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A Swedish gårdstomte I drew yesterday. Trying to connect to the style of the late 1800 when artists like Jenny Nyström, Carl Larsson and John Bauer shaped the collective image of our fairytales and myths.

I was inspired to do this when I found two 120 year old original pen and ink fairytale illustrations at the secondhand the other day. A real find! And I even managed to find what books they originally were published in. More about that some other day.

#tomte #gnome #santa #or #elf #?#illustrators on tumblr #henning cedmar brandstedt #artists on tumblr #sketchbook #sweden #sweblr

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Stuff and nonsense!

To conjure up a magical world me and my friends do all sort of things. For example I’ve painted some 16th/17th century-ish paintings, and made a series of books of which five titles are there to read and probably 10 more exist only as titles. And then there’s Malmö Magical Observatory, the institute where my character work, and Tinsley, Baubel, Humbug & Humbug - the ever so subtly evil company that print bewitched masks and other magical items.

Some of my friends just made a big stone troll that wander around the premise and an other made antique photo albums the size of a thumbnail.

It all existed for two days this time, and I joined in as best I could suffering the effects of the corona im continuum Curse. I long to get back to make up this world and give more people the possibility to enter imaginary worlds, not through a screen or through the pages of a book, but for real, a side step away from there everyday life.

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What a delight! I just got ramble-scribed by @justgarb!

Elegante Poisoning

A Guide to the Art of Governing without Killing

Witches! Wizards! What potion is your favorite in this all time classic? Do tell both the name and effect of your favorite brew and any additives or amendments you’ve done to the original concoction.

#ye olde timey line work #fairycore #witchcore #wizardcore #artists on tumblr

You happen upon a wanderer from the great realm.

Which one? And tell of your meeting.

#drawing #artists on tumblr #ogres #writing prompt #fantasy art

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It feels empty learning Terry Pratchett has passed away.

I will always remember how I giggled hysterically, tears running, reading discworld novels. And I will also always cherish the memories of concerned gazes from fellow commuters trying to asses if the obviously insane young man curled up with his book in the bus seat was a danger or just a nuisance.

Thank you.

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Death, the black extinguisher of minds, was much too selfish and greedy when it came to Terry Pratchett.

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GNU

#gnu terry pratchett

Pick one 🧌 and tell me why👂🏼

#an afternoon of trolls #✍🏻#drawing #fantasy

You don’t have to be weird about it.

This can’t be the first picture in the history of the world of troll dressed in fish as protective gear?

I do confess going a bit overboard on the care of the pen drawing once the sketch appeared. But hey, it was a troll dressed in fish. I had to.

#troll #drawing #artist

Among those that came around to peer out of the paper tonight. Strange but cute. I wish it would have stayed longer.

#drawing #pencil sketch #artists on tumblr #fantasy art #Malmö #sweden

One of my more hideous trolls. Honestly pencil, what was you thinking?

#drawings #troll #sketch book #artists on tumblr

Me: -How nice to have some relaxing time spent drawing.

My pencil: -Yes! I got you! Let’s go for “the skin of Frankenstein’s monster’s face prepared for a binding of a grimoire”.

#drawing #monster #grimoire

For a non theater comfortable person like me it was a surprise to find me in cahoots with one of Shakespeares sonnets.

I really needed a little space to call my own in my brain this last month, with all the stuff going on inside and out. I saw a clip of Dame Judi Dench and this piece of 400 year old text and that was that.

I am working my way towards memorizing it seamlessly and I am enjoying exploring ways to express it so much more than I thought. And dare I say, I’m trying out actually speaking it out loud. Outdoors. Where will this go from here!?

#shakespeare #sonnet 29 #ramblings #connecting with art