Agrabah - Blog Posts
Hi there. For an Aladdin request, can you draw Aladdin when he's alone and singing Proud of Your Boy please?
"Mom, I will try to, try hard to make you, proud of your boy."
This is actually the first time I've done an illustration of Aladdin. Usually, I just draw sidekicks, so this is a nice change! Went with Adam Jacobs' Aladdin for this one, just because I'm partial towards drawing OBC. He was the first Aladdin I ever saw, so when I think "Aladdin" I think of him.
Proud of your Boy is such a beautiful, powerful song.
(told you guys I would get to the requests eventually, and now is finally that time!)
Babkak in the marketplace. Supposed to be set during Babkak Omar Aladdin Kassim, as shown by the drum.
Babkak Omar Aladdin Kassim is tied with High Adventure for my favorite song in the show, with the former just slightly taking the lead lately. It's so much freaking fun, really gives you the feeling that the Marketplace is a chaotic and bustling spot. And the guys doing their dances all together is such a great time, there's so much to look at on stage.
I decided to include one of my favorite props: what I have dubbed "The Jewelry Pole".
"Couldn't we just send a strongly worded letter?"
Illustration of the beginning of High Adventure from Aladdin Broadway featuring Babkak, Omar, and Kassim (my faves). This was something I drew earlier this year as a birthday gift for Brad Weinstock the actor who currently plays Omar :))
The buildings in Agrabah are so much fun to draw, I love em.
“No. You seek glory for yourself. And you would win it off the backs of my people!”
- Princess Jasmine
I love this moment in Aladdin. The way she says ‘my people!’ so intensely and passionately is perfection.