Into the Forest discussion

Do you have a favorite Fantasy and/or Fairy Tale Artist?

You have probably seen the art work of the following artists on the covers of your favorite books:

Brian Froud
http://worldoffroud.smugmug.com/
Charles Vess
http://greenmanpress.com/bio.html
Gary Lippincot
http://www.garylippincott.com/
Brom
http://www.bromart.com/

Please add your own favorites!

Rebecca Guay
http://www.rebeccaguay.com/

Kinuko Y. Craft
http://www.kycraft.com/

And of course the classic illustrators like
Arthur Rackham
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/il...

Edmund Dulac
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/il...

Jessie Wilcox Smith
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/il...

Kay Nielsen
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/il...

M. Parrish
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/il...

John Bauer
http://bauer.artpassions.net/

Larry MacDougall
http://mythwood.blogspot.com/
or, if you can find it:
Witching Hour: The Art of Larry MacDougall

Laurel Long
http://www.laurellong.com/

Ruth Sanderson
http://goldenwoodstudio.com/books/198...

Paul O. Zelinksy
http://www.paulozelinsky.com/rapunzel...

I don't think I knew of this list! Lovely art! I will add some names when I have a chance.

Some years ago Nayoung Woo became a phenomenon with her reimagining iconic fairy tales in Asian aesthetic
https://www.woohnayoung.com/fairytales

And I'd like to introduce you to the illustrator, whose works were a big part of my childhood. His name is Jan Marcin Szancer, famous for his pictures for Andersen, Brzechwa and many more.

https://www.google.com/search?client=...
I'm giving link to google, as there is no official website.

Asaria wrote: "Some years ago Nayoung Woo became a phenomenon with her reimagining iconic fairy tales in Asian aesthetic
https://www.woohnayoung.com/fairytales

And I'd like to introduce you to the illustrator, w..."

Beautiful illustrations! I particularly loved Nayoung Woo's art. Thank you for sharing.

Tamara wrote: "Beautiful illustrations! I particularly loved Nayoung Woo's art. Thank you for sharing."

I'm glad you liked them.

Commenting to follow this beautiful art thread

Asaria wrote: "Some years ago Nayoung Woo became a phenomenon with her reimagining iconic fairy tales in Asian aesthetic
https://www.woohnayoung.com/fairytales

And I'd like to introduce you to the illustrator, w..."

Ooo, I love both, but especially Jan Marcin Szancer!

Following up with some more artists

Emilia Dziubak
I'm not sure this website is official
https://emiliaszewczyk.blogspot.com/
so I add link to google too:
https://www.google.com/search?q=emili...


Elżbieta Wasiuczyńska
http://wasiuczynska.blogspot.com/ > Check her illustrations to "Studzienka" (Little well) http://wasiuczynska.blogspot.com/sear...

Olga Siemaszko (vintage)
https://www.google.com/search?q=olga+...

Magdalena Korzeniewska
https://www.deviantart.com/bubug

Daria Hlazatova
https://www.dariahlazatova.com/art.html

Edit: I found the last name of Magdalena "bubug"

Asaria wrote: "Following up with some more artists

Elżbieta Wasiuczyńska
http://wasiuczynska.blogspot.com/ > Check her illustrations to "Studzienka" (Little well) http://wasiuczynska.blogspot.com/sear......"

Wow! These are just amazing!

Yes, I love those too!

Tamara wrote: "Wow! These are just amazing!."

Margaret wrote: "Yes, I love those too!"


Welcome to the world of Eastern/Central European design :) .

Oh, I LOVE art. Art and writing are meant to go together to tell a story.

Some of my favorite fantasy/fairy tale artists include:
Jenny Dolfen https://goldseven.wordpress.com/
PhantomRin http://phantomrin.tumblr.com/post/176...
And then of course the classic Henry Ford from the Andrew Lang fairy tale collections.

I also do fantastical-themed art myself: https://hsjwilliams.wordpress.com/

I had a chance encounter with a fairytale artist at the bookstore I work at, and now we've become online friends. Here's her instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/chandracerc...

She does really amazing sculptures.

Have we mentioned Kiki Smith? A famous fairytale artist. http://www.artnet.com/artists/kiki-sm...

Definitely check out Patricia Piccinini for some super weird and a bit grotesque fairytale art: https://www.patriciapiccinini.net/426/71#

Several years ago I went to a fairytale-themed exhibition at a local art gallery. Here's the brochure for that: http://frist-downloads.s3.amazonaws.c...

That reminds me I've forgotten Jean-Baptiste Monge (1971-), a French illustrator
www.jbmonge.com/

Edit: I was browsing fairy tale illustrators lists, and here are a few artists, whose arts I found interesting. I'll edit this post again when something catches my eyes.

Sulamith Wülfing (1901-1989) (Germany)
http://artpassions.net/wulfing/wulfin...
https://www.google.com/search?q=Sulam...

Vania Zouravliov (Russia/UK)
http://www.vaniazouravliov.com/ official website? No sample of his work is shown there.
https://www.google.com/search?q=vania...
and his fairy tale illustrations
https://www.google.com/search?biw=121...

Wiesław Majchrzak (1921-2011) (Poland)
https://www.google.com/search?biw=121...

Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900-1931) (USA)
artpassions.net/sterrett/virginia_ste...
https://www.google.com/search?q=Virgi...

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960) (Australia)
https://www.google.com/search?q=ida+R...

Margaret wrote: "I had a chance encounter with a fairytale artist at the bookstore I work at, and now we've become online friends. Here's her instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/chandracerc...

She ..."

Oh, Chandra! I've been following her for a couple years. Her stuff's awesome! I will definitely have to check out the others.

Shveta wrote: "Oh, Chandra! I've been following her for a couple years. Her stuff's awesome! I will definitely have to check out the others. "

It is! I love that she shows her process.

I'm so glad I happened upon her at the bookstore I work at. I was shelving the fairytales section when she started looking through the section. I think she asked me if I had any weird fairytale books with illustrations, and then we got to talking. She told me she scours the fairytale section in search of images to help inspire her art. That piqued my interest, so of course I asked to see some, and was completely amazed! And then it turned out that we knew some of the same fairy tale people (like Theodora Goss, and by 'know' I mean I had lunch with Dora at ICFA and that's about it), and we just had a really delightfully nerdy conversation. She told me about writing for Faerie Magazine, and I talked about new fairytale books coming out. It's so rare to have real life conversations with people who are also obsessed with fairy tales.

Margaret wrote: "Shveta wrote: "Oh, Chandra! I've been following her for a couple years. Her stuff's awesome! I will definitely have to check out the others. "

It is! I love that she shows her process.

I'm so gl..."

Oh, wait, you go to ICFA, too??? I went for the second time this year and gave a reading from two anthologies!

Also, Dora is awesome. :)

And I write for Faerie, too, both fiction and nonfiction! In fact, I have a story in the current summer issue.

Shveta wrote: "Oh, wait, you go to ICFA, too??? I went for the second time this year and gave a reading from two anthologies!

Also, Dora is awesome. :)

And I write for Faerie, too, both fiction and nonfiction! In fact, I have a story in the current summer issue."

I presented a paper there a few years ago, and you attended that year too! I heard you read from the YA novel you're working on (loved it!). I haven't been again since. I'm an adjunct, and my university promised they would pay the travel expenses, but then they didn't.

I really should subscribe to Faerie. Maybe for Christmas!

Lisa Hunt has produced an entire Tarot deck, 78 cards, based on fairy tales, called appropriately, The Fairy Tale Tarot. It’s wildly OOP but you can view it here. http://www.thefairytaletarot.com

Baba Studios, an Eastern European company, has also produced a fairy tale Tarot deck, and also wildly OOP. You can see it here https://baba-store.com/collections/fa...