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Summer Gives Time for More Fantasy Artwork and Art Prints

  • Writer: Heida Rafnsdottir
    Heida Rafnsdottir
  • Jul 5
  • 2 min read

Hey! I just wanted to give you a short middle of summer update on what I've been up to lately. As I write this I'm on a few days vacation with my family in wonderful Dýrafjörður in the Westfjords of Iceland. My husbands father is from there and although It's quite a long drive from where we live near the capital, we try to go there regularly. It is always a treat for all of us and as for me, as a nature and animal nerd, I always come away rested and highly inspired for my next fantastic worlds and creatures.


Time for a New Piece of Fantasy Artwork

As I talked about in my last newsletter on Squishy, the year 2025 has not seen a lot of new artwork on my drawing table. However, now I've been able to use more time during the summer for creating more fantasy art and a couple of weeks ago I finished this sunny piece of work.

Post Heiða Rafns ‪@heidarafns.bsky.social‬ ☀️The Sun, older than everything ☀️ Print version, right, and original painting, left. Inks, black pastels, gouache and minor digital touchups. Very happy with how my Epson p900 is handling the warm, dark colours 🖨 #fantasyillustration #fantasyart A photograph of a warm yellow and brown sheet of printed illustration in inks and black pastels, lying on a wooden table. The illustration shows a round face sitting in the middle of a brownish yellow background, surrounded by a dark brown frame. It's the Sun, with twirling swirls around it, looking like hair or rays of sunshine. Below the sun there lies a tight cluster of dark blueish green and round shaped clouds, some with vaguely shaped faces. ALT July 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM Everybody can reply 3 likes Write your reply Heiða Rafns ‪@heidarafns.bsky.social‬ Home Explore 1 Notifications Chat Feeds Lists Profile Settings New Post Search Following Discover More feeds Trending Joe Rogan Texas Floods Caturday Musiala Injury Tour de France WWE Feedback • Privacy • Terms • Help A photograph of a warm yellow and brown sheet of printed illustration in inks and black pastels, lying on a wooden table. The illustration shows a round face sitting in the middle of a brownish yellow background, surrounded by a dark brown frame. It's the Sun, with twirling swirls around it, looking like hair or rays of sunshine. Below the sun there lies a tight cluster of dark blueish green and round shaped clouds, some with vaguely shaped faces. A photograph of a warm yellow and brown sheet of printed illustration in inks and black pastels, lying on a wooden table. The illustration shows a round face sitting in the middle of a brownish yellow background, surrounded by a dark brown frame. It's the Sun, with twirling swirls around it, looking like hair or rays of sunshine. Below the sun there lies a tight cluster of dark blueish green and round shaped clouds, some with vaguely shaped faces.

I'm not sure what to call it but it started as a sketch last year and I wanted to experiment with the same technique as I used on Squishy, with inks, black pastels, gouache and a couple of digital touchups. It comes out gorgeously from my printer, Epson Surecolor 900. The sun is always an interesting theme for artwork and I've made a few pieces where she and the clouds play a big role. I'd love to hear what you think!


After this Summer, what's next?

As for my goals, I've been thinking a lot the past weeks about next steps on my artistic journey. I'm considering changing things up in my creative path but still have some more thinking to doo. I will talk more about that later.


Art prints

And just in case you didn't know, you can view all my available art prints by clicking this link here. If you want to order prints just send me an email at heidarafns@gmail.com and I'll get right back to you. Easy peasy and subscribers get free delivery :D


Finally I want to thank my wonderful subscribers for joining me on my artistic journey, it really means such a lot to me!


That's it for now!

Until next time, be safe and carry on dreaming ❤

Heiða 


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