Black Annis. Exploring the witch
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Every artist here acts as a witch researcher: collects data and legends of local folklore about her, weaving them together, interviews locals, watches from hiding, or makes direct contact with a witch, risking themselves.
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Location, where Annis is said to live in rural Leicestershire, in the Dane Hills, a large area to the west of the English city of Leicester:
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Done in Procreate:
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The pencil-work sketch, the final art, and close-ups:
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🎃 Now the book's available now
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The 3dtotal team plants a tree for every book sold and donates 50% of our profits to charity! 🌳
Painting works created entirely using "The Perfect Oils" brush set from my store.
The Field Guide to Witches: An artist’s grimoire of 20 witches and their worlds■ — that's the title of the book issued recently by 3dtotal, where I participated as one of 20 artists and authors. 🧙♀️
My point of interest was the horrible and dangerous witch from rural Leicestershire's Dane Hills, a large area to the west of the English city of Leicester. Living in the sandstone cave near old giant oak, she hunts people or steals children to eat them. No one can tell if she's a human being or not, does she has a human mind. She's said also to can change her appearance.
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Along with 20 other amazing artists from worldwide, I was a kinda explorer or researcher of the witch I chose: we collected tales and legends, rumors and local's data about her, learned her habits, and imagined what if we had direct contact or were side observers.
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🎃 Now the book's available now for pre-order. Shipping starts in November.
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Here you will find out that witches are very different: beautiful girls, disgusting hags, terrible monsters, and awe-inspiring deities. 🧟♀️🧛♀️
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The 3dtotal team also releases a charity update this week: they plant a tree for every book sold and donate 50% of our profits to charity! 🌳