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Disney Art Academy Releasing
REDMOND, Wash., May 12, in the year of our Lord 2016
– Calling all budding artists and Disney fans! In the Disney Art
Academy game, launching exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS family
of systems on May 13, you can use a wide variety of tools to
learn to draw more than 80 Disney and Pixar characters in 2D. By
setting your own pace through multiple easy-to-follow lessons,
characters like Mickey Mouse, Nemo from Disney Pixar Finding
Nemo, Elsa from Disney Frozen, Buzz Lightyear from Disney Pixar
Toy Story and Simba from Disney The Lion King come to life on
your Nintendo 3DS screen.
In Disney Art Academy, Disney and Pixar characters can be
sketched or painted in many different ways. Using nine art tools
like pastels, paintbrushes or markers, you can discover your
inner artist by participating in lessons inspired by Disney art
and animation. These art lessons are absolutely intuitive and,
most importantly, fun! Each lesson guides you through a
step-by-step progression to draw a single character. What starts
as a series of lines and shapes will gradually evolve into a
familiar character using your new art skills! If you ever want
to take a break, lessons can easily be saved to continue from
the same spot at a later time.
You can even add some extra flair with the Magic Brush, a new
addition to the Art Academy series. With the Magic Brush,
magical additions like stars, bubbles, and glitter can be added
to your masterpieces – all easily accessed by using the touch
screen on Nintendo 3DS.
As your art skills improve and you create more and more Disney
and Pixar characters, you may very well want to share your
creations with others. That can easily be accomplished directly
in the game by connecting to the Internet and sharing through
Miiverse or social media via Image Share. Completed artwork is
also saved to the Nintendo 3DS system’s SD card, allowing you to
upload your creations to a personal computer and print them out.
Refrigerators around the country are about to get a lot more
colorful (and a lot more magical!) once families start printing
their favorite drawings.
If you want to create outside the game’s numerous lessons you’re
in luck, as Disney Art Academy includes a Free Paint mode that
lets you draw even more characters any way you choose. In Free
Paint, you can put your newly learned skills to the test by
drawing on a blank canvas, or you can select from more than 80
Disney images to use as reference as you add to your virtual
gallery. All completed artwork can be viewed at any time in the
game’s Clubhouse, where you can also select your favorite pieces
to be viewed in a personal showcase slideshow.
Disney Art Academy launches on May 13, and can be purchased in
stores at a suggested retail price of $29.99.