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The Frog Princess by *Himmapaan:iconHimmapaan:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Illustration > Storybook

©2009 *Himmapaan
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'She waved her right hand, and lakes and woods appeared; she waved her left hand, and various birds began to fly about'

Illustration for The Frog Princess, from Myths and Legends of Russia, collected by Aleksandr Afanas'ev and translated by Norbert Guterman; published by The Folio Society: [link] (June, 2009)

Ink and gouache.
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The trouble with being as painfully slow as I am is that I don't get much time to do my own work alongside the commissions; and it's not until the books are published that I can post any work from them. The result is that there are great gaping gaps with nothing to show, followed by a good deal to show at once.

The illustrations for this book were completed back in December. I was going to wait until the book is published in June to post some of them, but as it's already listed up on the Folio website with a few of the illustrations (you can see these in the link above), I thought perhaps posting one or two wouldn't be too remiss.


Sorry I still can't reply to comments, etc. :tears:

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=nycterent Mar 27, 2009, 7:42:13 PM
!!! I knew it was the russian folktale the moment I saw the style and image. Brilliant representation! :heart:
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~frograider Mar 27, 2009, 7:45:23 PM
your uploads always have good timing with me, a kind of reflection of events. Beautiful work :)

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=meihua Mar 27, 2009, 7:47:34 PM
haha, is THAT why Disney renamed their upcoming movie from Frog Princess? :XD: Louisiana after all has nothing to do with Russia!

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=j-friLLyROtt Mar 27, 2009, 7:52:12 PM
i adore the lovely details of her accessories and parts of her clothing!

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*pallanoph Mar 27, 2009, 7:52:20 PM
*gasps*

Oh my goodness....

I've never seen such beautiful bird silhouettes before! That peacock is particularly impressive, as is the foliage and the grasses.... and those touches of red are so soft and subtle!

Amazing! Thanks for sharing with us here, I'm sure they won't mind if it's already up elsewhere.
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~darklingwoods Mar 27, 2009, 8:01:17 PM
too beautiful for words

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*Phyrbyrd Mar 27, 2009, 8:03:22 PM
How beautiful... Her headdress and veil are particularly impressive, although the whole thing is stunning.

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*Himmapaan Mar 27, 2009, 8:03:48 PM
Haha, isn't the film called The Princess and the Frog? :giggle: As far as I know, it's based on a book by E.D. Baker, which itself was indeed called The Frog Princess, though bearing no relation whatever to the Russian tale. :giggle:

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~joyhorse13 Mar 27, 2009, 8:21:46 PM
Gorgeous picture! I like her movements and the outfit:)

I have a similarly themed picture^_^ (top- left)[link]


Keep up the good work!

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