Friday, March 25, 2011

Dryads

Dryads are tree nymphs in Greek mythology. I first took to the idea of dryads years ago after coming across some of the fantasy illustration work of Brian Froud, one of my favourite illustrators. Since then I've always been fascinated by tree spirit folklore and started coming up with my interpretation of what I think they would look like. Below are examples of my thoughts that play with the idea that dryads are free to roam the forests if they choose but are always attached to the trees.


Harmony - Finished illustration,



Harmony - Line illustration,



Spiderbait - Finished illustration,




Spiderbait - Halfway stage,




Spiderbait - Line illustration,

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  1. TitusLSeptember 16, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    Great post, Wonderful pictures well done :D
    I thought that you might like my
    Taliesin's Battle Of The Trees machinima film,
    which also features some Dryads among the cast of actors
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0gduIjXOU4
    Bright Blessings By Stone and Star,
    Celestial Elf ~

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