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Who always speaks her mindby *shoomlah

Fan Art / Digital Art / Painting & Airbrushing / Movies & TV

Sooooo Mulan. It's not that I didn't want to do Mulan (she's fantastic so far as the Disney "princesses" go), but pinning down her time period stopped being fun and rapidly became a headache- you have the original legend taking place in the Wei Dynasty, the Huns as an actual threat during the Western Han Dynasty, the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, the hanfu fashion setting it earlier AGHGHGhjffjhfghgjhkh

On that note, I'll be the first to admit that this piece isn't tying Mulan down to a particular period, rather putting her in plausible historical textiles and hanfu. When I was asking around for references most of the stuff sent my way were from Chinese period films or other modern recreations, so I just threw up my hands and decided to have fun with it.

It's based on Mulan's finale/epilogue costume at the end of the film; she never seemed at home in either the matchmaker costume or the armor, so this seemed like the best "Mulan has come into her own" middle ground.

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~ClaretFox 1 day ago Hobbyist General Artist

Gahh, so pretty!!! I aspire to PS like you.

~XxTriquetraxX 1 day ago Hobbyist Digital Artist

Please don't take this as criticism, but would that bow be in the front?

*shoomlah 1 day ago Professional Digital Artist

1. Criticisms are welcome!

2. Yup, it would! I can't speak to as to whether or not it would always be in the front- my knowledge of Han clothing is not nearly so detailed- but hanfu is often tied with the bow in the front: [link]

A basic google image search for hanfu should give you a ton of references.

~Drag0n-Princess 2 days ago

She's the most ironic princess, because she never born as a princess and she married with a warrior, not with a prince, she was from rich family, but never a princess, the weird Disney is weird xD, awesome tough

~xaynie 4 days ago

I feel your pain. When I was trying to create my version of steampunk Mulan I wanted it to be more historically accurate. Yet, I couldn't pinpoint the time period because of all the things you said. I was confused if she was from the Wei, Han or Ming Dynasty so I said, "forget it" and just made her wear whatever I could dream up!

~WhisperingWatermelon May 14, 2013

Wow, these are fantastic!

~Zartherb May 14, 2013

Amazing!

~lily-haninozuka May 13, 2013

This is beautiful! I love the fact that you chose her outfit from the final battle. That scene is her at her best with all her femininity and masculinity together in balance. I'm disappointed that Disney seems to have her in her matchmaker dress instead of this one.

~MsFarore May 2, 2013

Gorgeous.

~Riazana Apr 24, 2013

XD so the anachronism stew really got you going, didn't it?

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