Artist Reimagines Western Fairy Tales with a Korean Twist

by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim
editor@charactermedia.com

Anna built a snowman and Elsa formed her ice castle in an unnamed Nordic country. But what if the story of Disney’s Frozen took place on the Korean peninsula?

Korean artist and illustrator Na Young Wu, who goes by the handle Obsidian (@obsidian00) on Twitter, recently unveiled a series of illustrations depicting Western fairy tales as if they had taken place in Korea. Elsa’s glittering dress, for example, would look more like a hanbok, like so:

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Check out the rest of the artist’s Korean-Western fairy tales series below: The Frog Prince frog-prince The Little Mermaid   little-mermaid   Snow White snow-white

Alice in Wonderland

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Little Red Riding Hood

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Beauty and the Beast

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You can view more of the artist’s work on her Naver blog. Follow her on Twitter (@00obsidian00).

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H/T: Rocket News