Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Jelly friends and family


How to Guard Yourself Against Fairy Tales


This illustration was commissioned by Weekly Reader Magazine to illustrate a poem written about the dangers lurking in fairy tales (eg: wolves and old ladies with big noses :)



Thursday, May 3, 2007

Foxy ❤ forever ❤



I love foxes. They are many times the main characters in Hungarian and Japanese folk tales. In Japan foxes guide Inari's temples. The illustration below is inspired by those. More on that here:

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/oinari.shtml

❦Happy Mothers' Day!



✽Dream Girls Sunshine Freshy✽



Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Japanese shinto inspired shrine of cute power :)

This is a Japanese shinto inspired shrine I have created for the display of my upcoming illustration Licensing Tradeshow (Surtex).





If you are interested finding out more about shinto shrines, please check out this website:http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/shrine-guide-2.shtml



Here you will find instructions on how to make your own shrine:
http://www.youkaimura.org/kamidatsuku.htm



And here are some images I have recently taken in Mijayima, Japan.
Xoxoxo,
Zaara ^,,^