Art & Creativity
Keeping a folklore sketchbook: a practice
A research-led sketchbook practice for folklore artists: copy real sources by hand, draw from primary art, and track provenance so the cliché…
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Fantasy art, artist features and writing prompts rooted in actual legend rather than generic fantasy — the folklore behind the image.
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12 writing prompts from Norse and continental folklore
Twelve writing prompts from Norse and continental folklore, each tied to a real source — the Eddas, the Grimms, the Lorelei, the…
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Colour and symbol in folklore illustration
How palette and motif carry meaning in folklore illustration — grounded in what the sources actually name, with a caution against inventing…
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The Victorian fairy painting tradition
Richard Dadd, John Anster Fitzgerald and Joseph Noel Paton and the Victorian fairy-painting craze — a 19th-century movement, not a window on…
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Drawing Cú Chulainn and the Táin: a reference for artists
Drawing Cú Chulainn from the Táin's own words — the ríastrad, the Gáe Bolg and the three-coloured hair — not the familiar…
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Jim Fitzpatrick and the Celtic art revival
Jim Fitzpatrick's Book of Conquests and The Silver Arm gave Irish myth its modern face — a "Celtic" style that is a…
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How to Feature Folklore in Illustration Without Flattening the Culture
A craft-and-ethics guide to illustrating folklore with specificity — research, sourcing and crediting — using Rackham, Alan Lee and Jim Fitzpatrick as…
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12 More Writing Prompts, This Time From Welsh and Scottish Tradition
Twelve folklore writing prompts from the Mabinogi, the Cŵn Annwn, the Cailleach, selkies and Tam Lin — each tied to a real…
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Where to Find Public-Domain Manuscript Art for Folklore Work
A working map of the real digitised manuscript collections — the Book of Kells, ISOS, the British Library — and an honest…
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Drawing the Morrígan: A Folklore-Accurate Reference Guide for Artists
What the Irish sources actually describe about the Morrígan — the washer at the ford, the red charioteer, the shapeshifter — versus…