Heiða Rafns
@heidarafns.bsky.social
Fantasy & Nature Illustrator | Concept Artist | Based in 🇮🇸 📯Message me for commission and art print inquiries 📯
https://www.heidarafns.com/
https://www.heidarafns.com/
Prepping for the holidays🎄
August 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Prepping for the holidays🎄
Last week I made Christmas cookies, "Jólasmákökur"🎄
July 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Last week I made Christmas cookies, "Jólasmákökur"🎄
He seems to want something from you. I dont think it's anything good.
An illustration from ladt year for #folklorethursday
An illustration from ladt year for #folklorethursday
July 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
He seems to want something from you. I dont think it's anything good.
An illustration from ladt year for #folklorethursday
An illustration from ladt year for #folklorethursday
Appropriate when vacationing in Dýrafjörður, or "Animal-fjord", in Iceland✏️ Paradise for animal and nature lovers🦀❤️
July 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Appropriate when vacationing in Dýrafjörður, or "Animal-fjord", in Iceland✏️ Paradise for animal and nature lovers🦀❤️
☀️The Sun, older than everything ☀️
Print version, right, and original painting, left. Inks, black pastels, gouache and minor digital touchups.
Very happy with how my Epson p900 is handling the warm, dark colours 🖨
#fantasyillustration #fantasyart
Print version, right, and original painting, left. Inks, black pastels, gouache and minor digital touchups.
Very happy with how my Epson p900 is handling the warm, dark colours 🖨
#fantasyillustration #fantasyart
July 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
☀️The Sun, older than everything ☀️
Print version, right, and original painting, left. Inks, black pastels, gouache and minor digital touchups.
Very happy with how my Epson p900 is handling the warm, dark colours 🖨
#fantasyillustration #fantasyart
Print version, right, and original painting, left. Inks, black pastels, gouache and minor digital touchups.
Very happy with how my Epson p900 is handling the warm, dark colours 🖨
#fantasyillustration #fantasyart
This is Squishy, a kind of a cross between a crustacean and a jellyfish.
This is my first finalised personal illustration of the year! I talk about the process and about my goals for the rest of 2025, in my latest newsletter on my website. See link in comments.
#fantasyart #fantasyartist
This is my first finalised personal illustration of the year! I talk about the process and about my goals for the rest of 2025, in my latest newsletter on my website. See link in comments.
#fantasyart #fantasyartist
June 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is Squishy, a kind of a cross between a crustacean and a jellyfish.
This is my first finalised personal illustration of the year! I talk about the process and about my goals for the rest of 2025, in my latest newsletter on my website. See link in comments.
#fantasyart #fantasyartist
This is my first finalised personal illustration of the year! I talk about the process and about my goals for the rest of 2025, in my latest newsletter on my website. See link in comments.
#fantasyart #fantasyartist
I'm not used to writing my own stories, but this might be a start of a story, right?
June 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I'm not used to writing my own stories, but this might be a start of a story, right?
Building characters for a story about a jellyfish that also has a whale i it. Just needs a name... and a story 👀
🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼
#illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbookillustration
🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼
#illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbookillustration
June 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Building characters for a story about a jellyfish that also has a whale i it. Just needs a name... and a story 👀
🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼
#illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbookillustration
🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼🐳🪼
#illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbookillustration
Everyone seems to be sleeping.
This quiet row of houses got finished yesterday.
#illustration #illustrationartist #illustrator #fantasyillustration
This quiet row of houses got finished yesterday.
#illustration #illustrationartist #illustrator #fantasyillustration
June 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Everyone seems to be sleeping.
This quiet row of houses got finished yesterday.
#illustration #illustrationartist #illustrator #fantasyillustration
This quiet row of houses got finished yesterday.
#illustration #illustrationartist #illustrator #fantasyillustration
From my morning walk with my husband up a small Icelandic mountain, Ùlfarsfell 🥰
I was a bit nervous about how it would go after having problems with my back for the last year. Happy to say that it went great and this artist is in very good shape😃🏃♀️
I was a bit nervous about how it would go after having problems with my back for the last year. Happy to say that it went great and this artist is in very good shape😃🏃♀️
May 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
From my morning walk with my husband up a small Icelandic mountain, Ùlfarsfell 🥰
I was a bit nervous about how it would go after having problems with my back for the last year. Happy to say that it went great and this artist is in very good shape😃🏃♀️
I was a bit nervous about how it would go after having problems with my back for the last year. Happy to say that it went great and this artist is in very good shape😃🏃♀️
Beautiful morning! Hope you'll have a good day to be enthusiastic, creative or just to recharge and relax🤗
May 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Beautiful morning! Hope you'll have a good day to be enthusiastic, creative or just to recharge and relax🤗
This is me 10 years ago, holding my diploma at my graduation! So very happy I did this and that I'm still working as an artist and designer 🥰🎉🎈
May 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is me 10 years ago, holding my diploma at my graduation! So very happy I did this and that I'm still working as an artist and designer 🥰🎉🎈
Got myself an original Rasmus Klump comic in Denmark, sn original first edition. My grandmother gave me my first one, translated in Icelandic. This one is my first Rasmus Klump in the original language🇩🇰❤️
May 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Got myself an original Rasmus Klump comic in Denmark, sn original first edition. My grandmother gave me my first one, translated in Icelandic. This one is my first Rasmus Klump in the original language🇩🇰❤️
I'm here in wonderful Denmark, the land of HC Andersen❤️🇩🇰
I rarely travel, especially when compared to many Icelanders. Maybe it's normal for island living people to want to travel abroad a lot, or maybe it's the viking genes still in us 😄
I rarely travel, especially when compared to many Icelanders. Maybe it's normal for island living people to want to travel abroad a lot, or maybe it's the viking genes still in us 😄
May 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I'm here in wonderful Denmark, the land of HC Andersen❤️🇩🇰
I rarely travel, especially when compared to many Icelanders. Maybe it's normal for island living people to want to travel abroad a lot, or maybe it's the viking genes still in us 😄
I rarely travel, especially when compared to many Icelanders. Maybe it's normal for island living people to want to travel abroad a lot, or maybe it's the viking genes still in us 😄
My lifelong hero and influencer Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 99th today! A wonderful human being that has had a huge impact on my life like so many others. I've even met him in person!
Today I'll be extra thankfull for everything he has done for us ❤️
#davidattenborough
Today I'll be extra thankfull for everything he has done for us ❤️
#davidattenborough
May 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My lifelong hero and influencer Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 99th today! A wonderful human being that has had a huge impact on my life like so many others. I've even met him in person!
Today I'll be extra thankfull for everything he has done for us ❤️
#davidattenborough
Today I'll be extra thankfull for everything he has done for us ❤️
#davidattenborough
I'm so very happy with these🤓 My zomania illustrations are quality printed on fine art paper and will last almost forever without fading. Accompanied with an envelope so they can serve as gift cards as well as wall decorations🦐🪱🕷🐚
#animaldrawings #naturalhistory #museumart #homedecorations
#animaldrawings #naturalhistory #museumart #homedecorations
April 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm so very happy with these🤓 My zomania illustrations are quality printed on fine art paper and will last almost forever without fading. Accompanied with an envelope so they can serve as gift cards as well as wall decorations🦐🪱🕷🐚
#animaldrawings #naturalhistory #museumart #homedecorations
#animaldrawings #naturalhistory #museumart #homedecorations
Cutting and folding a batch of Cuddly greeting cards ✂️ And relaxing for our big choir concert tomorrow😌🎶
April 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Cutting and folding a batch of Cuddly greeting cards ✂️ And relaxing for our big choir concert tomorrow😌🎶
Today, 2 April, is World Autism Awareness Day 🎉
Me and my son celebrate today as proud autistic individuals ♾️
#actuallyautistic #audhd
Me and my son celebrate today as proud autistic individuals ♾️
#actuallyautistic #audhd
April 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Today, 2 April, is World Autism Awareness Day 🎉
Me and my son celebrate today as proud autistic individuals ♾️
#actuallyautistic #audhd
Me and my son celebrate today as proud autistic individuals ♾️
#actuallyautistic #audhd
This house loves living on this wood covered hill. Still waiting for summer.
Blackwing pencil on heavyweight paper.
#illustrationartist #pencils #fantasyillustration
Blackwing pencil on heavyweight paper.
#illustrationartist #pencils #fantasyillustration
March 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This house loves living on this wood covered hill. Still waiting for summer.
Blackwing pencil on heavyweight paper.
#illustrationartist #pencils #fantasyillustration
Blackwing pencil on heavyweight paper.
#illustrationartist #pencils #fantasyillustration
My friend got me a bouquet of new pencils the other day and they are amazing to draw with❤️❤️❤️
March 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
My friend got me a bouquet of new pencils the other day and they are amazing to draw with❤️❤️❤️
March 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Me and my Cuddlies wish you all good luck and fortune on this St. Patrick's day🍀🍀🍀
#StPatricksDay #StPaddysDay
#StPatricksDay #StPaddysDay
March 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Me and my Cuddlies wish you all good luck and fortune on this St. Patrick's day🍀🍀🍀
#StPatricksDay #StPaddysDay
#StPatricksDay #StPaddysDay
Coloured in my hen sketches from last December. "Well, one does want a hint of color." (Albert, from The Birdcage)
Hens are wonderful, and they can make eggsies🐔🐣🥚❤️
Hens are wonderful, and they can make eggsies🐔🐣🥚❤️
March 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Coloured in my hen sketches from last December. "Well, one does want a hint of color." (Albert, from The Birdcage)
Hens are wonderful, and they can make eggsies🐔🐣🥚❤️
Hens are wonderful, and they can make eggsies🐔🐣🥚❤️
Waiting to get to my desk but it's not highest priority at the moment 😞
March 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Waiting to get to my desk but it's not highest priority at the moment 😞