Haven’t been able to touch this project in a while, but I finally got another spot illustration done! Getting back into the groove with this soon, I have a few things drawn and not colored yet.
If you’re interested, the other stuff I’m working on lately is mostly in the categories of my webcomic Vattu, and my art book publishing company Benign Kingdom.
If you’re in or near NYC, you should come see me at MoCCA Fest this weekend! I’ll be at table C3.
Will talk to you soon!!!!!
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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
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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.
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
Dorothy and Toto
I have set up a new tumblr for Wizard of Oz stuff! I intend to illustrate the whole book and eventually self-publish it. Development and thoughts and drawings will show up at Baum by Dahm.
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
The Kickstarter for my illustrated edition of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz is live! If you’d like to support this project, and/or get a copy of the hardcover book of your very own, I hope you’ll check it out!
I’ve made 24 full-page illustrations and around 70 spot illustrations to go throughout the complete original text, in a 192-page book. Most of them have been posted on this tumblr. I’ve tried to support the text without distracting from it, and I’ve emphasized the sense of being lost in a strange, colorful place. I’m really happy with how it’s turned out so far, and having it as a nice printed book has always been an exciting possibility!! It is looking like a thing that will probably happen, thanks to Make That Thing and YOU YOU YOU
Thank you!
- Evan
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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!!!
