Ashes to ashes. We all fall down

DEATH BECOMES US

Death Becomes Us is a series of three books featuring three classic children’s fairy tales with a sinister twist. I have always been fascinated with the horror genre and reading creepy stories, and wanted to combine this interest with nostalgic characters and stories I grew up with. This collection includes the story of Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel. Death Becomes Us is a re-imaging of these fairy tales where the heroes share a dark and bloody fate compared to their original story.
Character Illustrations
I designed each character as well as their respective cover illustration with a dark and bloody approach. I chose to redesign classic children stories to juxtapose their lighthearted tale with my gory aesthetic. Each of my design draws inspiration from a dark component from their original story that I exaggerated. For example, In Hansel and Gretel, instead of eating the house made of candy, they eat each other. Little Red Riding Hood is prepared to battle the wolf, and Alice becomes demented and psychotic just like the world she enters.

DEATH BECOMES US

Death Becomes Us is a series of three books featuring three classic children’s fairy tales with a sinister twist. I have always been fascinated with the horror genre and reading creepy stories, and wanted to combine this interest with nostalgic characters and stories I grew up with. This collection includes the story of Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel. Death Becomes Us is a re-imaging of these fairy tales where the heroes share a dark and bloody fate compared to their original story.

Approach

I designed each character as well as their respective cover illustration with a dark and bloody approach. I chose to redesign classic children stories to juxtapose their lighthearted tale with my gory aesthetic. Each of my design draws inspiration from a dark component from their original story that I exaggerated. For example, In Hansel and Gretel, instead of eating the house made of candy, they eat each other. Little Red Riding Hood is prepared to battle the wolf, and Alice becomes demented and psychotic just like the world she enters.

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Typography

Cover Design

End Pages Design