I drew this series of illustrations for the Winter Magic Forest challenge, organized by Alexandra Dikaia. I got 6 magical winter characters: The Princess of beautiful gifts, the Collector of Prickly Cones, the Fairy of fluffy snowflakes, the Spirit of red berries, the Sorceress of the winter night and the Healer of Christmas toys. I suggest you get to know them better!
• The Princess of beautiful gifts •
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This magical Princess
a very creative girl and a terrible perfectionist. She loves when all the presents under the Christmas tree are beautifully and neatly packed, so every year before Christmas she has so much work to do! It is necessary to check whether all the gifts are neatly packed, whether the wrapping paper is torn somewhere, whether the ribbon is untied... And also the Princess has to deal with packing all the gifts that people forgot or were too lazy to decorate. It's not an easy job when there are a lot of gifts, and even the size of you. It's good that mice help her! And you are never lazy and do not forget to pack your gifts beautifully. Let the Princess just check if everything is ok with their packaging.
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• The Collector of prickly cones •
The Collector of prickly cones lives in a magical forest with mice, loves to walk through the winter forest and shake the snow-covered branches of trees, feeds birds and forest animals. But his main hobby is collecting cones! He collects whole pockets on a walk and drags them into his hole. There are so many different exhibits in his collection that there is no free space left in the hole, all the сupboards are filled with cones! And he brought new exhibits to his collection... Oh, this Collector!
• The Fairy of fluffy snowflakes •
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Have you ever wondered why it's snowing in one city and they can't wait for it in another? I'll tell you a secret! Snowflakes fly only from those clouds that are happy! And the Fairy of fluffy snowflakes makes them happy! She flies through the sky and treats them to cocoa with marshmallows, gingerbread and lollipops, and also hugs every cloud! Of course, a Fairy cannot make all the clouds in the sky happy with her hugs at once, so snowflakes fall here and there. The mice decided to help the fairy! But, of course, they did not expect that they would be given such a fairy uniform...
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Have you ever wondered why it's snowing in one city and they can't wait for it in another? I'll tell you a secret! Snowflakes fly only from those clouds that are happy! And the Fairy of fluffy snowflakes makes them happy! She flies through the sky and treats them to cocoa with marshmallows, gingerbread and lollipops, and also hugs every cloud! Of course, a Fairy cannot make all the clouds in the sky happy with her hugs at once, so snowflakes fall here and there. The mice decided to help the fairy! But, of course, they did not expect that they would be given such a fairy uniform...
• The Spirit of red berries •
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All Christmas elves are wonderful florists! They are especially good at making Christmas wreaths. And not just like that! After all, the winter Spirit of red berries helps them in this, which lives on the ilex branches and usually wakes up by Christmas. He appreciates the beauty of flower arrangements like no one else, always encourages and supports florists with a kind word. Little mice like to come to the workshop and watch the fascinating work of the florist and are happy to help when he needs to serve or clean something.
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All Christmas elves are wonderful florists! They are especially good at making Christmas wreaths. And not just like that! After all, the winter Spirit of red berries helps them in this, which lives on the ilex branches and usually wakes up by Christmas. He appreciates the beauty of flower arrangements like no one else, always encourages and supports florists with a kind word. Little mice like to come to the workshop and watch the fascinating work of the florist and are happy to help when he needs to serve or clean something.
• The sorceress of the winter night • ⠀
With the Sorceress of the winter night, you are already familiar with her in absentia, as you saw and admired her work while walking through the winter night city. After all, it is she who flies and lights all the lanterns and garlands in winter! And now the good Sorceress flew out to her favorite job, and the mice are already there, they can't wait for her. After all, they like to make snowmen under the light of lanterns so much!
• The Healer of Christmas tree toys •
⠀What could be more beautiful than elegant glass Christmas tree toys? But, alas, they often break! Especially if cats or small children live in the house. Even if it seems to you that glass toys do not break, then, believe me, it is not so! Perhaps you don't always notice the fragments, because the Healer of Christmas tree toys manages to run up to them before you and quickly return the toy to its original appearance. It is better to decorate the Christmas tree with textile, wooden or metal toys, or you can hang something delicious on the Christmas tree (for example, candy or ginger cookies). The Healer will come to you tired after restoring toys on the neighbor's Christmas trees and will be very happy to have a little rest and a snack. Do not forget about treats for mice, because they usually come to the Healer's aid.
I think my illustrations with winter elves and fairies would look very good on a collection of cups, on a series of Christmas cards, on notebooks or gift bags. And on the pillows with these magical characters will dream the sweetest dreams!
Based on these illustrations, I created 6 seamless patterns that will look great on fabric or wrapping paper.
