Silas Zee: Cruella De Vil

Cruella De Vil

2012.10.15

I started the day wanting to draw a Disney Princess, but my buddy Dan suggested Cruella De Vil. I was all like "I would, but I'd probably draw her hot..." and Dan was all like "HELLS YEAH!" So here it is. XD

I gave her longer hair and more rounded-out features to make this look like a "prequel" Cruella. I went through about a dozen hairstyles before settling on this. As you can see in the pencils I started with something more like the animation model, but it really wasn't looking right in my style. I thought a fluffier do would work better with the longer hair and make her look younger. Coming up with the right skin tone was a bit tough. I wanted to give her a youthful tone but still have a hint of that sickly, evil tint that she had in the flick.