As I was doing research for my final paper, I came across an interesting article about the illustrations in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Pictured in the article are both Tenniel’s illustration (which we saw in our version of the story) and Carroll’s depiction of Alice.
Below, you can see the differences between the two.
This semester I’m taking a drawing class, and it’s been really interesting to see how everyone in the class has a different interpretation on the same object or assignment. This made me start thinking about the disparities that could be present between the writer and the illustrator. They will likely have different perspectives on how a particular scene should be portrayed, and since both aspects (text and pictures) are very important to a story like this one, it creates a potential problem for the reader. Which is more reliable: text or picture? writer or illustrator?