Little Red Riding Hood

7/30/2016

Nate McClain (American, 1973 - 1997)
Little Red Riding Hood, 1994
Watercolor & Ink
6 x 11 inches
Courtesy of Dave and Amy

Little Red Riding Hood is a 26-page illustrated book Nate created which is based on the children's story as told by Charles Perrault. Nate was 21 years old when he created this piece for his Senior Art Project to earn his Illustration degree from Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU) in Springfield, Missouri.

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David E.

9/10/2016 10:16:36 pm

This is a classic childhood story beautifully illustrated by Nate. It reveals Nate's eye for the dark/twisted side of things. Sure the original story has a hero who comes in and saves the day, but is that man a half drunk Scotsmen with a DOUBLE HEADED AXE!? HELL NO! Nate gives the story more of a real quality as well. For instance, look at the Grandma and Little Red Riding Hood, they are STUPIFIED(as they should be)! In the original, everyone was happy and didn't think anything of just being eaten by an 8 foot werewolf then freed by gutting. Yeah, that's normal. ----------a goal------------ I have the finished product (the book you see above) and one of the original watercolor and ink illustrations. What I would like to find is all the original illustrations and have them framed together in sequence to tell the story. Can anyone help me out here?

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Little Red Riding Hood

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