A castle fit for a snail queen
I've been working on an illustration of the Snail Queen's castle for my story 'The Girl who Sings to Snails'. Created with ink and watercolours on paper.
'The snails set to work, slowing forming a circle around Lucy and weaving a fine layer of silver. They climbed up higher and higher, forming walls of snails, shell upon shell. Translucent walls of shimmering silver were forming around Lucy. With each layer the walls became more and more ornate, until a beautiful castle began to emerge.'
From 'The Girl who Sings to Snails' by Ophelia Fu
Image drawn using black drawing ink and a dip pen. Once the ink was dry layers of watercolour were added to the image.
'When Lucy woke up the sky had disappeared. She was now looking up into a beautiful dome of twinkling lights, as the sun was peeking through the lace like holes of the castle roof. '
From 'The Girl who Sings to Snails' by Ophelia Fu
The Snail Queen's Castle
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Checked him out, thank you :D
Love it, you could make some really awesome children's books!
This would make a great design for a children book... another beautiful piece! Love the colors and the little critter in the tree!
I want to pay attention to a little birdy in the tree.
That entertained snail queen with her songs.
Ahh, you spotted the owl!
Nice artwork, I like how you posted the whole progression of it.
Great, happy you enjoyed the format of my post.
Fantastic. I really love all of the colors.
Excellent, thank you!
How creative and magical. You are really talented. My daughter would love this. It is very whimsical and beautiful. Nice work. I'm glad I found you blog. You got a new follower. Can't wait to check out more.
If you work back through my blog there are quite a few whimsical pieces she might enjoy.
I certainly will. Thank you! Again, nice work.
Nice artwork! Impressive indeed.
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Thank you!
You should really do children books!! :)
oups ! nice skills !
Ooh, I cannot wait for the book! These are the stories I Love reading to kids. You are so good at showing just enough to spark the imagination, to let the mind wander into the image...
i always dreamed of writing/illustrating my own children's book one day - it's lovely that you posted pictures of your process of making the drawings alongside snippits of the book itself
keep doing what you are doing, i see you're good at it.
wow :D rly nice photo new concept <3
Excellent art. You're very talented @opheliafu
I love that the castle is smaller than the tree. It is exactly the way I played as a girl: imagined houses between the roots of a tree or in the high gras or inside the blossom of a tulip...
Following so I can see more of your work!
Good post, would you happen to see mine? I know you'll like it
I admire the great talent that you have dear friend @opheliafu, congratulations for another beautiful work, thank you very much for these beautiful gifts.
have a beautiful day
Great job!
Great painting! Long live the snail queen haha
Beautiful style, so whimsical and ethereal. Thanks for sharing your work and process :)
Creating both, story and illustration is really hard as it seems to me. I usually only illustrate other people books:)
Your ideas are so awesome, I can't even imagine how to start thinking to think about a girl who sings to snails!:)
So nice and tender:) Like from the little girl's dream:)
Lovely illustration! Up and resteemed!
So much talent. Following you now. :) I love the color of your drawings.
Very nice @opheliafu; I really like all the detail in your illustrations... the bird in her home in the tree; all the snails moving around.
Love it i just posted about a snail
Very nice creation and I love your colors.