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I greatly value in having had the opportunity to visit the 'British Library'; in order to experience first-hand the exhibition titled 'Fantasy:- Realms of Imagination'; specifically/notably, the exhibition opened upon the date of 27-10-2023; and continued towards the date of 25-02-2024; addressing such themes as 'creativity', 'mythology', and the 'magically' subject; what arose in response was an eclectic—syncretic—'synergy' of subject-matter; that which explored elements of the history of narrative, and story-telling; from an original—and seemingly the only/singularly known source of—'Beowulf' (a manuscript from the 10th century); a 'Green Knight' manuscript' through to a 14th century copy of the 'Iliad' (both hand-written in Greek, and translated); original J.R.R Tolkien notations (featuring conceptual art, and books within the 'Legendarium'); Gandalf's original staff (as wielded by Sir Ian Mckellen within the cinematic motion pictures/movies); 'Games Workshop' ('Warhammer'), with models upon display; 'Dungeons, and Dragons' (original boxes, books, and video-game), 'A Song of Ice, and Fire' series, the 'Wizarding World', 'Xena:- Warrior Princess', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', 'Monstress', 'Frankenstein', 'Dark Souls', and anime/animation, and manga (within the form of/as portrayed/represented by 'Dragonball', and 'Studio Ghibli'), the 'Earthsea Cycle' series, the 'Discworld' series, 'Pan's Labyrinth', an original Gustave Doré illustrated 'Paradise Lost' manuscript, 'The Wicked + The Divine', 'Elder Scrolls', DC comic-books (notably/specifically 'Sandman', and the 'Endless'), 'Magic the Gathering' (with original cards), and—considerably—a great many more.

My great appreciation includes also that I met a number of personages whose cultural significance is profound—and within which the work upon display was, and/or is directly connected to the exhibition—having personally met—and subsequently have sign my sketchbook—the individuals of Mr. Neil Gaiman, ('DC' comic-books, 'American Gods', 'Star Dust') Mr. Alan Lee ('The Lord of the Rings', 'The Hobbit'), Mr. Charles Vess ('DC' comic-books, 'The Books of Magic', 'Stardust', 'Earthsea'), Mr. and Mrs. Wendy ('Star Wars'/'the Mother of Yoda'), and Brian Froud ('The Dark Crystal', 'Labyrinth'), Sir Ian Livingstone (found of 'Games Workshop', 'Tomb Raider via 'Eidos'), Mr. Adrian Tchaikovsky ('Shadows of the Apt', 'Children of Time', 'Warhammer'), Ms. Rebecca F. Kuang (the 'Poppy War' trilogy, 'Babel', 'Yellowface'), Ms. Saara El-Arifi (the 'Ending Fire' trilogy, the 'Faebound' trilogy), Ms. Ellen Kushner ('Swordspoint', 'Choose Your Own Adventure' game-books); with guest speakers Ms. Susanna Clarke ('Jonathan Stranger' 'Other Stories'), Sir. Philip Pullman ('His Dark Materials'), Mr. Alan Moore ('DC' comic-books, 'Watchmen','Batman', 'Superman', 'Swamp Thing', 'V for Vendetta', League of Extraordinary Gentlemen') and many more.

I created a series of direct studies from life ('in-situ'), and with pen, and ink media, as a result of my time whilst being there; having learned much resulting; and in having met new people who were very generous enough to stop, and talk (signing my artwork if so—upon meeting directly—and allocating energy/attention which I value greatly); the experience—in summary—could be described as an awesome one. Ideally, I would have liked to have created more, although it's meaning still persists. The artwork/work (each study, and drawing) was created directly using a fine-line pen, within an 'A5' sketchbook (148 × 210 mm or 5.8 × 8.3 inches; measurements/metrics).

Description
I greatly value in having had the opportunity to visit the 'British Library'; in order to experience first-hand the exhibition titled 'Fantasy:- Realms of Imagination'; specifically/notably, the exhibition opened upon the date of 27-10-2023; and continued towards the date of 25-02-2024; addressing such themes as 'creativity', 'mythology', and the 'magically' subject; what arose in response was an eclectic—syncretic—'synergy' of subject-matter; that which explored elements of the history of narrative, and story-telling; from an original—and seemingly the only/singularly known source of—'Beowulf' (a manuscript from the 10th century); a 'Green Knight' manuscript' through to a 14th century copy of the 'Iliad' (both hand-written in Greek, and translated); original J.R.R Tolkien notations (featuring conceptual art, and books within the 'Legendarium'); Gandalf's original staff (as wielded by Sir Ian Mckellen within the cinematic motion pictures/movies); 'Games Workshop' ('Warhammer'), with models upon display; 'Dungeons, and Dragons' (original boxes, books, and video-game), 'A Song of Ice, and Fire' series, the 'Wizarding World', 'Xena:- Warrior Princess', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', 'Monstress', 'Frankenstein', 'Dark Souls', and anime/animation, and manga (within the form of/as portrayed/represented by 'Dragonball', and 'Studio Ghibli'), the 'Earthsea Cycle' series, the 'Discworld' series, 'Pan's Labyrinth', an original Gustave Doré illustrated 'Paradise Lost' manuscript, 'The Wicked + The Divine', 'Elder Scrolls', DC comic-books (notably/specifically 'Sandman', and the 'Endless'), 'Magic the Gathering' (with original cards), and—considerably—a great many more.

My great appreciation includes also that I met a number of personages whose cultural significance is profound—and within which the work upon display was, and/or is directly connected to the exhibition—having personally met—and subsequently have sign my sketchbook—the individuals of Mr. Neil Gaiman, ('DC' comic-books, 'American Gods', 'Star Dust') Mr. Alan Lee ('The Lord of the Rings', 'The Hobbit'), Mr. Charles Vess ('DC' comic-books, 'The Books of Magic', 'Stardust', 'Earthsea'), Mr. and Mrs. Wendy ('Star Wars'/'the Mother of Yoda'), and Brian Froud ('The Dark Crystal', 'Labyrinth'), Sir Ian Livingstone (found of 'Games Workshop', 'Tomb Raider via 'Eidos'), Mr. Adrian Tchaikovsky ('Shadows of the Apt', 'Children of Time', 'Warhammer'), Ms. Rebecca F. Kuang (the 'Poppy War' trilogy, 'Babel', 'Yellowface'), Ms. Saara El-Arifi (the 'Ending Fire' trilogy, the 'Faebound' trilogy), Ms. Ellen Kushner ('Swordspoint', 'Choose Your Own Adventure' game-books); with guest speakers Ms. Susanna Clarke ('Jonathan Stranger' 'Other Stories'), Sir. Philip Pullman ('His Dark Materials'), Mr. Alan Moore ('DC' comic-books, 'Watchmen','Batman', 'Superman', 'Swamp Thing', 'V for Vendetta', League of Extraordinary Gentlemen') and many more.

I created a series of direct studies from life ('in-situ'), and with pen, and ink media, as a result of my time whilst being there; having learned much resulting; and in having met new people who were very generous enough to stop, and talk (signing my artwork if so—upon meeting directly—and allocating energy/attention which I value greatly); the experience—in summary—could be described as an awesome one. Ideally, I would have liked to have created more, although it's meaning still persists. The artwork/work (each study, and drawing) was created directly using a fine-line pen, within an 'A5' sketchbook (148 × 210 mm or 5.8 × 8.3 inches; measurements/metrics).