More Buffyverse in Wonderland (Willow, Buffy, The White Rabbit & the Jabberwocky)

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kikimay and snogged both celebrated birthdays recently, as have angearia, teragramm, leni_ba (far and away my favorite Bangel(us) author), pocochina, frelling_tralk, comlodge, chic_c, boot_the_grime and quinara and what have I done for any of these wonderful folks? Nothing, nada. I suck as a friend (but if only people would stop being born, please, it's so overwhelming.  ;-P)

This really doesn't make up for any of it, but kikimay has been requesting that I post the remainder of my Buffyverse in Wonderland artwork, and since she's been having fabulous adventures lately and deserves celebrating, here it be. If I don't post it all at once I never will:

Teasers:    

Click all banners below for full-size versions. Fanart by me, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

Willow in Wonderland Banners 1-3; icons 5-7.

1. 2. 3.

If #2 looks familiar it should - it's the banner version of my Mod's Choice winner at slayerstillness Challenge 38. (Click #4 below to enlarge tempertemper's fabulous banner.) Tip o'the nip to my beta-Muse velvetwhip for her inspiration; I was working on the icons for that round and came across the texture in #1 that is a "handwritten" fragment of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Gabrielle mentioned an interest in AiW, and away my brain went hippity-hopping from there.

4. 5. 6. 7.

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Prophecy Girl Down the Rabbit Hole Banners 8-10; icons 11 - 15:

8. 9. 10.

Once I started toying with the idea of Wonderland, the notion of Buffy literally going "down the rabbit hole" to meet the Master seemed a natural fit.

Indecisive as always, I suspect #8 is the best version; I thought I would like #9 more than I do. I found the triangle texture on forwallpaper.com but like almost everything on the internet I suspect it originates elsewhere.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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S5 Buffy and the Jabberwocky Banners 16 -17; icons 18 -20.

16. 17.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? / Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"

The "Slayer" in Carroll's poem is male but thanks to the long hair and slight figure, as well as my fascination with the Buffyverse, I can't help but see one of Buffy's predecessors in Tenniel's illustration. velvetwhip noted that the original versions of 17 didn't quite work but it took me a while to understand why : it was too pale and lacked contrast (see #18 below).

18. 19. 20.

Fanart by me, 2015, unless otherwise noted. Original illustrations by John Tenniel (1, 3, 8 -20) and Salvador Dali (2, 4, 5). Photo of SMG 16 -20 by Greg Gershon.


Snaggage of icons warmly encouraged but please give proper credit, and do not hotlink, post to other website without permission or claim as your own. Capiche?

Comments

[double_dutchess]

These are all superb! Buffy and Alice in Wonderland, a most excellent combination. My favourites of your banners are 1 and 16. Willow's expression in 1 is perfect, and it really looks like an image from the era. And Buffy is a golden goddess in 16! Jabberwock icon number 15 looks truly horrific though.

Btw, I am reminded of the Alice vid by Nicole Anell; it's a Sleepless Restless* episodic set to White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane. I think you'll like it. I can't find the YouTube original link (maybe it was taken down) but here's the vid uploaded by someone else:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Lsn3mvSpQ

*Ugh, that's what I get for posting when I should have been asleep myself!

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Thank you so much!

I am really most pleased with 1, 8 and 16 of the banners myself. They're probably among my favorite things I've ever done. I'm very happy with the merging of photographs and illustration, realism and fantasy in these. Icon 15 was one I thought about submitting to slayerstillness but didn't because I thought it was too weird - maybe I just creeped myself out with it!

I've been wondering if I should add more text to #16, perhaps a fragment of the Jabberwocky poem? I don't feel a great need to, just curious what you think.

Jefferson Airplane, hurrah! I was an odd kid in high school in the 1980's - everyone else was listening to - I don't know what they listened to the in 1980's, while I listened to folk and rock from the 1960's.

I haven't seen that video before so thank you for the rec. It's odd, Restless was not my favorite episode (it was the first one in the series that actually made me say "Bored now" out loud.

I've tended to enjoy the video tributes to it more because they're shorter and capture the mood and spirit of the ep better than the episode itself does. My favorite Restless vid tribute is Afterthebattle's "Stripped Down to the Bone" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LioodU3YCa0

[double_dutchess]

I've been wondering if I should add more text to #16, perhaps a fragment of the Jabberwocky poem? I don't feel a great need to, just curious what you think.

I think the image doesn't need it; it's strong enough as it is and might in fact become a bit too busy with text added. Still, it's often hard to predict what will or won't work without actually trying it out, so it could still be worth giving it a go.

I didn't discover Jefferson Airplane until the nineties myself, and I have a special fondness for White Rabbit. I think it fits the mood of Restless very well! It's just too bad that the vid has such a crappy image quality.

Thanks for the Afterthebattle vid rec. I had seen it before, but it was definitely worth a rewatch. Afterthebattle just makes the best vids!

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might in fact become a bit too busy with text added.

I think you're right about that, thank you for weighing in. If anything I might make it a new banner for my journal.

Afterthebattle just makes the best vids!

I was rewatching some of AtB's vids today - their skill as a video editor is just amazing, really some of the most professional fan work I've seen.