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25 Various Styles of The Wizard of Oz Illustrations
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical-fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. In the film, Dorothy, a schoolgirl living in Kansas, is struck unconsicious during a tornado. She dreams about how she and her dog Toto, with the help of a Scarecrow, a Tin man and a Cowardly Lion, find their way home from the magical world of Oz.
Many people like these four characters very much: sweet Dorothy, smart Scarecrow, brave Tin man and sensetive Lion. Many artists like them as well, and they have created various artworks featuring the four to show their fondness. We have selected 25 of the best illustrations, which might remind you of that magical world and that famous song “Over the Rainbow”.
Designed by Sebastian Giacobino (Left), Maurenilson Freire (Right)
Designed by Tyshea
Designed by Kajusx
Designed by Julian Totino Tedesco (Left), Jordi Villaverde (Right)
Designed by Heiko
Designed by Toshiyuki Osakabe
Designed by Nura T (Left), Dapper Dan (Right)
Designed by Lambros
Designed by Gino
Designed by Doug Harvey (Left), Jed Soriano (Right)
Designed by Robb Mommaerts
Designed by Skottie Young
Designed by Tayfunsezer
Designed by Tony Papesh
Designed by Sabrina Alberghetti
Designed by Lee Gaston
Designed by FreakingArG
Designed by Eisha
Designed by Maurenilson Freire
Post published on 27th July 2009
Ray Hicks
July 28th, 2009 at 8:23 am
WOW- just WOW
glych
July 28th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I find it interesting that most of these representations use the ruby slippers instead of the original silver slippers from the book.
Mritunjai
July 29th, 2009 at 1:00 am
very nice art.
Paul Hill
July 29th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I love Oz all and ever thing . I have been collecting sence 1975. Thank u
cahyana
July 31st, 2009 at 6:45 pm
funny!
acec
August 3rd, 2009 at 9:32 am
some of these, interesting, but… they all seem to have forgotten the charcter´s personalities, how the lion is a coward, the scarecrow is stupid ans so on…a bit cold and heartless perhaps..
bob
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 am
wow…this is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yermine
August 3rd, 2009 at 11:02 am
oh my god!!!! lov them i did my version of the W.Oz the when i was @ school this is the link http://www.behance.net/Gallery/The-Wizard-Of-OZ/169762
hope u like it
boeizillustrious
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:08 pm
thank you.
Michelle
August 3rd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
wow, amazing!
All the artists are very talented and show their own style in their artwork!
very nice.
ricardo
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Fantastic
ecigarette
August 3rd, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Awesome illustrations. Thanks for posting them.
BunnygotBlog
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:27 pm
These are adorable.I just love everyone ’s creative talents.
nykkie
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:55 pm
umm how come they make dorothy look like a stripper in some of them? she’s supposed to be sweet. but anyway gj on most of them.
Ronnie
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Over the Rainbow
robb
August 4th, 2009 at 1:37 am
the wizard of oz has never looked any cooler.
good job.
Dan
August 4th, 2009 at 1:43 am
enjoyed this!
TrixRabbi
August 4th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Too much anime and steam punk styling.
Rick
August 4th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Wonderful illustrations – very well done and thought out. A lot of talent.
Wayne
August 4th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Woot woot. They all look brilliant.
Blogart
August 4th, 2009 at 7:42 am
The first one is by far the best. Some of these people have some sick minds if the these drawing correctly illustrate where their mind goes when they think of the beloved childhood classic. Call them creative if you want i call them twisted
someone
August 4th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I’ve never seen most of those before… very unique!
frank
August 4th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Props to Scottie Young…
The Tin Man’s mustache
Brittany C
August 4th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
These are totally freakin awesome.
E-man
August 4th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Wow so many different personalities and styles.
VERY NICE! I LIKE!
Michael
August 4th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
These are great! It’s amazing how many different visions there are here.
Osama
August 4th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
These are PHENOMENAL! Especially the ones from Giacobino, clv, and SeriojaInc!
JLee
August 4th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
the one by kajusx was awesome
Multimedia Design
August 4th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
AWesome variations on a theme. I love parody and tweaks. Nicely done!
el mago de Oz
August 5th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
A million of thank yous for this post.
I’m a spanish ozmaniac.
John Cruz
August 5th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Really? This whole segment and no bad motha wizard?
http://davidmacdowell.deviantart.com/art/quot-Bad-Mutha-Wizard-quot-102620470
SallaJadeGoddess
August 6th, 2009 at 9:55 am
The Joy and Fun we in discover in our own Self Expression!
Wallpapers
August 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Really cool pictures , thanks for sharing !
brian pearl
August 6th, 2009 at 11:09 am
FIRST CLASS !!A fascinating collection of views on a theme.
Pamela
August 6th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Beautiful! Totally inspired!
Pam
Rohit
August 6th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Awesome Collection
Jean-Jacques
August 7th, 2009 at 6:22 am
nnniccccccce…………
pardoart
August 7th, 2009 at 7:26 am
My reinterpretation:
http://pardoart.deviantart.com/art/running-tales-oz-122958949
Joy of This Girl's Bookshelf
August 7th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Some of these are nice – aesthetically pleasing, super-creative. Very cool. But sadly they get lots in the noise of bad ones… no one needs another anime or super-dark/adult adaptation of Oz. Dorothy doesn’t need boobs and she especially doesn’t need fishnets. PLEASE.
orpit
August 7th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
muito bom!
Nicki j Allen
August 7th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
thanks for sharing the oz… this are great
G
August 7th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
These are amazing!! My only issue is that too many of them have made the COWARDLY lion far too confidant, powerful and mean looking.. As well as the fact that many seem to have forgotten dorothy’s RED SHOES!?
I think the reimaginings of the tin man and the scarecrow are all ingenious.
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!
melody
August 7th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
i loved all of them–what an imagination
zelda
August 8th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
like too many to write but love the imagination and details in all of them.
Praveen
August 9th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
w0w, these are so unique
domitype
August 9th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
all very nice! We have to remember hat Baum was living and writing in the heart of the “Age of Invention” and also when Vaudeville and all the hokum of the late 1800s to early 1900s was king!
“Steam Punk” and Oz are very much intertwined, I think…
Tik-Tok Man!
José Lopes
August 11th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Great set of images!
Congrats!
Joey
August 20th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
These are beautiful and creative interpretations.
Imagine if Hayao Miyazaki did “The Wizard of Oz”?
rahan1209
August 22nd, 2009 at 5:03 am
What a great post !! The skill of these artists is amazing and so intersting ! (sorry for my english, I’m french). It’s nice to see the differents artistics treatments of this subject. Thx
rahan1209
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:50 am
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It is so nice(like the rest of the site) !
THX
Ashley Adams : Postcard Printing
August 25th, 2009 at 4:56 am
Let me first admit that I am overwhelmed to find illustrations on the Wizard of Oz.. This has been one of my favorite movies and I could immediately recollect those sweet memories.. this is more like a gift for me and thanks for giving me this gift..
Amanda
August 27th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Very cool ideas. It’s interesting to see how each artist imagines the same theme so differently.
canvas prints
September 3rd, 2009 at 6:13 am
stunning! its weired how different people catch differnent ideas and draw them in different ways. If only i had that creative eye. Great work though they are all mint in there own way. Nice post
Keith Zulawnik
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:10 am
One that wasn’t shown here, and in my opinion the best, was by Enrique Fernandez. Here is the link to his version, amazing amazing work. http://tinyurl.com/mktehp
sir jorge
September 26th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
an amazing display of talent
efren dalusong
October 21st, 2009 at 5:59 am
ang gara pre…
Yona
October 25th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Wizard of Oz is a favorite of mine. My dog is named ‘Oz.’ Absolutely love this collection.
hann
November 10th, 2009 at 2:57 am
he’s a TINMAN, not a ROBOT!!
i mean, i’m all for creative license, but i don’t see anyone changing the lion to a tiger do you? no, because he’s a lion.
that’s just slightly annoying, even art has SOME restrictions, that’s the challenge of art!
pilocarpine
November 20th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
isn’t the robot a tin-man?
fer
December 7th, 2009 at 6:14 am
i loved it
mg
January 20th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
AWESOME!
divja dristi
May 5th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
why is the original W. W. Denslow left out? his were the first, the most unique and, really, the best. my second favorite illustrator of Oz is Lisbeth Zwerger, also left out…
canvas prints
July 7th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
stunning! Amazing. This was my favourite film as a kid
bobby
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:54 am
Wow, cool Illustrations, thanks for sharing. Also you guys can check the cool gadgets on Sunnygain.com. Thanks again.
friends with benefits
September 6th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
i like the sexy one
-jason
friends with benefits
photo enlargement
October 10th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
All amazing images, Thankyou so much for sharing these, Great post.
dll files
November 12th, 2010 at 6:30 am
all the styles are made very perfectly. i like all the styles except a bit of 3rd one.
kevin
January 19th, 2011 at 5:54 am
I like cartoon.
steven
January 25th, 2011 at 10:24 pm
These picture made me miss my childhool
memur
February 7th, 2011 at 12:58 am
im a fan of GS FC and we all like lion. of course these illustrations are great.
pop art portraits
March 3rd, 2011 at 7:26 am
One of my all time favourites! It is amazing how people see something in so many different ways. Thanks for visualising these in one post to see side by side. amazing!
photographer ayr
March 3rd, 2011 at 7:29 am
Wow, love the ‘lambros’ artwork. Would love to see a film in that style!
pony
April 28th, 2011 at 12:13 am
nice pictures,I like it.
pony
May 7th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
I don’t know what’s meaning of these pictures
keen
June 22nd, 2011 at 12:22 am
very nice,i love these design very much,my son like drawing very much,too.
Valentine day gifts
August 16th, 2011 at 4:40 am
Wonderful and cool ideas illustrated here…Like it.