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Illustrations by Carlos Neve for mexican novel “La Tórtola de Ajusco”.

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#Carlos Neve #Illustration #macabre

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As Promised: the Jimi Hendrix art of Jean Giraud, aka Moebius.

#Illustration #moebius

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Enslaved long ago by humans, most elves still live as second-class citizens within human cities. Elves who reject this life are known as the Dalish: nomadic wanderers who strive to keep the ancient elven religion and traditions alive.

#Dragon Age #Illustration

Tsuyoshi Nagano (X)

#Tsuyoshi Nagano #Illustration #Oda Nobunaga #Nobunaga's Ambition #Samurai

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by STEPHANIE COST

#Illustration

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Fan Bing Bing

renowned photographer Chen Man has found his muse and all I can say is just, bow down..queen!

#People

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Chesley Bonestell (1888–1986)

#Illustration #Space

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Alan Lee - Minas Tirith

#The Lord of the Rings #Illustration

"Hiroshi Hirata is a Japanese manga artist best known in the United States for the samurai manga series Satsuma Gishiden. Hirata's works belong to the subset of manga known as "gekiga" ("dramatic pictures"). He's also known for his use of elaborate calligraphy for dialogue (he did the kanji for Akira), which has been preserved (though still translated) in the American editions of his work." (X)

#Hiroshi Hirata #Satsuma Gishiden #Samurai #Manga #Military

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The Shieldmaiden A shieldmaiden was a woman who had chosen to fight as a warrior in Scandinavian folklore and mythology. They are often mentioned in sagas such as Hervarar saga and in Gesta Danorum. Shieldmaidens also appear in stories of other Germanic nations: Goths, Cimbri, and Marcomanni. The mythical Valkyries may have been based on the shieldmaidens. Historical accounts There are few historical attestations that Viking Age women took part in warfare, but the Byzantine historian Johannes Skylitzes records that women fought in battle when Sviatoslav I of Kiev attacked the Byzantines in Bulgaria in 971. When the Varangians had suffered a devastating defeat, the victors were stunned at discovering armed women among the fallen warriors. When Leif Ericson’s pregnant half-sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir was in Vinland, she is reported to have taken up a sword, and, bare-breasted, scared away the attacking Native Americans. The fight is recounted in the Greenland saga, though Freydís is not explicitly referred to as a shield maiden in the text.

#History #Vikings