watch enough black sails and then you end up drawing Stede 2.0 like Jack Rackham, which is a FINE LOOK

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'She put her arms round the marble figure which was so like the Prince'
Illustration from the Little Mermaid by Arthur Rackham, 1919

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Ugh, I have a really hard time deviating from my habits :P

Arthur Rackham, Illustration for the Goblin Market, 1933

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Sabrina Fair, Illustration for Comus by John Milton, Arthur Rackham, 1921.

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Valkyries functioned as guides to the afterlife, leading the souls of fallen warriors either to Odin's Valhalla, or to the peaceful fields of Freya's Fólkvangr.

Art: Arthur Rackham, "Wagner's Ring Cycle: Valkyrie," 1910

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In Greek mythology, Iris is a sky goddess and the personification of the rainbow. She is also a messenger of the gods, travelling from one end of earth to the other at the speed of wind, connecting the gods to humanity.

🎨'Iris' - Arthur Rackham, 1921.

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The same GoT c*missioner (Rosa, you are the best! <3) also ordered these Black Sails paintings back in 2018, which was fucking jackpot to me bc I LOVE pirates and I liked Black Sails a lot (never finished it tho)

Anne Bonny and Rackham, and Max (both also have speedpaints)

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Father Christmas by Arthur Rackham, 1907

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The Russian tale Frost is quite shocking to modern readers, as it teaches girls obedience to father figures at all costs to ensure survival. Young Marfa lies & gives Frost the answer he wants to hear, & is thus spared from a freezing death. Img: Rackham, 1916

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Aesop's fables - Quack Frog, Rackham, 1912. 🐸

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Professor Oliver Rackham, botanist & ecologist , whose History of the Countryside influenced a generation, born 1939.

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Fairy tales were often emotional maps for children. For centuries, mortality rates were high & many children lost their mother. As in Cinderella, fairy godmothers were ghostly, maternal surrogates & cast loving spells. 💫📚

🎨Rackham, Abbot, Tuck publisher

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Everyone needs a little help at times. Where would Cinderella be without her fairy godmother and her magic wand ✨✨


Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac
Galina Galinskaya, Millicent Sowerby

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"New lamps for old!"
by Arthur Rackham, depicting Aladdin's magical lamp being traded by the housekeeper

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Arthur Rackham, born this day in (1867-1939).
“For children in their most impressionable years, there is, in fantasy, the highest of stimulating and educational powers.”
Self Portrait
Old Woman in the Woods
Pandora
The Valiant Little Tailor

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The 'Child Ballads' are a collection of 305 ballads collated in 19th century by Francis James Child, published in 10 volumes 1882 - 1898


art: The Twa Corbies by Arthur Rackham, 1867
of Child Ballad 2

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"Like the sundial, my paint box counts no hours but sunny ones."
🎨  English illustrator, was 19 September 1867.

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Dicho esto, aprovecho para recomendar las ilustraciones de Siegfried que hizo Rackham, absolutamente maravillosas. Pero, repito, con incongruencias históricas.

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"Like the sundial, my paint box counts no hours but sunny ones."
🎨  English illustrator, 6 September 1939.

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<before/after which, proba/possibly the biggest inspiration in the 'look' of this current batch comes from Disney's 'Robin Hood' and the many characters therein; but also: Beatrix Potter, A. A. Milne/E. H. Shepard, Kenneth Grahame/Shepard again + Arthur Rackham, Richard Adams...>

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