Hello Steemians!
Today I come with a post for the DuoDraw Monthly Art Contest held by 
The theme for this month's contest is Alice in Wonderland. Specifically, the concepts of madness and wonder that are closely related to the story.
I had to pick one of the concepts to represent the illustration. Upon much thought, I ultimately chose wonder.
Without further ado, let me introduce the complete illustration before explaining the concept behind it:
According to the Merrian-Webster dictionary wonder can be defined as:
"rapt attention or astonishment at something awesomely mysterious or new to one's experience"
First of all, I have to say I wanted to play with this concept because it's a very magical word. It's open to interpretation, as the sense of wonder differs a lot from person to person, we all experience wonder in different ways and caused by different things, so it's no surprise that everyone interprets it differently.
I think people tend to associate somber atmospheres and colors to madness rather than wonder. But I wanted to use these hues and colors to make a contrast between the innocent Alice and the dark woods. At this very moment she is almost in a trance by the sheer wonder of what she could find down the hole. I wanted to make her pop and look almost out of place due to the strong emotion she is feeling at the moment.
And I think childish wonder is very powerful, children tend to be very curious and very innocent. Things that don't make an adult bat an eye can make a child feel completely enthralled by it.
In the end, I think both madness and wonder go very hand in hand in Alice in Wonderland, so it's difficult to not have them overlap a bit.
Here's a gif of the illustration process:
Afterwords
Anyways, thanks for checking out this entry. I didn't have the time to detail too much the drawing process but it's pretty similar to what I usually do.
I want to up my background game though, so I'm gonna spend some time checking... some tutorials or something.
I had fun making this! I hope you enjoyed it.
Thanks for reading!