A few thoughts on Yuki-Onna. One of the recurring themes I enjoy experimenting on in my illustrations is translating traditional folklore and mythology into a modern setting. Now there is more to this then just dressing the mythical figure in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well I’m calling it quits for the week and am off to do my annual marathon of one of my favorite events of the year Seattle’s Northwest Folklife festival. I grew up liking folk music listening to my parents’ collection[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch I had down on the list as Merrow, the irish name for mermaids, which I thought would allow me to circumvent all of the romantic connotations going around, but then I looked them up to refresh my memory[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s admittedly late sketch (it’s Sunday. Give me a break.) is of one of the stars of Irish folklore, the Banshee! To keep things interesting I did the Scottish version, the Bean Nighe, washing the blood stained shroud of the nearly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch almost felt like a cheat. When I pulled Black Dog from the Halloween drawing box my immediate reaction was: “But I did a canid on Monday!” And started to obsess about how to make it different from that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the thirteenth day of Inktober we have one of the great ogres of Northwestern Native American Folklore, Dzunukwa aka Basket Woman aka the Whistling Woman. Dzunukwa is an interesting figure in Kwakwaka’wakw mythology on one side she’s a bogey figure[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
