Sunday, 9 August 2009
Tomas Nilsson's "Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny"
Friday, 7 August 2009
Fairytale Fights
Fairytale Fights is an odd-looking upcoming video game for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 that features a bizarre mix of cartoony visuals and heapings of bloody violence. I'm not quite what sure to make of this one, although my initial reaction is skepticism, I'll be honest.
Fairytales in Dominoes: Snow White
Dominodayfreak's "Fairytales in Dominoes" is pretty much exactly what it sounds like and it really is fairly spectacular.
Felixxkatt's Snow White Queen

Felix Eddy (aka Felixxkatt) is the artist behind some frankly wonderful fairytale-esque works, including the wonderful picture above which incorporates elements of "a winter goddess, a white witch, a snow queen and a version of snow white and a little bit of the Swan Princess."
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Jeftoon01's Twisted Princesses

Jeffrey Thomas (aka Jeftoon01) has a whole series of images based upon "twisted" variants of the classic Disney Princesses, from Aurora and Ariel to Mulan and Nala (of The Lion King). My personal favourites are his Cinderella and Snow White (which appears to co-star a cast of Critters).
Ophelias Overdose's Freaky Little Red Riding Hood

Ophelias Overdose is a goth/fetish model who appears in a number of great fairytale-themed photographs, including ones of Sleeping Beauty, the Frog Prince, Alice and of course, Red Riding Hood (who appears to have developed something of a drinking problem, possibly inspired by real world paranoia about the tale).
Emilysaurusrex's Red Riding Hood I-IV

Emilysaurusrex's series of Red Riding Hood photographs really is quite sinister, especially by it's conclusion.
Krawuzi's Red Riding Hood

There's quite a bit of fairytale-themed photography that incorporates elements of fetish and glamour, but still, Krawuzi's set of Little Red Riding Hood images really are quite well composed.
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Kawuzi also has a fab set of photos based on Disney's Ariel, the Little Mermaid. If you're headed over to her site, I'd recommend checking out those too.

Imagewall's Weird Little Red Riding Hood

This image by Fabio Caserini (aka imagewall) features a nice mix of the macabre and the comic which makes it really stand out to me.
MoonYen's Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

MoonYen's deviantart page features dozens and dozens of fabulous little knitted bunny characters, including Bunny Darth Maul, Bunny Watchmen and Bunny Freddy Kreuger. There are also fairytale-themed bunnies including Rapunzel, Beauty and the Beast and of course, the above Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.
Areejak's Little Red Riding Hood

Areejak has a neat little abstract/minimalist animation about Red Riding Hood over at her deviantart page.
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Vertiklychalingd's "The REAL New Princess"

This cartoon by vertiklychalingd raises a good point. I recently got around to seeing Disney's Enchanted and yet, it never once occured to me whilst watching it that, despite being referred to as such multiple times even within the text of the film itself, "Princess" Giselle is at no point technically a princess at all. It is Nancy (played by the wonderful Idina Menzel from Wicked) who ends up marrying the film's prince. Ultimately, it all comes down to the fact that the notion of "princessness" has transcended any actual reality attached to the term. Instead, "princess", and in particular the "Disney princess" brand, has become a sort of hyper-real notion that describes a set of behaviours, attitudes and appearances, regardless of whether one is actually a legitimate princess or not.
Monday, 20 July 2009
"Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf" Étude
How had I never heard of Rachmaninoff's "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf" Étude until now?
Here it is as performed by Valentina Lisitsa.
Twisted Tales by Polawat
Polawat's Twisted Tales series features fairytale-based works that are gory, disturbing and include Cronenberg-level body horror. Still, his stuff is definitely strangely compelling and I'd certainly recommend it to those willing to give it a look. Just remember that you have been suitably warned.
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