Uncle Henry just before the cyclone!

It's Kansas, and the cyclone is beginning to whistle up the wind in front of Dorothy Gale's house. Uncle Henry's getting concerned.

This is an animated stillframe from some exploratory artwork we're doing at The L. Frank Baum Project, at Squeaky Books.

A note about this video. L. Frank Baum wrote fourteen books set in the Land of Oz, and a bunch of short stories. Many of the short stories were never illustrated by beloved Oz illustrator John R. Neill. So we at Squeaky Books are reviving many of Baum's lost or forgotten works, re-illustrating them in the style of John R. Neill.

It is our goal with this project to imagine what the illustrations might have been like had they been drawn by beloved Oz illustrator John R. Neill, who illustrated forty-two Oz novels, including thirteen by Baum. For this series, we have stitched together portions of Neill's original artwork with our own illustrations, attempting to invoke the spirit and linework of John R. Neill. We hope the result brings these stories back to life for a new generation of readers to enjoy.

If you're curious about our work, or want to see more, visit us at www.patreon.org/squeakybooks