Sucker Punch

Sucker Punch is an upcoming movie directed and co-written by Zack Snyder to come out in 2011. I was first interested in the movie after seeing concept art for it, created by Alex Pardee.

The director for the movie described his upcoming feature as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns.” The narrative focuses on a girl called Baby Doll whose evil step-father has sent her to a mental institution, where she drifts into a dream-like alternate reality. A lot of the focus on this movie seems to be about the protagonists struggle with her imaginary world and reality and how the two eventually blur. I believe Snyder referenced Alice in Wonderland because of Baby Doll’s fantasy world which may or may not be reality.

Kukula

Kukula is another artist who has made some interesting Alice in Wonderland themed artwork. The characters in her drawings are delicate and doll-like, making her artwork look very innocent, and sometimes gloomy. However, Kukula often likes to add obscure meanings to her art by adding adult and sometimes sexual themes. I think her art is a good addition to my research, as I am interested in incorporating overly feminine themes to my game.

Mari Katogi

Mari Katogi is an artist I’ve recently discovered and loved. Katogi mostly creates illustrations based on Western fairytales and stories, including Alice in Wonderland themed artwork. I think the reason I like her art so much is because it feels elegant and dream-like, something I would definitely want my game to be. Many artists have created dark/gothic representations of Alice in Wonderland and I feel it’s now become over-done and boring.

Violeta Lópiz

I could not find out much information on illustrator Violeta Lópiz, as all of her blog was in Spanish. However, I eventually found out from another source that she mostly works for newspapers and illustrating children’s books. Out of the countless Alice in Wonderland illustrations I searched through, these pictures stood out the most because of their warm colours. Violeta Lópiz has quite a humorous and quirky art style, and I think this lends itself to Alice in Wonderland very well.