nocnitsa:

Ivan Bilibin detail.  scan from Russian Legends: Folk Tales and Fairy Tales.

gaglioffo:

Ivan Bilibin, illustration from “Vasilisa the Beautiful”, 1899

inle-hain:

Constantinople by Chris Turnham

Based on the Decemberists’ song.

For the Sultan’s weary bride, she won’t be wed tonight
Nor fall beneath a canopy to lie
For far across the town, her lover’s lying drowned
And painted by the Bosporus in blue
And there’s nothing for a broken heart to do
No, there’s nothing for a broked heart to do
Except cry

Edward Gorey

Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey and Peter F. Neumeyer.

theartofanimation:

Gracia Lam

funkystarfishy:

Jon Klassen

ismosso:

illustration by carson ellis via designsponge

tailoredthoughts:

Chris Turnham