Folktale Week

These are my illustrations for Folktale Week 2018, which was such a fun project to join. I loved illustrating some of my favorite folk and fairy tales from childhood, especially the lesser known ones, while also exploring new techniques. I found that elements from this exploration have really stuck with me and they continue to be some of my favorite work.

The prompts that year were Forest, Magic, Witch, Ghost, Insect, Mirror, and Animal. I hand lettered those words and created an announcement image to accompany the posts. Artists are encourage to interpret each prompt as they like. The stories that I chose to illustrate were:

Forest - Baba Yaga
Magic - Sleeping Beauty
Witch - Jenny Greenteeth
Ghost - The Nightingale
Insect - Thumbelina
Mirror - The Snow Queen
Animal - The Wild Swans