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Dia Duit / Hello!

Welcome to Nine Arrow, a place where I share my illustration journey in Irish.

Join me in learning some interesting

‘cupla focail as gaeilge’ / few words in Irish.

~ Beagán a rá agus a rá go maith ~

~ Say a little and say it well. ~

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Nine Arrow Shop is getting a face lift! Reopening in June!

SHOP REOPENS JUNE

Dearg Due - Spooky Irish Halloween Creatures: The Vampire Feature

This blog post tells the story of Dearg Due one of Ireland’s first vampires.

Cad é an síscéal is fearr leat? What's your favourite #fairytale
When I started this project it was all about speed! Just whack up an idea and don't stress about it! #doneisbetterthanperfect Now that i’ve gotten more and more time to devote to this Irish series I want to update some of the earlier posts. I’ve started with Clóicín Dearg / Red Riding Hood ( Clóicín = little cloak aka little red cloak, geloite ar fad!/ so adorable! )

Then that kicked off a little flurry of fairy tale inspired sketches!! I’d love to hear about your favourite sísceal / fairy tales! I love stories!! I listen to the @mythsanlegends Podcast on spotify while I’m drawing all the time! The host, Jason Weiser, breaks down the old tales and provides sources that shine a new light onto the stories! Great for inspiration!
I’ll have some more classics ‘as gaeilge’ over the next couple of weeks! . . . . .

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Cara clúmhach!! Fluffy friend!! Correct me if i’m wrong but I’m pretty sure cara clúmhach means fluffy friend ;) This fluffy madra|dog was a pet portrait commission which had a lovely personal caption translated into Irish, but while I was drawing this adorable doggo all I could think of was fluffy fluffy fluffy!! So now I need to swap that to clúmhach, clúmhach, clúmhach! I really wanted to pet this dog, somehow magic into the picture and give him a cuddle!! .
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COMPETITION! Comment and tag your ‘fíorcara’ or as many fíorcara’ as ya like! The lucky winner and their friend will win a print of their choice! Competition is open until Friday morning at 10am then I will announce the winner this Friday afternoon! *
This competition is a very belated thank you for reaching 5000 followers!! ERMAGERD! 🤯😮😍 I really appreciate everyone who follows and supports my work, honestly if you had told me last year that this is where i’d be now, I would have passed out laughing at how impossible that would be! I’m so grateful this project has grown so much and that's down to all your wonderful support and encouragement! It’s helping me to find the artist voice I thought I’d lost! Thank you thank you thank youuu!! hugs!!⭐❤️☘️
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I’m also so excited for new things coming to my Nine Arrow shop, I am slow, but its getting there ;) with that in mind its….*LAST CHANCE TO BUY*
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My shop will close for its update on 19th of May so it's the last chance to buy prints at their current price! Lots of factors including a chat with an accountant ゞ◎Д◎ヾ showed me I needed to change my prices, the fun of being a newbie startup, I know some of you know exactly what im talking about🤣😅!! If there's a print you’ve been waiting to buy grab it before the 19th of May at the current price! If you are waiting for larger sizes they are coming in June I promise! *
Lastly, commission illustrations are closed now until after June, if i’ve been chatting with you don’t worry you are scheduled in 👍 . . . .

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Last in my water triptych. For this lake inspired image I thought back to my time spent in Japan especially attending light festivals where lanterns were often displayed close to or launched into the water creating beautiful shimmers and reflections. I really wanted to capture some movement in the water, swipe to see more details. . . .

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