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Hello! Sending this for two people ^^ I bought the Dark Fairy zine and saw your Owl Dinner artwork, screamed over it a bit, then found you on tumblr, saw you posted it, and sent it to a friend of mine so we could scream about it together :D We really loove so many things about it, how you painted it (and the metallic surfaces!!), the poses, the face expressions (i can only hope someday mine will be as lifelike!), the claws, and the possible stories in it. I am unsure if you're someone who likes giving details about your art, so please feel free to just say it's all a secret, of course... but if not, we also have some questions - is the held rat alive?? we are on the fence about it. a bet, you might say - who IS this human?? she looks like a knight, but also kinda like a princess? princess knight? what was she doing there? do you have any sort of wider story in your head about the artwork? - are the rats trying to escape to the chandelier? :D it kinda looks like it, at least some of the rats seem to be in on it.. - where ARE we? there is a table, but also trees in the background... or are those shadows on a wall? hmm Thank you for your time, please take this photo of my nail funnily matching as a token of appreciation (the nails are really realistic, what did you reference them with..? :P)

Hi! That's so incredibly sweet! First of all thank you so much for supporting the Dark Fairy zine💖and I am so so happy that your friend and you liked the owl dinner, and it even made you curious about the story behind. It truly means a lot! I am also very jealous of your nail😍 thank you for sharing! the reference were the actual owl claws, I think they are pretty🤭

It's not a secret, I am just not as good in describing my concepts with words, but I'll try.

The rat is alive! It most likely accepted its grim fate - which is to be eaten, but it is not yet, and, depending on the viewer's head canon, it might never be. I will add my sketches for this illustration, but the rats are originally part of the owl fairy design, as well as part of her magical being. You could view them as her magic spilling out, extending and staying to be consumed again, whenever she feels like having a snack. In their rat state they get to run around committing tiny acts of vandalism and mischief. But they can't get too far, that chandelier one is just particularly daring😏. And maybe one day, with the power of LOVE, the big bad owl fairy will even stop viewing them as food, who knows.

The human is a fairy hunter. She might not look like a hunter in her current predicament, but her plan was to heroically defeat the evil in these woods. I imagined her a little princess like - idealistic, fuzzy, beautiful, and prickly. In her world evil is just evil because it's said to be, until she ends up on the platter. Her design is inspired by the white rabbit. It's not very prominent in the final version, more so in the concept when I was still experimenting. The other rabbit, closer to the viewer, is there for intimidation, and to symbolize what's to come to little creatures that enter uninvited. Owl fairy has a very crude sense of humor 😞 She will offer you a rat for a treat and then cackle about it.

Their theme is consumption and hunter/hunted, where they get to be both.

And they are in the forest, it's like an Alice tea party situation, where you get a place for the fancy table in the woods.

And here are the concepts, nothing fancy, but they reflect the dynamic a little. You can also see how some elements of the pose changed with time, especially for the fairy hunter, I moved her around a lot.

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Oooo you want to pet his ears, ooooo you want to pet his ears so bad

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Any special book editions lovers in here?👀 If so check this out!

I got very lucky to work on a new dust jacket for Peter, Darling by S.A. Chant, and if you haven't read it yet you NEED this book in your library! I'm very serious, this book is special to my silly little heart😳 And if you have read it, well, you get a new beautiful edition. It's a win win☺️

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the July Hoist the Colors crate! Next up is Oly (@olyfrogg) who illustrated the dust jacket for Peter, Darling by S.A. Chant!

How excited are you to see the new dust jacket?

From the artist:

I’m Oly, or olyfrogg - a Ukrainian artist based in Germany. I love everything fantasy and romance, sometimes with a little bit of horror/mystery on top. I’ll take any opportunity to paint fancy ruffles, jewelry, and my all-time favorite - enemies to lovers. In my free time, I am usually just chilling playing video games with my lovely wife and the world's sweetest dog.

🌈 Subscription spots are currently open for 1, 3 and 6 month subscription spots! These will start with the June crate! Use RAINBOW10 to save on your first month! Subscribe on our website!

ID: A quartet of illustrations arranged in quadrants of the graphic. Surrounding the illustrations is a color coordinating border. In the center it reads “Artist Spotlight: @olyfrogg”. End ID.

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Little sneak peek at my piece for the "Dark Fairies" zine by @butchfairyzine!! The zines is not only illustrations! It has short comics and Short stories as well!:D I was lucky enough to Illustrate 2 spot illustrations for D.C Corvino (Aka @/December) story!! Here's one of them!

If you like dark stories, Fairies and queer themes, please take a look at the kickstarter page right here.:)

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Owl Dinner🦉🥀🐇

My piece for the magical "Dark Fairies" zine @butchfairyzine

If you are no stranger to the allure of the macabre and everything that hides in the darkest corner of the woods, or you simply want to see some beautiful queer fairies up to no good, you can preorder the zine now

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~*☆Dark Fairies☆*~

LIVE NOW ON KICKSTARTER

“Dark Fairies” is a 200+ page  fully coloured artbook and anthology of comics, short stories and illustrations about dark fairies and queer desire. From cannibal fae to sneaky shadow pixies, this book is a must have for any fan of fairies. 

From the Creators of “Fey: A Guide to Butch of The Fae Variety” we have teamed up with even more artists and writers, to bring you an even bigger book! With more fae and fairy shenanigans.  We have 40 artists and 12 writers; with 20+ original illustrations, 10 original comics, and 12 short stories and poems with art alongside them.

Kickstarter goes from May 1st to May 30th! Find more information here!

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sometimes i think about how i’ve effectively dug myself a grave with this blog. half my internet presence is about being queer and ukrainian, famously two things russia hates the most.

if trump proceeds with the “peaceful negotiations” that happen without ukraine even present, if he pushes to implement another leader in ukraine (meaning, of course, a pro-russian puppet) and makes my country a quote unquote neutral territory, it obviously means occupation. when there are bombs over my head, i’m at least an abstract target, i can rely on luck not to get hit. if russians come to power tho? i’m toast.

i wish i was exaggerating, but this is already happening to people in occupied parts of the country. those who had social media posts in ukrainian, about queer rights, etc. are being seeked out and threatened. my acquaintance was once on call with her friend on crimea, who had weird noises in the background. when questioned, she casually said that they were coming from russian police beating her neighbour for listening to ukrainian music.

i constantly hear from people who miraculously left the occupied territories how they had to delete everything from their phones, because russian soldiers would do random phone searches — both just on the street or when a person tries to leave the occupied city. it’s not uncommon that people get shot over it.

everything about “peaceful negotiations” and “compromises”, trading “land for a peace agreement” promises me a death sentence

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My piece for the most amazing gorgeous zine ✨️@butchfairyzine✨️.

Temrava of the winter court - princess in exile (and their mischievous weasels🩵). Don't mind the abundance of the summer court guards, they are a guest of honor here and definitely not a captive.

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My piece for the most amazing gorgeous zine ✨️@butchfairyzine✨️.

Temrava of the winter court - princess in exile (and their mischievous weasels🩵). Don't mind the abundance of the summer court guards, they are a guest of honor here and definitely not a captive.

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“I made a wish too,” you say. “A long time ago. I wished someone in the world would care about me.” “That’s a heartbreaking wish.” “I was heartbroken when I made it.”

Ebook preorders are now available for my dark, romantic fantasy HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE. For fans of T. Kingfisher, Tamsyn Muir, Slay the Princess, and Into the Woods.

Preorder here!

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Katha, commission for Anne🩵

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Lucanis is such a crow that I wonder if he is going to bring romanced Rook little gifts and sparkly trinkets🤭

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I'm going to assume this is why Vere hates Leyandere so much, he stole his spotlight with just one n(🌸)pple, incredible👏👏👏

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~Fey: A guide to Fae of The Butch Variety~

NOW LIVE!

Inspired by mock field guides and faerie folklore, our book combines elements of art, poetry, and short stories to show fairies through a queer lens. We have 30 artists and 6 writers each exploring one of our six themes; garden, house, city, courtly, dark, and wyld!

You will be able to purchase the book in its physical form, digital form, and also extra merch like prints and stickers!

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hey, my friend and i love your astarion pieces, so we got one of them printed + signed when we met neil a few months ago! thank you so much for setting up the buymeacoffee page, i’m so excited to have your work on my wall 🫶

sorry for the terrible photo quality haha, i promise the prints do your work justice irl 🙏

WOAH!!! Omg thank you so much for sharing this with me!🥹🫶 it always makes me so so happy to see people printing my astarion pieces and enjoying them so much! And to see Neil Newbon's signature on them is extra sweet and wholesome 😍 ah I'm so happy, thank you for loving my art!

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Artist spotlight- Courtly Fairies: Shan and Oly! 👑

"Shan is a graphic novelist/illustrator/ttrpg creator who loves fantasy, queer narratives and hoping no one looks too closely at the tail hidden in their trousers." Shan can be found at @anonbeadraws

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"Oly is an illustrator and a big appreciator of everything fantasy and romance. Originally from Ukraine, they currently live in Germany with their wife and, allegedly, the world's cutest dog." Oly can be found at @olyfrogg

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Stay tuned for more updates about our artists and writers , we have some more amazing talents to show you all. Zine kickstarter will be in July.

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Artist spotlight- Courtly Fairies: Vicky and Savanna! 👑

"I’m Vicky, a french compositing artist for feature films who draws as a hobby! I love drawing my OCs, my DnD characters, ELVES, insect & plant ldies and witches 💜✨"

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"Part time farmer, full time illustrator when Savanna is not wrangling barn cats, they're busy drawing lady knights and comics." Savanna can be found at @nightmaskart

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Stay tuned for more updates about our artists and writers , we have some more amazing talents to show you all. Zine kickstarter will be in July.