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baumbydahm: “ When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing birds around him and squirrels. She sat up and looked around her. Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her. Chapter 5...
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When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing birds around him and squirrels.  She sat up and looked around her. Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her.

Chapter 5 opening illustration!!! The Tin Woodman’s abandoned cottage.

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“Through the Ruins” by Evan Dahm. Buy the print here!

100% of proceeds go to charity and are matched 10% by INPRNT.

My name is Evan Dahm and I’m an illustrator and comic-maker! I’ve made Rice Boy and Order of Tales , and I’m currently working on the fantasy-adventure graphic novel Vattu and publishing it online. I’ve also illustrated and self-published the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and I’m doing the same with Moby-Dick.

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Working out distinct shapes and colors for the main characters. Some initial ‘rules’ with respect to character design I am trying to keep in mind:

  • Figures will always be drawn/reproduced at the same size, as if looking at photographs of small models taken form the same distance. Dorothy at print size will be under an inch tall. So much of the book is about being small and lost.
  • Characters will have clear and distinct shapes and will be almost color-coded. Everybody has to be readable at a small scale. Obsessive color-coding is, too, an important aspect of Oz in the text.
  • Dorothy’s motion and agency should be emphasized; the other main characters look still and lumbering beside her. Toto, too.
  • Nothing too cleverly re-imagined. I want to compelement and emphasize the text, not bring My Own Spin to it. Do not make the Tin Woodman a cool-looking robot. Avoid this garbage.

It’ll be a little while before I can get into serious labor-intensive drawings for this; moving soon. Hopefully a few more spot illustrations shortly.

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thinking about how to illustrate this book

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