Gothic & Macabre
Once Upon a Shadow
Dark, detailed art for the Grimm at heart
Hauntingly beautiful illustrations inspired by classic fairy tales — reimagined in intricate detail for those who love the darker side of story.
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- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Page size
- 8.5 × 11 inch paperback
- Best tools
- Colored pencils, Gel pens, Fine-tip markers
- Alcohol markers
- Recommended with a protective sheet behind the page.
Classic fairy tales reimagined with a shadowed edge — thorned castles, enchanted mirrors, and watchful ravens.
Ornate gilt-style borders with roses and skulls frame every scene like an antique storybook.
Intricate detail built for colorists who love a challenge.
Not every tale ends happily
Once Upon a Shadow enters a world where darkness lingers, magic whispers, and every shadow tells a story. Familiar fairy tales return with their original teeth: brambled castles under crescent moons, hand mirrors that reflect something else, candlelit libraries of forbidden books, and a raven that seems to follow you from page to page.
The compositions are dense and ornate, framed with vines, roses, and the occasional grinning skull — hauntingly beautiful rather than gruesome.
Inside you’ll find
- Fairy-tale scenes reimagined in intricate, shadowed detail
- Castles, ravens, enchanted books, mirrors, and moonlit forests
- Antique storybook borders on every page
- Single-sided pages to help reduce bleed-through
- Large 8.5 × 11 inch format
Sharpen your pencils. Color the darkness. Reveal the story.
Tools that work well with this book
- Colored pencils
- Gel pens
- Fine-tip markers
Using markers with this book
Intricate fairy-tale scenes suit pencils and fine tips; slip a protective sheet behind the page when using markers.
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