Mixed media illustration, using black biro, orange, black, and pink watercolours, orange coloured pencil, and digital painting, with a grey, textured, digitally painted background. On the left hand side, the pumpkin carriage is travelling down a path, pulled by 2 small mice. Text follows the shape of the path, reading: “Cinderella made her way to the ball, she had no excuses after all.” in a hand-drawn typeface. On the right hand side, is a close up of the pumpkin carriage. Cinderella is struggling to climb out of the carriage, covered in pumpkin gunk. The text reads: “When she arrived, the music was thumping, she could feel it as she squeezed out of her pumpkin.”
Photograph of book spread: Mixed media illustration, using black biro, orange, black, and pink watercolours, orange coloured pencil, and digital painting, with a grey, textured, digitally painted background. On the left hand side, the pumpkin carriage is travelling down a path, pulled by 2 small mice. Text follows the shape of the path, reading: “Cinderella made her way to the ball, she had no excuses after all.” in a hand-drawn typeface. On the right hand side, is a close up of the pumpkin carriage. Cinderella is struggling to climb out of the carriage, covered in pumpkin gunk. The text reads: “When she arrived, the music was thumping, she could feel it as she squeezed out of her pumpkin.”
The Clock Struck Twelve 
In mid-2020, I completed my self-initiated Cinderella project. I aimed to produce 4 book spreads for my own contemporary take on the classic fairy tale. The tone was tongue-in-cheek, accompanied by rhyming text of my own creation. This spread shows Cinderella's reluctant journey, and arrival, at the ball. 
Illustrations, text, composition, and typography by Gabriella Wilde.
© 2020 Gabriella Wilde
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[ Image Descriptions: 
Image 1: Mixed media illustration, using black biro, orange, black, and pink watercolours, orange coloured pencil, and digital painting, with a grey, textured, digitally painted background. On the left hand side, the pumpkin carriage is travelling down a path, pulled by 2 small mice. Text follows the shape of the path, reading: “Cinderella made her way to the ball, she had no excuses after all.” in a hand-drawn typeface. On the right hand side, is a close up of the pumpkin carriage. Cinderella is struggling to climb out of the carriage, covered in pumpkin gunk. The text reads: “When she arrived, the music was thumping, she could feel it as she squeezed out of her pumpkin.”
Image 2: Illustration spread mockup.
Image 3: Photograph of book spread: Mixed media illustration, using black biro, orange, black, and pink watercolours, orange coloured pencil, and digital painting, with a grey, textured, digitally painted background. On the left hand side, the pumpkin carriage is travelling down a path, pulled by 2 small mice. Text follows the shape of the path, reading: “Cinderella made her way to the ball, she had no excuses after all.” in a hand-drawn typeface. On the right hand side, is a close up of the pumpkin carriage. Cinderella is struggling to climb out of the carriage, covered in pumpkin gunk. The text reads: “When she arrived, the music was thumping, she could feel it as she squeezed out of her pumpkin.” ]
Cinderella: The Clock Struck Twelve
Mixed media illustration, using black biro, orange, black, and pink watercolours, orange coloured pencil, and digital painting, with a white background. Cinderella stands centre left, her hair frizzy, dress ripped, and covered in pumpkin gunk and seeds. A pool of pumpkin gunk trails behind her, to the right. There is text to her left, and integrated into the pumpkin gunk on her right. The text reads: “Draped in seeds and gunk that fell, she trailed around a pungent smell.” There is a hand-drawn quality to the typography, with illustrative features for ‘gunk’ and ‘pungent’ that mimic the pumpkin gunk.
GIF. Pumpkin carriage, created with black biro, watercolours, and coloured pencils. The rustic textures of the materials are maintained. The pumpkin has two rounded windows and an arched doorway. Its wheels have a spiral design. The wheels spin and the pumpkin bobs as it travels.
Narrative
Left: Romeo swigs from a bottle of poison in a spotlight. Text reads: “Dramatic Romeo, overcome with grief, threw himself upon her wreath. “Juliet’s dead! Our tale is done.” He necks the bottle down in one. Right: Juliet slowly picks herself up off the ground, waking up in her own spotlight. Text reads: “Typical Romeo! Quick to drink, but doesn’t ever stop to think. If he waited, just one minute more, he’d see Juliet rise from the floor.”
A girl in a yellow raincoat and wellies stands frozen in shock in front of a large, hairy creature with horns.
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