This is a scrumptious scene from Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco! – voted on by my wonderful Patreons for November’s Sketch-a-Wish! (I did Emilia a solid and excluded her wine-drenched front for the photo-op)
Here it is! Part 1 of a new parody series of illustrations themed as Jude in Wonderland! Ever since book 1 of The Folk of the Air, I had always loved the symbolism of Cardan considering Jude the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ of Elfhame.
I thought it would be fun to re-imagine these characters in the roles of the classic tale, but with a TFOTA twist. This first illustration has Alice!Jude meeting Cheshire!Cardan. And yes, Cardan has cat ears! I thought these two paired nicely with this iconic exchange:
… said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?“ said Alice.
"You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”
I’ve mentioned before how I found Cardan so closely aligned with Cheshire - clever with his words, no alliances, disappears with a grin. This exchange just solidified it for me.
I went HAM on this environment here, which I normally don’t enjoy doing. But by combining it with some Gustav Klimt-inspired textures, I had a little bit more passion fueling my pursuit at creating a Wonderland / Elfhame landscape. I have two more of these illustration planned with this parody crossover; so stay tuned!
here’s something i haven’t talked about yet. zak brown coming up to danny in parc ferme with his mum and dad on facetime is SO FRICKIN PERSONAL I FEEL EMOTIONAL EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT
did u wake up?? if so open ig, search arianabravof1 and see her second story i hope this isn't too late it's about 3h left to expire
hiii!!! I just woke up 😌
If the ig story you're referring to is Daniel catching a ride with Max i am once again saying: ✨ Royal Au King brought his Consort along for the parade ✨