The twelve months 🍓🌱
There is a folktale in my country where a young girl has to bring her step mother and sister gifts (violets/strawberries/apples) in the middle of winter.
She manages to do so thanks to the spirits of 12 months sitting on top of the mountain, who help her. Her evil family wants all the goods only for themselves though. They go to the spirits, but are rude to them, unlike the girl. January calls upon a blizzard and they freeze to death, while trying to get home.
And the little girl lives happily ever after with a bunch of supernatural friends.
I wanted to design all of these as an excersise for different character designs. In the version of the story I read, the months age changed for every 3 months (spring being children, winter being elders)
I tried not to draw from a single culture, but some outfits are referenced from Folk dresses, while other are entirely my own ideas
(i hope tumblr doesn't ruin the quality lol)
