150 Years Alice in Wonderland x Alice's Pig // Part 3

THE QUEENS CROQUET GROUND

by Davina Cochrane

Davina Cochrane is a German multi skilled illustrator and visual media artist living in London. She holds a BA in Illustration from the University of the Arts (London College of Fashion). Davina experiments with a lot of different techniques and media, she has collaborated with artists from multiple industries. “I have decided to only add the crucial color red for the queen of hearts to my work. As Disney princesses and queens are always beautifully skinny women, therefore I have come up with my own pretty version of the queen of hearts.”

WHO STOLE THE TARTS?

by Anna-Lena Kühler

Anna Lena grew up in Northern Germany and France. She studied Industrial Design and Graphic 

Design in Braunschweig and Wiesbaden. She loves experimenting with a broad variety of styles and 

materials, ranging from coffee and blueberry ink to fabric and digital illustration on her wacom-board. 

Having worked on multiple illustration and design projects, Anna-Lena is a mother of three and 

currently lives and works in Wiesbaden, Germany.

HUMPTY DUMPTY

by Emily Allison

Emily is studying illustration at the University of Portsmouth. She specialises in hand-drawn/digital 

illustration with a focus on character design and typography. Emily runs her own blog and online store for designed greeting cards. “For this piece I took much of my inspiration straight from the old Disney classic animation to the Tim Burton feature film. I am so mesmerized by the absurdity and magical element that runs through Alice in Wonderland, and this was something that I wanted to appear within my artwork. I hope that this piece may give the viewer an insight into the strangely peculiar world of Wonderland!”

TWEEDLE DUM AND TWEEDLE DEE

by Paula Ruiz Bressel

Paula holds a degree in Editorial Illustration and Fine Art from Complutense University in Spain. She has been commissioned for projects with National Literacy Trust charity, Pigeons and Peacocks magazine and for the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Paula lives in London and studies Fashion Illustration at the University of the Arts (London College of Fashion). “The inspiration for the artwork was mainly found from the characters of the Disney cartoon. However, I wanted to make them feel more real, add a powerful atmosphere and the crow lurking in the background.”

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150 Years Alice in Wonderland x Alice's Pig // Part 2

LITTLE BILL

by Paul Hörner

Paul was born in Southern Germany and studied design in Berlin. He sold his soul to the devil by 

becoming an art director in an advertising agency. In addition he is actively creating art in the 

German street-art scene under the pseudonym “Cami”. Paul lives and works in Hamburg, Germany. 

“This is my very personal attempt to translate the craziness of the old Disney movie into the digital 

realm and exaggerate it even further.”

ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR

by Simone Rohler

Simone Rohler lives and works in London as a digital designer for a live music-advertising agency. 

Formerly she set up a project to create 65 unique band illustrations in different mediums and 

distribute them to fans at the Governors Ball 2013. Her most recent works are mostly inspired by 

songs and movies. 

“I love both, Alice in Wonderland and Alice’s Pig. It was a no-brainer to contribute when I was 

approached. I picked the caterpillar theme because it sparked the most inspiration. It sounded fun 

and colourful and since I like butterflies this was as close as I could get to drawing one ...”

PIG AND PEPPER

by Anna Papaioannou

Born in Thessaloniki, Anna holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and an MA in Art and Design and a BFA in Akto College of Art and Design. After having worked in art galleries and as a teacher in London, she recently moved back to Greece and is currently working on her first children’s book, which will soon be published by Key Books editions. Anna lives and works in Athens, Greece. “The inspiration for the artwork derived mainly from all the little stories I heard while working with schools children, where imagination has no limits. Remembering their reactions and what “they” would think when listening to Alice’s tale, helped me draw colorful elements in order to create an imaginative and happy work of art.”

THE CHESHIRE CAT

by Alejandra Bize’s Bio

Alejandra Bize is an illustrator based in Copenhagen, Denmark where she runs a label called Superskat. She’s attended both the School of Art “La Palma” in Madrid (Spain) and Central Saint Martins in London (UK). Alejandra is a published children book author (‘Postcard from Copenhagen’). She currently works on its sequel, `Postcard from London’, which will be published Christmas 2015.

A MAD TEAPARTY

by Hannah Messelink

Hannah graduated from University of Paderborn in Arts and Education in 2014 and works as a high 

school art teacher. During her studies she took part in several world-heritage-themed art-exhibitions 

(e. g. Paris, Essen, Corvey, Bamberg) and applied her very own style of illustration for advertising, 

children’s books and other creative projects. 

“As a child I loved the story of Alice in Wonderland for its fantastic and surreal creatures and of course, the Mad Teaparty always was my favourite scene. On the one hand it´s very funny because off all the nonsense the Hatter, the Dormouse and the March Hare are talking, but on the other it´s also unsettling because of their sudden animosities towards Alice. You cannot be sure about their true intentions and I tried to show this ambivalence in my interpretation of the scene.”

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150 Years Alice in Wonderland x Alice's Pig // Part 1

DOWN THE RABBITHOLE

by Verena Messelink.

Verena was born near Cologne, Germany and worked for over 30 years as an artist and art teacher.
Over the years she showcased her work in several national and international art exhibitions and
show events. Verena is a mother of four and proud owner of two pugs in Westphalia, Germany.
“Alice in Wonderland inspired me because the story is full of surreal and comic characters, which
communicate in a philosophical and absurd way and always do something crazy. That inspired me
to capture those mad ones in illustrated form.“

EAT ME, DRINK ME

by Helke Rah

Helke was born in Northern Germany and studied fine arts in Bonn with specialising in painting and
graphic design. She runs her own design label “Hellicopter” and ecommerce site. In addition she set
up a design retail space called “merkWürdig”. Helke lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
“When I first saw the image, I knew I wanted to work with a bird perspective and turn the archways
into doors. For further inspiration I re-watched the old versions of Alice in Wonderland and was kind
of sad that my scene was not set in the middle of Wonderland but in a closed room. Thus, I opened
the doors a bit to give the audience a glimpse of wonderland.”

SEA OF TEARS

by Holly Farmer

Holly studies fashion illustration at the London College of Art. She recently collaborated with Apple
and Company Magazine to create a range of trend illustrations for the new fashion season. Inspired
by Egon Schiele and Lucien Freud, Holly loves to capture the human psyche through traditional oil
painting as well as digital art.

CAUCAS RACE

by Christoph `Knopf`Mayer

Christoph is a renowned illustrator and graffiti artist who lives and works in Hamburg, Germany
who creates art under the pseudonym Drops. Having studied illustration and communication design
at HAW, Christoph has been commissioned for design and illustration work by Becks, Volkswagen,
Absolut Vodka, Jack Daniels and others.

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