obsidian reinterprets western fairytales as korean illustrations

obsidian reinterprets western fairytales as korean illustrations
(above) snow white 
images courtesy of obsidian

korean artist nayoung wooh, also known as ‘obsidian‘, has rendered favorite disney princesses in the style of traditional korean animation art. the series ‘fairytales‘ adds a distinctive contemporary anime aesthetic to the historic and culturally significant styles of korean dress. although one female example is clothed in an elegant and classical yellow and blue garment, she is easily recognizable as snow white; the reinterpretation of beauty and the beast sees the monster as a tiger, and a poised young girl holding flowers beside him; a dark-haired alice makes her way through wonderland as she falls down the rabbit hole. each of the richly-colored backgrounds highlight both the contradiction and agreement between two widely diverse illustration styles, time periods, and cultural resources. 

‘beauty and the beast’

‘the little mermaid’

‘little red riding hood’

‘the frog prince’

‘alice in wonderland’