Through the looking glass...

Alice and Wonderland are always really popular.  Have been for a long time and are really big at the moment.  Real easy to find lots of great works inspired by these characters and environments.  

 I love this first one because of the expression on Alice's face.  Wonder, which is very appropriate of course.  Wonderful radial symetry, hot/cold balance and micture of simple and intricate details.  By Yuumei.

Wonderland Commission

I love the composition of this next photo.  Alice looking over the deep unknown,  one leg raised innocently.  The trend of growing Alice up and sexifiying her a bit is not new or even out of line to the original text.  This one is a bit blatant but the setting and posing are superb.  By mariannainsomnia.

Follow the White Rabbit

Last, an interpretation of the Red Queen and her cards.  The makeup is superb and the model is exquisite.  Also by mariannainsomnia.

The Queen of Hearts

Tumblr Tuesday 7/2/13

Here a loving couple that could be any mythological pair, although the blue skin leads me toward Krishna.  The glowing auras and use of almost cartoonist depth lend to a mythological air.  Tumbled by fuckyeahvintageillustration and originally by Marcel-Lenoir.

 Also blogged by fuckyeahvintageillustration is a fabulous image of the infamaus white rabbit by Gwynedd M. Hudson.  This rabbit is a very world fellow with a fabulous coat, and oriental fan.  Impeccable taste.

Blogged by yay kid lit is a forest scene with maiden.   Nancy Ekholm Burkert is the original illustrator and really gives this one a sense of urgency with all the implied movement, while keeping it delicate and colorful.

Tumblr Tuesday 6/25/13

First Tumblr Tuesday.  This will just be a round up of random things I notice in my Tumblr feed throughout the week!

Despite the modern elements this little cabin is so quaint I see it as the woodcutter's hut, or Grandmother's house.  Can even picture this in candy colors, as the witches hut.  The cozy, inviting warmth of the interior which is so inviting compared to the snowy environment doesn't hurt.  Tumbled by cabinporn,  original photographer unknown (let me know if you do!) for PODhouse.

 

Is this not Alice in the flower garden?  She is cut off from the world, surrounded by flowers that close in on her and blind her.  Easily a metaphor for the enchanted sleep or the blinding aspects of 'true love' or even a 'gilded cage' scenario.  The subject is a modern Brunhilda, surrounded by flashing color that is so vibrant it almost burns. Tumbled by orientaltiger, originally by Lukasz Wierzbowski.

 Sainte Chapelle Cathedral in Paris.  Definitely a setting for a royal wedding or christening.  The opulence and colorful richness are so vibrant that the rest of world can become dull in comparison.  This was, of course, the point, but that hyper-realism is very much the stuff of fairy tales. Tumbled by NatGeo, originally by Bruce Dale for National Geographic.

Landscapes like this are why it is never difficult for me to visualize the NeverNever.  This is like looking out onto Summer, and expecting something to wondrous to step out to greet you.  A unicorn or pixie.  Tumbled by 24ribs and originally by shin--k.

Books.  They really are one of the most magical things the average person has access to.  Not to mention what old castle doesn't' have a huge multi-story library?  Tumbled by atomiclanterns, originally from Rick Finkelstein.