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Pencil drawing of a small, elderly, hob-like creature sleeping in a pile of dried leaves inside an old stone fireplace.

Pencil drawing of a small, elderly, hob-like creature sleeping in a pile of dried leaves inside an old stone fireplace.

A character reference illustration for an English folklore creature called a hob. A small elderly man-like household spirit, about handspan tall, with slightly shortened proportions and a sturdy build. He has an old weathered face, kind but tired expression, shaggy hair and short beard and mustaches, wearing a worn traditional rural English waistcoat, loose baggy trousers, and simple old-fashioned clothing. He sleeps curled up inside a small hole in the corner of a large stone fireplace where one stone has fallen out of the wall. He is nestled in a cosy pile of dried leaves used as bedding. The fireplace is old and worn, with soot-darkened stones and a feeling of a forgotten cottage. Emphasis on scale, anatomy, and believable proportions. Storybook pencil and watercolour style, gentle but mysterious atmosphere, artist reference image, not a cartoon. Mehr sehen