Erin-Claire Illustration

Hi, I'm Erin-Claire, I retell and illustrate subversive fairy tales and folklore. Author of 'The Adventurous Princess and other feminist fairy tales'.

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The Irish bean si (banshee) is known for her wails and lamentations forewarning of death, while the Scottish bean nighe often does her work quietly by the wild highland streams, washing the blood stained clothes of those about to die...

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I have not been good at updating here folks, but I am still doing a series of Tea with EC storytelling videos on my other various places - come check them out!

Here's an illustration from my retelling of Snow White, in which the queen may not be the biggest danger...

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The librarian and his library cats.

My favourite part of this painting is his face and the two books in the top left. As usual when I try to draw pets, I'm reminded that I should spend more time at the houses of my friends and family with pets, drawing their pets 😄😍

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A sculptor and his creation.

(Yes yes folklore - soon I promise! 😅😁)

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"Yexian asked the spirit in the bones of the fish for clothes to attend the festival and found herself in a cloak of kingfisher feathers with golden shoes."

My second illustration for Yexian, the Chinese Cinderella and the oldest version of the story that we know 🐠💛

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@nocturnalxlight Thanks so much Ell! I had fun trying to work out how to paint it so it looked magical!

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"Soon the golden fish grew too large for the bowl and Yexian found a pool by a cliff face where it could live and grow and she could still visit it."

My first illustration for Alyssa Curtayne's retelling of Yexian, the oldest version of the Cinderella fairy tale we all know.

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It's #Ahsoka Day!!! Finally

#StarWars #StarWarsRebels #AhsokaTano #HeraSyndulla #SabineWren #Sabine #Chopper

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I recently had the wonderful opportunity to create illustrations for Yexian, the earliest version of the Cinderella fairy tale most of us are familiar with. Here are the thumbnail sketches that were selected to work up into final paintings 💛🐟 final paintings later this week!

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If you know me you'll know I really (really!) love Star Wars! Painted for @clothedvillainy ❤️

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Hi all, you might have noticed there was no folklore video this week (and I still haven't put the Urisk blog post up - eek!). Taking a break from folklore for a week or two to just focus on art 🎨🖌️😊

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Hi everyone, apologies to anyone who was watching out for the blog post on Urisks yesterday - I'm afraid it probably won't be up til later this week because I'm struggling a bit with the illustration! But in the meantime you here's a little rock sprite (not a folklore creature!)

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Today's 'Tea with EC' is two stories about Green Ladies - from Scotland and from Wales! A third story and an illustration will be up on the blog on Sunday 🍃 I really enjoyed both these stories - hope you do too 💚 Let me know which one you like best!

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Glaistigs and Gruagachs today on The Adventurer's Guide to Surviving the Folklore Wilderness blog!

https://t.co/c9qFHBYhbm

#folklore #scotland #scottishfolklore

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Glaistigs and Gruagachs today on The Adventurer's Guide to Surviving the Folklore Wilderness. I'm a bit sick and very quiet so turn up the sound - once you've got a cup of tea of course!

#folklore #scotland #scottishfolklore #glaistig #gruagach

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You all know what creature we're discussing this week if you saw Friday's video. Alas, I cannot find any illustrations of Gruagachs that I like, so you can all have another beautiful John Bauer illustration. She's a golden haired woman by the water so she may well be a gruagach!

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The joys of bike riding in Canberra!

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@parislord It was so lovely! 😊😊

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If you wander the birchwoods around Gairloch in Scotland, and you are very fortunate, you may come across the Ghillie Dhu...

This week on The Adventurer's Guide to Surviving the Folklore Wilderness 🍃

https://t.co/YvtOzXZQv3

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It's Friday, which means it's time for Tea with EC and chatting about folklore! Get a cup of tea and come chat with me about the Ghillie Dhu, a nature fairy from Scotland! 🍃 Illustration on Sunday!

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