fantasy art by Frank Frazetta

Frank Frazetta has drawn both Vampirella and Conan. I don't care much for either of the two characters, but I like the way they are drawn. Plump bodies, pretty colours, mystical mossy forests, people with wings, far-away planets.. it's a little cheesy, and it's probably not the style they would have preferred us to go for in art college, but it's fun and I love it.












I love sci-fi and fantasy art made in the 60's-70's. It's something about the muted colours, the softness and graininess in comparison to contemporary flat colours and harsh lines. Also there's a more erotic, calm and mysterious feeling to them than the harsh sexy, action fuelled weaponry fixated stuff I see a lot of now. Things where better before ha ha... naah.. even my grandmother disagrees with that.

psychic aceo

She sees the secrets with her water-eyes.


Pencil, marker and ink on watercolour paper. I love watercolour paper, it doesn't mind water at all.

fantasy art by keith thompson

i have a soft spot for fantasy artists like keith thompson, it's like he's a modern day fairy tale illustrator. nowadays, fairy tales are mostly for kids, but it wasn't always like that, and it doesn't have to be that way. fantasy art and illustration has this stigma about it; as if it isn't real, serious, high art, but the domain of nerds. as we all know, being a nerd is being intelligent, dedicated and good at something - like keith thompson - i don't understand how that can be a stigma.

you might want to click on some of the more intricate pictures to get all the details, as the pictures are massive, but blogger resizes them to the point where some of the amazingness is lost.









for more of keith thompson's work, check out his website: www.keiththompsonart.com

wikipedia has a section about fantasy art where they also mention the silly division between fantasy art and high culture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_art

punk elf love

pencil drawing in the sketchbook that i've reworked in photoshop. the only stuff that has been added is the black around the heart and the red inside the heart.,

the enchanted pixie of no worries

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pencil drawing - it has had the yellow colour added in photoshop. i don't think i'll ever get tired of drawing fairies.

alien elf

pencil on paper + computer colouring

the old elf

a pencil drawing from my sketchbook.

tessa farmer insect pixies

cuteness

twinkel girl

i found this person on myspace ages ago and was amazed at the pinkness! she calls herself twinkel and i think she's quite a character!

i also saved some of her strange little collages, they are proper pink fluffy hippie extremeness, i love them! i think it's what her soul must look like.

her myspace profile isn't as pink and fluffy any longer, but here it is.

janos 3d

my ace boyfriend janos di croce made this 3d model based on one of my drawings. i'm so amazed at the result; he made my creepy flie-pixie beautiful.



he's got an online 3d portfolio, although it's more serious for work stuff and not full of faery things. i hope it will be in time though, as i'd love to see more of my drawings come to life!

janos di croce's portfolio

The Azirian Shrine of Intimacy

apparently these are all consenting adult non-humans. i like how the drawings depicts sex in a very positive, playful and intimate manner - in stark contrast to the amount of imagery of sex that exist with a violent, raw and destructive undertone.

it's also very naive and i love it. i think naivety has some sort of honesty about it.

this actually looks an awful lot like me and my boyfriend! i'm amazed! although we're obviously both much cuter.

these drawings are all from The Azirian Shrine of Intimacy. wow what a grand title for a web page.

senjo clothing faery wear

i just found this ace little online shop with faery clothes. it's all hand made and well cool. and being a pixie and all, i do need this stuff:

check out www.senjoclothing.com

Päivi Laakso pixie paintings

Oil paintings of strange elf creatures by Finnish artist Päivi Laakso.
I like how their static postures and intense confrontational gazes gives an eerie feeling to the otherwise sort of cute and naive looking characters.

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Staticness is haunting. I like.