GERR!

GERR!

Friday, December 15, 2006

• Help! Gerta, in Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, gets help from the Robber-Girl and a strong reindeer. The Snow Queen is my favorite Hans Christian Andersen story. I wonder why Disney never appropriated it? The story has a female heroine, ceatures, an evil witch, an adventurous journey - lots of stuff for a Disney adaption. Maybe it's a good thing they never did.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow, that is simply beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous.

pati said...

Oh, I love this story! The first time I've heard it was when my first boyfriend tried to reconcile with me after of first breaking up.

I was so touched by it that I couldn't resisted ;)

BTW urs is an amazing illo. Beautifully done. I love it!

Julie said...

lovely!

ELLA ELVIANA said...

wow, this is watercolor? *clap clap*

jillustration said...

this is absolutely gorgeous. I love your work.

Kim de Young said...

You have an amazing style and ability. Your artwork is really wonderful!

Joseph Chiang said...

mesmerizing!

Joy Eliz said...

OH WOW!!!! This is absolutely Beautiful!!

Anonymous said...

Stunning Piece!

studio lolo said...

So beautiful...love the lavender sky.

Natura said...

Wow, very delicate and beautiful, great style.

steve said...

Amazing piece! So wintery and just plain beautiful.

Michelle Lana said...

Wonderful work, ernie! so beautiful! Thanks for stopping by!

Sue J said...

What a beautiful painting. Thanks for sharing :-)))

Anonymous said...

Hey, I want to ask you sth: Have you used a refference for this picture? If so, can you tell me where you got it from? Because it looks just like a picture from my old fairy-tale-book, which I lost. I've been searching for it on the internet for 2 months! :)

Darcia

Uncle Ernie said...

Sorry I can't help with any specific reference sources on the layout. As I remember, when I did this, I looked at some old books I had and tried to illustrate parts of the story that had not been illustrates yet, in those editions. The costume was from something like a National Geographic Kids magazine, I walked off with from my dentist's office. The reindeer was from Eadweard Muybridge's Animals in Motion. Good luck in your search!