Hi guys,
today's witch is easily one of the most famous and most evil witches known in the world and one of the oldest legend too.
BABA YAGA
Baba Yaga, originally from Russian folklore, has been through a recent revival thanks to MIke MIgnola, who has used her in his Hellboy stories.
Maybe many of you are already familiar with her, but for those who aren't, Baba Yaga is known to be quite mean and to be a baby eater. She also lives in a house that has chicken feet and rides a mortar (even if she carries the classic broom as well).
Below, some detail of the illo.
More witches to follow. Make sure to be back tomorrow for a new witch and have some true pulp scares everyone :)
Cheers,
Francesco
"Sisterhood of the Witches" © 2008 Francesco Francavilla
This is a very fine piece of work, the level of detail is wonderful, but also how clearly delineated all the objects are, while there is a great deal in the picture it isn't "cluttered" or "busy".
ReplyDeletePretty creepy too, I think if I'd grown up russian I'd be terrified of Baba Yaga.
Ok, that's a seriously creepy pic, Francesco. The inclusion of the baby just really sets off how "wrong" the whole atmosphere is.
ReplyDeleteThis series is obviously a labor of love!)
-Dave
Greg: thank you so much for the kind words, esepcially about the "readibility" of sich elaborate illo: that means a lot :)
ReplyDeleteDave: you bet this is labor of love :) I added some closeup detail so you can see better the crying kid ;) Thanks for your kind comment :)
Cheers,
Francesco
Baba Jaga is just a Shaman, the Christian Fathers were the ones who were demons.
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