Aschenputtel re-do #1: sleeping on her mother’s grave

March 18, 2019Aschenputtel, Illustration, Kitty ChilsettAschenputtel, asleep, cemetery, fairy, fairytale, grave, graveyard, Grimm, Grimm Brothers, Illustration, snow, taleEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

Aschenputtel re-do — I’ve been working on this project for so long that I realized the earlier designs don’t really match the later ones, so now I’m re-doing a bunch. This is her sleeping on her mother’s grave.

Aschenputtel’s sisters attacked by doves at her wedding

February 18, 2019Aschenputtel, Illustration, Kitty ChilsettAschenputtel, blood, boat, Brothers, cruel, doves, evil, Grimm, Illustration, mermaid, Prince, stepsisters, swans, weddingEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

“On the day of Aschenputtel’s wedding, the two sisters tried to ingratiate themselves and share in her happiness. On the way out from church, the two doves pecked out their eyes. So both sisters were punished with blindness for being so wicked and false.”

Claudio Abbronzandosi, “L’Enorme Esplosione”

February 18, 2019album covers, Illustrationalbum, art, cover, Illustration, opera, watercolorEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

Abbronzandosi’s “L’Enorme Esplosione” on Voci Ripugnanti

Vodj Vodjvojanov, “Human Fur”

February 18, 2019album covers, Illustrationalbum, art, cover, Illustration, jazz, music, watercolorEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

Vodj Vodjvojanov with Cecilia Scarab-Damask, “Human Fur” on A-Probe Records

Buddy Winks, “Reggae & Me”

February 18, 2019album covers, Illustrationalbum, art, cover, Illustration, music, reggae, watercolorEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

Buddy Winks, “Reggae & Me” on Wink Records

Sabrina and Mel, “Low Expectations”

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Sabrina and Mel, “Low Expectations” on Value Records

New series: album covers

February 18, 2019album covers, Illustrationalbum, art, cover, Illustration, watercolorEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

I’ve started making cover art for imaginary records, mostly as an excuse to learn how to use watercolors. No photoshop involved in these.

“Olga Sans-Souci sings A Touch Of Satan” on Always Appropriate Records

Aschenputtel tries on the golden slipper

December 28, 2018Aschenputtel, Illustration, Kitty ChilsettAschenputtel, Cinderella, crown, eagle, evil, evil stepsisters, golden, Grimm Brothers, Illustration, Prince, shoe, slipper, stepmother, wickedEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

“The king’s son handed her the golden slipper and it fitted perfectly. When she stood up and he looked in her face, he recognized the beautiful girl he had danced with and cried out “this is my true bride!” The stepmother and the two sisters went pale with fear and rage.”

Aschenputtel: the Prince and the second sister

December 28, 2018Aschenputtel, Illustration, Kitty Chilsettangels, Aschenputtel, blood, Cinderella, doves, equestrian, evil, golden, Grimm Brothers, horse, Illustration, portrait, shoe, slipper, stepsister, swan, wickedEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

“He looked down at her foot and saw that blood was spurting from the second stepsister’s shoe and staining her gown all red. He turned his horse around and took the false bride home again. “

Aschenputtel: the Prince and the first sister

December 28, 2018Aschenputtel, Illustration, Kitty ChilsettAschenputtel, Cinderella, equestrian, evil, Grimm Brothers, horse, Illustration, parade, procession, stepsister, wedding, wickedEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

“The two doves were sitting in the hazel tree and cried out: ‘There’s blood in the shoe, that’s not the proper bride.’ The king’s son looked down at her foot and saw the blood spurting. ‘No,’ he said, ‘this isn’t the right girl. Let her sister try the shoe on.'”