Jonnie Kay Holmberg
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Jonnie Kay Holmberg
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Hi, I’m Jonnie Holmberg, an illustrator and children’s book artist.
Currently writing and illustrating a book about Swedish folk lore.
January 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What is your favorite creature from any folklore? Describe the thing with one sentence! This is one of my own troll illustrations. #illustration #troll #cyclops #folklore
November 30, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Upptäck vår app – A Story A Day - en saga om dagen för barn! 📖🎨 Läs eller lyssna på berättelser med unika illustrationer, skapade av riktiga människor, inte AI. Magi och kreativitet för små äventyrare! Laddas ner där appar finns! 🌟 #BarnApp #SagorFörBarn #Kreativitet #november #åretsjulklapp
November 30, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Trolls lived for centuries, dwelling with livestock in mountains or forests. They were shapeshifters, taking the form of animals or tree trunks, and they despised Christianity.

#troll #mythology #folklore #nordiclegends #shapeshifter #fantasyart #darkforest #illustration #procreate #graphite
November 27, 2024 at 3:36 PM
These ghosts dwelled in hollow trees, gray, moldy, and terrifying. Their piercing screams, like a distorted goose’s cry, shone so brightly they lit the road’s sand. This is an illustration for a book about Swedish folklore I’m creating. #Folklore #GhostStories #Sweden
November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
November 26, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Absolutely wonderful book written in the 1860s.
November 26, 2024 at 11:59 AM
They could also be seen as owls. 🦉 And was unable to follow you past the next crossroad or waterpath. ☺️
November 26, 2024 at 11:33 AM
In Swedish folklore, the gasten is a ghostly figure of those who died violently or were denied sacred burial. It roams at night, appearing as a headless body or glowing skeleton, or as an owl in the air. Found deep in forests or between farms, it haunts the dark. #Folklore #GhostStories #art
November 26, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Book illustration to a book about swedish folklore. 🧌 #trollart #folklore #swedishlore
November 24, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Illustration I did for the wonderful story app A Story A Day where kids from 6 and up get a new story every day! Currently only in Swedish but keep your eyes open. Translations will be made. ☺️ #childrensbookillustration #astoryaday
November 23, 2024 at 7:20 PM
“You’re a tiny one, aren’t ya?” #troll #procreate
November 20, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Just finished this one. I love how the big tree turned out. Bent and twisted is the recipe for trees. Hope you like it. This is the main illustration for chapter two in my secret book project. #procreate #folktro #vaesen #väsen #nordicfolklore #digitalart
November 19, 2024 at 6:09 PM