Russian Artist Creates Visually Stunning Portraits Of Disney And Other Pop Culture Characters
Hailing from Saint Petersburg, Russia, Junica Hots is a game developer at SunstrikeStudios as Head of 2D animation. In her position, she realized that by the end of 2021 she was overseeing over 50 employees!
In her free time, she enjoys sports (like working out with a trainer and snowboarding,) drawing on her iPad, and recently began taking vocal lessons to play off of her natural abilities. Like many artists, Hots has experienced her fair share of artistic burnout but has found herself reinvigorated more recently.
On social media, she has a wide variety of fans and followers from all over the world and while they certainly aren't limited to Disney fans because she also shares concept art, commissions, and other pop culture illustrations, we especially felt enthused by her Disney fan art. Of course, we are in the business of obsessing over Disney, so that makes perfect sense.
Some of her digital art is hyper-realistic portraits of real people, while other pieces are vibrant fantasies, and she also sometimes shares speedruns of her work on YouTube! Everything she creates is phenomenal, though, and we are sure as fellow Disney fanatics that you will totally get a kick out of the work she shares.
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Snow White
Junica HotsCheck out the Speed Paint run of this Snow White piece
Rapunzel (Tangled)
Junica HotsWanda / The Scarlett Witch (Marvel)
Wanda Maximoff AKA The Scarlet Witch has become quite the major character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with minor appearances in multiple movies (like Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Avengers: Endgame,) major roles in multiple movies (like Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, and Avengers: Infinity War,) her own series (WandaVision,) and will even be in Doctor Strange: Into the Multiverse of Madness.
Junica HotsMerida (Brave)
Junica HotsDiva (Overwatch)
Junica HotsIron Man
Junica HotsWill Turner (Pirates of the Caribbean)
William Turner's Wiki Page says it best:
"The son of William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, Will Turner was an accomplished blacksmith by trade, an excellent swordsman by pursuit, and a budding pirate by fate. Until he met Jack Sparrow, swordsmith Will Turner was a simple craftsman. His life revolved around his work, and his distant longing for Elizabeth Swann, a woman he knew could never be his wife."
Junica HotsTeam Rocket (Pokemon)
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Legolas (Lord of the Rings)
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Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)
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"I don't feel so good Mr. Stark..." Tom Holland as Peter Parker AKA Spider-Man in Avengers: Infinity War
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Here's the Speed Paint run of her Tom Holland painting as well. So cool!
Princess Leia Organa (Star Wars)
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Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent)
Hands down, Maleficent is one of the most recognizable and popular Disney villains of all time. Both her role in the animated classic Sleeping Beauty and in her own live-action movies she is a force of intensity to reckon with, not to mention officially speaking, Maleficent is one of the primary members of the official franchise!
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Quick Silver (X-Men)
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Gadget Hackwrench (Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers)
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Daenerys (Game of Thrones)
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Tracer (Overwatch)
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Snow White
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Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
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Junica Hots may have a full plate of responsibilities with her job and hobbies, but as Disney fanatics, we couldn't be more ecstatic that she has taken the time and opportunity to share her fanart online at various opportunities and on various social media platforms. The Russian illustrator has been working hard for years already, but surely the sky is the limit for someone with such incredible skill and talent.
