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Sta.sh
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To the lab!
By 'vintage art style' I'm assuming you're referring to the partial homages to Denslow's art?
Re: Alice in Wonderland and Kingdom Hearts- I enjoy both those things very much. Could I do them? Most definitely. Can I currently? Alas, no. Not at all. Busy busy busy. But I'll keep them in mind next time I decide to draw something on the fly.
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Bellatrix B. Lovett
We're all mad here~*
you need to really want to cause the pain, to enjoy it-*
I want to see the light leave your eyes*
Do they think that walls can hide you?~*
Si no olvido moriré y otro crimen quedará sin resolver*-*
Z, CA, GC
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The Endless Forest:[link]
I love the original book, and you can't say "Oz" without people immediately thinking of the film, so I pulled from those two sources for the 5 page narrative I did. How I chose between the film and the book was simply a case of artistic license.
Now about the Lion and the Tin Woodman- I'm glad you like their resemblance to their book counterparts, but for my own edification I'm going to say you left out the Scarecrow. NOW, maybe you noticed but don't enjoy the Scarecrow as much as the other two. I just wanted to say, for the record, that I drew more from the book's Scarecrow than the film's. (suffice it to say, the Scarecrow of the film was not too far off from the book in the first place, so it's understandable if people think this is the film's Scarecrow).
But for the record, I pulled from the book on all three of those guys. I just love how big the Lion is in the book. I mean, he's a LION. He's not just some dude in a sweaty suit made of lions.
TherealRNO is a special brand of crazy. Try and enjoy his unflinching inability to understand that The Wicked Witch of the West has no official name, and that all public domain works, especially 'Wicked,' is solely a product of artistic license, artistic interpretation, or fan-fiction, and no matter how popular that fan fiction may be, it is not canonical to L. Frank Baum's works, or any other work for that matter, except for the work in which it is contained.
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I've never done drugs--unless prescribed by doctors--I've never smoked, & I've never drank alcohol...
*Cue "Cult of Personality" [ [link] ]*
For starters, "Wicked" didn't turn the Wicked Witch of the West into a cultural icon. She already was a cultural icon! Margaret Hamilton's 1939 performance, wardrobe and makeup are what made the Witch a cultural icon.
"What a world!" "I'm melting!" "I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!"
The Wicked Witch was a cultural icon 56 years before 'Wicked' was even published!
In case you seriously can't put together why people use her so much, it's BECAUSE SHE IS ICONIC.
The one-eyed witch from the books
1) has a WAY smaller part in the tales of Oz and isn't mentioned much after she's destroyed, and
2) her character design isn't NEARLY as interesting to look at or draw as Ms. Hamilton's portrayal of her.
I'm also confused as to who you thought you were educating with this comment. You're replying to me, but clearly I know what I'm talking about here. I did the research. I read the books. i drew the pages. I've seen the drawings of the Wicked Witch of the West by W.W. Denslow. I considered them when I was conceptualizing, and I opted to go with the more iconic witch, for reasons stated above.
Sorry to go off on you here. Really your comment should have just been:
"I notice that not many do the Wicked Witch of the West as how she was originally depicted (as a one-eyed hunchback crone)." That would be a far observation. But the rest of your post is just wrong, man. It's all out of order.