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Just a picture of a spellbound fellow being led into the woods by fairies while they transform him into a red deer buck.
One of my favorite 'coffee table' books is called Fairies in Victorian Art, which I used a lot in this picture (and my 'Making of Bambi' book of course).
I'm especially a big fan of the paintings of John Anster Fitzgerald - his fairy paintings are very proto-psychedelic, and his fairies look more like spiky little vegetable demons than traditional pixies. He's the main influence here.
One of my favorite 'coffee table' books is called Fairies in Victorian Art, which I used a lot in this picture (and my 'Making of Bambi' book of course).
I'm especially a big fan of the paintings of John Anster Fitzgerald - his fairy paintings are very proto-psychedelic, and his fairies look more like spiky little vegetable demons than traditional pixies. He's the main influence here.
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This is very cool! Thanks to Disney, a lot of people don't remember that 'eldritch' is related to 'elf' and that fairies basically have Blue and Orange Morality.
What are you referring to? I don't remember any Disney stuff making that comparison.
Also, I don't think that's actually true. Elf comes from the nordic word "Alf" meaning a kind of spirit (usually associated with elves, but that's not actually explicit in the mythology, as it also applies to what we think of as dwarfs), while eldritch is of unknown origin.
Also, I don't think that's actually true. Elf comes from the nordic word "Alf" meaning a kind of spirit (usually associated with elves, but that's not actually explicit in the mythology, as it also applies to what we think of as dwarfs), while eldritch is of unknown origin.
Also, my etymology dictionary states that eldritch is of unknown origin, but linguists theorize the el may come from the old english word for "else, or other." But the exact origin is unknown. And Elf does come from the Nordic Alf. That's where Tolkein got it. That said, Nordic does have influence on English because English is a bastard of a language.
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