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'She bade him leave his horse with her and ride on her own two-winged horse'

Illustration for The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life, from Myths and Legends of Russia, collected by Aleksandr Afanas'ev and translated by Norbert Guterman; published by The Folio Society: [link]

The embroidery on the knight's cloak is almost directly inspired by an Ivan Bilibin illustration. :D

As it will no doubt be noticed that the horse's head appears to lose itself in the red cloak, I also would like to point out that this is another one which suffers from the paleness of the ink against the strength of the gouache (or a different, darker ink, as the case may be elsewhere) in the original drawing. However, this is the final printed illustration: [link]

Much better, I think? :) I promise you a great deal of planning went into it :giggle: (in this as in all the others). Here, I had the problem of depicting in silhouette the horse's head, the knight, and both wings, all occupying pretty much the same space. In order for all these elements not to become one amorphous blob, I had the cloak blown in between the horse's head and the farthest wing. It also helped me to define the shape of the knight quite satisfactorily. As I knew the pantone black wouldn't have a problem fighting the red in the final reproduction, I trusted the device well enough to expect it to work in the final result, even though the black of the mane in particular doesn't look strong enough in the original. So I did nothing more to it lest the attempt should instead prove detrimental, as it often does... The end, in this instance, seems to have well justified the means, I think... :D
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:iconwonder-swan:
It always amazes me how you can show so much detail through just a silhouette.
:iconsilverblackcat:
Still around I see <3 as always I love your work. Gorgeous as usual, and I love the style of this one.
:iconfictitiouseyes:
I love her dress! And the chickens are cool too. :)
:iconbowofanariel:
:D awesome :meow:

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"One more body amongst foundations makes little difference. Well? What are you waiting for? Do it. DO IT! " - Rorschach - WATCHMEN
:iconninjerina:
Do you have any published collections of your work? If so, I would like to buy one! You can do so many different things and they all seem to look amazing

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Time can change you but you can't change time
:iconninjerina:
Well, I should say outside of your work published in other people's books

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Time can change you but you can't change time
:iconearthdefect:
awesome work once again :)
:iconjunkauge:
pretty~~~~~~~~~

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光 | There is something in this world that cant be seen. Because if it could be seen, everyone would want it, and they would fight. That's why it has been hidden. And only those that truly deserve it will find it.
:iconjjara:
I am always in awe while looking at your art. is it ink?

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