AN ARTIST has spent four days digitally transforming a Bradford family - into a pride of Lions.

The latest digital techniques were used to miraculously turn Britain's biggest Lion King fans, the Carrol family, into realistic lions.

After being selected from hundreds of competition entries, the four family members were photographed and the images digitally enhanced by US-based artist Devin Mitchell.

Using only digital artistry, Devin worked with the facial features and structure of each family member to create a unique lion portrait.

The metamorphosis was commissioned by Disney Junior to celebrate the new series of The Lion King spin-off, The Lion Guard, which airs on Disney Junior.

Digital artist Devin said: "I was thrilled to be asked to work on such a creative project by Disney Junior.

"It was great fun turning one family into their very own pride like that in The Lion Guard series, and testing my skills to bring out the animal characteristics for each of their different portraits!"

Devin took inspiration from the much-loved lion characters in The Lion Guard series, using the big-cat characteristics from characters including Simba, Nala (the cubs in The Lion King) and their cub Kion.

Each individual lion image of the Carrol family, mum Claudia, dad Rob and their sons Finn, six, and Reuben, two, took a day to create.

The family was photographed in the UK by photographer Daniel Lewis with their hands precisely placed over their faces to give a canvas for Devin to work with.

During the shoot a specific set-up using a single light source from a 45 degree angle was used to give a 'natural dimension' to the face.

Claudia Carrol, who entered the competition for her family, said: "It was amazing to see the final portraits - we're such huge fans of Disney and the first Lion King film.

"And the kids especially loved seeing how they would look if our family were to be our very own 'pride' of lions together, like Simba and Nala's family in The Lion Guard."

The new animated television series of Lion Guard airs on Disney Junior, Wednesdays at 5.30pm.