Video: Houses for trolls, elves and gnomes illustrated by Alexander Jansson
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Far, far away in Sweden, where forests are as thick as Rapunzel's hair, and the grass is green, juicy and soft, elves, trolls and gnomes live, fantastic creatures from legends, beliefs and fairy tales, endowed with magical powers and amazing abilities. It was there, in these forests, that an artist named Alexander Jansson, according to his autobiography. Although, why do we need an autobiography, if the best way is to learn about the author by getting to know his works? And judging by the illustrations that this young man creates, elves, trolls, and other creatures still took place in his biography. Jansson's fantastic illustrations are a direct ticket to those mysterious worlds that fantasy fans admire. Magic, illusion, mystery live in them, and there is nothing more fascinating than trying to unravel these otherworldly secrets, invented by the people, folded into legends and drawn by the artist.
Alexander Jansson is a skilled strategist. Having hooked the audience on the bait of the unknown and unsolved, he continues to go around this topic, creating not just free-standing houses for elves and trolls, but also entire cities, parks and streets, populating them with characters to match the landscapes. And here you will not see evil monsters, dragons and witches with sorcerers. Such fairy tales do not live in the "little chalets" of the magic forest - the muses of thoughtfulness and philosophy, wisdom and cunning, but not evil and hatred, live here.
A series of unusual illustrations by Alexander Jansson is constantly updated with new copies from the world of the unknown and mysterious, and you can find all this wealth on the author's website.
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