Here are the illustrations for the mini-book "The Seven Raven's" by the Brothers Grimm I've been working on. I still have some work to do with the text but the illustrations are pretty much finished.Here is a tiny synopsis of the story...
The story beings with a very sick little baby girl. The family thinks she is going to die.Through desperation, her father sends her brothers off to gather holy water to help save the soul their sister. When the boys fail, the father curses the sky and the boys are all transformed into ravens and fly away. Surprisingly, the girl survives and only years later hears about her doomed brothers. She is filled with tremendous guilt and decides to see is she can save them. Her journey forces her to face her fears and beg for help from the sun, the moon and the stars. This was not easy and only the star helps. It gives her a secret key to help her enter the cave of her brothers. She continues her long and frightening journey and she finally finds her family but loses her special key. In order to open the door she has to cut the tip of her finger and use her true skeleton key to open the door. It works. Her bravery has broken the curse and her brothers return to their human form and they all live happily ever after.
So here you have it...I hope you like the paintings.
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| The cover illustration for The Seven Ravens... |
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| The scene where the father curses his sons into turning into ravens. |
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| The daughter on a journey to save her brothers. |
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The sister on the search to save her brothers...
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What do you think? Would you like to see the finished mini-book?
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