The Field Guide to Witches: An artist’s grimoire of 20 witches and their worlds
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In this indispensable Field Guide to Witches, join 20 talented concept artists and illustrators on a journey through dark forests, ancient mountains, and eerie swamps in search of witches, sorceresses, goddesses, and crones to bring to life. Explore over 300 pages of spellbinding sketches, inspiring illustrations, and invaluable character-design insights, alongside research, rumors, and ruminations from each artist.
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In this indispensable Field Guide to Witches, join 20 talented concept artists and illustrators on a journey through dark forests, ancient mountains, and eerie swamps in search of witches, sorceresses, goddesses, and crones to bring to life.
The legendary stories of these characters are explored and reawakened on over 300 beautifully presented pages, with spellbinding sketches, inspiring illustrations, and invaluable character-design insights sitting alongside research, rumors, and ruminations from each artist. Don’t dare to step into the world of witches without this Field Guide to show you the way.
• Discover 20 fascinating witches by 20 artists from around the world
• Over 300 pages of sketches, color illustrations, and creative insights
• Explore folklore and myth while learning how artists develop magical character designs
Product details
Hardback 320 pages
Dimensions: 260mm x 210mm
Paper quality: Full-color premium paper pages
ISBN: 978-1-912843-57-2
Contents and Contributors
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Witch Locations
Fairy-Tale Witches
Baba Yaga
La Befana
The Gingerbread Witch
The Sea Witch
The Snow Queen
The Spinning Witch
Morgan Le Fay
Goddesses & Guardians
Isis
Circa
The Morrígan
Freyja
Hecate
The Cailleach
Hags, Crones & Monsters
Black Annis
The Bruxa
The Cuca
Jenny Greenteeth
Elli
Yama-uba
The Weird Sisters
Contributors
Olga "AsuRocks" Andriyenko
Abigail Larson
Leroy Steinmann
Jana Heidersdorf
Madi Harper
Karolina Derecka
Kacey Lynn Brown
Amagoia Agirre
Janna Sophia
Hazem Ameen
Jodie Muir
Entei Ryu
Emanuel Pantaleon
Monika Eidintaite
Carol Azevedo
Jessica Taylor
Eldar Zakirov
Matteo Spirito
João "Inkognit" Fiuza
Franco Gonzalez
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About the Creator
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Madi Harper is a freelance illustrator working in children's books, cover art, and commercial illustration. Her inspiration comes from the joy of creating art combined with the art around her: in nature, in hiking, in the people she meets, and in the illustrators that came before her. Her work holds an element of early-to-mid-1900s illustration with a modern twist in the colour palette and medium.
Hugo Award winner Abigail Larson specialises in dark fantasy illustration using a unique mix of traditional and digital media. Her clients include Netflix Animation, Disney Publishing, Sideshow Collectibles, Syfy, Universal, Titan Comics, Llewellyn Worldwide, DC Comics, and Dark Horse. Abigail has illustrated three tarot decks: The Dark Wood Tarot, The Nightmare Before Christmas Tarot, and The Horror Tarot.