My digital series is "Twelve Months". the calendar is called "Mysteries of the Nymphs"

elenasteem (74)in #art • 7 years ago (edited)

Hello my dear friends! I'm glad to welcome you!

Well, after almost four months I can say that I still drew all 12 months! This is probably the largest and most complex series of illustrations I have ever made. But it was interesting!

Now it remains to "attach" the work ... of course I will print a few copies of the calendar for myself and friends and most likely I will exhibit them at the art design exhibition in Khabarovsk, but I hope that the dream will come true and it will be possible to release the calendar in circulation)

Secretly, I have another idea to make illustrations for the "Tarot" and "Zodiac Signs" cards, but this is not now, but in the future)

January

Hello, traveler. Are you really tired from the road? Sit down, rest. We will tell you a fairy tale about wonderful nymphs, whose beauty can only be compared with the beauty of Nature. Your path will begin here in the ice, where the beautiful Isgerd, the daughter of Winter herself, is drowsy. Her sleep is guarded by a terrible eagle. Guard it and you. After all, you can not wake her before the due date. Otherwise, she will put her golden medallion around her neck, and time in the world will stop forever.

February

And here is the valley of the fogs, where a nymph named Astrid lives. She is blind from birth, but it does not prevent her from seeing everything around and knowing everything about everything. In her power to fulfill any desire, but the payment for them can sometimes be too great. Once every four years on the night of the full moon, Astrid turns a white winged mare and flies around the world, knocking the stars off the sky with hoofs.

March

On the highest of the mountains, where the earth meets the sky, sunrises with sunsets, and the sun with the stars, the blue-eyed Helga wanders. For the whole winter she gathers the rays of the sun in her magic staff, so that, with the onset of spring, they will give their warmth to the awakening world. In a tender voice, like the sounds of silver bells, a nymph sings such a wonderful song that birds immediately pick it up, spreading words around the world.

April

Light, fast and gentle, like the water in which she lives, with the first April drops comes into the world of wheat-haired Una. This foolish little girl is the youngest of the magical nymphs, and she loves playing more than anything else. Entering the warm gusts of the spring wind, Una sends small paper cranes to the sky, which, obeying the magic of her sonorous laughter, immediately come to life and turn into beautiful, proud birds with large white wings.

May

Once in the most secret of the corners of the Enchanted Forest rose a beautiful pink flower. His fragrance attracted hundreds of beautiful butterflies, who circled around him day and night, hoping to eat sweet nectar soon. But the pink petals of the bud were tightly compressed, and no one was allowed to enter. There were days, and one day, a big white tiger walking in the woods accidentally touched a pink flower. He swayed, and then slowly began to blossom. And when the bud opened, a beautiful blue-eyed nymph named Iya emerged from him. Since then, Iya lives in the Enchanted Forest, guarding him from all sorts of troubles, and the white tiger accompanies her everywhere.

June

There is a small lake in the sunny clearing near the Enchanted Forest, where proud white swans often come to swim. The lake is dotted with magic lotuses, the petals of which can heal any, even the most serious disease. Many cunning people tried to steal lotuses in order to appropriate their wonderful gift. But none of this failed, because the lake carefully protects a nymph named Argim. Floating along the lake in the shape of a winch, the nymph watches whether anyone who is unworthy of magic flowers is attempting and hardly sees any danger, turns into a fairy-tale beauty girl, fascinates strangers and takes them deep into the forest, where it is almost impossible to get out.

July

The Queen of the Butterflies

August

One day the flickering ray of sun wiped a small drop of dew from the tree branch. The drop fell on the feather from the tail of the peacock and suddenly it was so hard for him that the feather fell out of its tail, and after it was picked up by the wind it flew up, towards the sun. Touching the very ray that brushed a drop of dew from the tree, the feather awakened ancient magic. And then the fervent sunbeam suddenly turned into a golden-haired nymph Lear, long ago punished by Nature for some joke. What a joke was completely forgotten by Nature, and even by the nymph herself. Lira was forgiven and left to live among peacocks.

September

Silence and pacification reign in the Golden Grove of the Enchanted Forest. The birds sing their magic songs with gorgeous trills, the animals live in peace and harmony. And if someone gets there, then some incredible happiness embraces him. The mistress of the Golden Grove, the nymph Asta, lives in the amber palace, whose walls are painted with bright colors, and the halls are decorated with sparkling gems. No one dares to disturb the peace of this place, carefully protects the nymph his possessions from the dark forces.

October

Only one place on earth - Lilac Lake - keeps all the secrets that have ever been or will be known to people. On the shore of it sits a beautiful nymph named Stephanie. Her hair smells of lavender, and her voice is softer than the purest notes. Scooping up water with a thin hand, the Lake Warden sends wonderful dreams to people. Only once a year you can see this place. All the rest of the time it is hidden from prying eyes.

November.

Cold, piercing winds, rainstorms and leaf falls sends a beautiful nymph named Elinia to the earth. She takes away from her nature her magnificent outfits. And the whole world becomes gray and gloomy with her arrival ... It's not from evil and cruelty that the nymph acts. It is strict, but it is fair. I wish she would forever leave the plants with their blooming beauty, but then the piercing cold of the coming winter will kill her forever. That's why Elinia immerses the whole world in a long, enchanted sleep.

December

Waterfall silvery hair, white as snow skin, blue eyes ice. All winter nymphs are similar to each other, but as there are no two identical snowflakes, there are not two similar nymphs, each of them is special. This is also the Aurora, the nymph of December, that is friends with all the beasts of birds and protects the peace of the winter forest. Hiding in the branches of old trees she pours to the ground her magic staff of the snow star, and the world falls asleep in a quiet enchanted sleep. It's time to fall asleep to you, my dear traveler, because our fairy tale, where wonderful nymphs told you their secret secrets, has already come to an end.