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Art of Maquenda

@artofmaquenda / artofmaquenda.tumblr.com

I'm Meike, also known as Maquenda, a freelance Illustrator who specializes in nature and fantasy illustrations and photography, I see beauty in the ''wild, weird and wonderful'' aspects of life. πŸ’€πŸ‚πŸŒΏπŸŒΈ https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com
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Do you plan on having more full sets of your cave pins made?

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No unfortunately not! But I do want to make new pins :) and maybe a different version of the stag and horse

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are you ever doing more tarot inspired artwork? love your stuff!!

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Aww thank you! Possibly, whenever the inspiration and most of all energy is aligned I will! But I probably won't make an entire deck ever, it is just so much work for me ... I've lost my stamina for long projects :')

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Le inking is done! Have a nice weekend everyone! :3

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Probably not motivated to finish them all but we'll see xD

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Some more sketching :D

I don't want to use birds multiple times so it turns out to be a bit difficult to make one with multiple bird species for each tree..oh well I guess consistently isn't that important but my brain already sets up rules when I make a series πŸ˜«πŸ˜†.. the thrush has a blackbird and starling on the side, and I decided that for the eurasian jay a red squirrel and field mouse (and parasitic wasp) would be fitting. The woodpecker has two nuthatchers :3 (and a weevil). If you know more birds that eat hazelnuts feel free to share (keep in mind this is European focused)

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Oak-bearer

Just a little tribute for one of my favorite birds, the Eurasian jay, a bird that collects acorns and helps to spread the seeds of many trees (by simply forgetting about them πŸ˜†). I will never not get excited when finding one of their feathers. πŸ’™βœ¨ 🌰

Was thinking of making a little series of birds that hold a special place in my heart and are important for the spread of seeds like starlings, woodpeckers, thrushes and blackbirds and so on, but eh, let's see how the first one goes πŸ˜