Are you up to an artistic challenge? Then drop on by Disney Interactive and create your own Virtual Vinylmation

Shelly Valladolid

11 years ago

Do you consider yourself to be kind of a frustrated artist? Are you one of those people who — when you're confronted with a blank page — doesn't automatically quake with fear? But — rather — just picks up a pen, pencil or stylus and begins creating.

If so, then you may be interested in learning about this new FREE IOS/Android app. Which then allows you to be the artist and design your own Virtual Vinylmation figure online using a wide variety of colors, accessories and decals.

Users start with a blank Mickey or Minnie-shaped figure, decorate it, then add it to their personal collection. The Virtual Vinylmations can also be exported to the user's personal camera roll, according to Disney Interactive.

I have a Windows Phone, so I can't play it on my phone. but I did download my Virtual Vinylmation to an Android device and played with it there. Loading was a little laggy, and I really wish there was an "undo" button as I tend to change my mind a lot (read: "oops") about design choices.What I'd also like to see is maybe a Vinylmation village online, something like VMK. A place where people's Virtual Vinylmations could live, work and play, like in "Vinylmation: A Love Story"

It would also be cool if you could order your creation as a 3D printed figure. I'm hopeful that we'll see that kind of thing in the future.It gets better: If you create a masterpiece that you want to share with the world, tweet an image of it to @DisneyInteract using #BlankandBow and you could be featured on the Disney Interactive Blog ) PLUS win a "Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story" prize pack!

FYI: "Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story" — the film which allegedly inspired these design-your-own Virtual Vinylmations is now available for FREE downloading over on Google Play. So why not go take a look at that and then see what sort of Virtual Vinylmation you're inspired to create?