Jobs in cultureIllustrator Wooh Na-young: Reinterpreting Western fairy tales with Asian look
When people think of "Alice in Wonderland," they naturally envisage a girl in a puffed sleeve sky-blue dress as Alice.
Illustrator Wooh Na-young, also known by her pen name "Obsidian," changes the popular image of the protagonist of Lewis Caroll's novel. Woo presents something unique in Alice falling down the rabbit hole ― the girl is in "hanbok" or traditional Korean costume.
Her unique style ― Western animation and film characters in hanbok and oriental drawing ― started going viral online, which led to her numerous collaborative projects with Netflix, Marvel, and Disney, including the recent cover for "Maleficent 2."