Marta Leonhardt

Thank you!

The mistfaerie of Mira’s magical world was one of the first characters, a being that had been in my mind for many years. 🤍

”The junk dealer’s daugther” is a new fantasy series, a collaboration with author Frode Eie Larsen. Published in Norway.

#fantasybooks #fantasyart #KidLitArt

#artvsartist2025

Sharing some thoughts about being a creative human. AI will never compare! 👊✨🖤

#kidlitart #booksky #fantasyart #drawing

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Love this idea! 😍

Sharing some thoughts about being a creative human. AI will never compare! 👊✨🖤

#kidlitart #booksky #fantasyart #drawing

The first book of our new fantasy series will arrive 12/5! 🥳💞🥂 I will make a small trip to Oslo to celebrate the release! 💫

🖋️How to get a signed copy:
🇳🇴 bok.norli.no/skrothandlerens-datter
🇸🇪 DM me and I’ll send it to you 💞

With author Frode Eie Larsen ✨

#fantasybooks #kidlitart #booksky

Tack! 🥰

I’ve been working on this book (among other projects) for almost three years! 🖤✨ It’s the 27th book I’m illustrating, and but this is the most personal to me since I was there from the beginning, inventing the characters and the world together with author Frode Eie Larsen!
#bookcover #kidlitart

Sent off to print today! 🥂😍

#kidlitart #fantasy #booksky

Not everyday you get to see your illustrations in a museum and the same size as yourself! 😍
At Kulturen in my hometown Lund.

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First time I get to make a detailed map like this! I found it really hard at first, but once I lay the first layer of charcoal powder it started to appear more easily.. 🖤✨ Welcome to Alvheim, in #skrothandlerensdatter ✨🖤✨

#map #fantasyart #kidlitart

Amazing! 🖤✨

Gorgeous work! I especially like the witch on the broom, her strange gaze and the back lighting! 🖤✨

Show me how you draw/paint women ✨

It really takes time to make a book like this with hand drawn illustrations all the way! Closing in on the last days. Really hoping this will be well received in Norway and find its readers! 🖤✨

#charcoal #illustratorlife #kidlitart

Good morning! 🌞

#sketch #drawing #faerie #fantasyart

Hey artists! QRP with your sketch vs final!💜
#sketchvsfinal #kidlitart #fantasy

Closing in on the last illustrations… One week left! 🖤✨

#kidlitart #drawing #fantasybooks

This is Mira & Edward, the main characters from “Skrothandlerens datter”. They’re on a mission to save the old forest and its creatures.. Love this story, hope you will read it and love it too! Out in Norway in May! 🖤✨

#kidlitart #childrensillustration

This charcoal drawing is from “Skrothandlerens datter“, a fantasy adventure that I’m making together with author Frode Eie Gjørtz-Larsen.

#drawing #fantasyart #kidlitart #folktaleart

Thank you!

Working on the last few illustrations for “Skrothandlerens datter”, that I’m making together with author @frodeeielarsen .. Out in May in Norway! 🖤

#kidlitart #fantasybooks #drawing #fantasyart #illustrationartist

Got to visit my daughter’s school today to show what an illustrator does! It was so much fun! 😍 Think I inspired a few to draw more and to see that this is actually a real job.. 😆

#kidlitart #illustratorlife

So Pinterest is not only flooded with AI, it also automatically uses your data for more AI-training to improve their “Pinterest Canvas” 🙄 You can opt out through options > privacy rights > disable Gen AI or as below in Swedish.

Pinterest, an app where most of the content is unauthorized reposts of other people’s copyright protected work, is developing generative AI and they think offering a hidden OPT-OUT toggle is good enough?

“Use your data […]” Whose data??

Spring is coming to our garden, we could even eat lunch outside! 💜

Longing to paint the magical forest with all its creatures again…

#kidlitart #fantasyart #illustration

Love the perspective!