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The Marabbecca is a creature invented by Sicilian parents to warn their children against playing too close to wells. The Marabbecca will snatch the nearest child, pull them down into the well, & drown them.

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2020-08-20

Had this and more in the vault for like over a year, and now I have to bid my farewells. 。゜゜(´Ｏ`) ゜゜。

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2020-08-11

The Things That Live On Mars, by H. G. Wells. Cosmopolitan magazine, March 1908.

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2020-07-30

Howells Turner - Based on Justin Howells. His last name Howells made me this character.

Camden Wolf - Based on Shawn Dawson. Also known as the Alpha Wolf.

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2020-07-16

bottom of the grave. where the Dead King dwells. 2nd attempt to get it right

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2020-07-12

Elaianna Stalsworth likes to hang from the ship's shroud. Sometimes for fun. Sometimes to fight off ne'er-do-wells.

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2020-07-12

another composition practice I did about a monnnth ago? anyway this one kind of burned me out once I started on the main subject matter but, oh wells.

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2020-07-08

1805: A view of St Vincent's Rock at Hotwells. Coloured etching by T Morris. John Wesley favoured the New Hotwell, where he could be 'free from noise and hurry'. In 1754, he credited the waters for his recovery from consumption. [British Library KTop 13.88.f]

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2020-06-24

Ananiel, Singer of Dark Songs ⛈️
One day as the sun began to dip below the horizon, the boats denied Ananiel's pleads for them so stay. They ignored him, and so he sent the merciless swells. In life, first seafarers had been his acolytes. In death, they were their own men.

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2020-06-12

Just watched a red kite cruising over Wells. I've seen dozens above Dyfed and plenty along the M4, but this is only the 2nd I've seen in Someret. A good day.
'Red Kite', Delia Portsmouth, oil on board, 1970.

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2020-05-30

"There will come a time when we must part. I only tell you this, in the hope to make easier our farewells."

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2020-05-24

JMW Turner was born in 1775. When he was still a young student at the Royal Academy schools in 1791, Turner came to Bristol to visit family friends. The Avon Gorge made a huge impression on him and he produced ambitious watercolours such as this one of the Hotwells.

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2020-04-23

Day 9- Italy Based on a Marabbecca, a folklore monster that resides in wells.

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2020-04-10

The kyrkogrim is the Swedish variant of the English church grim: an animal that was buried alive beneath a church’s foundation and that subsequently wakes up from the dead each night to creep around the grounds and spook off ne’er-do-wells.

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2020-03-26

❝No coffee, but I did have my chocolate milk! I'm ready to handle any ne'er do wells.❞

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2020-03-12

"Sorry, but your planet's banned from entry..."

The First Men In The Moon, by H G Wells. Amazing Stories, December 1926.

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2020-02-24

"I long to stay. Where the light dwells.
To guard against the cold, that I know well"

I just had to make a digital version of daddy Syl with baby Eisner 💕

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2020-01-28

That's it for another amazing 🧜‍♀️
This week's theme was the lore of and A personal favourite, was the one about litterers being obliterated by lightning. Screw those guys! This is wishing you all an epic week (img J. Waterhouse 1893)

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2019-11-07

Illustrations (1906) for War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. The artist is Henrique Alvim Corrêa. “This isn't a war," said the artilleryman. "It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants.”

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2019-11-07