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Bratz have been going for an incredible 18 years, and to celebrate their birthday, I have written this little article ranking them in order of my favourites. I have also drawn an image of Jade (AKA Kool Kat) and coloured it in using digital collage on Photoshop. I hope you enjoy Cupcakers!
All of the photographs used in this article were sourced from the Bratz website and DO NOT belong to me. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2001, I was living in Hampshire and we visited Toys’r’us, I spotted these new dolls that I hadn’t seen before, right next to the Barbies. I was in awe, they were funky, they were hip, and being 8-I was starting to outgrow the pink, girly Barbies I had been playing with up until that time.
It was then I bought Chloe, my blonde mini-me and the one Bratz girl who I really resonate with, even to this day.
A true Drama Queen, Cloe lives and breathes fashion and beauty. Her freak outs can sometimes be unnecessary, but in the case of when London Milton and Yasmin were kidnapped, she was spot on!
She loves to draw in ‘Bratz Starrin and Stylin’, she is clumsy but sporty in the live action ‘Bratz Movie’, and she loves makeup, boys and chilling and shopping with her BFFs in the ‘Bratz Rock Angelz’ ‘Bratz Forever Diamondz’ and ‘Bratz Girlz Really Rock’ films and games. Her Dear Cloe column is one of the most popular in the magazine, she’s an empath like myself and can really understand people’s emotional plights. She’s my number one Angel![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1461″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1459″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Up Next is Sasha. Now Sasha is one of those girls who you can always count on to take charge of a situation. Plus her music knowledge and dance skills are unlike anyone in Stylesville! Her dominant personality means she clashes with some of the other girls, but she knows when to compromise when it counts.
Bunny Boo was Prom committee chair in ‘Bratz Starrin and Stylin’, which went flawlessly in the end. She was the most popular cheerleader in the live action ‘Bratz Movie’, and choreographed the act for all the girls in the final talent showcase. Finsally, she organised most of the gigs, interviews and tours for the Bratz Pack in all the animation games and films, she seemed to know everyone and quite frequently called in favours from them, like getting a limo or an exclusive interview. She’s a bad-ass babe that’s into Hip-Hop, and is my second favourite.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1464″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1466″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kool Kat is the most fashion-forward of the group, she’s fiercely loyal when it comes to her besties, and is always looking for the next crazy outfit she can mash together.
In ‘Starrin and Stylin’ everyone looked to Jade at Styles High to set the latest trends, especially when she won Prom Queen. In the live action movie, she felt she needed to hide her kooky style and present a more academic science wiz persona. In ‘Bratz Rock Angelz’, it was her awful ordeal at Your Thing Magazine that triggered the events that started Bratz Magazine in the first place! Her love for her cat Mika is like no other, especially when she gets kidnapped with Burdine’s dog Royal. This fashionista comes number 3 for me![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1469″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1471″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last, but my no means least, we have little Yasmin, also known as Pretty Princess. Yasmin is the most sensitive of the group, she loves animals more than life and just wants to help other people and write poetry all day. Her yoga poses are incredible, and she will always have her girlfriends’ backs no matter what.
In ‘Starrin and Stylin’, she was the infamous anonymous who was writing for the school newspaper and dishing and dissing her friends. Which was obviously very out of character for the normally kind Yasmin, however she made it up to all her girls and never wrote anonymously again! In the live action movie, she was the singer of the group, but was too shy to sing in public, until her BFFs helped her of course. Finally, she is seemingly the only level headed one in all of the animated films and games, pushing her charity work and animal care into the forefront of her contributions to the magazines. What a babe![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1475″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1476″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]So those are my girls! We’ve been besties for 18 years and I wouldn’t change them for the world. The new collaboration with Hayden Williams has just made them more culturally relevant and caters to a whole new generation, which is genius and awesome! Even for all us oldies who have loved Bratz since day one.
The image I created of Jade was achieved by sketching with pencil, then scanning onto my laptop and digitally collaging over the top using different photographic elements.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1483″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1481″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Overall, I am extremely happy with the results, I haven’t drawn Bratz doll properly like this for a hot minute, and what better a time to start again than when they turn 18!
I hope you guys like the final result! I’d love to do some more digital illustrations when I get a chance. It’s great practice and an even better way to get inspiration to write!
Hit me up on Instagram with your thoughts, maybe tell me who your favourite Bratz girl is and why? I’d love to know 😀
Peace, love and Cupcakes
Meesh xoxo
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