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I've been a little reluctant to post these, because it's a little embarrassing to admit you've watched a kiddie cartoon made for toddlers. However, I missed out on watching VeggieTales as a kid because they were after my time. So I ended up watching them in the past couple of years.

The first one I ever watched was called Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen, and it's based on my fave Bible story . Like any VeggieTales story, they had a cute and kid-friendly way of telling the story, while at the same time keeping to the main theme from the Bible. In Esther's case, it was "God gives us the courage to do what's right."

At first, Esther didn't understand why she had been made Queen above all other girls in Persia, and she wasn't really excited about it anyhow. But when the time came to save her family from being banished to a horrible fate, she realized God had put her in this position just for that purpose. (In the actual story, Esther had to save the Jews in Persia from being slaughtered by risking her life to petition the King).

One thing I always loved about the art in these little cartoons was how detailed they could be, or how the bright colors & characters seem to pop out at you. Plus a lot of the characters have very lovable personalities . (This is actually one of the few stories where Larry the Cucumber played a minor part).

The little lady above is a "human" representation of Esther. (She was actually a celery stalk in the story). I used Azalea's Heroine Fan-art creator to make her . www.azaleasdolls.com/heroine.h… (Thank goodness for the green skintone ). The real challenge for this came from interpreting an armless Veggie's wardrobe to a human one. The first costume is her commoner outfit. The second is the costume she wore while living with the other eligible girls in the palace and participating in the silly little "beauty pageant" they held so the king could choose a bride. (Why they had her wearing a "samurai" type dress, I have no idea). The last one is her signature costume, which actually looks pretty no matter what form it's in.

It was also in this story that I found out how the animators overcame the Veggies not having hands to touch or manipulate objects. They've got INVISIBLE hands! . I figured this out when I saw Esther right after she became Queen, and somehow her crown floats off her head and she's staring at it. I then realized it was SHE who did it, not any weird magic going on in the cartoon.

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I've been a little reluctant to post these, because it's a little embarrassing to admit you've watched a kiddie cartoon made for toddlers. However, I missed out on watching VeggieTales as a kid because they were after my time. So I ended up watching them in the past couple of years.

The first one I ever watched was called Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen, and it's based on my fave Bible story . Like any VeggieTales story, they had a cute and kid-friendly way of telling the story, while at the same time keeping to the main theme from the Bible. In Esther's case, it was "God gives us the courage to do what's right."

At first, Esther didn't understand why she had been made Queen above all other girls in Persia, and she wasn't really excited about it anyhow. But when the time came to save her family from being banished to a horrible fate, she realized God had put her in this position just for that purpose. (In the actual story, Esther had to save the Jews in Persia from being slaughtered by risking her life to petition the King).

One thing I always loved about the art in these little cartoons was how detailed they could be, or how the bright colors & characters seem to pop out at you. Plus a lot of the characters have very lovable personalities . (This is actually one of the few stories where Larry the Cucumber played a minor part).

The little lady above is a "human" representation of Esther. (She was actually a celery stalk in the story). I used Azalea's Heroine Fan-art creator to make her . www.azaleasdolls.com/heroine.h… (Thank goodness for the green skintone ). The real challenge for this came from interpreting an armless Veggie's wardrobe to a human one. The first costume is her commoner outfit. The second is the costume she wore while living with the other eligible girls in the palace and participating in the silly little "beauty pageant" they held so the king could choose a bride. (Why they had her wearing a "samurai" type dress, I have no idea). The last one is her signature costume, which actually looks pretty no matter what form it's in.

It was also in this story that I found out how the animators overcame the Veggies not having hands to touch or manipulate objects. They've got INVISIBLE hands! . I figured this out when I saw Esther right after she became Queen, and somehow her crown floats off her head and she's staring at it. I then realized it was SHE who did it, not any weird magic going on in the cartoon.