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Hello, Kay! Thanks for the opportunity to share!
I'm a children's book illustrator and designer. Here's a recent series I created for an Inuit folktale.

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2022-01-22

Raised as an only child, Andersen saw in the "The Wild Swans" a fantasy of sibling solidarity that he could not realize in real life. The story was published in his Danish Folktales of 1823.

🎨 Anne yvonne Gilbert


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2022-01-19

Some Philippine folktales tell of people transforming into birds (usually rice birds) when not given enough food to eat. In some versions, it's a daughter whose mom doesn't feed her enough. In others, it's workers whose employer doesn't give them enough food.

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2022-01-19

A Russian folktale- The Fox and the Blackbird, illustrations by Valery Carrick, 1914. A fox tricks a blackbird, the blackbird eventually tricks the fox… 🦊 🐦

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2022-01-19


In “A Bird Steals Iyawo’s Baby” a Yoruba (Nigeria) folktale, Iyale, a greedy senior wife gets her comeuppance when she loses her baby to a magical bird. Iyawo, the younger wife makes out with bags of treasure and her healthy baby.

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2022-01-18

She is also said to have three blue birds that bring her food & in religious art these were also depicted as having 3 legs. In art there is evidence of the sun bird dating back to 5000BC. There is also the famous folktale of the archer Hou Yi & the ten ravens who flew from...
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2022-01-18

Some of my works for last years That was a week when I have started having fun with textures. which one is your favorite?

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2022-01-18

The books I got with ace rep and/or ace authors:

-We Were Restless Things by Cole Nagamatsu
-Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
-Xenocultivars (ft. queerplatonic Palestinian folktale by )
-My Lord by (book’s not ace but author is & it sounds cool!)

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2022-01-16

If you are interested in Japanese folktales, I have a little collection on my website, including tales of talking kettles, turtle ghosts and magical journeys under the sea.
https://t.co/hd64Qn1YUB

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2022-01-12

Perrault used images familiar to him, eg the Chateau Ussé for The Sleeping Beauty, & the Marquis of the Château d'Oiron as the Marquis de Carabas in Puss in Boots. He also ornamented his folktales with details, asides & subtext drawn from the world of fashion.

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2022-01-12

In the Sicilian folktale "Saint Oniria," two lost hunters take refuge in a cottage in the woods, where they find the heart of a dead saint. They take it with them to an inn. The innkeeper's daughter steals it, eats it, & gives birth to a reborn Saint Oniria.

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2022-01-12

Strong dad hustling with love💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 a powerful piece in development from the folktale team.

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2022-01-11

And a graphic novel with fantasy themes would be the perfect combination, right?
Check out my patreon (in Bio) for my folktale comic wips. https://t.co/UNBMw4fWFd

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2022-01-07

An easy one to reference are Mermaids/Sirens.

The Little Mermaid is based on a Danish tale.

Sirena is a local legend/folktale on Guam (Micronesian Island - Pacific Islander)

Mami Wata is an African Water Goddess/Spirit Mermaid

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2022-01-02

Congrats to Vasilisa! The Wise Princess and Other Classic Folktales for being a top manga for & !
's Slavic folklore adventure and his CalArts inspired art style are both fantastic!
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2021-12-26

The big day is getting closer, and we thought this little collection of beasts would help to get you into the swing! Taken from the series, they are number 23 of our characters of

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2021-12-24

In Tinkle 783 Week 3, enjoy a folktale from England and find out how Hooja, Tantri and the Halbe sisters celebrate Christmas!

https://t.co/6x66KCvFFS

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