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TLF Andersson
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A house-warming gift for a friend. Sunflowers are their favourite.
Gouache painting of four sunflowers in bright sunlight. Painted on A3 multimedia paper.
August 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Two variants of cornflowers, painted in gouache. I had to do a little bit of digital cutting and pasting for this 'cause I messed up. Can you tell which flowers are edited in digitally?
Blue and white-purple cornflowers growing in a vaguely triangular tangle
July 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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I’ve been studying botanical illustration this summer. My new favourite flower might be the California Poppy. They’re a beautiful colour, the buds and pods look funny, and they’re called “sleepyheads” because they open up so late in the day.
Gouache illustration of three yellow flowers with orange centres, one bud and one seed pod.
July 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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(I really need to get back to posting regularly) I learned about “landsknechts” and their silly outfits and was inspired. Working in colour is harddd... #art #historical
July 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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(Left) 1875 illustration from "Cassell's Library of English Literature" (Right) Original 1515 illustration from "In Praise of Folly"
April 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Another illustration redraw. I wanted to experiment with a more Medieval style (although the version I based this on is from 1875).

#illustration
Digital black and white illustration in an engraving style. A man in a hood with donkey ears and a mane, holding a bottle in each hand, one larger and one transparent. He's holding the transparent one up in front of his face. Above his head, there's text in a mediaeval font that reads “The Alchemist”. Digital illustration in a mediaeval painterly style. A man in a hood with donkey ears and a mane, holding a bottle in each hand, one larger and one transparent. He's holding the transparent one up in front of his face. Above his head, there's text in a mediaeval font that reads “The Alchemist”.
April 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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I've been focused on translation work lately, so I haven't been drawing much.

Inspired by an illustration from an 1894 book on the indiginous peoples of Brazil, of a carving by the Bakairi/Kurâ people. Also a photo of the forest near my childhood home.
Digital painting of a conifer forest. The tree trunks have human figures carved into them.
April 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Gay critters 🦇🏳️‍🌈🐁
Black and white illustration in an etching style of an anthropomorphised mouse and bat hugging.
March 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Critters 🦇🐁

#illustration
Black and white illustration in a vintage 19th century etching style of an anthropomorphic bat and mouse. The mouse is wearing a jacket and cravat.
March 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Here’s the original. From a book called “Curly. An actor's story, related by J. Coleman” published in 1885.
March 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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I haven’t been feeling very inspired lately, so I decided to try doing a redraw of a beautiful illustration I found in my research. (See reply)
Black and white illustration of a person lying on top of a grave, arms wrapped around a wooden cross planted in the ground in front of the headstone. The whole scene is covered in snow.
March 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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During my archive browsing, I found some neat illustrations, where ghosts are rendered with white lines on a black engraved background and wanted to try it myself.

#illustration
Black and white digital illustration in a 19th century engraving style. A man riding a horse through the country side at night. The man has a worried expression and his horse has its ears folded back. A ghost is floating high in the air behind the man, its hands raised menacingly, anguished expression on its face, with eyes and mouth wide open.
March 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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So excited to receive my first Ko-Fi commission. I love vintage kettles and painted flowers.

ko-fi.com/tlfandersson...
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Some more fanart. I’m playing around with some effects.

#illustration #kjcharles #bandsinister
Digital black and white ink illustration of a dark skinned man with curly hair, thick eyebrows, and stubble. He’s wearing a shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows and an open vest. He’s wiping his hands on a stained cloth. Fanart of the character David Martelo from the KJ Charles novel Band Sinister.
March 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Some character art for a story idea of mine. I can’t really write without a clear image of what my characters look like.

#oc
Digital painting headshot of a slim black man with cropped hair, a widow’s peak, pencil eyebrows, protruding ears, heavy eyelids, light brown eyes. He’s clean shaven and is wearing a dark blue suit and tie. Digital painting headshot of a stocky white man with dark blond/brown hair, heavy eyebrows, stubble and facial scars.
March 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I used to draw a lot of dragons when I was around 10. I had so much lore for them too.

#art #bookcover
Digital painting of a young person with a long black braid, wearing medieval fantasy adventurer clothes, and an orange dragon, blowing smoke out of its nostrils. They're standing above a forest, looking down with serious expressions. In the background there are mountains.
March 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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I wanted to draw an old fashioned Scandinavian kakelugn fireplace.

#art
Black and white illustration in an engraving style. A woman in a simple night gown is sitting in an armchair reading in front of a Scandinavian kakelugn fireplace. A small dog is resting at her feet.
March 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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There's just something about characters wanting desperetly to touch each other but being unable to... This is the final completed piece I have of this project right now.

#art #mmromance
Black and white engraving style illustration. Two men standing facing each other framed by various plants. Fan art of KJ Charles' Band Sinister featuring the characters Guy Frisby and Philip Rookwood. The caption reads “Given a bit of privacy I would go to my knees, in the unexpected but effective manner David adopted.”
March 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Getting back in the swing of things.

#art
Cartoony painting of a black cat walking over a red tiled roof. The roof is covered with dead leaves as well as several pieces of garbage. In the background, smoke is rising from unseen chimneys against a pale blue sky.
March 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I messed up my drawing wrist couple of days ago, so I haven’t gotten much work done. Don’t forget to stretch!

In a Swedish kids song, a troll mother ties her babies down by their tails to put them to sleep. I like to think trolls do that a lot and it doesn’t hurt

#art #kidsbook
Black and white ink drawing with blue highlight on the ground. Cartoony drawing of troll mother and child. The mom is carrying shopping bags and looks tired. Her child is tied to her by their tail, and is struggling to move in the opposite direction of her.
March 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Illustration for a children’s book idea of mine.

#art
Digital painting of a view through the entrance of a barn, looking out at a bright sunny view of a country road, a grassy lawn with a tree and a red house. At the threshold of the barn, there’s a small bat looking out cautiously.
February 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Working on my digital painting skills. I've been in a folklore mood lately. This is another classic: Näcken, a water spirit that lures people into the water to drown them. Often seen with a violin.

#art #scandi #folklore
Digital painting of a pale, gaunt man with long, dark hair, submerged in water to the bottom of the ribcage. He is surrounded by lily pads and white flowers, and is glaring at the viewer. This is a representation of the Scandinavian folklore spirit Näcken (also: Nixie, Nykk, Näkki, Nykur, etc.).
February 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Practising animal features while also playing around with background stuff

COMMISSION me at ko-fi.com/tlfandersson...

#art
Werewolf with beige or sandy fur, wearing a green scarf and a belt, also a white handkerchief tied around one leg.
February 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Some more fanart of @kjcharleswriter.com's Band Sinister. This was the first scene I drew, because it's so visually striking. Even though drawing someone climbing a tree was very tricky. 🫥

#illustration
Digital drawing in the style of an 19th century engraving. Illustrating a moment from the novel Band Sinister by KJ Charles, where the characters Guy Frisby and Philip Rookwood climb an oak tree. Guy is helping Philip up by clasping his hand. At the bottom of the image, there's a quote from the book which reads: "I haven't touched him before."
February 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Hello! I'm Tilda
Newbie freelance illustrator 🐸

ko-fi, tipjar and commissions: ko-fi.com/tlfandersson
redbubble: Rymdunge.redbubble.com

Hire me for a project at Upwork: www.upwork.com/freelancers/...
February 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM