Ugly Duckling by Lani Lynn Vale https://thebookdisciple.com/ugly-duckling-by-lani-lynn-vale/ #4Stars, #CrazyEx, #SecondChance, #SingleDad, #UglyDuckling

🪷 Died 4 Aug 1875: #HansChristianAndersen​, saint of #Antinous. Sadly, he was self-hating gay man, a true-life #UglyDuckling for whom there was no happy ending. But his gayness shines through his fairy tales of triumph over adversity. Full tribute: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/04/hans-christian-andersen-saint-of.html 🪷

🪷 Died 4 Aug 1875: #HansChristianAndersen​, saint of #Antinous. Sadly, he was self-hating gay man, a true-life #UglyDuckling for whom there was no happy ending. But his gayness shines through his #fairytales of triumph over adversity. Watch this toon: https://youtu.be/RCX-mPstrPU 🪷

This piece was inspired by the fairy tale, The Ugly Duckling.

It was done entirely in Procreate, with no artificial generative assistance.

It is available as a greeting card here: https://goimagine.com/the-ugly-duckling-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/

(FYI, when you purchase six greeting cards on my shop, you’ll get the price of one removed at checkout!)

This piece took 3242 strokes with my Apple Pencil to make, over the course of 4h 42min. Here’s the speedpaint: https://makertube.net/w/qX4ZSB94GCxEY2f4LBHVeE

While I’ve been inspired by the work of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and her particular take on the Art Nouveau style, I’m proud to say that with each piece I’ve started to step further away from trying to emulate her work and leaning more into my own preferences and skillset. Every new piece I’ve made has been more and more my own expression. And this piece, The Ugly Duckling, was no exception. I’m quite proud of it!

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20 incredible “Ugly duckling” #transformations found on this wholesome #Twitter post https://zorz.it/HBsfd | #ShanilouPerera #BeforeAndAfter #GlowUpPics #UglyDuckling #PopularTrend #10YearChallenge #GlowUp #pictures #WanderingHedonist #gallery