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The Castle of the Flyby *Himmapaan

Traditional Art / Drawings / Illustration / Storybook

‘I’m Rumbling Thunder! I’ll tumble you under! I’m Bear Thicklegs!’

Illustration for The Castle of the Fly, from Myths and Legends of Russia, collected by Aleksandr Afanas'ev and translated by Norbert Guterman; published by The Folio Society: [link]

I found this short tale irresistible to illustrate. A fly builds a castle in which he is joined respectively by a louse, a flea, a mosquito, a mouse, a lizard, a fox, a hare and a wolf. The tale ends abruptly with the arrival of the bear, who promptly smashes the castle asunder.

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_{Copyright Niroot Puttapipat and The Folio Society, 2009

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~RainyDayCloud May 2, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

It's so fantastical and wonderful! I love the silhouettes, it's so interesting!

~imVad Dec 7, 2012

The Castle of the Fly = Теремок?! Звиздец)

*Laura-Bosley Sep 18, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

This is beautiful!

*vashley Apr 13, 2012 Traditional Artist

I just love how gigantic the bear is compared to all the other critters. this is striking work

~myXwholeXworld Mar 29, 2012

Awesome!!

~marecaca Mar 7, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

yeha!! i like it very much!

~Rammaddict Oct 3, 2011 Student Artist

good
real good!

~keitar Aug 27, 2011

Теремок)

~Rugely Jul 30, 2011 Professional General Artist

I have never read it, so it could be exactly as described, but it just seems so imaginative and unique. It illustrates a world unique to the story. It's such a small thing, but I also love the difference in tone from that of the bear to that of the ground. Great work

~Nildrin Jun 20, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

I really like the shadow puppet aspect of your work; I think that I'd have been delighted as a child to have such illustrations to a tale ^^

It reminds me a lot of Michel Ocelot's "Princes and Princesses", a French animation movie all made in shadow puppets. You can watch it on Youtube if I remember well.

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