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I drew my new RP Character "Rakhi", a half Orc half Thorwal worrior ❤️
I love her so much!!
Her weapons still need some engravings but my Fuschi will design some for me 💕🦊

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2022-08-07

I kept seeing "thunder beast vibes" in many Japanese engravings so I wanted to draw a Hak inspired on these works of art so badly! I've taking references from many of them but that cool pose belongs to Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's "Mimura Jirozaemon Kanetsune" of the Forty-Seven Ronin👇

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2022-08-02

In 1824, English entomologist Dr John Curtis began publishing 'British Entomology': 770 hand-coloured, copper-plate engravings with data. Unfortunately, a high percentage of the insects species recorded are now endangered; some extinct. Mostly, due to habitat loss.

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2022-08-01

This week we present a few small wood engravings by the California engraver Paul Landacre from Ward Ritchie’s short memoir of his longtime friend and colleague, designed by Ritchie and printed in 1982 for The Book Club of California in an edition of 650. https://t.co/v0HQ5zH8wJ

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2022-07-21

Are you taking part in the 2022 Big this
These are a few of the you may see, engravings from August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof's, (1705-1759) 'De natuurlyke historie der insecten, ...', Haarlem : Bohn & Wit, [1764].
https://t.co/c7bCVqG5f1

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2022-07-15

This we present a few wood engravings by Barry Moser from his printing of American poet Louis Simpson’s poem 'The Invasion of Italy' printed at Main Street, Inc. in 1976 in an edition of 75. Learn more: https://t.co/eVPkTS83uI

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2022-07-14

Some lovely pictures from the very versatile Clifford Webb. I'll post some of his engravings later.

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2022-06-28

Check out these engravings from the 1836 Harpers Stereotype Edition of 'Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions: with Illustrations of Their Climate, Geology, and Natural History; and an Account of the Whale-Fishery.' Learn more: https://t.co/kOpqt8bDoE

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2022-06-27

We were taken by Eichenberg’s anthropomorphic depiction of animals, so we decided to display some of his bird images from the 25 engravings in this book for Learn more: https://t.co/u4yu5Xy6KF

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2022-06-17

We stumbled across Fritz Eichenberg's wood engravings for the 1954 Limited Editions Club production of Goethe's version of 'The Story of Reynard the Fox,' printed by the Gallery Press in New York in an edition of 1500 copies signed by the artist.

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2022-06-17

🐘 Engravings of lions, tigers, panthers, leopards, dogs, &c.
London, H.G. Bohn, 1853.
https://t.co/vKrzX8HJLa

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2022-06-16

Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant born was born in 1726. Here are just a few of the 107 engravings from his book 'The British Zoology', 1766, this edition "published under the inspection of the Cymmrodorion Society".

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2022-06-14

Scottish wood engraver, illustrator and painter Agnes Miller Parker illustrated 5 books by Thomas Hardy for the Limited Editions Club from 1942 to 1969. Today we present Miller Parker’s engravings for the 1956 LEC production of 'Tess of the d’Urbervilles.' https://t.co/UmmaiBbg2H

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2022-06-09

'Artist Clare Leighton, best known for her wood engravings, produced 12 dramatic, brooding illustrations to Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights in 1931. They are said to have inspired a set designer for the 1939 film version of the novel starring Laurence Olivier.'

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2022-05-25

Maple fun fact: I was singing a really cheerful tune while I came up with—and drew—the sad little engravings :D

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2022-05-23

Just been looking at some delightful Monica Poole wood engravings. A unique style.

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2022-05-17

Upper image: " Portion of the Horseshoe Fall, Niagara"
Lower image: "The American Falls, Niagara"

Wood engravings made after photographs. Dated 1860.
https://t.co/cAeukEPeqF

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2022-05-15

I present to your attention Siren in the style of Japanese engravings. Siren is able to drive any man crazy with her presence and she is really dangerous. But this Siren met a man who was able to hurt her 💔🧜🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/OAme174Nkl

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2022-05-13

Album of birds and plants (1883) by Kōno Bairei (Japan, 1844–1895). Colour woodblock.

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2022-05-13

Album of birds and plants (1883) by Kōno Bairei (Japan, 1844–1895). Colour woodblock.

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2022-05-13