Nanny Silverskin

Art by @inkpaperstring

@inkpaperstring

graphite, character from an imaginary folktale.

OKAT (@okat)

06/30/2020 @ 3:43pm

Wow. What an incredible, fantastical character.
Melissa Scheu (@inkpaperstring)

07/01/2020 @ 11:29am

@okat Thank you!
Serina Ward (@serinaward)

07/01/2020 @ 3:19pm

Love this!!!
Melissa Scheu (@inkpaperstring)

07/02/2020 @ 11:01am

Thank you! :)
Shann Larsson (@slarsson)

08/13/2020 @ 1:31pm

This is gorgeous - what folktale inspired it? Really well balanced. I love the detailing from the face, the simple shapes of the figure against the dark forest backdrop. Very nice!
Melissa Scheu (@inkpaperstring)

08/14/2020 @ 6:23pm

@slarsson Thank you so much!!! It was really a conglomeration of mythological stuff - older female figures being associated with the moon and old German nursery rhymes where household implements show up as weapons. When I drew it, I sort of imagined the spirit of the moon shining down on a giant cathedral bell and riding it away into the sky, as weird as that sounds!
jung (@jungmeister)

08/14/2021 @ 11:27pm

oh this is nice work