Artists around the world love Disney Princesses for their charm and relatable qualities. That is why so many creatives like to reimagine these heroines in new contexts. Digital artist Anna Belenkiy, for instance, documented her first pregnancy journey on Instagram by drawing Disney Princesses as women that are expecting.
1 - Before the pregnancy assumed that pregnancy is so glowing and magical covered with fairy dust but to be honest, for me it is way way different experience than i imagine, mostly funny and surreal so i decided to create special series about the true behind the pregnancy. The firs one to start is princess Belle, lost all her french menners same for me. Guess who is next?
2 - "I imagined my pregnancy really gentle and magical , no one prepared me to the fact that im gonna be a huge gass baloon without any control over my gasses. The stars of my illustration is Rapunzel and fliyn i can definitely say that the romance is gone."
3 - "Morning sickness that continues all over the day is a huge part if my day life as a pregnant woman. My dearest husband decided to capture this "previous" moment on a video on order to show it to our child in the future. So thank you for this unforgettable moment."
4 - Few weeks ago we got the news that friends of us also pregnant and the birth due is on the same exact day! (Can you imagine!?!?!)
Today they discovered the gender of the baby and the father started to cry, isn't it adorable?! We gonna know the the gender on Sunday as well. Want to dedicate this illustration to all the sensitive daddies."
5 - Mulan and Shang lee decided to celebrate super romantic valentine's Day, but the upcoming baby warrior had a different plans for their romantic date.
6 - "Oh god , i just realized that all of my pents and denims are just to tiny. Since we in lockdown no place to buy new pants. To portrait my feelings i illustrated princess Tiana struggling with her pants."
7 - They said pregnancy make you glow and pretty, glow and pretty in my ass !!! I looks like i haven't slept for ages. When i look at the mirror she screams and bags me to stop. And what is the deal with the pimples , when i was a teen i have less the of them, feel my pregnancy pain.
8 - The first trimester i slept almost all of the day, drooling all over my self and snorting like a pig. My husband started to call me tamaguchi toy since all i did is to wake up to eat and to to the toilet.
9 - Since i feel and look pretty crappy this period of pregnancy and i only can dream about looking good i decided to create magical photoshoots to the princesses. I designed their dresses as beautiful maternity gowns. I wish ill be able to take some magical photoshoots as well.
10 - Still fill pretty crappy and look more like a witch than a princess, so i decided to. Image my perfect pregnancy photoshoots and illustrate it with my loved disney princesses. This one is an ocean pregnancy photoshoots of Princess Ariel with purple magical maternity gown.
11 - Princess Jasmine in amazing aquamarine pregnancy gown. I wish to have a dress like that iny photoshoots as well.
12 - I wanted to show my soul sisters Moana and Ariel pregnant and prosperous. If you also have a soul sister that you were pregnant together tag your bestie.
13 - This illustration dedicated to all of the single moms who are raising their kids alone and fighting like a real lionesses. It doesn't matter if you are divorced or decided rais rais your child alone from the beginning, you are a real fighter and you should walk proudly on this planet. I decided to illustrate princess Elsa as a pregnant strong single mommy who want to raise her baby by herself and she totally strong enough to do this perfectly!
14 - "Cant believe its past two months since Tommy's birth and finally i got my hands on new postpartum Disney Princesses project. The illustration representing the postpartum anxiety and depression.
Beeing a fresh mommy for me involves tones of anxiety, fearful nightmares and constant care about my tiny baby boy. Some days I stay awake all night long to make sure he is breathing and bad thoughts can take all the energy from me and make me cry hysterically."
15 - "Few days ago while playing with Tommy i stopped Infront of the mirror and i looked deeply on my reflection. I wasn't able to recognize myself, those extra pounds and stretching marks was new to me. Suddenly Tommy giggled and smiled at me, i started to cry after i realized that i never will be the previous me, i am new version of myself thanks to my baby boy, and those stretching marks are my personal medal of valor. Love yourself and your new body."
16 - This illustration is really special to me and pretty hard to talk about. Ad soon as i started to breastfeed i started to suffer from depression and negative feelings about myself, about my motherhood and my achievements. I finished everytime full with tears and self disappointment and literally i thought i becoming insane. Just few minutes after the feeding was over i started to feel better.
