Gorey-inspired
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Gorey-inspired project: E is for Esmeralda
Esmeralda who? Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre-Dame story. In the story, she was saved by Quasimodo. I twisted the plot; Quasimodo did not make it there.
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Gorey-inspired project: D is for Dorothy
Here is Dorothy, died in a field full of poppy flowers. In real life, you won’t die because you smell this flower. Poppy is almost odorless. In Wizard of Oz, it was a symbolism of opium (a drug type), and or death. Frequently, users who smoke it would fall asleep and then die.
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Gorey-inspired project: C is for Cinderella
Here is Cinderella. In my imagination, something gone so wrong after the clock struck 12 midnight. The pumpkin somehow did not turned back to its original size.
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Gorey-inspired project: B is for Baloo
Remember Baloo from The Jungle Book? I twisted his fate and in my imagination, he got eaten by Shere Khan, the tiger. How can a tiger resists a bear.
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Gorey-inspired project: A is for Alice
I recently discovered The Gashlycrumb Tinies: A Very Gorey Alphabet Book at BrainPickings website written by Maria Popova and was amazed by the illustration style. The storyline is quite dark but I love the illustrations. It is so inspiring as I am currently into lines drawing.
Few days back I decided to come up with my own version of A to Z Gorey-inspired illustrations based on classic tales. Please take note that my illustrations are gorey dark.
Here is A. I will post other alphabets soon.
