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The version where Arthur pulls the sword from the stone first appeared in the French poem Merlin by Robert de Boron (12th or 13th century).

However, the English author Sir Thomas Malory, in "Le Morte d’Arthur" (1485), wrote that the sword Arthur drew from the stone was not Excalibur.

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I’m also joining this lovely protest with the hashtag #starterpacknoai🩷

I’ve never been completely against the good use of AI, to be honest, but I truly believe that art, in all its forms, is something inherently HUMAN and impossible to replicate ✨

IG: click here for more 💖

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BOOK "THE GODS OF OLYMPUS - FOR KIDS" IS AVAILABLE 💖☀️

ENG 🇬🇧 I'm so happy to share with you my latest effort, dedicated to children: "The Gods of Olympus" is a small collection, written by Maria Karra and illustrated by me, thanks to which you can help young readers to discover all the most interesting facts about the twelve divinities of the Greek Pantheon. From Zeus to Athena, from Ares to Hestia, children will be able to deepen their knowledge of these fabulous figures.

AMAZON LINK The Gods of Olympus for Kids 💛💛💛

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Daemon and (teen) Rhaenyra Targaryen 🔥🖤

Timelapse of sketch + reference

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~ timelapse for Daenerys Targaryen ✨✨✨🔥

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Little updates from a chaotic illustrator:

It's been a strange time, this one. I've been through an art block that lasted six months (god, SIX MONTHS) and I'm putting my life back together. It doesn't always go well. For a "yes day" there are always at least six "bad days", but I think the important thing is to make an effort to give my best. I never talk about myself, my problems, my anxieties, but today I will make an exception to the rule.

Obviously, I would like to live my life just creating art, I have many projects and some are in the works right now - and I seriously hope to be able to share them with you by this summer (respecting my calendar, at least)... but life doesn't it allows me to live only on art, which is what I studied for, both in the field of practice first and in that of theory afterwards, between archaeological and artistic assets. I'm exhaustingly looking for a "solid" job (as people would say who basically see art only as a hobby) and this condition is so stressful and... demotivating, yeah.

I'm really trying to keep going tooth and nail, not to give up and above all to clear my mind. Maybe wanting to be an artist will never reward me, or maybe it will. I'm not sure I want to ask myself similar questions right now. I just know that thanks to those who follow me I still have the desire to continue on my way.

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~ SANSA STARK

Sketch on paper with watercolors - timelapse process available on my Instagram

"The snow drifted down and down, all in ghostly silence, and lay thick and unbroken on the ground. It was a place of whites and blacks and greys. White towers and white snow and white statues, black shadows and black trees, the dark grey sky above. A pure world, Sansa thought. I do not belong here. Yet she stepped out all the same."