The Aschenputtel coloring book is finished and exists!

December 2, 2019Aschenputtel, IllustrationAschenputtel, coloring book, coloringbook, fairytale, Grimm, Grimm Brothers, Grimmbrothers, Illustration, storybookEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

It’s a real thing that exists!

The Aschenputtel Grimm Brothers coloring book I’ve been working on for a year+ is finally done and is an actual, physical coloring/story book object that you can buy if you so choose. I started working on the Aschenputtel illustrations for a t-shirt design project that unfortunately fell through a long time ago, but I think they work pretty well as a coloring book instead.

Here’s the link to Amazon if you’d like to check it out: https://www.amazon.com/Aschenputtel-Coloring-Book-Jakob-Grimm/dp/1703120442

Aschenputtel re-do: 3rd Dress at the Ball

October 20, 2019Aschenputtel, IllustrationAschenputtel, ball, fairytale, gown, Grimm, Grimm Brothers, Illustration, lightningEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

The final, most spectacular of the three dresses.

Aschenputtel in her gown receives acclaim at the third night of the Ball.

Aschenputtel re-do: at her mother’s deathbed

October 20, 2019UncategorizedAschenputtel, deathbed, fairytale, Grimm, Grimm Brothers, IllustrationEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

Redo of Aschenputtel at her mother’s deathbed

Aschenputtel – first dress for the Ball

August 21, 2019Aschenputtel, IllustrationAschenputtel, ball, Brothers, bust, doves, fairytale, gown, Grimm, Illustration, sculptureEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

Aschenputtel – Receiving the dress for the first night of the Ball.

Here the doves fly down from the hazel tree with a gold & silver dress for Aschenputtel to wear to the first night of the Ball. Some busts look on approvingly.

Aschenputtel – Calling the Birds

August 21, 2019Aschenputtel, IllustrationAschenputtel, birds, Brothers, fairytale, Grimm, IllustrationEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

Aschenputtel re-do #4: calling all the birds of the world to help her sort lentils from ashes.

Here she is calling “all the birds under heaven.” I doubt this actually represents all of the birds under heaven but it’s at least a selection.

Aschenputtel re-do #3: planting the hazel branch

March 21, 2019Aschenputtel, Illustration, Kitty Chilsettangel, Aschenputtel, Brothers, cemetery, Cinderella, dove, eagle, fairy, fairytale, graveyard, Grimm, Grimm Brothers, hazel, Illustration, statue, tale, tombstoneEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

Aschenputtel re-do #3: here she’s planting the hazel branch on her mother’s grave.

Here she is planting a hazel branch and watering it with (of course) her tears. I tried to make her look sorrowful but I think she maybe just looks hung over, which is also understandable.

Aschenputtel re-do #2: pouring out the lentils

March 21, 2019Aschenputtel, Illustration, Kitty ChilsettAschenputtel, Brothers, cruel, evil stepsisters, fairy, fairytale, Grimm, Grimm Brothers, Illustration, kitchen, stepsisters, tale, wickedEli Chartkoff Leave a comment

Aschenputtel re-do #2–the cruel stepsisters pouring out the lentils.

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.

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