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Earlier this year I was feeling some cultural identity dysphoria so I asked my Yeh Yeh for the name of his fave Chinese folktale so I could read it. Instead he wrote a 5 pg document retelling The Butterfly Lovers & why he loved it. So for Christmas I made this piece for him

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2018-12-22

Currently on view in our winter exhibit "Cultural Traditions: Celebrating the original art from award-winning illustrator Tomie dePaola's charming "The Night of Las Posadas." This 1999 folktale celebrates Hispanic holiday traditions. ©Tomie dePaola.

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2018-12-22

Participated in my first zine this year with 40+ (!) imaginative creators for , which you can now buy here: https://t.co/eZihyUBirP

My piece is based on a Swiss folktale of a nix (water spirit) and their mortal lover. Dip a toe in, below!🌙🎶✨

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2018-12-20

Excited to share the latest addition to my shop: Little Faerie Girl Sighted by Human in the Tea Cupboard Original Painting Fantasy Art Folklore Folktales Fairyland Fairytales Teacup Teapot https://t.co/uLF7111d3m

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2018-12-17

I drew this for my folk story ive been working on. Its kind of like concept art for it you thats that.
How does one draw snow

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2018-12-16

A mini illustration I created during Folktale week! The prompt was “forest” 🎄

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2018-12-10

Another print available in my Etsy store! This was part of Folktale week!

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2018-12-09

The spell now cast, she was transformed at last,
Lola the Lapine had become, her dreamed of, inner-true animal!
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Al'miraj are mythical rabbit things; said to resemble a relatively normal rabbit but may walk on 2 legs and have a singular spiraling horn.

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2018-12-07

This started out as a digital sketch for and I just couldn’t get the textures the way I wanted. I love how the final illustration turned out 😊

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2018-12-07

Let's try this out! Something for the winter mood, based on a norwegian folktale I recently read~ ❄️

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2018-12-05

Continuing on my own time! Britlinfran is something of a Her powers are god-like. She's very neutral, but not concerned with being fair. Nothing is ever comforting in Alaska II.

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2018-12-04

I absolutely love new twists on my favorite folktales. Your endings and empowered girls make Rapunzel and Little Red must reads! Can't wait for Hansel & Gretel to arrive.

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2018-12-03

Some IG event I made this year. Each one has a story based on the daily prompt. , etc. I really enjoyed doing these, can't wait for next year's prompt!

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2018-12-03

Day320\/365. Interrupting folktale week for a small study, reference used. Done after seeing the nice tutorial from amazing :)

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2018-11-30

The in this retelling of Swan Lake were done in acrylic, ink, and pastel, by#trinascharthyman.

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2018-11-30

THE WITCH | THE VVITCH - A NEW-ENGLANG FOLKTALE (2015) by Robert Eggers by

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2018-11-26

Over on instagram there was a challenge similar to inktober called folktale week! I had a lot of fun trying to find interesting Portuguese folktales to illustrate. If you'd like go check it out https://t.co/LFCb97Pp8r

This was just a little experiment I did before it started 😊

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2018-11-25

Another belated illustration for 'Witch'.

This is Hecate - goddess of witchcraft and magic. Associated with the moon, night, entrance ways and portals, in later periods she was depicted in triple form.

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2018-11-23