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This mid-nineteeth century example of a cut-paper scene dates from the early days of the rise of cut-paper playbills, posters, and artwork. While most scholars agree that it is an illustration of a bit of Victorian doggerel:

It's true, they say, you can catch the moon
With a slug and a rat and a silver spoon
But what they don't say (and they ought)
Is what to do with it once it's caught.

there is an alternate view, advanced by the historian Vincent Westfarthing, that it is in fact an advertisement for an extremely obscure play entitled "The Rat and the Moon: A Theatrical Exploration Of The Dangers of Body-Piercing," which reportedly closed the first night, due to mass audience walkout.
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...so, yeah. Been playing "Alice: Madness Returns" and really admired the use of the cut paper 2-D effects in the cut scenes. Not the first to do it, but they did it very elegantly, and it made me want to fool around with the aesthetic myself.

The frame took approximately fifty times as long as the drawings, being assembled out of bits and chunks. Having figured out some of the issues involved, I'd like to try again with a more complex scene, but it will take awhile before my eyes uncross long enough to do a bigger frame.

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~Mini-Wolfsbane Feb 12, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Very pretty! I love it!

Interesting story behind it too. Never heard of that before.
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Mood: Love ~Sylverwyng Jan 5, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
OMG. Your art has progressed so much since the first time I found you, and watched. I still remember some of the older pieces, like I saw them yesterday. You are just that good. But this....this is beyond. I absolutely am in love with this.
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~tenko72 Nov 14, 2011
So cool!
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Mood: Joy ~LeonoraDarkling Nov 13, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
one word - Outstanding!
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~Kavyle Nov 13, 2011  Student General Artist
That moon looks like a troll... It isn't gonna eat the mouse, is it? D=
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~casadrat06 Nov 7, 2011
All of that is made of different pieces of paper? That is so cool (not to mention really difficult!). Even if it's just paper effects from Photoshop or something, assembling something out of bits and pieces and having it come out this nice & cohesive is always impressive compared to simply doing the whole thing in one medium on a single level.

Also, love the textures on the blues & purples in the middle, it reminds me of a stage curtain. :)
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~sutek911 Nov 6, 2011
That rat is beautiful :)
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~garylarson Nov 6, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
like the buddha ears
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*MobriDomble Oct 19, 2011  Student General Artist
This reminds me that I need to finish that game (Alice) and to play through the original again. The art piece is fantastic, anyway. I would love to see more experimentation with the 2D paper theme. :)
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~garylarson Nov 6, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
the game 'alice is dead'?
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