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Keanu Reeves in Alice: Asylum?
🕑 Added 2021-11-29 01:20:58 +0000 UTCDear Insane Children,
Well... kinda. Many of you have joked in the past that Alice's dad looks a bit like Keanu Reeves. So Omri went ahead and pasted Keanu's face into this Christening Scene. Of it he says:
i hate the cartoonish proportions so i'm pushing everyone into a more realistic style
we got Priss, Bumby, Radcliff (which all 3 have the same exact glasses!) Nan and i added a kid. the toddler will be Lizzy and i need to add some random people around.
just remember this is like "18 years ago" so i imagine them younger, thinner besides Priss because people like her usually look the same for 40 years straight.
having radcliff like Judas/looking AT bumby while looking away both work for me.
When you guys will see this again- Does the priest have some kind of hat?
To which I replied:
I think this is FANTASTIC. Wow. So much going on - and so much fun (including Keanu, etc). With regards to the HAT - I think it's better to have NO HAT since the connection of this character is "Hatter" - the bald head draws attention to that aspect of the character.
A couple of ideas:
First, the Jesus face in the stained glass in the background... it's distracting. I think there's already so much going on in that area of the painting, better to remove that so our eye can more properly explore the face/head area of the priest.
Second, If you really want to do something with the stained glass as a background, I would recommend shifting it so that the priest ends up with a bit of halo around the priest's head. If you select the elements correctly, it could be a halo that has Hatter-like properties (suggestive of gears, snow globe, teacup/tea pot, etc).
Third, try to hide a couple of "death notes" inside the image... Since this scene is the submersion - it's a Little Death. It's the dissolution/death at required at the start of the journey... from which she'll later be reborn. So, his a couple of hints at "death" in the scene - I've done some lazy skull pasting as examples.
And attached this slightly edited variation:
Meanwhile, Gareth is working on the other side of the portal so to speak...
The scene where Alice escapes from The Snow Globe and emerges into Real Wonderland. She's met by Hatter in a scene that echoes the elements we see in the Christening Scene. That's because the two are connected - submersion (death) and emergence (rebirth).
To which I replied:
I love the visual symmetry going on here! And I don't know that it needs to be flipped... it makes sense that Hatter is now on the other side... because they are on the other side of the Look Glass... the flip side of the submersion. I think he should stay where he is!
As I suggested in the edits for Omri's scene, maybe consider including a couple of elements of "life" in this scene? Could be something growing (plants), could be alchemical symbols related to life and rebirth, etc. How about an Ouroboros in the stained glass behind them? Some crescent moon symbols in the glass.
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Comments
Abigail Eldritch
Thank you omri for this visual gift
AniFae Kusanagi
Absolutley incredible work! I Love the imagery of mirrowing the Priest scene with the Hatter, and for some reason i could imagine the Hatter pullng Alice out of a large tea-cup as a mirror to being placed in Chritening/Baptism water. I love the symbolism your working with her too, and i can't wait to be consumed by it! Top work!
Sarah McKeegan
Love it!
I love the Keanu meme, really wish you could get him to voice the father. it would be hilarious. Great illustrations all around, excited for the livestream
As per usual, Ponytail Alchemist is Best Alchemist
Lucas Severin
Gasp! I never noticed.
Greyson Kehm
Keanu Reeves as Arthur Liddell? I dig it. Love the death/rebirth imagery and the symmetry with the art!
I'm loving the visual symmetry here! I do think to maybe further tie in the hatter themes with priest perhaps add some of the symbols on his hat in the windows along with gear shapes and perhaps even something to represent his robotic parts like a shadow? Also I think that Bumby Pris and Radcliffe need to be more pronounced. I know this isn't final but maybe we find something to represent their evil future plans. Say a splash of red or something that represents the ruin. Tho I do like the fact that Radcliffe and Pris are both watching Bumby Rather than Alice. I really like the inclusion of toddler Lizzie and a younger Nan Sharpe. This is probably my fave image of this sequence this far. Perhaps Gareth can use apor of the same colors and tone to match the other image a tad id love to see them as a set somehow
Karma Chameleon
Can't wait for more!!
I too love the visual symmetry, and think nixing the stained glass face was a good idea. I love Keanu....and is that.... Harry Potter? XD
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