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Theodore Kittelsen, Moritz Von Schwind, John Bauer, Water Spirit, White Horse, Nature Paintings, Horse Art, Design Graphique, Fantasy World

The works of classical illustration for science and literature, political commentary, and children's works are are seriously interesting, though rather challenging for a vector conversion project. Converting watercolor, line-work, wood-block print, and other styles to vector leads to some fairly serious hair tearing on occasion. Maintaining as much of the feel of the original pieces as possible while ensuring that the conversions are print-ready sometimes takes a lot longer than expected…

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Forest vättar Scandinavian Folklore, Slavic Folklore, Slavic Mythology, Medieval World, Nature Spirits, Forest Illustration, Tear Down, Mystical Creatures, Environment Concept Art

The densely forested area of Röjden, on the Swedish border with Norway, was infamous for being believed to be haunted. Rumors of vättar and other väsen (nature spirits) from scandinavian folklore were common, and some families even had to move or tear down their house because of the regularly occurring supernatural phenomena.

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