Say you stayed home Alone with the flu Find out from friends That wasn’t true
Go out at night With your headphones on again And walk through The Manhattan valleys of the dead
Didn’t want to be your ghost Didn’t want to be anyone’s ghost…
~ The National
Staying with the Irish Faerie theme, this is my interpretation of the Banshee. A banshee is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by wailing, shrieking, or keening. Her name is connected to the mythologically important tumuli or “mounds” that dot the Irish countryside, which are known as síde in Old Irish. Drawn using Krita. #Banshee #Irish #Folklore #Faerie #Fairy #mythology #Celtic #celticfolklore #Ireland #Scotland #Ulster #illustrationartists #illustrateyourworld #ExploreNI #DiscoverNI #irishpassion #wanderireland #loves_ireland #hash_talent #krita #huion #fantasy #horror #gothic (at Donaghadee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPQ2qhHpOVf/?utm_medium=tumblr
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
~ John Steinbeck
This is just some of the stages when creating my latest painting. #Krita #huion #fantasy #illustration #hash_talent #artistsoninstagram #illustrateyourworld #illustrationartists #jackalope #criptid #wyoming #dakota #mythology #kritaartist #arts_help #conceptdesign #art_spotlight
Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee About his shadowy sides; above him swell Huge sponges of millennial growth and height; And far away into the sickly light, From many a wondrous grot and secret cell Unnumbered and enormous polypi Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green. There hath he lain for ages, and will lie Battening upon huge sea worms in his sleep, Until the latter fire shall heat the deep; Then once by man and angels to be seen, In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
Another layer to my lighthouse painting depicting the legendary Kraken of Norse Mythology. #Kraken #Donaghadee #Krita #Huion #fantasy #artistsoninstagram #illustrateyourworld #illustrationartists #digitalart #digitalpainting #DiscoverNI #ExploreNI #irishpassion #Ulster #Norse #Viking #mythology (at Donaghadee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNOAMV1JJnA/?igshid=snh5jhgjrfvd
But it’s 1911, you’re still closeted and you 100% don’t see the blue Austen fanboy is playing the matchmaker…
“Urgh!!! Can I sit there with you a minute, Mr Darcy?” “Sure you can. What’s up, cutie?” “She’s SO…!” “Yeah, I know, I’ve lived with her for the last 10 years. Let her talk, tho, she means well.” “But does she really need to be THAT outspoken and harsh all the time?!?” “She’s very caring tho, concentrate on that. She wouldn’t push you that hard if she didn’t think you could follow her.” “It’s difficult when she’s being so… So…” “Snarky? Abrasive? Hard-headed?” “YES. And dirty mouthed! I wonder if she even blush!” “…Oh, she DOES blush.” “I don’t think so.” “Wanna try? I know exactly how.” “…Ok, how?” “I’ll tell you, but you promise you’ll do it when I’m there to watch.”
Till Queendom Come is a project about an Indian Rakshasi who’s trying to find her lost heart after the East India Company stole it, a Jotunn who didn’t felt like going back to Norway after the Vikings invasions, and the young nephew of the last druid of St. Ives who’s now trying to keep on the family tradition on her own in spite of being the wrong gender to do so. Started as a project set in Edwardian England, born in a urge of sudden irritation about seeing Victoria being romanticised everywhere by a cynical comic artist who majored in English. You can read it here on Webtoon.
In which your local fairy midwife dresses up and ask the help of Jotunn Wan Kenobi, her only hope. And the “Character who was supposed to be a sidekick but became in five minutes the author’s beloved and now he’s one of the main ones”.
Yes Mr. Darcy is an alias, he’s very aware of who the original Mr Darcy was, chose that name on purpose. His copy of Pride and Prejudice is the first edition and it’s autographed, it’s his greatest treasure.
Till Queendom Come is a project about an Indian Rakshasi who’s trying to find her lost heart after the East India Company stole it, a Jotunn who didn’t felt like going back to Norway after the Vikings invasions, and the young nephew of the last druid of St. Ives who’s now trying to keep on the family tradition on her own in spite of being the wrong gender to do so. Started as a project set in Edwardian England, born in a urge of sudden irritation about seeing Victoria being romanticised everywhere by a cynical comic artist who majored in English. You can read it on Instagram under the hashtag #oscarpoppins, with character designs, illustrations, snippets, or on Webtoon on the link above.
