#giant head

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I AM OZ! THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE!!!

One thing I love and hate about the book version of the Wizard of Oz is that he appears in many forms, not just the giant green head that adaptations simplify to. That means more subjects to draw, and more hair-pulling moments when trying to translate the book text into something feasible in the visual department. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Big Head. The classic form of Oz. A giant, bald head that sits on a throne, acting all high and mighty to Dorothy Gale. Quite an impression for many people and certainly the best representation of what people think the Wizard looks like. I based the head on PT Barnum and removed his hair. You might notice the eye pupils are hollow and the mouth looks awfully like a wooden puppet's. Hmmm...

The Beautiful Lady. With green hair, two sparking bird-like wings, and long flowing dress. Scarecrow was certainly not expecting the Wizard to be a woman, but Oz is said to take any form he desires. The Tin Woodman would be certainly envious of Scarecrow's encounter. I wanted the beautiful lady to be like my version of Glinda, but clearly not as beautiful or imposing as her. Her face is based on the Force Priestesses from Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, particularly with the glowing hollow eyes and the mask-like face. It gives her a sureal aura to her, almost like she's some marionette with strings attached...

The Beast. This design was a pain to draw. A beast with a rhinoceros' head, five eyes, a woolly body the size of an elephant with five arms and five legs? The limbs in particular were a pain because I had no idea how they're supposed to align. I work better with pairs. At some point, I just resorted to basing the Beast on a large heavy sack with limbs dangling out with no rhyme or reason to biology anatomy. Certainly it would give the Tin Woodman a heart attack if he had a heart. The Lion can't tell if he's lucky or unlucky he didn't meet this particular beast.

The Fireball. This was simple. Draw a ball, like a cotton ball for example, and paint a fire using oil brush on Procreate. Really make it bright like it's burning magnesium. That'll scare the Lion.

Of course. None of these forms are real. They're props and hoaxes to make the Wizard seem more impressive than the humbug he really is. Add some emerald-tinted glasses to make these forms appear green, and you got yourself some fine illusions that hide the strings and stitches to each form.

The big head is a dummy puppet made of plaster, clay and wood that resembles the Wizard's face, Oscar Diggs.

The beautiful lady is just a mannequin dressed in a royal garment found in the Emerald City, given a wig, a customized theater mask, and some swan wings sprinkled with emerald glitter.

The beast is a stuffed rhino head with its second horn removed to make room for light bulbs of sorts to be stuff into the rhino's sockets (and it's lower jaw is decayed to showcase its teeth). It's attached to several bodies of deceased Oz creatures stitched together. These creatures seem to be of giant spiders from the forests.

And the fire ball is just a cotton ball dosed in oil and lit aflamed.

Now what does Oscar Diggs looks like behind the curtain? That's for another time.

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Bulbuous Head

You know... this one:

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SPAMTOBER Day 6 - GIANT HEAD

this ones a bit rushed

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From my AU Lolling on the greensward (EDIT - now published chapter on AO3):

Okay, Crowley would play along until he worked out what this guy was up to. He just had to make sure Aziraphale was okay. Aziraphale gave a nod to the unspoken question and Crowley shrugged his response. “Excellent! I'll have him back before midnight.” He cooed and that somehow upset Crowley more.

Turn into a pumpkin will you?” Crowley smiled and the mental image was too fun. He replayed the scene over and over. Then he could smash said pumpkin!

"I think you believe you're funny."

I had to draw this and I had to show you all early because my hyperactive imagination doesn't have a friggin' limit! I've been spamming you ATM, hope you don't mind!

Insert your own Crowley come-back to Metatrash here:

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"La Pleureuse" (The Mourner)

Hakone, Japan

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Downtown Calgary

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Cellophane product display at 1951 Packaging Show

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