Stefan Bachmann author illustrator red feathers

Before the great deluge of Release the Wolves posts rolls across the land and drowns all of you, dear readers, in monsters and mayhem, I thought I’d do a post full of art and housekeeping stuff. I did a lot of personal drawings last month, thanks to many long train journeys back and forth between Switzerland and Germany. There’s nothing quite like sitting down for eight hours (or more, depending on the fickle temperament of the German train system) and watching castles and hills roll by (or not roll by; sometimes one stands still for ages in the middle of a sugar beet field) to make one want to draw fanciful things.

Anyway, here they are and I hope you like them!

Stefan Bachmann author illustrator purple fantasy art quest — Star Hunting

Stefan Bachmann author illustrator brooding blue illustration — Brooding

Stefan Bachmann author illustrator eclipse — Eclipse (I didn’t watch the recent eclipse - I think it wasn’t visible in Europe - but this is how I imagine it looked.)

Stefan Bachmann author illustrator birds — A Busy Mind

Stefan Bachmann author illustrator — Faucet Problems

Stefan Bachmann author illustrator enchanting cute fantasy art — Much To Do

Stefan Bachmann author illustrator fantasy art — After Much is Done

And some experiments:

On a final art note, thank you so much to everyone who keeps buying prints, stickers, and other goodies from my art shop and Inprint. I’m flabbergasted by every sale, and the thought of these things being on people’s walls, or tattoo’d on their arms, or being toted around with them in their daily lives everywhere from Ireland to Australia is so cool. I’m very grateful.

Here is a picture from Brianna and Wendy on Instagram, of a framed ghost print, as well as a tattoo of the Midnight Reading ghost. Thank you both!