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Some illustrations from the Flying Monkey’s story in chapter 14: the lineage of the Golden Cap, Gayelette & Quelala, and a monkey dropping Quelala in a river.

This is maybe the only point I’m making any reference to Oz continuity outside of this one book: the only country of Oz not featured in Wizard is the northern one, in which everything is purple, as it’s blue in Munchkin Country, yellow in Winkie Country, and red in Quadling Country. Gayelette and Quelala are said indistinctly to have lived somewhere in the north, so purple seems appropriate.

(There’s a map on the Wikipedia page if you’re interested)

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You will remember there was no road–not even a pathway–between the castle of the Wicked Witch and the Emerald City.  When the four travelers went in search of the Witch she had seen them coming, and so sent the Winged Monkeys to bring them to her.  It was much harder to find their way back through the big fields of buttercups and yellow daisies than it was being carried.  They knew, of course, they must go straight east, toward the rising sun; and they started off in the right way.

Always tricky to find something compositionally interesting to do with these “walking in a direction” chapters. Happy with this one though, and it’s the chronologically first time we’ll see everybody in their New Outfits. I like big meaningful costume changes and it’s something I pay a huge amount of attention to in my own work (or I guess the work that is more fully mine, let’s say).

I’m also working lately on some mockups for the cover of this thing. More as situation develops.

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Dorothy learns how to summon the monkeys.

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Happy weekend, here is a little preview of an upcoming chapter illustration.

ok bye!