Into The Forest Darkさんのイラストまとめ

"The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos."
Happy birthday, Hayao Miyazaki!

Jacob Grimm, the German philologist, jurist & folklorist, was born #OTD in 1785. He & his brother Wilhelm first collected folk songs & tales for their friend Achim von Arnim. It was Arnim who encouraged them to publish their collected fairy tales as Kinder- und Hausmärchen.

Towards the end of his life, Maurice Sendak was asked how he finds his artistic style. His answer: It’s spontaneous combustion. I don’t know what’s going to work until I start to draw. It is so out of your hands it is amazing. There’s so much I don’t now about the procedure.

The Wind Rises (2013)

Claire Keane's concept art for Frozen

Now that it's a whole new year, I want to greet it with all the panache and dignity of Beatrix Potter's amiable guinea pig.

After reading about Charles Darwin's interest in fairy rings, I am working on a tale in which, while studying them, he enters the realm of Faerie.
(illustration by Arthur Rackham)

Chinese artist Qi Baishi, who was known for his playful & whimsical watercolors, was born #OTD in 1864

What has brought you joy, beauty, and a sense of wonder this year?
(art by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite)

Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone