Elvira

artist exploring visual storytelling, comics, and illustration

[imperhius]

[enchantedbook]

"A Voyage to the Moon" from "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen." Illustration by Gustave Doré, 1868.

[gothredy]

[sorrowsofasoul]

[oldpaintings]

Rumelihisari, On The Bosphorus, 1930 by Nazmi Ziya Güran (Turkish, 1881–1937)

[gothredy]

[enchantedbook]

The Frog King (Der Froschkönig) by the German artist Hermann Vogel, from the tales of the Brothers Grimm.

[pnglove]

[6vcr]

[velourishh]

an older illustration + process gif. looking back through older pieces lately and finding traces of the direction I still want to explore

[turkishfaramir]

E mor henion i dhu: Ely siriar, el sila. Ai! Aniron Undomiel.

[velourishh]

I’ve been wanting to make a short comic with a kind of fairytale atmosphere, but I’m not sure what art style would suit that best.

Do you picture something more soft and storybook-like, or darker and more surreal? I’d love to hear what styles you think would fit ✨