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Christmas Card 2009

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Surprise gift

My Christmas card for 2009! It's beginning to be a tradition that I make one every year, get it printed and sent to my friends and relatives.

Mainly MyPaint with cleanup and adjustments in GIMP.

It's always interesting to hear what kind of stories people can imagine around a scene like this. :)

The troll girl you might recognize from other images of mine, notably from the "... Of trolls series" (griatch-art.deviantart.com/art…, griatch-art.deviantart.com/art…, griatch-art.deviantart.com/art… and griatch-art.deviantart.com/art…).

Some notes:
Trolls in old Nordic folklore were not necessarily big, ugly and hideous as they are often refered as today - most of the time they could just as well be confused for humans at a distance and many were even described as beautiful in their way. They were often not evil either, but mostly just wanted peace and quiet in their domains (the hills and forests). They occationally traded with humans (trolls had plenty of gold and valuables whereas humans had better clothes and craftmanship). They could also magically disguise themselves as humans if they wanted to (usually all except their tails).

The other guy is a "tomte", an entity living in the forests (and sometimes helping farmers with their chores). Later, more modern, myths often confuse the tomte with Santa's helpers (And the name of Santa Claus in Sweden is indeed "Tomten").

Earlier years' cards:
2008:
Christmas Card 2008 by Griatch-art
2007:
Christmas card 2007 by Griatch-art.

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VGiselleH's avatar
Aw, such a sweet moment in such a cold place ^_^ I like her clothes, especially the lining on her neck/hood piece, so soft! ^_^ Her toenails in the other hand make me shudder, lol.