Nilah Magruder Illustration & Animation
Color
Winter is Coming
I got caught up in the Game of Thrones craze when the first season of the HBO series aired. To celebrate, I made a set of bookmarks featuring the kids of Winterfell and their loyal direwolves.
Selkie
A friend and I had been discussing European selkie mythology. I’d also recently been contemplating the Caribbean and its marine life. Naturally, the two ideas collided – you never really see Caribbean seal people, and I thought it’d be a fun experiment. As it happens, the Caribbean Monk Seal – the only Caribbean seal species [...]
The Sloth, Evolved
I like to think of this as the next evolution of the sloth. In the future they will have horns, stand twenty feet tall, and be generally pretty awesome. Unfortunately, the human species will have either abandoned Earth or gone extinct by then, so we will be unable to revel in their glory.
Sunrise
This was a piece I started loooong ago. Like, in 2006. Back then I started to paint it, but I really wasn’t liking the way it turned out and I got discouraged. Now and then I’d come across the half-finished file while going through my folders, and finally one day I decided to give it [...]
Winter
I’m not a huge fan of winter… but there are some things I like about it. Like being warm and cozy inside with a hot drink and a good book within arm’s reach.
Katara
I don’t do fanart often, but with the new movie coming out I’ve been on an Avatar: The Last Airbender kick. I wanted to try painting Katara with an Inuit/Eskimo look.
The Goddess Raven
Inspirational art for a short film concept. The goddess Raven begins the creation of the world, but her work is interrupted when Coyote steals the moon from her.
