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Folktale Week 2023 progress video and links to reference materials.

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Hello! In this video I share with you my Folktale Week story outline, where my ‘lightbulb’ moment came from, my sketches so far and the written and visual reference material i’ve used. The video ends with what the next stages of this project will be and how I’ll be sharing it with you over the coming weeks.

At the end of the post are links to the reference material and people mentioned in the video.

It’s a biggie, around 30mins, so find a comfy spot, make yourself a cuppa and settle in..

A reminder of the word prompts:

The 7 word prompts for Folktale Week 2023

Thank you for watching! I hope this was helpful, I certainly find these video posts to be useful to help me work through the process go creating, I’ll be back next week to share the full story and more sketches.

If you enjoyed this post, you can buy me a coffee/pencil to say thank you 😊

Mentioned in the video

Artists:

Emma Carlisle

Sara Dyer

Books:

• The Sea Journal - Seafarer’s Sketchbooks by Hew-Lewis Jones

• Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable

• Folklore Myths & Legends of Britain

• Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge, illustrated by Emily Gravett

• Treasury of Folklore - Woodlands & Forests

• Lundy Island Guide Book

• Erebus by Michael Palin.

Zines:

• Cunning Folk Magazine

• Weird Walk, Issue six, winter 22/23. The article mentioned was called Island of the Dead by Jade Angeles Fitton

TV

The Terror