Bucium - Miorita - Mirel Tinerelu'

One of 13 illustrations I did for the album "Miorita" by Bucium. The character here is called "Mirel the young" and he is riding a magic horse and running from a "zmeu" (a fantastic creature in Romanian folklore). The illustration was crafted for animation and several of the 13 were animated (by other artists) into clips for Bucium. The album is about death as a rite of passage in Romanian folklore and the illustration focus on interpretations of myths. It also features an invented alphabet (same as some of my other work). Bucium have no idea what I wrote there haha.

Check out one of the other animated illustrations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJt00PgLElg