There were few birds in this part of the forest, for birds love the open country where there is plenty of sunshine. But now and then there came a deep growl from some wild animal hidden among the trees. These sounds made the little girl’s heart beat fast, for she did not know what made them; but Toto knew, and he walked close to Dorothy’s side, and did not even bark in return.
Chapter 6 illustration. I’m trying to make each one have a unique palette; we’ll see how well I can stick to that.
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Progress again at last. This is the beginnings of the full-page image that will open chapter 2.
Starting the full-page illustrations for the Wizard of Oz.
The PSYCHIC ARCHITECTURE PRINT is now available on Topatoco!
And I lowered the prices a bit on the illustrated Wizard of Oz and Lacunae & Aftermath books… the latter being a pretty esoteric art book I made the mistake of probably printing too many copies of!
thanks for having a look my friends
HEY look what’s available at Topatoco right now! More stuff soon.
I really wanted to take this opportunity to draw a Topato and I’m sorry I made him kind of gross-looking, Jeffrey
playing around with character shapes and colors
Hey I have a bunch of prints for sale at Topatoco now! Some oldies and some newies. I haven’t sold prints online in a long time I’m very excited about this!!!!
Included are EVERY SINGLE chapter illustration from the Wizard of Oz, and the Orrery print at the absurd size of 15 by 26 inches: almost but not quite as big as the original art.
tell your friends, enemies, pets
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.
Here’s a recap of the chapter illustrations for chapters 1 through 8 of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first third of the book! I am very happy with these, and the wide range of color schemes and tones they represent.
I will be done with this project fairly soon, after working on it (off and on) for over a year. 24 full-page illustrations like these, and somewhere around 70 spot illustrations. A print book is being thought of; details will be on this blog before they’ll be anywhere else!
am I oversaturating the internet with this stuff?? I have like 4 more I haven’t posted yet so I’m pacing myself as much as I can.
Just launched the Kickstarter for the print edition of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with the full original text and 88 of my illustrations!!! More on that later.
Here’s the last chunk of chapter illustrations, covering the journey south from the Emerald City (the first part is here, the second part is here). There’s some bits in this last part of the book that are among the weirdest, and most unfamiliar to people because it was mostly discarded for the movie adaptation. The China Country is one I was very excited/daunted to draw; it’s very unexpected!
Oh and I put up a grid of all of the chapter illustrations together but I made it for the Kickstarter and I thought it was fun to look at
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:
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.
thinking about how to illustrate this book
Many other people than me have illustrated the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! Here are some of them.
W. W. Denslow illustrated the first edition of the book, and set up a look for the characters and setting so iconic and inextricable from the text that they’ve informed most later interpretations, and the two co-held the book’s copyright. Denslow’s background in cartooning is clear in the illustrations, which are dynamic and personable and look more modern than they are, I think.
The Folio Society published an edition of the book illustrated by Sara Ogilvie recently. I really love the texture and simple treatment of color in these, and the design of the book and slipcase is just absurdly fancy, which is good.
Spanish illustrator Juliá Sardà did a series of lush painted illustrations for the book, which I only just found. They seem to be for a print edition but I dunno?
An edition illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger was published in the 90s. This was the only edition I’d seen when I started this project, and I really love it. Zwerger’s illustrations are all watercolor, and emphasize a dreamy distance that I think can be read into the text. Much less character-focused and dynamic than a lot of interpretations, but I think that’s ok. Also the book came with a pair of green glasses to wear while reading the Emerald City parts which is a VERY COOL IDEA. It’s out of print but there’s a lot more art here.
There are many more. It’s fun to see how many distinct angles can be taken with illustrating this text— it’s written in a way that’s kind of loose and mythic. I’ve tried to support what I feel is important in the story with my own illustrations, and have ended up emphasizing my own personal angle on the text. I am running a Kickstarter to publish my own illustrated version. Did you see that I’m doing that
I try not to put much stuff on here that isn’t mine, but look at all these other people who have illustrated Oz!!!
