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nellmckellar — Groke in the Forest
Published: 2004-05-19 11:37:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 13289; Favourites: 201; Downloads: 1132
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Well I don't often do fanart, in fact, I never do fanart. But this is the exception.I've been a fan of Tove Jansson's Moomin land ever since I was a little kid, after discovering the aged books in my school library.
The character of the Groke long haunted me as a child, with the imagery of her gliding under the moonlight, leaving a path of ice behind her, as she hunted for her prey firmly ingrained in my mind.
Well, here is my homage to the Groke. I tried to stick to Jansson's pen style, I hope I was successful. Anyway, it's just a bit of fun regardless.
By the end of this, I was so sick of drawing all those little lines!
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Thank you so much for the praise, me dear! 
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Nell, you are absolutely amazing! This is brialliant and so stylistic! It seems like it walked right out of a dream. I love those hills--how they're dark at the top edge and taper off in lighter values! I must fave this!
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I did want it to have a dream-like feel to it, so I'm glad you think so!
I'm really enjoying doing tonal work with a pen! I'll probably do more in this style in the future.
I'm glad you like this, and thanks for the fave!
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yey! tis cool! lol the norwegian name of this creature, who haunted my nightmares when i was younger, is Hufsa. 
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Hufsa eh? Haha, that's awesome! It sounds creepy too.
Thanks for the kind words, as always.
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in polish- BUKA
I remember when I was a little girl and I had a little cartoon-moomin book. I was so scared of Groke! My friend chasing me with this little book 'cause i was so scared of pictures! So, one day I decided to smeard her with the marker n__n
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Hey this is so cool! I like to Moomin Moomin!
You can find the books on Amazon, by the way... (I only read the first one)
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Are you in the uk? Only reason I ask is i work in a large bookshop in london in the children's department and all my moomin books came back in stock again this. They are owned by a publisher called Penguin the kids lable is puffin.
I just bought three more of the moomin books today and started to read comet in moominland. I first saw moomins as a cartoon that was what made me interested in them. Then I heard Philip Pullman talk about reading the books and I thought books there are books. I have been reading one every few months since then. I am on my second one.
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I have to find these books now. 
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Oh, how you flatter!
No, they're really great books, even though they're junior fiction. What I really admire about Jansson is that she wrote and illustrated her books.
I dunno if it would be easy to find copies, all mine are old ones from the 60's and 70's that I found in op shops. 
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