Fanart for Ursula Le Guin's "Tehanu". The titular character Tehanu (aka Therru) lived on the island of Gont.
Available as prints, iPhone/iPad cases and other products on RedBubble.com.
For painting the "shelf of reddish sandstone" north of the village of Re Albi, I looked at numerous references of sandstone formations in the United States. Some of these sandstone cliffs were from Navajo Land. Coincidentally or not, the Navajo were one of my inspirations for envisioning Gontish clothing styles.
Other real world cultural influences on my design of Gontish attire: Tibetan, Uzbek, Kazakh.
Available as prints, iPhone/iPad cases and other products on RedBubble.com.
For painting the "shelf of reddish sandstone" north of the village of Re Albi, I looked at numerous references of sandstone formations in the United States. Some of these sandstone cliffs were from Navajo Land. Coincidentally or not, the Navajo were one of my inspirations for envisioning Gontish clothing styles.
Other real world cultural influences on my design of Gontish attire: Tibetan, Uzbek, Kazakh.
Reasons for looking to these particular cultures:
- Presence of a sheep herding/goat-herding economy, which is practiced on Gont.
- Use of clothing elements mentioned in the Earthsea Cycle's description of Gontish people, such as jerkins, aprons and ruffles. (Not necessarily common or native to each of the societies mentioned, but between all of them, there is the use of such items, or something pretty close, in traditional clothing.)
Love this!! Has a Native American feel to me :)
ReplyDeleteAre you selling prints (like the nice mermaids) in smallish size?
Thanks! Sherri
Thank you. :-) Sorry for the late reply. We offer letter size prints:
DeleteYou can find the mermaids and wild cats at http://wolfberrystudio.storenvy.com/ and the genies and plant transformers at http://wolfberrystudio.bigcartel.com/.
If you want something smaller than letter size, check out the stickers and stationary at our RB store http://www.redbubble.com/people/wolfberrystudio/shop, or the cards in our Zazzle store: http://www.zazzle.com/collections/cards-119990665829148764
Feel free to let me know if there's an illustration that you are interested in but which you cannot find in our stores. We are planning on offering more illustrations as prints in the near future, and can prioritize accordingly.
THIS One!! I'd love to have a copy of "Therru's Star."
ReplyDeletePlease let me know when it is available.
Therru's Star is now available on RedBubble.com as prints and other products. Thank you for your interest. :-)
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