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The trouble with trying to draw Gaston as a heroic figure was he WAS drawn as a heroic figure in the movie. It was his actions that defined him.

The things about the beauty and the beast, is that the entire point was that what everyone else saw as a villain, was gentle, kind, and in the end, lovable. The person who acted like the traditional hero, and in many ways was the first Disney twist villain, was Gaston. He was drawn as a traditional hero. A prince type, up against a villanius monster. Only to show us that our actions, not our looks is what defines us.

Standing beside harry Voldemort still looks evil, like he's corrupted Harry or is Harry's butler or something, but if the two of them were in a wizard duel Voldemort could definitely come across as the hero. Fantastic redesign of harry potter.

Gosh, the Harry Potter flip is genius. When you think about it, not allowing anyone to say or remember a person’s name or deeds correctly and being remembered as a villain is a super evil curse to cast on someone. I always thought not even saying a villain’s name is kinda dumb because you’re kinda hobbling your societies ability to recognize the evil person and find ways to defeat them, but if it was actually a curse meant to hide the truth and make the name owner suffer it would make so much more sense!

I like that you decided to switch Gaston's outfit from red to blue; I'm sure you know the designers have often said that they deliberately made Belle the only one in town to wear blue to make her stand out as different, and so that when the Beast turns up to the ballroom in blue it shows their growing connection.

The way Jazza is able to change a couple of things in a characters, character design to make them look more evil, is so amazing. Honestly everything he and his team makes is amazing, so I dont understand why im surprised

you should make a video coloring with those cheap waxy restaurant crayons

Please make it a series! I want to see Frodo and Gollum! 😂

I love how jazza actually made the character arcs make sense for both swaps instead of just changing the expression/outfit, and said they were the villain or hero instead. Extremely well done!

amazing as always, jazza! however for the harry potter one, voldemort looks like he is a fun grandpa who is guiding the evil harry. i think he shouldn't placed at the side of him. but separately, the designs were awesome!

Crazy how by changing the facial expression instantly turned Gaston into a protagonist character, while the same mindset made Belle a villain. Expression is important in art

The spin on the harry potter world was a fun one, I've actually read a lot of different versions of twists in Voldemort's character, one of my favorites was always "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality", but there's a lot of different fan fics out there about the universe that are really fun to read.

The flipped Beauty and the Beast story is AWESOME! I can see Beast as an anti-villain who is duped by Belle and realizes too late how much of an actual monster he's become.

The Harry Potter conversion was mind-blowing. Nothing could be more creative!

You did a good job with these! One of the things I've noticed in animation - Disney in particular - what makes the biggest difference between villains and heroes is the eyebrows. Heroes can smirk and can have that 'I'm better than you' look, but it's the arch of the eyebrows that show if they are really a good person or not. With Gaston, he is everything a hero should be. Cocky, brave, good looking, charismatic, etc, but because his eyebrows are not only so large and dark, they are highly arched. Similar to Vanessa, she is practically a copy of Bell. Large eyes, softer features, elegant, but it's those eyebrows. If they were softened, I bet no one would be able to tell that she is actually a sea-witch in disguise.

I think Voldemort was translated pretty well into a cute grandpa on his last heroic walk on the path of good. I think the lighting kind of backtracked it a bit. It emphasised Harry's corruption pretty well, just maybe another light source should have been added, like a soft lumos spell from Voldy. Maybe Nagini holding the wand with its mouth like a dog playing fetch 😅

Seeing Harry and Voldemort together like that made me feel like Voldemort is kind of the nice and genial servant figure next to the dominant dark character. Kind of like Alfred next to Batman but their evil versions.

I love that this whole video is basically just Jazza gaslighting us hahahaha. But it is so interesting to really consciously observe what style and colour choices can do to really change your inherent perception of someone!

Why do i like your Harry Potter story so much more than the orginal? Your re-works of existing characters are really among the most entertaining videos on KZfaq for me. And the results are amazing. Thank you for this moments of joy.

The whole beauty and the Beast is the original "hero isn't a hero and evil monster guy isn't evil or the villain".

Wow that reimagining of beauty and the beast is incredible, you’ve managed to create an entirely different feel of every character! Harry looks amazing but I’m sorry I can’t take Voldemort seriously, all I see is Herbert from Family Guy haha 😂😂

Evil Harry looks like Gendo Ikari, and I love that! Also, we need part 2 of this video ASAP. Such a cool concept!

Evil Harry was straight up giving me X-men vibes 😅 He looked like he would fit in straight with Magneato, or be Gambits long lost brother or something 👌

I LOVE that Jazza took the stories and flipped them on their heads. Not just a new design, but a new story to go with it! Great job, Jazz! Super creative and so so fun to watch and listen to! (That Voldemort voice nearly did me in! 😂) Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorites, and I loved the villain/hero flip flop. This was awesome.

I love the Harry and voldimort drawing, but I can't see Gaston as anything but a villain, even though I'd probably enjoy seeing the story told from your interpretation. Maybe I'd like it more if I saw good Gaston in action 😅

So basically he just drew beauty and the beast through Gastons eyes

There are a few aspects between heroes and villains that make them different, but I would say that the main two from a visual and character standpoint are colors and morals. Color pallete is super important for determining a hero or a villain. Brighter colors are typically associated with heroes, blues, yellows, pinks, but that's not always the case. The best example of this is green, which is typically associated with villains, think the bright green of Maleficent's flames, though again, it can also be for heroes like Hulk. Red is a neutral color, think heroes like Iron Man and Spider-Man or Villains like Jafar and Gaston. Purple and black though? Yep, those are villain colors. The main key thing to take away I guess is the idea of light vs dark. Giving the hero a brighter color to contrast the darkness of the villain is the easiest way to quickly visualize things, and adding contrasting colors similarly helps. Of course, if you know what you're doing, you can break these conventions and do something completely different. As for morals, those really are key for determining good and evil. Think about Harry and Voldemort. Both are extremely powerful wizards, both have access to a spell that can kill people, and yet their morals separate them. Harry doesn't want to use the killing curse, but Voldy is slinging it around left and right. Making sure your hero and villain have clearly contrasting morals like that can help separate them, while also drawing parallels. Think of it like "if my hero went down a darker path, this is who he'd end up as." Again like the colors, it's not a hard and fast rule, but it's probably the simplest effective way to get that point across. If anyone else wants to add onto this, feel free! I love seeing the different interpretations people have on these things, and how other people depict this sort of contrast in more unconventional ways.

Great video! I loved how the new versions fit into the paintings. I would actually read a Harry Potter version with that twist 😁. BTW, the counter-spell to Lumos is Nox. It's used in the third book when Harry and Hermione reach the room with Ron and Sirius in the Shrieking Shack.

Loved not only the idea, but also the execution - bringing in Alysha to finish off the artworks was such a good idea! I love what the mix of your styles did to the pieces!

Voldemort and his snake Nigiri is the cutest thing I ever heard 🍣🐍

Love the twist on HP! It's one of the most imaginative ones I've seen!

I do love watching you do your challenges, the explanations to character designs, anyway, I hope you and your family are keeping well ❤

I REALLY like the narration, it adds so much to the drawing itself! Thank you very much

This video is a good example of how Alisha's work is so good that one is confident enough to pre-record clips giving it compliments because one knows it's going to be top notch.

The true hero is always the one who writes the story. Just look at history.😂 I love this concept. Looking at Arcane, it was hard to see any bad character as actually entirely bad, nor any hero as intrinsically good. It really brings home that everyone is writing their own story and trying to be the best they can based on what baggage they carry.

Honestly that Harry Potter alternative story would be so cool as "what if" type 😮 sounds awesome

Just imagine coming back to art school with Jazza's pro sketch pack. Coolest art student in the school I reckon😎

Jazza's "Am I the baddy?" moment was a beautiful meme.

I love that you give other artists space to be creative, you're the best Jazza :)

A sad backstory makes a villain

Perfect timing! My class and I are currently on a field trip to an Art Gallery to decorate our classroom a little bit more with self created art and I can perfectly take inspiration from this ❤

Just bought the pack for my kids and I. Thank you for making this creativity so affordable Jazza!!!

Appreciate you educating the next generation about the importance of these crafts for telling our stories, connecting and expressing ourselves. Awesome concept.

The retelling of Harry and Voldemort takes me back the UCD videos, would love to see at least one more of those again. Love your work.

I think Gaston still looks like a villain to me. It’s the villainous chin! I love how the stories have been recontextualised, especially the Harry Potter one!

Awesome concept, awesome video! One small critique of when you show Alysha's final result: hold on the final, zoomed out image for 2 seconds. As it is, you pan up and down the characters, then do a slow zoom out... And immediately cut away back to jazza at the full image. You should hold there, for two seconds, and let us enjoy the art work. Cheers!!

Wouw, that turnaround on harry potter was amazing! And the artwork as well❤

Just by the thumbnail this is gonna be incredible

Yes, this is so fun to explore=3 Amazing job both you and Alysha=)

Sooo much fun! ❤

Oooh, I hope we can see some more Hero Villan Swaps in the future. 💜

watching this at 1 am bc how could i skip a jazza video

As a woman, Gaston really IS a villain because he doesn't take 'no' for an answer from Belle. He's shallow enough to want the most beautiful woman to be his wife, without making sure they have the same values and desires. He threatens to have her father committed if she won't marry him, and he doesn't listen to her when she tells him the truth about the beast. He just goes with 'the beast is ugly so he's a bad guy', and sticks to that mentality.

Love Jazza's work, but I honestly have to give it up for Alisha, I literally fall in love with the artworks after she's worked on them. Her use of light and colour is masterful

I have only been watching Jazza for a short time, and I already love his energy and his work ❤️ Those designs were absolutely incredible especially lord voldemort

Daniel Radcliffe is a villain alright. He hates kittens.

Start 1:00- 2:25 Gaston 2:48- 6:40 The beast/Bella 7:07- 7:52 Extra background 8:17- 10:30 Harry Potter 10:30- 11:57 He-must-not-be-named? 12:06-2:50. Background End

Really enjoyed this one, I’d love to see you do a part 2 to this!

I really would love to see and read those villian swaped stories! It sounds super awesome.

I really wish people would leave Harry Potter in the past, I get it’s nostalgic but the author is literally participating in taking away trans people’s rights

This was GREAT! VERY inspiring! Awesome work by both you and Alicia!

Belle's design goes GREAT with Belle's villain song.

I think you did it. I support this message. Every hero is a villian to someone. Every villian can still be someone's hero.

Would love to see you do that with video game characters

i just loooove the way you invent stories, you make them sound believable it's awesome

Amazing drawing skill and creativity. I cried.

This was such a cool concept. I’d love to see a part 2. And Alicia did a great job adding the extra details and backgrounds and such

This was such an amazing idea. Cant wait for part 2!!

This is actually such a subtle work, might be one of the hardest part of figurative art. Emotion subtlety.

I love the HP one! Both were great, but the story you told while drawing it was even better! What a difference color, shading and lighting make! Both were great individually, but combined they turned out even better! Thanks for sharing!

Very well done Jazza and Alicia!

Jazza, respectfully good sir, I'm going to need a part 2 😁 I loved this vid. Honestly, I love all your work, I've been watching for many, many years now, but your character creations have a special place in my heart ❤

I love it when you show off your best talents like this. What riveting storytelling with exceptional artwork to go with it. (And excellent content, of course)

Jazza and Alicia collabs are always AMAZING! I loved these results.

WOW! I've enjoyed this even more than painting characters as described. Can't wait for more heroes-villains paintings

The flip on HP was a genius plot! Would love to read a fanfic about it tbh Great work as always and 8:08 is not cocky its honest lol

I absolutely loved the storytelling in this, bravo.

Such great storytelling! Thanks Jazza! I was enthralled!

I'm returning to this channel after a few months break and man... It is so cool how your art and artistic process is entirely holistic. There's a story in everything and your joy and enthusiasm for creation is so palpable.

I LOVE your take on these stories!!

Actually a really cool concept for a art challenge that I never thought of! Great work!❤

i love this prop and the resulting artworks! such an interisting interpretation on all the characters!

Tips for you Jazza: Popit toy as paintholder, when the paint dries you just simply pop the color blob out😊

We need a part 2 this was so fun to watch

This is my favourite series of yours now (assuming it's a series. It better be a series).

Wow, the way that the Beauty and the Beast flip turned out was AWSOME!!! Seeing that makes me wish someone would make a movie out of it. Also, the Harry Potter one was really good, but you forgot the resurection stone ring.

I loved this. You’re such an amazing story teller, you really should dive more into that!!

As much as I love seeing Jazza try new things I also really like seeing his skilful work like this.

I've seen the Disney princesses and villains mashup video but this one made me subscribe as soon as he started drawing The Beast. Amazing!

I absolutely love your videos like this. I've been a fan for almost 7 years and although I appreciate all your videos and ideas. The simple drawing videos make me feel so at ease and give a homey feelings. We love you Jazz, you're the greatest!

Dude Alicia killed it! Holy moly! You were not kidding when you said elevated yeah I'd say so! At least 2 levels above a 10!

Mission accomplished both Jazza & Alysha! Definitely captured the hero and villains for both. Brava

We need more of this, MAKE THIS A SERIES!

The beauty and the beast was definitely my fave.. brilliant!

If Starkids Twisted Musical has taught me one thing, it's that flipping the classic good and bad roles brings up damn interesting points about the characters we know. Really gets you engaged and makes you think which is always a plus in my book. More please!

please do more like these!! I love the added story element combined with the teaching style 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Do more of this. I'd love to see more Disney What Ifs.

I really enjoyed this one! So interesting and creative. Thanks!

I think this is the most fun one yet! Please do more of these ones!