and that was a devil AND angel version of Kronk.

Once I got the vision right down in my had, it was time to face up with the movie's angular and unique style once again. After dealing with it in the portrait of Kuzco, I thought it'll be a bit easier to work on Kronk, but oh no! His proportions and mass was so interesting to work on, giving it the look of the entire collection and always keep the balance of 'animated' vs. 'real' was always my favourite pat in drawing the Disney Heroes Collection!

Keeping up with change in look that started with Flynn Rider, this one also have (somewhat of) a background too.

So where is the Angel version you ask? Oh well, this will take some time as I have my hands full on many exciting projects, thanks to another very very special individual, who keeps me busy.

You can see all of my latest works on this page ---> [link] long time before I put them on Deviant, so check it out!

Hope you're all going to love this latest instalment to the collection!

--- This drawing is dedicated to M! ---

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!!!

DK

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David Kawena, 2011
Photoshop CS2 ]]> [link]

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Yep! It's time for a new Disney Hero - and this is... KRONK, from "The Emperor's New Groove", in his Devil Version!

This one was a struggle! A big one!
For a long time now, my dearest friend was bagging me to draw Kronk, and I never got my hands around it. Never had the right vision, or inspiration for Kronk's character.

Last month I finally came out with this vision of Kronk you see here. I was watching the movie again and kind of got the idea, but it was really one of the many concept arts and character design pictures found on the 2nd Disc of the Collector;s Edition that gave me that extra push to realise, "O.K.! Now I know what I want to do!!!" and that was a devil AND angel version of Kronk.

Once I got the vision right down in my had, it was time to face up with the movie's angular and unique style once again. After dealing with it in the portrait of Kuzco, I thought it'll be a bit easier to work on Kronk, but oh no! His proportions and mass was so interesting to work on, giving it the look of the entire collection and always keep the balance of 'animated' vs. 'real' was always my favourite pat in drawing the Disney Heroes Collection!

Keeping up with change in look that started with Flynn Rider, this one also have (somewhat of) a background too.

So where is the Angel version you ask? Oh well, this will take some time as I have my hands full on many exciting projects, thanks to another very very special individual, who keeps me busy.

You can see all of my latest works on this page ---> [link] long time before I put them on Deviant, so check it out!

Hope you're all going to love this latest instalment to the collection!

--- This drawing is dedicated to M! ---

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!!!

DK

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David Kawena, 2011
Photoshop CS2

]]> Disney Heroes - Flynn Rider by David Kawena http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Flynn-Rider-by-David-Kawena-203690408 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Flynn-Rider-by-David-Kawena-203690408 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:39:35 PDT Disney Heroes - Flynn Rider by David Kawena nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2011-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena [link]

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And there he is - The latest instalment in the Disney Heroes Collection, Flynn Rider (aka Eugene Fitzherbert)!!!

It's been more then a year (!!!) since the previews Disney Hero, Prince Naveen, and it was a hard choice to pick up who would be next in line.

At first, I really didn't want to add Flynn to the collection. Anyone who knows me, know my feeling towards the final visuals in TANGLED. Especially the final look of the characters. I was never a big fan of the CGI Disney characters, they always lack something I can only find in 2D hand drawn characters, especially in the design. Most of CGI characters are so generic, big round eyes,and always lean towards the comic style. Plus, when came to the Disney Heroes collection, it felt like not much of challenge to take a 3D character, and turn it into a more realistic version, which is what I love the most about drawing the 2D characters in this collection.

The decision to finally take the step and add Flynn to the collection came after I've received "The Art Of Tangled" book as a birthday gift from one of my best of of friends (M, you're the best!), in which I saw again all the amazing character designs of Flynn done by Glen Keane and Jin Kim and I remembered why I loved this character a few years back before they final design in the movie. This is when I inspired to take the original 2D characters design, which is a bit more angular, an way more Glen Keane, and have that to be a part of the Disney Heroes Collection.

Not only that, I had also started to think of how I would use all of what CGI animation has to offer in order to bring that character from the 2D world to the 3D one, if I was the one to design the final movie version. This is when I another one of my best friends, a very special person and a visionary all on his own, suggested the idea of giving Flynn some body hair, and it hit me that this what Disney should have done, if they're already using CGI, why not do something extra, that can't be done in 2D that easy, using the GCI medium to it's advantage instead of trying to imitate the hand drawn style?!

After endless tries and different takes on the famous smoulder, figuring out the right outfit that would fit with the time in which TANGED takes place, the final addition to this drawing was the background and of course the lanterns. To me, the lanterns sequence was the best thing about Tangled. It was magic! All of a sudden, I didn't care about the facts that I didn't like the character design, the backgrounds, nothing was wrong, as everything was right - it was a pure Disney magic moment and there was no doubt in my mind that I had to have it in one of my Tangled fan arts drawings, and which better then this one? (yes, these lanterns took days to create!)

I hope you all love this one, as I truly put my heart into it, and wanted to give it something extra then the rest of the collection, and in one way or another, this will be the new direction for the Disney Heros Collection, and there are many more of them already in the making.

I am currently busy with many, many amazing projects at the moment, and if you want to see previews of all of them then visit my partner in crime page ---> [link] - I would LOVE to hear your thoughts and comments on any one of them.

Once I'll get some free time from work at the studio and get a little better with my health, it is back to the Heroes.

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David Kawena, 2011
Photoshop CS2 ]]> [link]

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And there he is - The latest instalment in the Disney Heroes Collection, Flynn Rider (aka Eugene Fitzherbert)!!!

It's been more then a year (!!!) since the previews Disney Hero, Prince Naveen, and it was a hard choice to pick up who would be next in line.

At first, I really didn't want to add Flynn to the collection. Anyone who knows me, know my feeling towards the final visuals in TANGLED. Especially the final look of the characters. I was never a big fan of the CGI Disney characters, they always lack something I can only find in 2D hand drawn characters, especially in the design. Most of CGI characters are so generic, big round eyes,and always lean towards the comic style. Plus, when came to the Disney Heroes collection, it felt like not much of challenge to take a 3D character, and turn it into a more realistic version, which is what I love the most about drawing the 2D characters in this collection.

The decision to finally take the step and add Flynn to the collection came after I've received "The Art Of Tangled" book as a birthday gift from one of my best of of friends (M, you're the best!), in which I saw again all the amazing character designs of Flynn done by Glen Keane and Jin Kim and I remembered why I loved this character a few years back before they final design in the movie. This is when I inspired to take the original 2D characters design, which is a bit more angular, an way more Glen Keane, and have that to be a part of the Disney Heroes Collection.

Not only that, I had also started to think of how I would use all of what CGI animation has to offer in order to bring that character from the 2D world to the 3D one, if I was the one to design the final movie version. This is when I another one of my best friends, a very special person and a visionary all on his own, suggested the idea of giving Flynn some body hair, and it hit me that this what Disney should have done, if they're already using CGI, why not do something extra, that can't be done in 2D that easy, using the GCI medium to it's advantage instead of trying to imitate the hand drawn style?!

After endless tries and different takes on the famous smoulder, figuring out the right outfit that would fit with the time in which TANGED takes place, the final addition to this drawing was the background and of course the lanterns. To me, the lanterns sequence was the best thing about Tangled. It was magic! All of a sudden, I didn't care about the facts that I didn't like the character design, the backgrounds, nothing was wrong, as everything was right - it was a pure Disney magic moment and there was no doubt in my mind that I had to have it in one of my Tangled fan arts drawings, and which better then this one? (yes, these lanterns took days to create!)

I hope you all love this one, as I truly put my heart into it, and wanted to give it something extra then the rest of the collection, and in one way or another, this will be the new direction for the Disney Heros Collection, and there are many more of them already in the making.

I am currently busy with many, many amazing projects at the moment, and if you want to see previews of all of them then visit my partner in crime page ---> [link] - I would LOVE to hear your thoughts and comments on any one of them.

Once I'll get some free time from work at the studio and get a little better with my health, it is back to the Heroes.

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David Kawena, 2011
Photoshop CS2

]]> Disney Heroes - Prince Naveen by David Kawena http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Naveen-by-David-Kawena-144770596 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Naveen-by-David-Kawena-144770596 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:49:38 PST Disney Heroes - Prince Naveen by David Kawena adult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2009-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena You are all welcome to follow me there

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Straight from the bayou swamp waters of New Orleans, in honour of the spacial engagement limited release of Disney's newest masterpiece, "The Princess and the Frog" I am proud to present to you all the latest addition to the Disney Heroes Collection - Prince Naveen!

Yes people, the time has come!
The first 2D hand drawn animated Disney film in 5 years was released today in New York and Los Angeles.

I've been working on this portrait of Prince Naveen for months now. Ever since the first commercial picture of him was released I fell in love with his design - who can resist that smile right?! But there wasn't much to go with his portrait as there was only one picture out there. So I only worked on the face based on that image, and right when the trailer was out I knew I want to incorporate that breathtaking transformation of Naveen into his portrait. At first it was his transformation into a frog that inspired me, but then seeing more and more that bits of animation of him and Tiana turning into humans at the swamp with all that magical water around I knew that this is it! That's the visual I was looking for!

It is not an easy task to do a realistic portrait of an animated character. Not at all! And it's even more complicated to achieve when you didn't even saw the film itself. "What do I really know about Naveen as character that I can put into this drawing?!"

These were my initial thoughts going into creating this piece. Well, I knew this was a lady's man! Full of himself and charming good looks I guess, but also a fun, life loving guy indeed. That charming smile of him I was talking about before?! I knew it must be there

He really is the Prince of the Swamp, and I also gave him a small necklace with that element from the film's logo, that I really really love as it's a combination or a royalty crown and a frog feet. Stunning design by Disney!

To create more of an atmosphere for this one, I added the water lilies, and tree branches behind him and it's also my small tribute to that breathtaking job the background department did on this film!

Hope you all love this latest addition to the collection - I really put my heart into this one!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

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David Kawena, November 2009
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]]> Disney Heroes - Narnian Kings by David Kawena http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Narnian-Kings-by-David-Kawena-140050471 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Narnian-Kings-by-David-Kawena-140050471 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:17:25 PDT Disney Heroes - Narnian Kings by David Kawena nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2009-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena
These two have been on my "to do" list for a lot of time! In fact the drawing you see above is actually the 2nd version on Caspian and Peter that I've done. The first one featured them along a giant statue of Aslan, with Caspian sitting on top of it, and Peter sitting on the floor. That drawing was 90% done, and every time I looked at it, something felt wrong and did not set well into the frame... So I decided to drop it and move on to other heroes on the list.

A month ago I decided I want to re-try doing something with Peter and Caspian. The one thing I set my mind on to, was heaving them together in the same shot!

After a short brain storm, the idea of a friendly arm wrestling between the two popped to my mind and I knew this was it! It was so much fun heaving them interact with one another, as oppose to the first version. The one thing I took from the original version were all the Narnian motives of the armour and crowns and then I added more of them to Caspian and Peter's jokestraps and of course the Aslan inspired table!

While heaving some difficulties fitting the standard "Disney Heroes" background to work with the scene, I played with it a little and decided to add the strong ray of light in - and I am so happy I did! Just playing around with it's effect on the whole drawing was a blast! And it created such a strong feeling to the entire piece!

I was trying to capture that sense of rivalry between friends, and it's up to you to decided who will be the winner, and what will be his prize!

This is the first "Disney Heroes" drawing to feature two heroes, I hope I managed to make each of them to stand on his own without taking the focus from the other one. I can't wait to make a another scene with 2 or more heroes at the same time!

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David Kawena, 2009
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These two have been on my "to do" list for a lot of time! In fact the drawing you see above is actually the 2nd version on Caspian and Peter that I've done. The first one featured them along a giant statue of Aslan, with Caspian sitting on top of it, and Peter sitting on the floor. That drawing was 90% done, and every time I looked at it, something felt wrong and did not set well into the frame... So I decided to drop it and move on to other heroes on the list.

A month ago I decided I want to re-try doing something with Peter and Caspian. The one thing I set my mind on to, was heaving them together in the same shot!

After a short brain storm, the idea of a friendly arm wrestling between the two popped to my mind and I knew this was it! It was so much fun heaving them interact with one another, as oppose to the first version. The one thing I took from the original version were all the Narnian motives of the armour and crowns and then I added more of them to Caspian and Peter's jokestraps and of course the Aslan inspired table!

While heaving some difficulties fitting the standard "Disney Heroes" background to work with the scene, I played with it a little and decided to add the strong ray of light in - and I am so happy I did! Just playing around with it's effect on the whole drawing was a blast! And it created such a strong feeling to the entire piece!

I was trying to capture that sense of rivalry between friends, and it's up to you to decided who will be the winner, and what will be his prize!

This is the first "Disney Heroes" drawing to feature two heroes, I hope I managed to make each of them to stand on his own without taking the focus from the other one. I can't wait to make a another scene with 2 or more heroes at the same time!

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David Kawena, 2009
Photoshop CS2

]]> Disney Heroes - Emperor Kuzco http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Emperor-Kuzco-138943602 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Emperor-Kuzco-138943602 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:59:57 PDT Disney Heroes - Emperor Kuzco nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2009-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena

Show some respect to emperor Kuzco boys and girls!

A month! A whole month that I've been away! My God...

But it's all for the best! I've been really busy, doing my shit and heaving the time of my life! I've had NO ONLINE TIME AT ALL! My inbox if FULL PACKED with E-mails, messages, comments, new art to view, and lots of journal posts - all need to be addressed and answered - I have no idea how will I do it! But it seems like I can do a whole lot more then I imagine when I'm putting myself into it - And this drawing of Kuzco is a good example!

it was not an easy task to accomplish! Kuzco is not the usual tall dark and handsome kind of guy, he's not really nice (at first) and he's so skinny - not my type at all!

But he's got one thing that always works - he is hilarious! And so full of himself - the perfect material for a Disney Hero Model!

Getting ready for drawing this one, I wanted to keep it simple as possible, heaving some more Maya/Inca elements into the character, but not too much and heaving the light a lot softer on the character then the other heroes - in order to avoid too much of a contrast on his body that will emphasize how skinny he really is... I really enjoyed the fact I could play with a slightly wider range of colours with this one, coming from the golds and cyans of his accessories - it was really fun creating these golden textures!

When it was half way through, the poster of the film came to my mind with the "It's all about ME!" slogan, and I just knew I had to incorporate it into this portrait of Kuzco, as it is all about him, with his pose, pointing at us the viewers... showing off... He's so condescending huh?!

If I'm not mistaken it was like the third drawing of him I've done in my life and it's all because of the "Emperor's New School" series that started to air here - finally - that I've remembered about him and felt like "Huh! He's gotta be a part of the collection too!"

So I really hope you'll like it folks - be sure there's a whole lot more to come soon!!!

Thanks for everyone who sent in messages asking if I'm O.K. - don't you worry guys, I am perfectly fine thank God!

To my dear friends - Faye, HAPPY BDAY DEAR - wish you all the best in life and a little more! Kerry, thank you so much for worrying about me man, and Pino - you're killing me with your latest work

! I miss you so much and I'll E-mail everyone soon!

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!!!

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David Kawena, 2009
Photoshop CS 2 ]]>

Show some respect to emperor Kuzco boys and girls!

A month! A whole month that I've been away! My God...

But it's all for the best! I've been really busy, doing my shit and heaving the time of my life! I've had NO ONLINE TIME AT ALL! My inbox if FULL PACKED with E-mails, messages, comments, new art to view, and lots of journal posts - all need to be addressed and answered - I have no idea how will I do it! But it seems like I can do a whole lot more then I imagine when I'm putting myself into it - And this drawing of Kuzco is a good example!

it was not an easy task to accomplish! Kuzco is not the usual tall dark and handsome kind of guy, he's not really nice (at first) and he's so skinny - not my type at all!

! I miss you so much and I'll E-mail everyone soon!

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!!!

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David Kawena, 2009
Photoshop CS 2

]]> Disney Heroes - Prince Edward by David Kawena http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Edward-by-David-Kawena-124541743 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Edward-by-David-Kawena-124541743 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:42:02 PDT Disney Heroes - Prince Edward by David Kawena nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2009-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena An extreme HQ, un-watermarked version is now on my facebook page ---> [link]
Would love to see your comments there too.

David

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Disney Heroes Collection: Prince Edward!

It's a little bit bolder then the others in some way, heaving him being the first Disney hero who's not really wearing underwear.

I knew from the start that I want to keep some of the art nouveau motives from the movie. So I drew Edward's gloves from and sword from the film, adding a little leather fetish inspired twist to them. Along with that I added the straps and pants, all from the latest Andalesia Fashion Designs Collection! I was joking with myself on how Giselle's fashion house designed this one especially for Edward

I wanted to avoid the trap of just drawing James Marsden, and at the same time, keeping it a real-life looking version of the animated character. I hope I achieved what I was looking for, in getting a mix of the animated and the real-life versions of Prince Edward.

In a way, I think that after seeing Enchanted for the first time, the initial thought of "How would other Disney guys would look like if the were real?" came to my mind. Maybe that was the beginning for this whole collection of mine.... So, Edward had already had his place in the collection from the start!

David...

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David Kawena, 2009 ]]> An extreme HQ, un-watermarked version is now on my facebook page ---> [link]
Would love to see your comments there too.

]]> Disney Heroes - Peter Pan by David Kawena http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Peter-Pan-by-David-Kawena-122697337 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Peter-Pan-by-David-Kawena-122697337 Sat, 16 May 2009 10:53:39 PDT Disney Heroes - Peter Pan by David Kawena nonadult fanart/digital/painting/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2009-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena
I've been wanting to draw and add Peter Pan to the collection [link] for a long time now. Obviously he is one of Disney greatest heroes of all time, loved by millions around the world. But he is also a very young boy, just entering his teens, that was a kind of problem for me, the age issue...

I was going through some serious brain-storming sessions, trying to come up with a the right pose. That took like 5 deleted rough versions of this one! But that wasn't all, one the right pose was chosen, then I had to figure out how to create the right balance in the visual in order to avoid an un-tasteful portrait of such a young character. Eventually I came up with the result you see above, which I feel is the best one, in still in the same vibe as the rest of the collection. Also adding some punky accessories, giving Peter a more of Never-Grow-Old-Bad-Boy kind of feel, but still showing he's a sweet heart with that smile on his face

Looking at this drawing of mine, and then at portrait of Jim Hawkins from Disney's Treasure Planet, and I see how different they are. The are both almost the same age, young boys, but I was thinking of how I created them in such a different way, attitude, and pose - All thanks to the wonderful characteristics and depth that the people in Disney put into the character they create. Pure brilliance.

Anyway, there you have it, Peter Pan is part of the Disney Heroes Collection!

David

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David Kawena, 2009 ]]>
I've been wanting to draw and add Peter Pan to the collection [link] for a long time now. Obviously he is one of Disney greatest heroes of all time, loved by millions around the world. But he is also a very young boy, just entering his teens, that was a kind of problem for me, the age issue...

I was going through some serious brain-storming sessions, trying to come up with a the right pose. That took like 5 deleted rough versions of this one! But that wasn't all, one the right pose was chosen, then I had to figure out how to create the right balance in the visual in order to avoid an un-tasteful portrait of such a young character. Eventually I came up with the result you see above, which I feel is the best one, in still in the same vibe as the rest of the collection. Also adding some punky accessories, giving Peter a more of Never-Grow-Old-Bad-Boy kind of feel, but still showing he's a sweet heart with that smile on his face

]]> Disney Heroes - Prince Adam by David Kawena http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Adam-by-David-Kawena-114799761 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Adam-by-David-Kawena-114799761 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:43:43 PST Disney Heroes - Prince Adam by David Kawena nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2009-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena I am honoured to present to you all the newest addition to my Disney Heroes Collection [link] : Prince Adam!

I guess it's about (tale as old as) time!

This one was almost a mission-impossible to do!
I couldn't figure out what I want to do with Adam's character in his torso portrait, I couldn't make up my mind if should stand to the side, the front, the back, should he be more attached to his beast side?! I had a lot of *pressure*. For starters - Adam was the first guy I ever felt attracted too. How can I put that into a drawing? Then there's the *pressure* of everyone of the fans.
Just look at these numbers --->

On a poll I've had here on DA on Dec, 2007 (wow has it been that long?) titled: "Disney Heroes - who would you like to see next?" - 755 deviants said Adam (human form of Beast from "Beauty and the Beast"

In a poll from last month, titled: "So, my TROY BOLTON portrait for the Disney Heroes Collection got a lot of people expressing their feelings about subjects like:" - 638 deviants said F*CK ALL THAT! I want Prince Adam! (Beast in human form)!!!

Eventually I felt like I had an epiphany of some sort of heaving Adam as 'just a person', leave alone the Beast part (for now) and focus on his human side, that he himself had just discovered again. He's kind of embraced heaving his portrait taken, but at the same time very proud to be there, knowing his new human form represents the journey he's been through, to become a whole person. He keeps a rose with him as a reminder of the beast he once was, in and out.

I wanted to have him standing to the side cause I think he has a stunning side view to his face - Thank you mister Glen Keane! and a great Roman/French body - Thank you Glen Keane again!

I had a great time doing this one, especially cause I could finally see him coming to life, and his hair was SO MUCH FUN to draw!

Sure hope all of you who voted for him will give him as much as love now that he's finally here.

Thanks to everyone who took part in the polls and expressed their thoughts and feeling - I really appreciate it!

David...

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Photshop CS3,
David Kawena, 2009 ]]> I am honoured to present to you all the newest addition to my Disney Heroes Collection [link] : Prince Adam!

I guess it's about (tale as old as) time!

This one was almost a mission-impossible to do!
I couldn't figure out what I want to do with Adam's character in his torso portrait, I couldn't make up my mind if should stand to the side, the front, the back, should he be more attached to his beast side?! I had a lot of *pressure*. For starters - Adam was the first guy I ever felt attracted too. How can I put that into a drawing? Then there's the *pressure* of everyone of the fans.
Just look at these numbers --->

On a poll I've had here on DA on Dec, 2007 (wow has it been that long?) titled: "Disney Heroes - who would you like to see next?" - 755 deviants said Adam (human form of Beast from "Beauty and the Beast"

In a poll from last month, titled: "So, my TROY BOLTON portrait for the Disney Heroes Collection got a lot of people expressing their feelings about subjects like:" - 638 deviants said F*CK ALL THAT! I want Prince Adam! (Beast in human form)!!!

Eventually I felt like I had an epiphany of some sort of heaving Adam as 'just a person', leave alone the Beast part (for now) and focus on his human side, that he himself had just discovered again. He's kind of embraced heaving his portrait taken, but at the same time very proud to be there, knowing his new human form represents the journey he's been through, to become a whole person. He keeps a rose with him as a reminder of the beast he once was, in and out.

I wanted to have him standing to the side cause I think he has a stunning side view to his face - Thank you mister Glen Keane! and a great Roman/French body - Thank you Glen Keane again!

I had a great time doing this one, especially cause I could finally see him coming to life, and his hair was SO MUCH FUN to draw!

Sure hope all of you who voted for him will give him as much as love now that he's finally here.

Thanks to everyone who took part in the polls and expressed their thoughts and feeling - I really appreciate it!

David...

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]]> Disney Heroes - Dr. Sweet by David Kawena http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Dr-Sweet-by-David-Kawena-108153122 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Dr-Sweet-by-David-Kawena-108153122 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:35:37 PST Disney Heroes - Dr. Sweet by David Kawena nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2009-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena An extreme HQ, un-watermarked version is now on my facebook page ---> [link]
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A new year and a new Disney Hero!
Just a little gift for you all, to help you kick off the new year with best of energies!

I wanted to upload this one yesterday, on January 1st, but there was no time as on every January 1st I always doing something, cause well, it's the first day of the new year, but it's also my birthday! Yey for me! Gosh I had the best Italian ice cream of my life! And got some cool gifts too

But to back to busyness:
This is Dr. Joshua "StrongBear" Sweet, from Disney's 'ATLANTIS: The Lost Empire'. This one took me years to finish, but I'm very pleased with it! I had so many visions of how this portrait of one of Disney largest guys will come to be. At first I thought I'll do something with his Native American roots, obviously, but then I thought, 'yeah, it's too obvious for me'. So I went on to draw him as he appears in one of the scenes in the movie, with the white towel, trying to scare Moliere "The Mole" with the soap! So, this is like, after the shower, in the Ulysses submarine

There's something extremely fun in painting dark skin people, especially for this collection, as the light reflects differently on the the skin, and I could have so many shades of browns and blacks all over! And of course these white underwear creates great contrast with the darkness of his skin!

Well, as this is my first post for 2009 I really hope you'll it! Also, this can give you a window of all that there is to come for this year - and there's a lot of stuff already finished, just waiting for an upload!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

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]]> Disney Heroes - Tarzan 2 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Tarzan-2-100878862 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Tarzan-2-100878862 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:39:09 PDT Disney Heroes - Tarzan 2 nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2008-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena
This time around I'm continuing the "facial shots" side of the collection, started with Hercules [link] now it's Tarzan's turn to 'make a face'!

I always had the most great admiration for Disney's / Glen Keane's vision of Tarzan! The fact that he was so different from the typical "Johnny Weissmuller" perception of "Tarzan", and was so much more bold and daring take on this iconic character was one of the most refreshing and innovative things that the Disney studios has released, and the most perfect way to close up the studios brilliantly artistic time of the 1990' before moving on to the 2000'!

The strong jaw line, the sharp nose, and these deep-deep eyes were an instant fave of mine! And while many other people I know, thought that Disney's version of Tarzan had more of 'monkey' then a human to him in terms of look, I thought, - and still am - That Tarzan is one of Disney most handsome guys ever, and defiantly the most sensual of them all - just look at the way he moves through the jungle! My god!

The desire to draw this one hit me while I was in London, a little more them a month ago, as I was walking down the street a cool guy passed over me and he had the most brilliant dreadlocks ever! I just thought of Tarzan immediately and I knew as soon as I'll come back to Israel, this'll be the first thing I'm doing!

I wanted to keep this Tarzan drawing more 'darker' then the Hercules one, in terms of colour use and pose... Trying to portray Tarzan's animal-side, yet keeping the 'classic-portraits' look... And give it a little sensual edge along the way

I hope it pulled it through...

There's another Disney Hero along the way - this time it'll be a new torso shot of royalty heritage coming up really soon!!! Can you guess who will it be?

So sorry for the long delay in updates, it's the holiday season right now, I have tons of work and almost no time! But I will try to update with every little new thing that I have for you all!

Have a Brilliantly Wonderful Day Everyone!

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This time around I'm continuing the "facial shots" side of the collection, started with Hercules [link] now it's Tarzan's turn to 'make a face'!

I always had the most great admiration for Disney's / Glen Keane's vision of Tarzan! The fact that he was so different from the typical "Johnny Weissmuller" perception of "Tarzan", and was so much more bold and daring take on this iconic character was one of the most refreshing and innovative things that the Disney studios has released, and the most perfect way to close up the studios brilliantly artistic time of the 1990' before moving on to the 2000'!

The strong jaw line, the sharp nose, and these deep-deep eyes were an instant fave of mine! And while many other people I know, thought that Disney's version of Tarzan had more of 'monkey' then a human to him in terms of look, I thought, - and still am - That Tarzan is one of Disney most handsome guys ever, and defiantly the most sensual of them all - just look at the way he moves through the jungle! My god!

I hope it pulled it through...

There's another Disney Hero along the way - this time it'll be a new torso shot of royalty heritage coming up really soon!!! Can you guess who will it be?

David...

]]> Disney Heroes - Will Turner http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Will-Turner-88931803 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Will-Turner-88931803 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:38:18 PDT Disney Heroes - Will Turner nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2008-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena

This is the newest addition to my Disney Heroes Collection, and it the superb Will Turner from Disney's "Pirates Of The Caribbean" (played by Orlando Bloom

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This is the FIRST live action Disney Hero - yes the first, that means there will be more live action heroes coming soon!

I really wanted to do something different with his character, more of the pirate that he is in the end of the third movie, then regular Will from the first movie... And add some extra stuff of mt own into the mix!

I don't have more time to write right now, as I'm flying to New York tomorrow! YEY!!! So I'll be gone for a little while, but please comment as I'll read post on this drawing - as well as everything else sent by you all! I hope I'll more time to update my journal later on tonight...

Congratulations to

who guessed that hunky Turner will be the next in line on her comment on my Hercules Facial Shot [link]
I really really hope you'll like this new twist on the collection as much you loved the Hercules close-Up shot!

Have a great month everyone! You have no idea how much happy reading all your comments on my latest works and journal made me be! I cherish each and everyone!!!

Be back soon!

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This is the newest addition to my Disney Heroes Collection, and it the superb Will Turner from Disney's "Pirates Of The Caribbean" (played by Orlando Bloom

Have a great month everyone! You have no idea how much happy reading all your comments on my latest works and journal made me be! I cherish each and everyone!!!

Be back soon!

David K.

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Not what you expected right?! Well, I sure hope your not disappointed by this...

This is the newest addition to my Disney Heroes Collection [link]
For a long time now I've been having the idea of adding something different to the collection, while still maintaining the photoshoot feel I wanted to create in the first place.

Looking at professional models photoshoots, they always have body shots and facial/mug shots! I really liked the idea of drawing only the face of the heroes, as it gives me a chance to go dipper into their thoughts and soul then the torso shots...

I chose Hercules as the first one to be presented in a facia shot, as he was the first Disney Hero in the collection, and because he was the only one with his eyes closed! So I figured he will be the perfect guy to be the first to have the spot light on his face!!!

There will be more facial shots of the guys who are already in the collection very soon, but first there's going to be a new' torso shot' of a great 'new age' Disney Hero - not necessarily from the animated world!!!

No more hints! sorry

Hope you'll like this new addition into the collection!

*** This drawing was based on a small photo I found on some magazine. There was no mentioning of the model or photographer ***

Have a Wonderful Weekend Everyone!

David

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Not what you expected right?! Well, I sure hope your not disappointed by this...

This is the newest addition to my Disney Heroes Collection [link]
For a long time now I've been having the idea of adding something different to the collection, while still maintaining the photoshoot feel I wanted to create in the first place.

Looking at professional models photoshoots, they always have body shots and facial/mug shots! I really liked the idea of drawing only the face of the heroes, as it gives me a chance to go dipper into their thoughts and soul then the torso shots...

I chose Hercules as the first one to be presented in a facia shot, as he was the first Disney Hero in the collection, and because he was the only one with his eyes closed! So I figured he will be the perfect guy to be the first to have the spot light on his face!!!

There will be more facial shots of the guys who are already in the collection very soon, but first there's going to be a new' torso shot' of a great 'new age' Disney Hero - not necessarily from the animated world!!!

No more hints! sorry

David

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]]> Disney Heroes - John Henry http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-John-Henry-81572755 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-John-Henry-81572755 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:55:06 PDT Disney Heroes - John Henry nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2008-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena
This one is the legendry John Henry! The first African American Disney Hero in the collection! He was also Disney's first animated African American hero in their history! After him came another African American male figure that was featured in a full length animated classic movie - and he will also be a part of the Heroes Collection soon enough. But the most amazing news I've heard was last year's revealing that the upcoming Disney classic "The Princess and the Frog" will feature Disney's first African American Princess - it's about freaking time right?! - Hopefully she will also have a hunky love interest

Back to mister Henry now - John Henry appeared in a Disney short movie titled "John Henry". The short movie was released on the DVD title "Disney's American Legends" on February 2002. It was a new short among other classic Disney shorts telling the story of some of America's true pioneer heroes. The DVD was presented in 1.33:1 or full-screen format that was so unbelievably degrading for this short that was created in widescreen (1.85:1). Up to this day I didn't get the chance to see this short in it's original aspect ration

But on in it's own the "John Henry" short is a marvellous creation. The animation in it is presented in it's full "rough" stage, with no "clean-up" process, and it gives it something extra special and so pleasing to look at.
I wanted to keep that feeling, so I had made this one a little bit more "rough" too, but in it's attitude!

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So I focused more on the movement of Henry's body, lifting his big hammer high up there, and heaving this rough look on his face... Other thing that I really loved in the short was Henry's over sized body design, that I tried as hard as I could to stay true too, while still keeping it realistic. I gotta say it was so much fun drawing him - this was my first time drawing John Henry EVER - he has great facial features, and using these dark chocolate colours in the Heroes series was such a welcome change and I loved every part of it...

I sure hope you'll gonna love this change too

Have A Wonderful Month Everyone

- David

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This one is the legendry John Henry! The first African American Disney Hero in the collection! He was also Disney's first animated African American hero in their history! After him came another African American male figure that was featured in a full length animated classic movie - and he will also be a part of the Heroes Collection soon enough. But the most amazing news I've heard was last year's revealing that the upcoming Disney classic "The Princess and the Frog" will feature Disney's first African American Princess - it's about freaking time right?! - Hopefully she will also have a hunky love interest

Have A Wonderful Month Everyone

- David

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]]> Disney Heroes - Sitka http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Sitka-81152557 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Sitka-81152557 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:28:36 PDT Disney Heroes - Sitka nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2008-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena As you may have noticed I mentioned more then once that I really love this character. When I first saw his character online I immediately fell in love with his design! Sitka stands for loving brother to his younger brothers He is very spiritual, always there to give you a good advice and he's very true and respective to his heritage - which I really love!

Not giving any spoilers away for people who hadn't seen the movie yet, I'll say this - Sitka's love for his family made him in my eyes the most influential individual in the movie. He is responsible for Kenai's transformation - not only his physical one, but his true spiritual transformation. If it was real life story, it will take a lot for somebody, an older brother, to really throw your younger brother into a world of danger and hurt, sitting back, doing almost nothing to help him, just because you know that by learning a certain lesson he will gain the most important thing in the world - his true self! That to me is true love! I can't tell you I'm like that, but I am working on it...

In one of the most brilliant scenes in movie Sitka got his own song "Transformation" in which he explains to his youngest brother Kenai about the lesson he must learns and the man he needs to become. Phil Collins wrote what I think is one of the most beautiful songs to ever be a part of a Disney film! It's my 3 most favourite Disney song after "Colour of the Wind" and "Just Around the Riverbend" ("Pocahontas"). The fact that the song is being sung in the Inuit language simply brought tears to my eyes when I first heard it.

With the love I share for Sitka you can understand why this drawing was a challenger, and you can see why I chose to make it extra special and different from the rest of the "Disney Heroes". Much like in the movie I wanted to keep Sitka's strong body but natural body-language, I wanted to present him as one with his tradition, so I added the chair, horns spear and furs. It took 6 days to accomplish - including one major Photoshop crash that made me start some of it all over again - but it's all good, as it came better the 2nd time around! There's a reason for everything you know?!

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"David Kawena" 2008 ]]> As you may have noticed I mentioned more then once that I really love this character. When I first saw his character online I immediately fell in love with his design! Sitka stands for loving brother to his younger brothers He is very spiritual, always there to give you a good advice and he's very true and respective to his heritage - which I really love!

Not giving any spoilers away for people who hadn't seen the movie yet, I'll say this - Sitka's love for his family made him in my eyes the most influential individual in the movie. He is responsible for Kenai's transformation - not only his physical one, but his true spiritual transformation. If it was real life story, it will take a lot for somebody, an older brother, to really throw your younger brother into a world of danger and hurt, sitting back, doing almost nothing to help him, just because you know that by learning a certain lesson he will gain the most important thing in the world - his true self! That to me is true love! I can't tell you I'm like that, but I am working on it...

In one of the most brilliant scenes in movie Sitka got his own song "Transformation" in which he explains to his youngest brother Kenai about the lesson he must learns and the man he needs to become. Phil Collins wrote what I think is one of the most beautiful songs to ever be a part of a Disney film! It's my 3 most favourite Disney song after "Colour of the Wind" and "Just Around the Riverbend" ("Pocahontas"). The fact that the song is being sung in the Inuit language simply brought tears to my eyes when I first heard it.

With the love I share for Sitka you can understand why this drawing was a challenger, and you can see why I chose to make it extra special and different from the rest of the "Disney Heroes". Much like in the movie I wanted to keep Sitka's strong body but natural body-language, I wanted to present him as one with his tradition, so I added the chair, horns spear and furs. It took 6 days to accomplish - including one major Photoshop crash that made me start some of it all over again - but it's all good, as it came better the 2nd time around! There's a reason for everything you know?!

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]]> Disney Heroes - Prince Eric http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Eric-76903260 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Eric-76903260 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:22:43 PST Disney Heroes - Prince Eric nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2008-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena Another star to add to my Disney Heroes Collection [link]

"The Little Mermaid" holds a special place in my heart as it is the movie that actually made me fall in love with the magic of Disney! It was the 2nd Disney movie I ever saw, the first one was "Fantasia" that back then I only loved for the dinosaurs part, and Mickey Mouse... When I first saw 'Mermaid' it was in my friend's house on VHS and I was hooked! The songs, the music, the animation - pure magic!

Strangely enough, I barely have any TLM drawings up in my gallery, and I actually think that this is the first Eric drawing I've done in like 4 years... it took me a little more time to complete this one, as I couldn't think of a pose fitting enough for him, and I tried like 5 different poses... Till I came up with this one, that I really liked. More relaxed then the rest of the heroes, a little shy, but not THAT shy

As always, when it was done, I looked at it and thought, what can add to give this one a little something extra? That was when I thought of the mermaid (did anyone said Ariel?!) tattoo on his shoulder... Thought it'll fit a sailor type of prince...

Have a wonderful week everyone...
Hope you all like it

- David...

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]]> Disney Heroes - Aladdin http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Aladdin-75910267 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Aladdin-75910267 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:03:11 PST Disney Heroes - Aladdin nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2008-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena [link]

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So, he is finally here! the newest addition to my Disney Heroes Collection, the one and the only - Aladdin!!!

Oh, I was in such a pressure drawing this one! well, I was... In the poll I took last month [link] Aladdin was voted number 1 for the next Disney Hero you were all wanted to see with 313 people voting for him, scoring 25% of the votes! And the comments on him were flowing, and I have read each and every comment on this poll!!! With all that in mind, creating this drawing was a struggle, as I didn't know what pose to have him in... front shot, back shot, to the side?! Eventually I ended up with a mix of everything, which I hope will be pleasing to you all - boys and girls!

Also, - as with the Tarzan [link] drawing from this collection, there's always the 'fear' of dealing with a Glen Keane character...

Aladdin is the first "Disney Hero" for 2008 and I couldn't think of a better guy to start the new year with! There will be lot's more Heroes coming this year, all those in the pool for sure but I will be including some surprises to the collection along the way!

I would like to thank each and everyone of the 1187 people who took part in the poll for the next Disney Hero - the feedbacks I got were amazing, and listening to what you all think of these classic 2D animated Disney characters even now days, so many years after the movie they were in was released, is such an awesome feeling, as I really hope that Disney will bring back the 2D movies for good!

I gotta say that the results of this poll were kind of surprising to me - I mean - Winnie the Pooh in the 6th place?! Oh god

You all know I was kidding about this one right?!

- David
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So, he is finally here! the newest addition to my Disney Heroes Collection, the one and the only - Aladdin!!!

Oh, I was in such a pressure drawing this one! well, I was... In the poll I took last month [link] Aladdin was voted number 1 for the next Disney Hero you were all wanted to see with 313 people voting for him, scoring 25% of the votes! And the comments on him were flowing, and I have read each and every comment on this poll!!! With all that in mind, creating this drawing was a struggle, as I didn't know what pose to have him in... front shot, back shot, to the side?! Eventually I ended up with a mix of everything, which I hope will be pleasing to you all - boys and girls!

You all know I was kidding about this one right?!

- David
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]]> Disney Heroes - Milo J. Thatch http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Milo-J-Thatch-73016472 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Milo-J-Thatch-73016472 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:14:15 PST Disney Heroes - Milo J. Thatch nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2007-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena An extreme HQ, un-watermarked version is now on my facebook page ---> [link]
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Milo James Thatch from Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire"

Atlantis wasn't a typical Disney movie and it didn't do well in the box-office worldwide. But it had a brilliant score - composed by James Newton Howard (who is probably the BEST most ignored composer in Hollywood! He deserved at least an academy award nomination for almost everything he's done so far!) it also had one of the most unique styles of animation and design! As such, it introduced us to a very non-typical Disney characters too - Milo was the leader of the category!

Milo is not all that 'tall-dark-handsome' type of hero. He's older then most Disney Heroes, geeky, skinny, N.E.R.D! I could relate to his passion for preserving the ''Atlantian cloture'' as a theme in the movie and as a message the creative team sent out to the views through it! It seemed to me that towards the end of the film, while we see that side of Milo, he also becomes more attractive, more well rounded in his design too, and his animation all of sudden seem to reach it's highest point.

Milo's design gave me an extra challenge as I don't really find the skinny look to be attractive... so I posed him a little bit to the side to take advantage of the full width of the belly plus heaving some more view on the side of his body, this way he's not appearing as skinny as he is.

- side note -
I wish all who celebrates right now, an enchanted Christmas, happy holydays and a happy, wonderful and fulfilling new year!!!

I don't celebrate Christmas myself, but I love this holiday spirit and mood!

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I don't celebrate Christmas myself, but I love this holiday spirit and mood!

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]]> Disney Heroes - Thomas http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Thomas-72959213 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Thomas-72959213 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:50:09 PST Disney Heroes - Thomas nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2007-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena
Finally - another hero to add to the collection, and the final addition to the Pocahontas section! (sorry guys, Wiggins and Radcliffe will NOT be a part of the Heroes!

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Thomas was the sweetest guy ever! Don't you think?! He was a young boy, going on a voyage to discover new worlds... and with Captain John Smith too! All of this kind of put Thomas in a difficult place, trying to prove himself as good sailor, and as a man, not a boy. Obviously these things, and being away from home and worrying for his idol Smith, Thomas maid the horrible decision of killing Kocoum

that made me hate him for a while, but as I said he was a good guy in his heart, and if Poca herself forgave him, who am I not to?!

I really love this character and I think that his supervising animator Ken Duncan and his team made a fantastic job on him in the movie, and on his design!

This one was a bit harder to do then the others as - surprising as it is, coming from a Poca fan like me - I didn't had many good model-sheets for him body wise. Kocoum is half nude in the film, and Smith appears shirtless in the galleries on the 10th Anniversary Edition DVD of Pocahontas... But I think I did managed to capture his somewhat younger body and attitude in this one.

Again, it's influenced with some minor Native American stuff, much less then Smith's picture, but it's there. Always had this vision in my head that Thomas - who stayed in Virginia - would embrace the Native ways as well, and get married to Nakoma! They would've made an awesome couple, don't you think?

Hope you'll like this one!
Have an ENCHANTED Day everybody!

Keep an eye on the next 'Disney Hero' in line who comes straight up from the deep ocean's blue...

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Finally - another hero to add to the collection, and the final addition to the Pocahontas section! (sorry guys, Wiggins and Radcliffe will NOT be a part of the Heroes!

Keep an eye on the next 'Disney Hero' in line who comes straight up from the deep ocean's blue...

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]]> Disney Heroes - John Smith http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-John-Smith-70791872 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-John-Smith-70791872 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:04:49 PST Disney Heroes - John Smith nonadult fanart/digital/painting/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2007-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena
Yep, some would say he's Disney's most handsome hero ever, the one and only - Captain John Smith!

I was 12 when I first saw Pocahontas, though I never had a 'thing' for Smith (I was more into [link] ) I fell in love with his personality! True adventurer, always trying to do the right thing, funny at times, and "He has a good soul!".

I always wondered what would happened if Smith was to stay in Virginia, with Pocahontas, embracing the Native American life... History could have been very different!
So, when I knew it is time for him to be part of my Disney Heroes Collection I decided to give these thoughts a green light! This is how I ended up with this version of Smith with some Native inspired stuff... I also kept his compass on cause it was the one last thing that made Pocahontas see he is the right man for her, and I really loved that concept in the movie...

Hope you'll like this new addition to my collection! More Disney Heroes to come soon from the world of Pocahontas!!! (Hint Hint)

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Yep, some would say he's Disney's most handsome hero ever, the one and only - Captain John Smith!

I was 12 when I first saw Pocahontas, though I never had a 'thing' for Smith (I was more into [link] ) I fell in love with his personality! True adventurer, always trying to do the right thing, funny at times, and "He has a good soul!".

I always wondered what would happened if Smith was to stay in Virginia, with Pocahontas, embracing the Native American life... History could have been very different!
So, when I knew it is time for him to be part of my Disney Heroes Collection I decided to give these thoughts a green light! This is how I ended up with this version of Smith with some Native inspired stuff... I also kept his compass on cause it was the one last thing that made Pocahontas see he is the right man for her, and I really loved that concept in the movie...

Hope you'll like this new addition to my collection! More Disney Heroes to come soon from the world of Pocahontas!!! (Hint Hint)

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'The face of you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
Should I wait for you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love'

Kocoum - (from "Pocahontas") the newest addition to my "Disney Heroes Collection"

I was 12 years old, exactly 12 years ago, still remember the first time... It was wonderful, tragic...
During the past month I viewed the miracle that it is "Pocahontas" to me 3 times... I stopped counting the amounts of times I've seen this movie, but the way it impacts me never fades away.

Kocoum (aside of Poca, Meeko and Flit) is may favourite from the movie, words cannot explain what I feel towards this character. He's jalousie, angry, faithful and loving. So un-perfect... With this said, I wanted his portrait for the series to be different from the rest. I also wanted him to be more 'happy' then in the movie, so I drew him standing in front of the camera, smiling, with the bear paws on his chest...
but it felt like it's too straight forward, too happy maybe... looking for inspiration, I came across a picture in a magazine and it hit me, this is Kocoum! Got back to work,
and back to the 'original' Kocoum - powerful, brave and so serious, trying to keep it all as simple as possible I didn't add to much details and this is the result...

Hope you'll like it

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'The face of you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
Should I wait for you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love'

Kocoum - (from "Pocahontas") the newest addition to my "Disney Heroes Collection"

I was 12 years old, exactly 12 years ago, still remember the first time... It was wonderful, tragic...
During the past month I viewed the miracle that it is "Pocahontas" to me 3 times... I stopped counting the amounts of times I've seen this movie, but the way it impacts me never fades away.

Kocoum (aside of Poca, Meeko and Flit) is may favourite from the movie, words cannot explain what I feel towards this character. He's jalousie, angry, faithful and loving. So un-perfect... With this said, I wanted his portrait for the series to be different from the rest. I also wanted him to be more 'happy' then in the movie, so I drew him standing in front of the camera, smiling, with the bear paws on his chest...
but it felt like it's too straight forward, too happy maybe... looking for inspiration, I came across a picture in a magazine and it hit me, this is Kocoum! Got back to work,
and back to the 'original' Kocoum - powerful, brave and so serious, trying to keep it all as simple as possible I didn't add to much details and this is the result...

Hope you'll like it

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Photoshop CS
"David Kawena" 2007

]]> Disney Heroes - Jim Hawkins http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Jim-Hawkins-66398598 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Jim-Hawkins-66398598 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:47:02 PDT Disney Heroes - Jim Hawkins nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2007-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena
Well, I know a lot, and I mean a lot of you were waiting for this one, BUT I'd like to dedicate it to one special person, amazing artist, and probably Jimbo's # fan - you all know her:

!
Tomorrow is her Birthday, and this is my gift for her - Happy Bday girl!

I wanted to do Jim for a long time now (umm, what?!

) but only last week I got the chance to really work on it. It took me 3 days to finish, the hardest part was his face!!!

I really hope you'll gonna love it!
Have a great day everyone!

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"David Kawena" 2007
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Well, I know a lot, and I mean a lot of you were waiting for this one, BUT I'd like to dedicate it to one special person, amazing artist, and probably Jimbo's # fan - you all know her:

!
Tomorrow is her Birthday, and this is my gift for her - Happy Bday girl!

I wanted to do Jim for a long time now (umm, what?!

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Surfer dude David ("Lilo & Stitch") - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

Oh, David! One of my ALL TIME favourite Disney guys! What a man! I fell in love with his character design from the first picture of him that surfed on-line! And once I got to see the movie, I knew - this guy is the real deal. He has everything I appreciate in a person: free spirit, always optimistic, naive, always willing to help, life loving...

I wanted to kind of push him to the other side of things, aside of that naive persona, and make him more serious, "mature" - so I added this kind of S-M feel to it, the belt, bracelets, and as a grand finale - the nipple ring!
This one was done very fast - only 2 days of work! The fastest Disney Hero EVER! And I'm very proud of it, and that!

---- On a side note, I hade the most outrageous week ever last week! involving some Childhood Dreams Coming True, Volunteer Work, Kabbalah, Madonna Live and lots of new friends!!! So, I really had no time to answer any of the notes, compliments, and messages you all sent me... I will do all of that next week. Sorry for keeping you all waiting! ----

- David

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"David Kawena" 2007
David is copyrighted to the Walt Disney company. ]]> - A non watermarked, HQ version is now on my facebook page ---> [link]

Surfer dude David ("Lilo & Stitch") - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

- David

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"David Kawena" 2007
David is copyrighted to the Walt Disney company.

]]> Disney Heroes - Tarzan http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Tarzan-64267245 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Tarzan-64267245 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:48:14 PDT Disney Heroes - Tarzan nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2007-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena [link] - the "Disney Heroes" are back!!!

And to kick it off again, here is - (does he really needs an introduction?!) ----> Tarzan!!!

This time around I was going for something a little different. I knew the character of Tarzan deserves a dramatic touch for it to be part of the "Heroes Collection". Starting this I thought that an 'ape-like' pose such as in the movie would be too obvious of a choice... So, instead of all this I reversed it all. Thought I'd have Tarzan standing in a very 'static-like' pose, almost straight in-front of 'the camera', and to have the dramatic effect he needs I decided to go and give a very strong contrast lightning on his face and body...

And to add a little extra edge to the whole thing, I added the necklace and the scratches on his chest. think of them as a tattoo

I'm very pleased with this one, and I would like to dedicate it to my wonderful friend

as a return on her awesome gift she gave me a few months ago! I sure hope you'll like it!

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Photoshop CS, 3 work days
"David Kawena:, 2007 ]]> [link] - the "Disney Heroes" are back!!!

And to kick it off again, here is - (does he really needs an introduction?!) ----> Tarzan!!!

This time around I was going for something a little different. I knew the character of Tarzan deserves a dramatic touch for it to be part of the "Heroes Collection". Starting this I thought that an 'ape-like' pose such as in the movie would be too obvious of a choice... So, instead of all this I reversed it all. Thought I'd have Tarzan standing in a very 'static-like' pose, almost straight in-front of 'the camera', and to have the dramatic effect he needs I decided to go and give a very strong contrast lightning on his face and body...

And to add a little extra edge to the whole thing, I added the necklace and the scratches on his chest. think of them as a tattoo

I'm very pleased with this one, and I would like to dedicate it to my wonderful friend

as a return on her awesome gift she gave me a few months ago! I sure hope you'll like it!

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Photoshop CS, 3 work days
"David Kawena:, 2007

]]> Disney Heroes - Prince Phillip http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Phillip-59092262 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Prince-Phillip-59092262 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:52:36 PDT Disney Heroes - Prince Phillip nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2007-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena [link]

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Prince Phillip ("Sleeping Beauty") - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

Sorry for taking so long to put on some new Disney Heroes... I'm all into the "Live Earth" events this week and it takes most of my time. Hey, it will combines 2 of my biggest passions - nature preserving and Madonna! Sure Madge will give the best performance of all as ever, but more then that I really hope that people will actually wake up and start realise we have only one earth to live in and it is time we'll start taking care of it!

Back to the drawing - This one took forever, again (for some reason my drawings are taking a lot of time to finish lately). When finished I decided to add the belt on his arm and it added a whole new feeling to this drawing, and to Phillip himself, and I liked it

My "Disney Heroes" collection is inspired by Steven Klein [link] and my dear friend pandashekki [link] and his awesome pictures and his killer colour palettes

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Prince Phillip ("Sleeping Beauty") - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

My "Disney Heroes" collection is inspired by Steven Klein [link] and my dear friend pandashekki [link] and his awesome pictures and his killer colour palettes

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Pencil, Photoshop CS
"David Kawena" 2007

]]> Disney Heroes - Phoebus http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Phoebus-58257790 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Phoebus-58257790 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:40:33 PDT Disney Heroes - Phoebus nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2007-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena [link]

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Phoebus ("The Hunchback Of Notre Dame") - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

Another collection of drawings, will post the rest of them soon... I wanted this series of drawings to look like a real photoshot, with its colours and poses...

Dedicated to my dear friend

who loves Phoebus, and kinda gave me the idea to draw him...

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Pencil, Photoshop CS
"David Kawena" 2007 ]]> [link]

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Phoebus ("The Hunchback Of Notre Dame") - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

Another collection of drawings, will post the rest of them soon... I wanted this series of drawings to look like a real photoshot, with its colours and poses...

Dedicated to my dear friend

who loves Phoebus, and kinda gave me the idea to draw him...

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Pencil, Photoshop CS
"David Kawena" 2007

]]> Disney Heroes - Shang http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Shang-57337468 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Shang-57337468 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:50:42 PDT Disney Heroes - Shang nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2007-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena [link]

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Captain Li Shang ("Mulan") - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

Number 2 of this collection. I wanted this series of drawings to look like a real photoshot, with its colours and poses...

"Hercules" [link] was the first one of this collection and everyone seemed to like it - hope you'll love this one of Shang too!

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Pencil, Photoshop CS
"David Kawena" 2007 ]]> [link]

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Captain Li Shang ("Mulan") - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

]]> Disney Heroes - Hercules http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Hercules-57046533 http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Heroes-Hercules-57046533 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:29:46 PDT Disney Heroes - Hercules nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/movies davidkawena http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/davidkawena.jpg?1 Copyright 2007-2013 ~davidkawena @DavidKawena [link]

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Hercules - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

Another collection of drawings, will post the rest of them soon... I wanted this series of drawings to look like a real photoshot, with its colours and poses...

Started this one yesterday, and finished it today. Really fast work for me!!! Had the idea while I was on the city bus, got home and just had to do it. The pose was taken from a picture found online...

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"David Kawena" 2007 ]]> [link]

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Hercules - from my "Disney Heroes Photoshot"

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