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👉Check out my book! 🏮🎋Extraordinary letters and postcards have been written to you as Ursa travels Japan, discovering yokai, spirits, and mythic creatures. 👺 . #indiebooks #indiebook #mythicmail #mythicalcreatures #yokai #yokaiwatch #yokaiart #japan #traveljapan #japantravel #japanesefolklore #japanesemonster #snailmaillove #indiebookstore #indieauthors #indieauthorsofinstagram #supportindieauthors #mythology #japanesemythology #japaneseculture #mythical #christmasgifts #shopsmall #smallbusinesssaturday https://www.instagram.com/p/CTr9QUtJc4R/?utm_medium=tumblr
Mythic Mail Letters From Japan book secrets: 👺Today’s Easter egg (super top secret hidden gem) is this illustrated postcard featuring the Bura-Bura, or haunted paper lantern. The characters that make his eyes and nose are called “henohenomoheji” using Japanese hiragana. It’s a little joke that these characters look like a face when arranged on paper. The eyes are “no”, the nose is “mo”. Not pictured are “he” for the eyebrows and mouth and “ji” for the outline of the face. ✨Link to the book in my bio✨ . #burabura #haunted #hauntedattraction #foxfire #kitsune #indiebooks #indiebook #mythicmail #mythicalcreatures #yokai #yokaiwatch #yokaiart #japan #traveljapan #japantravel #japanesefolklore #japanesemonster #snailmaillove #indiebookstore #indieauthors #indieauthorsofinstagram #supportindieauthors #mythology #japanesemythology #japaneseculture #mythical (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTfRhasJ8or/?utm_medium=tumblr
✨ Tanuki Tuesday!!! 💜 This should be a thing. Real life tanuki, Japanese “raccoon dogs”, are adorable and their mythic counterparts are charmingly mischievous. It’s hard not to love these little characters. . Mythic Mail, Letters From Japan is being released September 1st!!! I’m so excited! 🥳🤩🤩🤩 . #indiebooks #indiebook #mythicmail #mythicalcreatures #yokai #yokaiwatch #yokaiart #japan #traveljapan #japantravel #japanesefolklore #japanesemonster #snailmaillove #indiebookstore #indieauthors #indieauthorsofinstagram #supportindieauthors #mythology #japanesemythology #japaneseculture #mythical #tanuki #tanukijapan #raccoondog (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTP2X0KpPjU/?utm_medium=tumblr
WORK IN PROGRESS // I’m writing the kitsune and kappa stories today for my Mythic Mail Japan illustrated novel. I have my trusty printed dummy copy to refer to and inspire me while I write. 💜 . #mythicmail #japaneseculture #ukiyoe #kitsune #kappa #yokai #indiebooks #indiebook #yokaiart #kitsunemask #kitsunegirl #japanesemonster #japan #illustrationartists #illustragram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #digitalart #californiaartist #visitjapan #traveljapan #independentauthor #indieauthor #indieauthorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHTZxns4Oi/?utm_medium=tumblr
#MarchMeetTheMaker 💜 WORK IN PROGRESS 📚I always have 5 million “works in progress”, but my biggest project right now is my Mythic Mail book. Mythic Mail is a monthly snail mail adventure in letter form that i have an incredible amount of fun creating. 📚 I have loved creating it so much so that I wanted to take the adventure to Japan. Japan has such a rich monster culture. There are tons of creatures and tales to explore! It was hard to choose just a handful to explore. 📚 I have almost half of the main illustrations finished. Then I will move onto the writing and spot illustrations. Here I have my main sketches remaining and if you scroll, my book cover mockup. 📚 I am hoping to publish and release my Mythic Mail book sometime in late summer 2021. My Patrons in my Behind the Scenes Club are seeing all the illustration progressions and creature lists. 💜 . #ursaink @joannehawker #marchmeetthemaker #marchmeetthemaker2021 #meettheartist #meetthemaker #workinprogress #workinprogressart #meettheartist2021 #artaccount #indiebook #indiebooks (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKvud2sXRJ/?igshid=y00cvmdyhqbi