« Facing off the Ball and Chain Trooper in Kanalet Castle », c. 1993

by Katsuya Terada (japanese master, born 1963)
Illustration for "Link's Awakening" player booklet, Nintendo, 1993

« Fuoco e Ghiaccio », 1983

by Frank Frazetta (american artist, 1928-2010)
Italian poster illustration for Ralph Bakshi's "Fire and Ice" animation movie, 1983

« Bilbo le Hobbit », 1976

by Marcel Chikhanovitch aka "Chica" (french illustrator, 1933-2022)
Cover and interior illustration for children french edition of JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit", Bibliothèque Verte, 1976

« Shelob », 1987

by Ted Nasmith (Canadian illustrator, born 1956)
Painting for the Tolkien Calendar 1987

« The Man Gave Him a Pair of Snowshoes », 1914

by Kay Nielsen (danish, 1886-1957)
Illustration for the scandinavian folk tale “The Three Princesses of Whiteland”,
from Peter Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe's "East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North" book, 1914

« The Prince of Lankhmar », 1991

by Clyde Caldwell (american, born 1948)
Cover illustration for AD&D LNR2 Tales of Lankhmar adventure book, TSR Inc., 1991

« God Speed! », 1900

by Edmund Blair Leighton (british, 1852-1922)
Oil on canvas, 160x116cm

As a Snake baby myself (1989!) I’ve been loving seeing all the beautiful snake art for Year of the Snake! I revisited an old character of mine, Una, for my own contribution to all the pretty snake art #mastoart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration

#introduction I'm Shannon. The birdsite was where I kept track of #DH #DigitalHumanities #ethicalAI trends, posts about #ontologies & #knowledgegraph, #Japaneseart & #fantasyillustration.