Bea Kesch

🌵🥑🦋 Illustrator & Storyteller beakesch.com

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Dug up old concept art from an 8-9yo animation collab: a porcelain ballerina in a haunted toy workshop, Disney Feast vibes, lost digital files (paper hoarder win!), and fresh Commedia dell'arte-inspired ideas like Harlequin, Pierrot, and a mystery angry chicken. Reviving it as Moonlight Melodies. Read the full nostalgic dive + more on my Substack!

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Oops, all allegory! Another post on metaphorical journeys into the subconscious

Very similar to last week's post, here is another ancient concept art I did for a story about an allegorical journey into the subconscious mind; however, this time the illustration was part of a bigger animation project from someone else. I wrote more about the project and my thoughts on adapting ‘Alice in Wonderland’ on my Substack: https://tinyurl.com/3ua9cx7c

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I’ve had this idea marinating in my mind for over ten years. There are so many sketches and reference images for it that, even without being fully formed, I can still picture it clearly. This particular illustration must be from around the time of the original concept, a reimagining of the story of The Firebird ballet, with gender swapped characters and Jungian archetypal themes.

If you want to find out more about the project, I made the first of hopefully many posts going through the development on my Substack.

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Happy spooky Halloween 🎃

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Even though I am a visual artist at heart, I love reading and I love writing. I find my creative voice through writing, and books and written stories are usually what fuel my imagination. So, in an effort to make a habit of the things I love and be more inspired in my day-to-day life, I hope to make a weekly post every Sunday with reflections and ideas I’ve gathered over the week, with all possible topics and themes, no other thread pulling them together other than my personality and my artwork. Of course, always with an accompanying illustration made by yours truly. 

I’m introducing myself with my latest profile picture, a little illustrated self-portrait that by now is older than a year, so a new one is in order.

It’s a bit like those “meet the artist” sheets, but I guess more abstract. You can still tell what my favorite things are from this image. Nature, for sure, surrounds me, and to match the environment, I’m wearing my favourite green sweater. Around my head are floating the things you'd put in a circle to summon me. A really good book, my kitty cat, and a taco, made with fresh corn tortilla!

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This is the second spot illustration that I'm redrawing for the article I wrote years ago on Samhain. Recently, I decided to rework the text, layout, and illustrations. Originally, I wanted to have as accurate a depiction as possible from a historical druid, but after researching, I realized that any other depiction might be as speculative as the classical portrayal of the white robe and mistletoe wreath. The oldest accounts that exist on druids are from the Romans, and they don't go into a lot of detail as to the meaning and purpose of their office or rituals. I decided to expand on that aspect in the article, which I'll be posting to my webpage when I'm done.

Till then, here's my own version of a druid performing sympathetic magic on the balefire of Samhain. 🌙🌿🔥

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Happy Midsummer! 🌿🌞 Take care not to get kidnapped by the fairies ;) This one is part of a series of illustrations on an article about the solstice and equinox celebrations, but I was a bit inspired by Titania from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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