August 3rd Thursday Notes

[Joy Heyer]

@Lee-White Quick Question: Are you looking for characters from MGM's classic movie Wizard of Oz or from L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? (The book has a few characters not in the movie...) Thanks!

[Lee White]

I was thinking the movie because most people aren't as familiar with the book.

[Dulcie]

Sorry another question for you @Lee-White - are we allowed to draw inspiration from the descriptions of characters in the original book, the ones that are also in the movie? I've started researching and thought it might be good to read the descriptions, to imagine a fresh take that's not too inspired by the film characters. I thought that would be okay but now I'm wondering.

[QuietYell]

I have a Pinterest board that has had plenty of Wizard of Oz illustrations with various styles & interpretations collected into it, but I just added several more this morning. Not all fit within the parameters of this project, but perhaps they might spark some ideas. So, I thought I’d share!

https://www.pinterest.com/ScottMonaco/genre-classic-stories/

(Note: Other “Classic Stories”, like Little Red Riding Hood, are intermixed in)

[smceccarelli]

@QuietYell Wonderful resource, thank you for sharing!

[QuietYell]

@smceccarelli Sure! Glad to share! Hope it helps!

[thuraya]

@QuietYell good stuff thanks

[thuraya]

great thanks for that very helpful

[QuietYell]

@thuraya You are very welcome!

[Jason Bowen]

Do you have to have a theme or can you just re-design the characters the way you would if they were your own? Just following the story.

[Lisa M Griffin]

@Lee-White Just read your feedback to Joy... you were thinking movie, but I have been working up ideas based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". I found there to be more in the way of storytelling with L. Frank Baum's story.