Product Description
This Merida Brave limited edition giclee on paper by Victoria Ying captures the inspiring Pixar heroine.
About Merida artist Victoria Ying:
Disney Artist Victoria Ying was raised in Southern California watching Disney Films and reading comic books. During middle school she'd already made up her mind that she wanted a career in the arts, and went on to attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where she majored in Illustration with a minor in Entertainment Design. In her role as a Visual Development artist for Walt Disney Animation Studios, she created thousands of concepts, including numerous characters designs, environments and character costumes for films such as Tangled, Prep and Landing, Wreck-it Ralph, Frozen, Paperman, Big Hero 6, and Moana. Victoria is also the illustrator of the "Tangled" Little Golden Book and her own series, “City of Secrets and City of Illusions” and the DC series Diana Princess of the Amazons. Her most graphic novel “Hungry Ghost” was nominated for an Eisner Award. You can buy her books on her website, HERE.
About Brave:
Brave is a 2012 American 3D CGI computer-animated adventure fantasy film Pixar Animation Studios produced, which was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It was written by Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, and Irene Mecchi, and directed by Andrews and Chapman and co-directed by Purcell. It is Pixar's 13th animated feature film. The film's voice cast features Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, and Robbie Coltrane. To make the most complex visuals possible, Pixar completely rewrote their animation system for the first time in 25 years. It is the first film to use the Dolby Atmos sound format. This was the 10th film to not use a sequel or prequel since Up.
In the film, set in the Scottish Highlands during the Middle Ages, a skilled archer named Merida defies an age-old custom, causing chaos in her kingdom and angering her mother, Elinor. After consulting a witch for help, Merida accidentally curses her mother and is forced to undo the spell herself before it is too late. On June 10, 2012, Brave premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival and was released in North America on June 22, 2012, to both positive reviews and box office success.
Brave received mostly positive reviews, and the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and also won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film up against other Disney animated films, such as Wreck-It Ralph and Frankenweenie.
