The illustrator herself shared what inspired her to start creating this whimsical series: “I’ve always been enamored with fairy tales and I find that woodland creatures tend to quite often embody the magic of those stories so perfectly. I enjoy bringing them to life and giving them whimsical personalities, particularly mushrooms and frogs, as they are both so unique in their biology. It is also just really fun to paint fat and round characters and these two lend themselves to that quite well!”
Scroll down and enjoy this delightful collection of charming woodland creatures, with frogs taking the spotlight.
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Lucracia kindly answered a few of our questions, which we put together to learn more about her work. When asked about the creative process behind her illustrations, from the initial idea to the finished piece, the artist responded: “I draw most of my inspiration from everyday life. Sometimes ideas strike at random times and I’ll quickly jot them down to get to later, sometimes I have a very clear feeling I want to communicate, and sometimes I have no ideas and just start doodling, trusting that eventually inspiration will strike. The latter process is actually the one that yields my best work! Once something emerges from the many tangled sketches, I like to do a few color studies to see if the image works, and then I paint!”
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Ray shared with us that when it comes to the emotions she aims to convey in her cute drawings, warmth, comfort, and coziness take center stage. She continued: “I am generally an anxious person in real life, and so I like to put the energy or feelings I wish I had into my paintings. I find that this helps to brighten my mood, and others have indicated similar feelings when viewing my work.”
Lastly, we wondered if any of the characters, whether frogs or other creatures, hold a special place for the artist and have become her favorite. Lucracia shared with us: “It’s hard to pick a favorite as they all feel sort of like my children, but I’d say I’m very partial to Puds, aka the Dumb Juice frog. He wears a tall, red gnome hat and drinks from a small red container. I relate the most to him as there are many moments in my life where I do feel as if I’ve drunk some Dumb Juice. He was also my first character that other people seemed to latch on to rather strongly - he has quite the cult following. In a way, I am able to do the work I love full-time because of him!”
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