--- ## Hello Steemians! Today I come with a post for the [DuoDraw Monthly Art Contest](https://steemit.com/steem-cartoon/@hanbun/duodraw-monthly-art-contest-2-or-march-or-10-sbd-prize-pool) held by @hanbun. 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

Hi! I'm still crying because I barely managed to post this on time. My internet went out last night so I was panicking over this post. Haha. 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! ### EdenCI out!