Limited edition artist series bottles for Rabbit Hole Distillery. I reimagined Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland characters in a sort of Steam Punk vehicle riding world. Alice is all grown up and tatted with Dinah as co-pilot in the front. The Dodo, (who was a metaphor for politicians) has a Boss Tweed type driver atop his destructive steel behemoth. The Caterpillar has emerged from his cocoon even more twee and affectatious than before and flies away in a puff of hookah smoke. Will Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum ever make it out of the forest while working against their own interests? The Queen’s Card Guardsman patrols the night skies. The Queen of Hearts is imposing on her half flamingo-half machine. “Dareringer” is single barrel cask strength Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks at 118 proof and luckily is my favorite of all their offerings. Available at select retailers in South Carolina and Texas. Posters, T-shirts, and stickers are also available. This was an incredible amount of work conceptualizing and designing and redesigning these characters and backgrounds. Alice in wonderland is beloved and has been reimagined so many times it took so long to develop something new. We had several half starts and reworks but in the end it was worth it, the bottles are beautifully printed and even have spot gloss embossing on the art. Time for me to go have 2 or 3 (or 4) fingers, Cheers!
Shirts sold out, sticker available only at their distillery, but posters are for sale in their web shop https://www.rabbitholedistillery.com/pages/lifestyle
Shirts sold out, sticker available only at their distillery, but posters are for sale in their web shop https://www.rabbitholedistillery.com/pages/lifestyle
First attempts, literal character based redesigns. Alice is grown up and is a Raku ceramics badass or a photographer. The White Rabbit is constantly late for work
First attempts, literal character based redesigns. The Cheshire Cat is a silk smoking jacket smooth talking bourbon drinker, The Caterpillar is an annoying beatnik, The Queen of hearts is a casino dynamo.
unused concepts from left to right: Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit (I thought the whole concept could be a kind of wacky race and he was the pace car of sorts)
AOI World Illustration Awards 2023 Longlisted