Story Inspiration

<n>Geryon</n>, an 1893 illustration for <n>Dante's Inferno</n> by artist <n>John Dickson Batten</n>.

The cover of the book <n>Nature and art</n>, published by <n>Day & Son</n> in 1866.

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<n>The Alchemical Lion</n>, an illustration from the late 18th-century manuscript <n>Clavis Artis</n> by <n>Zoroaster</n>.

<n>Passing through the Forest</n> (1920), an illustration by <n>Virginia Frances Sterrett</n> from <n>Old French Fairytales</n>.

Illustration by <n>Kay Nielsen</n> for the 1914 book <n>East of the Sun and West of the Moon</n>.

The illustration <n>Lupus</n> by <n>Maddie Fischer</n>.

Illustration by <n>Virginia Frances Sterrett</n> from <n>Old French Fairy Tales</n> (1920).

The digital painting <n>104</n> by artist <n>Eldar Akmanaev</n>.

A facsimile by <n>John O. Westwood</n> of <n>Christ in Majesty</n> from the <n>Psalter of St Augustine’s, Canterbury</n> (ca. 980-1000).

"Harbinger" by <n>Gerald Brom</n>, cover art for the book <n>Dissolution</n>, featuring the character <n>Pharaun Mizzrym</n>.

<n>They were three months passing through the forest</n>, an illustration by <n>Virginia Frances Sterrett</n> for the 1920 book <n>Old French Fairytales</n>.

<n>She threw her arms around the neck of Bonne-Biche</n> by <n>Virginia Frances Sterrett</n> for "Old French Fairytales" (1920).

The digital painting <n>서천객</n> by artist <n>Seocheongaek</n>.

Cover illustration by <n>Virginia Frances Sterrett</n> for <n>Old French Fairy Tales</n> (1920) by <n>Sophie, comtesse de Ségur</n>.

<n>Hunters and a Bonnacon</n> (c. 1250–60), an illustration from a medieval bestiary.

An 1899 illustration of <n>Vasilisa the Beautiful</n> at the hut of Baba Yaga by artist <n>Ivan Bilibin</n>.

<n>Gustave Doré</n>'s illustration of <n>Beatrice</n> and <n>Virgil</n> for <n>Dante Alighieri</n>'s <n>The Divine Comedy</n>.

An illustration inspired by the video game <n>Dark Souls</n>.

Fantasy illustration from the book <n>Vermis</n> by artist <n>🅿️lasti🅱️oo</n>.

<n>The Princess and the Pea</n> (1911), an illustration by <n>Edmund Dulac</n> for the story by <n>Hans Christian Andersen</n>.

<n>Gustave Doré</n>'s 1861 illustration for <n>Dante's Inferno</n>, depicting the demons <n>Calcabrina</n> and <n>Alichino</n>.

<n>Las Lloronas</n>, a sculpture by <n>Luis Perlotti</n> at the Luján Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

An illustration by <n>Kay Nielsen</n> for the Norwegian fairy tale collection <n>East of the Sun and West of the Moon</n> (1914).

A <n>Dog playing bagpipes</n> from the margins of a <n>Book of Hours (Walters Ms. W.102)</n>. England, c. 1300.

Cress sprouts grow from a computer keyboard. Photo by <n>Hans</n>.

<n>The Legend of Saint George: The Rescue</n> (1903) by Austrian artist <n>Maximilian Liebenwein</n>.

<n>Punch among the Planets</n>, an 1877 illustration by <n>Linley Sambourne</n> for <n>Punch's Almanack</n>.

<n>Fantasy World Creator - Character Design - Part I</n> (2018) by artist <n>Elisa Serio</n>.

Fantasy World Creator - Character Design - Part I, Elisa Serio

An illustration by Danish artist <n>Kay Nielsen</n> for the 1914 book <n>East of the Sun and West of the Moon</n>.

A rabbit rings church bells in a detail from the <n>Maastricht Hours</n>, an early 14th-century manuscript.

Illustration of a <n>Bonnacon</n> from the <n>Worksop Bestiary</n>, an illuminated manuscript from ca. 1200.

An illustration from the 17th/18th-century alchemical manuscript <n>Clavis Artis</n> by <n>Zoroaster</n>.

An illustration for <n>The Tale of the Frog Princess</n> by <n>Ivan Bilibin</n>, 1933.