Trina Schart Hyman's illustrations for Children of the Dragon

Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam is a collection of Vietnamese myths and legends retold by Sherry Garland and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.

De rides the giant raven in The Raven and the Star Fruit.

Pleasantly subtle warm-cool color temperature shift on the raven's feathers. The concentric bands of turquoise in the sea below nicely evokes the clear waters of Vietnam's beautiful beaches.

The marriage of Princess Mi Nuong and Son Tinh, Lord of the Mountains in The Legend of the Monsoon Rains.

Delicious depiction of Southeast Asian fruits in the foreground: durian, mangosteen, starfruit, rambutan... It's nice to see the flora of tropical Asia get some love :-)

Will Eisner's Sundiata: A Legend of Africa

Sundiata: A Legend of Africa, published by NBM, is comic book legend Will Eisner's retelling of the Sundiata Epic of Mali:

Emperor Sundiata of Mali is a historical person.

There are supernatural elements in both the oral history and the Eisner adaptation.

Rashad Salim's illustrations for Fabled Cities, Princes and jinn

Details of three illustrations from Fabled Cities, Princes & Jinn from Arab Myths and Legends

Left to right: imprisoned 'ifrit , 'Amr with his jinni advisor, jinni in wilderness

For complete illustrations and full-size images, please refer to the book, which contains 18 large color paintings with lush detail and ornate designs.

Sara Forlenza's Sarenrae

Click on thumbnails to visit artist's site:

Sarenrae is a sun deity in the Pathfinder RPG from Paizo.

Matt Manley's introspective conceptual work

Click on each thumbnail to view the images in their original galleries on artist's site:



To learn more about Manley's work, see interview "Introspection" on Poetic Mind.

Suggested by Queena Deboever.

Leo and Diane Dillon's African American mermaid illustrations

Two mermaid illustrations from Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales, a beautifully illustrated collection of stories:

Illustration from the story 'Mary Belle and the Mermaid'.

Click on thumbnail to visit "The Art of Leo and Diane Dillon" blog for a larger view of this illustration and other fantastical illustrations from the same book.

Illustration from the story 'The Mer-Woman Out of the Sea'.

Click on thumbnail to visit "The Art of Leo and Diane Dillon" blog for a larger view of this illustration and other fantastical illustrations from the same book.

Giovanni Manna's illustrations for "The Barefoot Book of Giants, Ghosts and Goblins"

The Barefoot Book of Giants, Ghosts and Goblins is John Matthew's retelling of nine traditional supernatural tales from around the world. 5 stories out of the 9 stories are from non-European cultures, specifically Cheyenne, Hausa, Chinese, Evenk and aboriginal Australian. The illustrator is Giovanni Manna.

In 'The Bunyip', a group of Australian youths capture a young aquatic monster...

In 'Little Ooyani', the Evenk hero makes himself iron wings to confront the cloud-dwelling demon who devoured his people.

In 'A-Man-Among-Men', a Hausa tale about the origin of thunder and lightning, two giants battle in the sky.