Quotes I liked from various versions:
-"I do not like to expose my dirty washing." BY, praising Vasilisa for not asking questions about the things in her house.
-"Once there was and once there was not." I know we talked about this, but just saying.
-"Tishka, Tishka, bread and meat. Come ashore it's time to eat!" I'm always excited by little song stuff like this in folklore.
Lubok Folk Art:
In Katya Arnold's book, she explains that her illustrations are inspired by this kind of hand colored woodcut. I looked it up and it looks pretty cool. Something to think about design-wise. Here's a link: http://tars.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/Lubok/lubok.html
and here are some that I liked from there:
i also really like the wood cut stuff, and it would be pretty easy to mimic both in terms of colors and lines.
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ps. i have forgotten how to post on this stupid blog. how does one do it?