
The Unseelie Court

by Daniel Eskridge
Title
The Unseelie Court
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
In English, Welsh, and Scottish folklore, there exists two kinds of fairies, the two courts. The daytime (especially dawn and twilight) is for the court of the Seelie, but the night is the time of the Unseelie. The Unseelie court is the more wicked of the two and is comprised of the more troublesome of the fey, creatures such as boggles, bogies, and boggarts. Though not necessarily evil or malevolent, they tend to lean that way.
Here is an image inspired by the idea of the Unseelie court. A dark faerie queen sits on a stone throne in a patch of mushrooms where lies a moss covered human skull. Next to her stands her chief boggart, who appears has a horned man carrying a magic staff that lights the scene. An array of other goblins and and dark creatures fill the scene, with even more glowing eyes peering from the darkness beyond.
I created this image during the Halloween season of 2018 for an art contest...which I wound up not entering as it took me too long to complete the scene. ...but I still like the way it turned out.
How I make art like this: http://fineartbydaniel.com/2017/12/18/how-i-make-art-3d-rendering/
Tools I used to make this: http://fineartbydaniel.com/resources/
How I sell art: http://fineartbydaniel.com/quick-start-guide-selling-art-online/
Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge
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October 23rd, 2018
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Comments (3)

Michael Durst
This is absolutely a phenomenal surrealistic work of art! Unbelievable talent, Daniel! V/F

Katherine Nutt
Oh dang, I didn't see this entered into the Unseelie Court contest! It wins administrator wishes it was in the contest and should have gotten first prize just for thematically getting it right on! As it is I am so glad to see this in the Myth Magic and Spirituality group and as such of course gets a feature :) Congratulations on such an interesting piece. There is a thank you thread on the discussions tab if you would like to archive it there :)
Daniel Eskridge replied:
Thanks, Katherine, I made it for that contest, but it was not done in time....oh well :D