Reference Sources
The descriptive text on this site draws on the following authoritative references:
Image Credits
All images on this site fall into two categories: (1) official character posters and concept art released by Universal Pictures and the production studios for the 2024 film adaptation, used here as references to the fictional world and characters in a private, non-commercial educational context; and (2) classic public-domain illustrations from the original L. Frank Baum Oz books. Each image is credited below with its source URL, the artist or studio where known, and the license or context under which it is shared.
Character Imagery — 2024 Film Official Character Posters
Twelve character posters, each presenting a single fictional character as a designed visual entity. These are the canonical character art for the film adaptation and are used here to depict the characters themselves — not the actors who portrayed them.
Elphaba Thropp (balcony, Emerald City)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 4 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster, used to depict the fictional character
Elphaba Thropp (Yellow Brick Road)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 8 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster, alternate composition
Glinda Upland (balcony, pink)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 5 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster, used to depict the fictional character
Glinda Upland (bubble descent)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 10 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster, alternate composition
Fiyero Tigelaar (Shiz, with horse)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 9 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster
Nessarose Thropp (Munchkinland, wheelchair)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 12 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster
Boq Woodsman (Shiz, argyle vest)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 6 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster
Doctor Dillamond (Shiz faculty, goat)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 7 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster
Madame Morrible (Shiz headmistress, purple magic)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 11 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (chamber, green costume and gold mask)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 15 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster
Pfannee (Shiz student)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 13 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster
Shen Shen (Shiz student, with luggage)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked (2024) Ver. 14 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2024 film character poster
Character Imagery — 2025 Sequel Posters (Wicked: For Good)
Seven single-character posters from the 2025 sequel film, Wicked: For Good (covering Act Two). Each poster bears the explicit actor-character text attribution on the artwork itself. Used here as character art depicting the same characters at their story's later stage, not as actor portraits.
Elphaba as the Wicked Witch
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked: For Good (2025) Ver. 2 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2025 sequel character poster (single character)
Glinda, post-transformation
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked: For Good (2025) Ver. 3 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2025 sequel character poster (single character)
Fiyero in his uniform (Jonathan Bailey — on the poster text)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked: For Good (2025) Ver. 17 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2025 sequel character poster (single character)
Nessarose, Governor of Munchkinland (Marissa Bode — on the poster text)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked: For Good (2025) Ver. 18 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2025 sequel character poster (single character)
Boq, on his way to becoming the Tin Man (Ethan Slater — on the poster text)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked: For Good (2025) Ver. 16 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2025 sequel character poster (single character)
Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh — on the poster text)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked: For Good (2025) Ver. 15 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2025 sequel character poster (single character)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum — on the poster text)
Source: IMP Awards — Wicked: For Good (2025) Ver. 19 via Universal Pictures
Use: Official 2025 sequel character poster (single character)
Foundational Character Art — Design & Concept
Eight pieces of foundational character design — the actual costume-design and character-concept artwork that the films and stage production are built on. These are not promotional posters; they are the design source material that the promotional material is built on.
Susan Hilferty's original Elphaba costume design sketch
Source: National Museum of American History — "Something Wicked This Way Comes" album
Artist: Susan Hilferty, costume designer (Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, 2004)
Context: Photographed at the 2012 donation ceremony where the original Broadway Elphaba dress was gifted to the Smithsonian's collection
Use: The foundational Broadway costume design drawing — the design from which all subsequent Elphaba costumes descend
Doctor Dillamond — character concept art (costume exploration)
Source: Framestore — Wicked: Art Department
Studio: Framestore (character/animal design and animation for the 2024 film)
Use: Pre-production costume exploration for Doctor Dillamond — three wardrobe directions for the goat professor
Doctor Dillamond — expression sheet
Source: Framestore — Wicked: Art Department
Studio: Framestore
Use: Pre-production facial-expression modelling for Doctor Dillamond — the animation reference
Shiz University — the owl professor
Source: Framestore — Wicked: Art Department
Use: Pre-production character design for one of the talking-animal professors of Shiz
Shiz University — the snow leopard professor
Source: Framestore — Wicked: Art Department
Use: Pre-production character design for one of the talking-animal professors of Shiz
Shiz University — the tamarin monkey professor
Source: Framestore — Wicked: Art Department
Use: Pre-production character design for one of the talking-animal professors of Shiz
Emerald City — the monkey guards
Source: Framestore — Wicked: Art Department
Use: Pre-production character design for the Wizard's winged-monkey enforcers
The Ozdust Band
Source: Framestore — Wicked: Art Department
Use: Pre-production character design for the creature-musicians of the Ozdust Ballroom
Location Imagery — 2024 Film Production Concept Art
Eleven pieces of concept art depicting the fictional places of Oz, as designed for the 2024 film. Sourced from the official art departments and senior environment concept artists credited on the production. These are depictions of the in-universe locations, not photographs of any real-world film set.
The Emerald City — approach with poppies
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
Use: Concept art depicting the fictional Emerald City
The Emerald City — panoramic approach view
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
The Emerald City — low-angle, “Defying Gravity” study
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
Land of Oz — panoramic view from the Emerald City
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
The Land of Oz — pastoral panoramic
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
Shiz University — main concept
Source: ArtStation — Wicked: Shiz University Exploration
Artist: Oliver Beck, Senior Environment Concept Artist, 2024 film
Shiz University — approach study
Source: ArtStation — Wicked: Shiz University Approach
Artist: Oliver Beck, Senior Environment Concept Artist, 2024 film
Governor’s Mansion — Thropp family home, Munchkinland
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
Kiamo Ko (Elphaba’s Castle)
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
The Impassable Desert — night view
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
The Wilds of Oz — winged monkey flight study
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
The Ozdust Ballroom — band study
Source: Framestore — Wicked Art Department
Studio: Framestore (concept art for the 2024 film)
The Grimmerie (the spellbook)
Source: ILM Art Department — Wicked concept art
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic (concept art for the 2024 film)
Note on Use
This is a private, non-commercial educational project assembled from publicly available reference materials. The character posters and concept art of the 2024 film remain the property of Universal Pictures and the production studios; they are reproduced here at reduced resolution in a private, non-commercial, educational context with full attribution, to illustrate the fictional characters and locations of the work. The site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Universal Pictures, the Wicked stage production, or any of the rights holders associated with the work.