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Russian painter Konstantin Vasilyev was born 1942. As well as patriotic artworks devoted to Russian heroes of WWII he painted scenes from Russian myths & folktales that wouldn't look out of place on the covers of fantasy paperbacks or prog-rock albums.

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2018-09-03

Cinecolor was also used exclusively for the ComiColor shorts (based on nursery rhymes & folktales), a series you'll likely recognize even if you haven't thought about the films in forever.

(Incidentally, this series is one of the most direct inspirations for CUPHEAD.)

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2018-09-01

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/GzQHq9yh3S

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2018-08-06

"If you put frightening things into a picture, they can't harm you. In fact, you end up becoming quite fond of them"- Visit her ‘Folktales and Fairytales' at Casa das Historias in

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2018-07-04

(1/4) For my Norway Residency mini-thesis, I chose to create three illustrations based on LGBT re-interpretations of Korean folktales, just in time for

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2018-06-27

read us a story from D'Aulaires' Book of Norwegian Folktales and it was so so weird/great. This one was from a story I think is called The Big Dam Bird. Its convoluted but the prince is feeding the the bird 4 bushels of wheat or whatever.

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2018-06-14

Ah finally I made something for I made a character based of old folktales of mermaids being less of beautiful creatures (like a siren) and more of a monsterous clawed water beast. and i like it!
(REPOST BECAUSE IM STUPID AND DIDNT ATTACH THE IMAGE BEFORE POSTING KMS)

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2018-05-12

'Folktales and Fairytales' now open at Casa das Historias explores Rego’s interpretation of a multitude of stories which are given fresh meaning through articulation on paper, with added elements from the artist's own personal universe.

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2018-05-10

Excited to share the latest addition to my shop: Goblin's Supper Original Watercolor Painting Folktales Hobbit Elf Troll Mythological Creatures Forest Cauldron Spell Satyr Magic Faeries https://t.co/FQylJSbeqa

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2018-04-10

“The women and girls in these folk tales steal the show,” on his first children’s book, The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America. Come meet him today at TOON Table C143 at 1:30pm Metropolitan West, 639 W 46th St. https://t.co/CFWFg4U6mV

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2018-04-07

I've just uploaded a new blog post. All about my love of folklore and how the wisdom found there can be useful in today's information heavy world. https://t.co/nUqGgGrFOL

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2018-04-04

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/5DKg4Naxe3

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2018-03-29

Fanart of Spark the firefly from the comic Nordlys reisrn til Jotundalen with my character Mistel.

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2018-03-11

We’ve been working with Artist Francesco Iaqunita from the award winning title . For one of the stories from Folktales of the Cryptids live now on Kickstarter. https://t.co/3Dw2B3OaIH

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2018-03-01

One of Lotte Reiniger's favorite folktales was The Grasshopper and the Ant. I think she considered herself a grasshopper in this world. The fate of the artist/grasshopper varies within culture and time period depending on who was telling the tale.

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2018-02-23

We have some awesome Kickstarter rewards for our Live campaign of Folktales of the Cryptids right now including this amazing Concept Art Cryptid print by Francesco Iaquinta

https://t.co/3Dw2B3OaIH

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2018-02-17

Folktales of the Fruit Folk No.3

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2018-01-31