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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

What will you actually find in your letterbox as one of our folklore adventurers? Art, folklore, stories, a membership card just for you, and sometimes a little mystery! For anyone with an interest in folklore, a resource for writers & artists, and essential equipment for canny adventurers ❤️

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It's here! Sign up for the Adventure's Guide snail mail club today on my website - link in replies or search for Erin-Claire illustration. I'm so excited to send the first batch of letters!!

A picture of a green envelope with a red wax seal. Around it are the words: strange creatures, folklore, beautiful art, a hint of magic, fairy tales, lost stories.

Text overlaid on a watercolour image of hills and mountains. The text reads: The Adventurer's Guide to Surviving the Folklore Wilderness snail mail club. Art, folklore and stories in your letterbox (not your inbox!) every month.

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PatriciaJones @gatocielo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Tried a limited palette of just three colors. #watercolor

A dirt road leads up through a grassy meadow and disappears into a forest.

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Julia Lundman 🩵🧚🦄🧌 @paintkatt.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"Water Wight" from a few years back.

a watery nymph rising up beneath the lilypads. skeletal creatures surround her in the swamp.

monochromatic first pass in paynes grey fluid acrylic

subsequent layers of paint in thinned down acrylic. cute leaf palette and my hand painting.

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TAKAO★WATANABE🌿10/23-28Exhibition @watanabetakao.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I've finished a new piece of art. I tried out a lot of different techniques this time, so I'm really happy with how it turned out. Now, what should I draw next?😊 #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Undermine the algorithm AND get folklore and art in your letterbox? What more could you ask for!

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

How cool, I wish I could go to this! Currently working on a novel that includes an unavoidable day in London and I have not been to London since I was 3... Google maps is doing some heavy lifting. History tours would be an amazing resource and fun too!

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I managed to finish these sapphic mermaids! They are a little late for #mermay, but at least it's in time for #pride 😌 🧜 Watercolor, gouache and pastels on Arches hot press watercolor paper.

A watercolor painting of two mermaids surrounding and embracing a human woman. One mermaid is kissing the woman, the other mermaid is cheekily pulling down the woman's swimsuit.

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy International Women's Day!

A woman with long flowing hair and a green dress stands on a rock looking out to sea, a green dragon at her back. The dress has gold embroidery.

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

just, painting my current vibes, like one does 🐍

A medusa in gold jewelry with gold rattlesnakes for hair, clutching the stone head of a king and breaking it to pieces while making intense eye contact with the viewer.

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Interested in owning one of my original gouache paintings? Here's a little reminder that a number of my originals from my solo show at Nucleus Portland are still available on their website! 💛 www.nucleusportland.com/collections/...

gouache painting of two mice in love sitting among blackberry bushes holding dandelions while bees buzz above them

gouache painting of a squirrel reading a book with a cup of tea amid the branches of an oak tree

gouache painting of a mouse dressed in an overcoat and holding a briefcase standing amid leaves as though preparing to go on a journey

gouache painting of a mouse offering a fresh green salad to a rabbit on a cold winter's day

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

A painting for my love for Valentines Day, with Australian wattle birds ❤️

Watercolour illustration of two wattlebirds against a starry sky. The branches they are sitting on are silhouetted against the sky.

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joão ruas @feralkid.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

REMNANT opens March 1st at Ryan Graff Contemporary in San Francisco

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Put your hand up if you don't like giant cats and families of adventurers, with sparkles. That's right, you can't, you're too busy patting the giant cat.

A woman holding a map is riding a giant cat, which is crouched, looking towards the horizon. A child sits behind the woman with his arms around her, and an older man walks next to the cat, carrying a lantern. There are trees around them in varying shades of pink and purple.

An angled picture to show the sparkling paint, particularly on the light coming from the older man's lantern.

Another angled picture to show the sparkling paint.

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Chaz Hutton @chazhutton.com · 15/01/2025

A little comic about desire paths.

Ok so…
There’s a nice little park on a corner, and a path running directly to one edge of the park. That’s the first image, but there’s 12 other images here. In the second image, there is now a desire path running diagonally across the park. Next image, the path has been blocked by a park bench that the council has put in as a deterrent. Unfazed, in image 4 the path now deftly avoids the park bench. In images 5 and 6 the process is repeated, this time with a strategically placed bin which the desire path also avoids. Presumably in a fit of rage, the council plants an entire hedge to stop people creating new desire paths but eventually this too is defeated and a new path find a way. Finally, the council admits defeat and turns the desire path into a proper paved pathway. After a little while, a new desire path curving off this new paved pathway begins to emerge…

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Tending the codes. Watercolour and ink, 2025. Photos show sparkly watercolour details 😍✨

A woman with short hair, wearing a long black dress, stands casually in front of three screens. The background is stylised with foliage and hints of colour.

Angled photo taken to show sparling paint on the woman's shoes and dress.

Angled photo taken to show sparkling paint on the screens and parts of the background.

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Veronica O'Neill @zookie-art.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Something brand new from me today? Cover art painted for W Ryan Kaufman's book "Gawain: A Year to Live" 🍃

An androgynous figure stands in partial shadow wearing white armour and holding a green axe that looks as if it is made of glass.

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Belated #PortfolioDay post ✨ I'm Erin-Claire, I'm an author and illustrator who retells, reimagines and subverts fairy tales and folklore through illustrations (digital and traditional )and stories.

A black and white ink illustration of a girl sitting in the window of a tower looking out. She is wearing casual leggings, socks and a loose top. She has immensely long hair, which is hung over a hook behind her on the tower wall to keep it out of her way.

A girl sits in rags next to a pond. She is reaching out to a golden fish, whose light fills the pond. She looks calm and happy. Illustration is from Ye Xian: The Chinese Cinderella by Alyssa Curtayne (2023).

A girl holds a golden slipper. She is wearing a dress of browns and golds that transforms into a coat of brilliant blue and teal feathers. Behind her is the stylised skeleton of a giant fish. Illustration is from Ye Xian: the Chinese Cinderella, by Alyssa Curtayne (2023).

A girl stands in looking to the left of the screen, wearing a red hooded dress that billows in the wind. She is carrying a heart shaped bag full of flowers and wheeling a yellow bicycle. Behind her the giant silhouette of a wolf sits, looking in the same direction. The silhouette is full of stars.

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you 💚

A woman with long, flowing black hair, glasses and small feathers growing on her shoulders and upper arms is stitching a green shirt. Around her fly six black swans, wings outstretched.

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

A recent painting, photos to show the beautiful sparkly paint, and a new little adorable painting friend ✨

The figure of a woman with long, flowing white and grey hair towers over a town of tall old buildings. In front, a girl is reading a book on a bench lit by yellow lamplight.

A close up of the woman from the main image, showing silver paint that sparkles in her hair, and on the moon and clouds in the background of the image.

A black and white kitten is curled up asleep next to the half finished painting. Her head is on the board the painting is taped to.

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Eileen Kai Hing Kwan 🦇 MCM London @whereiseileen.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Eileen, a London based Illustrator. I love to draw horror, gothic romance & fantasy 🦇🩸Looking for more book/comic cover work, film posters, games, vinyl art & other exciting projects from early Feb! ✉️ eileenkhkwan@hotmail.com 🩸 eileenkaihingkwan.co.uk

Illustration of a vampire gently holding and biting her victim who is wearing a beautiful white lace dress. They look like they’re dancing

Illustration of Legacy of Kain official encyclopaedia book cover. Blue Raziel is in the centre standing inside Kain’s palm, with his sword and broken wings encircling him. A large portrait of Kain stands looming behind him. Beneath Raziel swirls the Lake of the Dead, underneath the vortex are giant tentacles of the Elder God.

Book cover illustration of HOUSE OF THE BEAST by Michelle Wong. Two silhouette figures standing inside a giant eye of a beast, surrounded by a swirling and chaotic world

Illustration of Princess Mononoke. The Forest Spirit God is standing in the centre of the forest, backlit by the sun with many tree spirits (kodama)surrounding him. The forest and roots frame the scene almost majestically. The atmosphere is ethereal and magical.

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 09/11/2024

something sweet

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Winter Holidays to everyone. May your days be warm and filled with the magic you believe in.

A boy in a winter landscape, wants to believe, is given a bell from Santa’s sleigh so the magic of Christmas may continue in his mind.

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Well that is strikingly terrifying! Wow!

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The way this piece grabs me every time I see it...!

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Little Red. I've spent some time getting back into traditional watercolours lately - it's been joyful to be painting on paper with brushes again, (although I miss the convenience of digital painting!)

A watercolour painting of a young woman in a windswept, short, hooded red cloak who is looking up and to the left. Her right hand is on a yellow bicycle, her left hand holds a bag of flowers. Behind her is the silhouette of a giant wolf, taller than her, shadowy and full of stars.

The same image as previous, but a photo taken to show the glittering patterns on the cloak, painted in sparkling watercolours.

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Donato @donatoarts.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Red Sonya 14" x 11" watercolor pencil and chalk on toned paper 2024 Newly completed drawing from this past weeks trip to Dragonsteel Nexus convention.

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I just found out the piece I did for Scientific American, Woman the Hunter, was juried into the Society of Illustrators 67 exhibit and book! I’m truly speechless. I only entered two pieces, both of which were from SciAm, I didn’t think I stood a chance to even be a part of the book

Illustration made for November 2023 issue of Scientific American for a piece called Woman the Hunter. The illustration is of a woman with one arm outstretched and the other holding a spear. Her hair flies behind her. The background is of cave-painting like buffalo, rhinos, antelope, and people hunting said animals. In the left hand corner is a SOI 67 Jury Selection badge

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Techno Gothic or something look I dunno

Digital painting, a spiky gothic cathedral retro fitted with industrial gubbins

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

⭐️ quote repost with your art that has stars ⭐️ A little old Fae creature in a little old Fae place ✨

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Quote and post your knight 🗡️ or dragon! 🐉

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Congrats Emily on 5k 😍🎉 Go follow Emily if you're not already!

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

If you see this, post a knight! (Yes I may be stretching the definition slightly but I was excited to go back far enough and find a painting of a Jedi Knight! I seem to otherwise have exclusively painted Sith...)

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Sam Hogg @thewhalergirl.com · 25/11/2024

I keep an 'aesthetic' sketchbook in my downtime, mostly because I really want to do a sketchbook tour video at the end. This piece turned out way fancier than I'd intended and I think my brain might have been channelling Zelda. Acrylic markers, regular markers, gouache & some pencil.

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Hello! So nice to see so many new faces 😊 Please drop some of your art in the replies (or let me know what other creative things you get up to!) so I can get to know you better and others can find your work! ❤️ I painted this piece for Continuum, a speculative fiction convention earlier this year.

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Amelia Leonards Art @amelialeonardsart.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I haven’t posted nearly enough dark fae ladies yet, Apologies. Court of Crows, watercolor on 140lb cold press

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Let's show off our blue art! Requote with 💙🖌️ And some older blue pieces from my watercolour work! 🔵

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Let's show off our blue art! Requote with 💙🖌️ Pieces with a blueish feel from my digital work 🔷

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A group of researchers have recreated the clothing of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy from the wall paintings in the cathedral of Faras, which sits at the border of modern Egypt and Sudan.

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Wow, great to see bluesky taking off and hello to all the new followers! I have been more focused on writing than art this year, but here is a recent digital piece - Currawong Girl 🐦‍⬛ I have also been getting back into watercolours lately and will share some soon!

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Happy International Women's Day everyone 🎉

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Erin-Claire @erinclaire.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

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 last week's story, my retelling of Snow White, in which the queen may not be the biggest danger...

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