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‘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 irresistable 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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~vashley Apr 13, 2012   Traditional Artist
I just love how gigantic the bear is compared to all the other critters. this is striking work

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~myXwholeXworld Mar 29, 2012
Awesome!!
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Mood: Wow! ~marecaca Mar 7, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
yeha!! i like it very much!
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~Rammaddict Oct 3, 2011  Student Artist
good
real good!
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~keitar Aug 27, 2011
Теремок)
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~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 :)

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*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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*Himmapaan Jun 21, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you!

I love Michel Ocelot's work; he's one of my favourite animators. It was quite a pleasant shock to me when I discovered him how much we coincided in ideas; not just in the silhouette aspect but in terms of themes and visual references.

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*Nildrin Jun 22, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Yup, I felt it in your work =)
I'm glad to see that he has some recognition abroad; he really deserves it!
I have been wandering a little in your gallery, too, and I really appreciate the style you have, out of time, in a way...

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~somethin-else Feb 2, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
wow, very different! In a great way of course :)
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