DuoDraw Monthly Art Contest 2 - Alice - Wonder

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Hello Steemians!

Today I come with a post for the DuoDraw Monthly Art Contest held by @hanbun.

The theme for this month's contest is Alice in Wonderland. Specifically, the concepts of madness and wonder that are closely related to the story.

I had to pick one of the concepts to represent the illustration. Upon much thought, I ultimately chose wonder.

Without further ado, let me introduce the complete illustration before explaining the concept behind it:

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According to the Merrian-Webster dictionary wonder can be defined as:

"rapt attention or astonishment at something awesomely mysterious or new to one's experience"

First of all, I have to say I wanted to play with this concept because it's a very magical word. It's open to interpretation, as the sense of wonder differs a lot from person to person, we all experience wonder in different ways and caused by different things, so it's no surprise that everyone interprets it differently.

I think people tend to associate somber atmospheres and colors to madness rather than wonder. But I wanted to use these hues and colors to make a contrast between the innocent Alice and the dark woods. At this very moment she is almost in a trance by the sheer wonder of what she could find down the hole. I wanted to make her pop and look almost out of place due to the strong emotion she is feeling at the moment.

And I think childish wonder is very powerful, children tend to be very curious and very innocent. Things that don't make an adult bat an eye can make a child feel completely enthralled by it.

In the end, I think both madness and wonder go very hand in hand in Alice in Wonderland, so it's difficult to not have them overlap a bit.

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Here's a gif of the illustration process:

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Afterwords

Hi! I'm still crying because I barely managed to post this on time. My internet went out last night so I was panicking over this post. Haha.

Anyways, thanks for checking out this entry. I didn't have the time to detail too much the drawing process but it's pretty similar to what I usually do.

I want to up my background game though, so I'm gonna spend some time checking... some tutorials or something.

I had fun making this! I hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks for reading!

EdenCI out!