I’ve been not feeling artsy lately (anti-artsy?), so in an attempt to break my artist’s block (???) I’ma share some artists I admire starting with Ivan Bilibin.  It’s no secret that Slavs and art are like arm and hammer (see Alphonse Mucha, Carl Fabergé and Valentin Serov), and Bilibin is no exception.  The poor guy died in the Seige of Leningrad in 1942, but his beautiful illuminations of Russian folk tales live on.  Behold the splendor:

If you ever have the chance to read the stories these works depict, do yourself a favor and DEVOUR THAT SHIT.  Like most folk tales, there is copious amounts of gore, eating of children, bitchy older siblings, etc. but there’s also Baba Yaga.  Bitch.  Is.  HARSH!  Read all about her fuckery HERE.

Eat your heart out,