a mood board for a fantasy novel brainstorm

appalachian fantasy

<n>Dance of Flames (Enbu)</n> (1925), a <n>Nihonga</n> painting by artist <n>Hayami Gyoshu</n>.

<n>The Dance</n> (2020) by artist <n>Randy Ortiz</n>.

Collage by <n>LMS</n>, selected by <n>Katya Suleymanova</n> for <n>Virtual Collage Gallery</n>.

<n>Monarch butterflies</n> at the <n>Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve</n> in Mexico. Photo by <n>Kristina Makeeva</n>.

<n>Morning Glory</n>, a photograph of a sunrise in <n>Scotland</n>.

<n>Вестник (The Messenger)</n>, a 1991 painting by artist <n>Sergey Kuznetsov</n>.

"<n>Rose Magical Botanical Print</n>" by <n>Maxine Miller</n> from <n>The Magickal Botanical Oracle</n> deck.

Album art for <n>Crow</n> by <n>FThowmuchbpm</n>.

<n>Forest Landscape with Animals</n>, c. 1600, from the workshop of <n>Gillis van Coninxloo</n>.

<n>Cave</n>, a digital painting by artist <n>Nick Stathopoulos</n>.

A moss-covered stone carving in <n>Wistman's Wood</n>, Dartmoor, England.

Artwork by <n>Julia Soboleva</n> for composer <n>Freya Waley-Cohen</n>'s album, <n>Spell Book</n>.

<n>You are the most mellifluous word, a sonnet in my heart</n> by <n>Sung Hwa Kim</n>, 2023.

<n>Corpse Decomposition Meditation</n>, an illustration by artist <n>Landis Blair</n>.

<n>Grounding</n>, a digital illustration by the artist <n>Ravenchalk</n>.

The cover art for <n>Being Dead</n>'s 2024 album <n>EELS</n>, created by the band.

Hokkaido Foxes photographed by <n>Minoru Taketazu</n> for his book <n>Kitakitsune (Hokkaido Fox)</n>, 1974.

The <n>Algar do Carvão</n> volcanic vent on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal.

Album art for <n>aozora</n>'s 2021 song, <n>the light to my darkness</n>.