Caribbean Mermaid. Spiderwicks Field Guide

Tony DiTerlizzi, Never Abandon Imagination \ Sketchbook Gallery SketchbookGallery Previous42/75 Next Cover from the sketchbook TEN IMAGINARY YEARS, 2003. (limited edition of 500) Close Previ…

This is what's written in Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You about Pixies. Tricksy by nature, pixies particularly delight in tormenting humans. For this reason, they can be found living in suburban and rural areas, and sometimes even in the parks of cities, any greensward, basically, where people are frequent. Ranging between two feet and the height of a human child, pixies (also known as piskies) make their homes in the hollows of logs, lean-tos formed by…

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Brian Froud - Insect Fairies

Elves (family: Circulifestidae) are a species of powerful, humanoid, woodland-dwelling faerie. While Elves enjoy pastimes such as feasting and merrymaking, they are temperamental, but also wise and dignified. Elves are beautiful and slender in appearance, and their clothing, skin, and hair is subject to seasonal change. Elves organize themselves under regional monarchies, and seem to be of such a status that they can command the respect even of "lesser" faeries. "Elves are capricious by…