🥁 Santa and the Magic Drum is a children's book written and illustrated by Mauri and Tarja Kunnas. 🥁 In the book, Santa Claus is disturbed by an unknown figure who causes him trouble just before Christmas. The riddle begins to be investigated and finally the shaman is behind all the bullying.

🇫🇮 Congratulations Finland! 🇫🇮 I made an illustration in honor of Finland's Independence Day in which a Finnish maiden is in a witch like outfit. As inspiration for it, I used the outfits of the soldiers who were in the winter war. 🇫🇮 The sword is from the coat of arms of Finland. #itsenäisyyspäivä

🎃The Pumpkin Spice Cafe is a book by Laurie Gilmore. 🎃The story is about Jeanie, who moves to the town of Dream Harbor after taking over her aunt's cafe. Someone starts bothering her, and while investigating the matter, the woman gets to know quiet Logan. 🎃This book has a really autumnal atmosphere

❤️ Joulu Ulltunassa (in Swedish Ulltunavisten) is a book series written by the Swedish author Amanda Hellberg. It takes place in a fictional Swedish village and the romantic relationships and events between its inhabitants. ❤️ Each book is its own story with its own characters and settings. #booksky

🇰🇷 Korean syndrooma is a book written by Fanni Koliseva. 🇰🇷The book is about Fanni's years of study in South Korea. 🇰🇷From the text, you noticed that the topic is very important to the author. 🇰🇷For the illustration of this review, I included my favorite Korean TV series, Squid Game. #booksky

🕹️ Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow is book by Gabrielle Zevin 🕹️ The story is about childhood friends who start making video games in 90s America. There are relationship dramas included 🕹️ It had a very good description of the position of women and the belittling of skills videogame world #booksky

🍊 A Clockwork Orange is book by Anthony Burgess. 🍊 It's about Alex wholives in a future world where gangs are in power. Alex admires violence but the police get him. In prison, he agrees to be part of a method where he's supposed to learn to hate violence. The methods for treatment are questionable.

📖 You know that feeling when a book is so good that you want to read one more chapter instead of stopping? 📖 That feeling was my inspiration for making this illustration. 📖 What was the last book that you didn't want to put down and read one more chapter? #booksky #kirjasky

☕ Legends and lattes is a fantasy story written by Travis Baldree. ☕ The story is about an orc woman who is fed up with the brutal lifestyle. That's why she decides to start her own cafe. ☕ The story was relaxing to read and the different characters were likable. #booksky #kirjasky

🐮 Tender is the Flesh is a book written by Agustina Bazterica. 🐮 The story is in a dystopian world where a virus has made animals dangerous to humans. Solution has been invented for people's desire for meat: they have started to raise people, who are supposed to become food for society.

🎃 Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the eve of All Saints' Day (31st of October). 🎃 I myself have been excited about Halloween since I was a teenager, thanks to numerous American films and TV series. #artsky #halloween #pumpkin

🕷️ Little Stranger is a dark romance book. 🕷️ Book is about adopted siblings who starts romantic and possessive relationship. 🕷️ The book deals with taboo topic. 🕷️ Favorite thing was that one of characters communicates using sign language. 🕷️ Please read the content warnings before reading this book.

🦇 Dracula is a horror novel written by Bram Stoker. 🦇 The book is about Count Dracula, who lives in Transylvania. 🦇 The book started exciting way for me. 🦇 Even though the story is about Dracula, I was surprised how little he appeared in the book. 🦇I fully understand why the book is classic.

🪦 Pet Sematary is a horror novel written by Stephen King. 🪦 This book was exciting and scary. 🪦 Pet Sematary is a good example of a well-written horror book. #booksky #petsematary

🍰 This illustration was made in collaboration with the lovely Saara Rostedt! 🍰 Her second Moorna book, Mustan tulen laulu, will be published today, Thursday 16th of October. 🍰 Congratulations Saara! I can't wait to read more about Moorna's adventures.

🌸The Grace Year is a book by Kim Liggett. 🌸 The main character of the story is Tierney, who goes to spend her grace year with other girls. She is not popular with the other girls for a few reasons and that creates its own challenge for the main character to survive the year. #booksky

🔪 Butcher & Blackbird is a dark romance book by Brynne Weaver. It's first part of Ruinous Love Trilogy. 🔪The story is about Sloane and Rowan, young serial killers, who start competing with each other to see who can kill a given target first. As time passes, a spark begins to arise between these two.

#pakanafestarit #dipoli #espoo

♠️ I thought, since I've got a lot of new followers, that I would make an introduction post after a long time.

🧟 Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley. 🧟 The story tells about Victor Frankenstein, who bring to life a creature that looks like a man. He's shocked by the ugliness of the monster he created. The character escapes from his creator. Later, the monster returns to haunt itscreator. #booksky

💕 Flawless is a cowboy romance by Elsie Silver. It's the first book of the Chestnut Springs book series. 💕 The story is about Summer, whose father makes her an agent for a rodeo rider, Rhett. Rhett doesn't like this idea and things start to happen between the two when they start working together.

I haven't had time to continue any drawing projects for a couple of days, so I thought I'd devote this evening for coloring ✍️

🌻In honor of 1000 followers, I held a raffle in Tiktok, where winner won an A5-sized commission. 🌻 The winner wanted picture of her and her mother based on the photo she provided for the painting. 🌻It was nice to make this picture because the people in were wearing medieval-themed clothes.

💙 The Twisted book series is a romance written by Ana Huang. 💛 The series contains four books and although the main characters change in each book, the books are strongly connected to each other, as the main characters are all friends with each other. 🦋 My favorite books were one and four. #booksky

"Unelma on unelma ja jos se on ennättänyt tulla vanhaksi, se on voimakas" - Tove Jansson #tovejansson #moomins #muumit

🃏 As a birthday present, a family member asked me to make my own versions of some cards from the Magic: The Gathering card game for him to play. Of course I had to make this wish come true and here are the end results. 🃏 I colored the illustrations with Ohuhu markers and in the end laminated them.

🦖 Jurassic Park is a book by Michael Crichton. 🦖 Paleontologist Alan Grant receives an invitation from businessman John Hammond to evaluate his dinosaur themed amusement park. Living dinosaurs have been created in the park and the security of the park collapses due to the storm. #booksky

📖 I was inspired by how much I love to read books in this cute black cat holding books illustration. 📖 Reading books is an opportunity for me to forget everyday life for a while and jump into a completely different world. 📖 Books give me inspiration for my art. #artsky #booksky

🌈 The idea for this picture came when I was thinking about how I could realize the long-desired illustration with a black cat. I got the idea to combine the black cat with the colors of the pride flag and the horoscopes into a common entity. 🌈 What are you from your zodiac sign? I am pisces! #artsky

🐇Watership down is a book written by Richard Addams. 🐇The story tells about a group of rabbits who leave their home territory in search of a safer place to live. #booksky #kirjasky #watershipdown

🐦‍🔥 Phoenix is a firebird from the mythology of Greece. 🐦‍🔥 In ancient Greek story, it is said that a bird brought herbs to the altar of the city of the sun. The bird built a nest on the altar and finally set it and itself on fire. On the third day, the bird was born again from the ashes. #mythology

🐦 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a book written by Suzanne Collins. 🐍 The book takes place 64 years before The Hunger Games trilogy and its main character is Coriolanus Snow, the main villain of the original book series. 🐦The story held its grip throughout the book. #booksky

🦁 South Korean mythological creature. 🦁 It is believed that the lion protected people from fires and punished those who committed crimes. 🦁 Haetae has also been considered a symbol of hope. 🦁 I colored the lion with the colors of the tiger because the national animal of the country is the tiger.

🎃 Even though I don't drink coffee myself that doesn't stop me from making a pumpkin spice latte related illustration with books. #pumpkinspicelatte

🕷️ Ananse is a spider-like creature in African mythology. 🕷️ It is associated with both wisdom and mischief. 🕷️ This mythological spider has been considered a symbol of resistance to slavery and survival. 🕷️ Because of his mischievous side, in some stories he appears in the role of both good and bad.

💎 The Prophecy of the Stones is a book written by Flavia Bujor. 💎 The book is about three girls who receive magical stones as a 14th birthday gift and at the same time learn that they have been assigned a great mission. #booksky

🍃 The green witch experiences nature and its surroundings as her own magic. 🍃 She communicates with nature and uses plants, flowers and herbs to her advantage. 🍃A green witch is someone who feels a connection with nature's plants and animals.

🫖Here is the bottle from the Alice in Wonderland fairy tale. 🫖 Disney's Alice in Wonderland movie was one of my favorites as a child. 🫖 I tried to include in the bottle different things that came to my mind when I was thinking about this particular fairy tale and Alice as a character in general.

⚰️ The Court of Shadows and the Court of Miracles are books written by Victor Dixen. ⚰️ The story takes place in an alternate history where vampires have taken over France in the 18th century. The story begins with Jeanne's revenge trip to the court of Versailles when her family is murdered. #booksky

🐐 In Slovenian mythology Goldhorn is a white mountain goat whose kingdom is located on Triglav mountain. 🐐 Goldhorn has been considered a symbol of nature. #slovenia #artsky #goldhorn

🟡 A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire is a book written by Jennifer L. Armentrout. 🟡 First book was amazing. 🟡 However the second part was a little disappointing for me. 🟡 The book was saved for me by a side character Vonetta. #booksky

♥️ The idea for this illustration came from symbols of the playing cards. ♠️ Especially during my high school years I played a lot of cards with my friends at schools during jump and recess lessons. ♦️ In Alice in Wonderland my favorite character is the Queen of Hearts. #artsky

🧡 Here is a little fan art of Artemis. 🧡 I drew him holding the staff of the Sailor Venus character as this white cat goes with this Sailor warrior. 🧡 Although Sailor Mercury of the water element has been my favorite Sailor warrior, Sailor Venus comes in as a good second. #sailormoon #artemis

🔷 The House of Sky and Breath is a book written by Sarah J. Maas. The book is the second part of the Crescent City book series. 🔷 One of my favorite characters in the first book was Danika and I was so excited to know surprising things about her in the second book. #booksky

💜 Sailor Moon was one of my favorite anime when I was a little girl. 💜 I watch this series with Swedish dubs and that's why Swedish Sailor Moon has a huge nostalgic feeling in my childhood. 💜 I wanted to draw Luna cat from the series in my style.

🐉 A dragon is a worldwide known lizard-like creature that breathes fire through its mouth. 🐉 One version says that dragons were born from people's fear of snakes and reptiles. 🐉 Dragons are believed to like everything that sparkles and therefore like diamonds. #mythology

🐶 The Plague Dogs is a book by Richard Addams 🐶 The story is about two dogs who decide to run away from an animal laboratory in the hope of a better life. The book is about friendship, the treatment of co-animals and how the media handles the news when dogs are suspected of spreading bubonic plague.

🚉 The People on Platform 5 is a book written by Clare Pooley. It was published in 2022. 🚉 I don't usually read books like this and maybe that's why I liked this one. Each character in the story was different and at the end of each chapter was a desire to read the story more. #booksky

🌺 Here is another test of the rough new watercolor paper. 🌺 I wanted to paint a moose's skull with flowers and plants. 🌺 This illustration's original piece was bought from me at this year's Tuska Expo. It made me really happy. 🌺 Do you like skulls? #artsky

☀️ The Summer Book is a novel written by Tove Jansson. ☀️ The book is about a girl named Sophia who spends her summers in a cabin on an island with her grandmother and father. ☀️ Have you read this book? #booksky