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I’m Manelle, an illustrator and author. I created Tales Fantastic to help bring your dreams to life.

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I believe in dreams coming true. If you want to grow your freelance illustration business or travel to a magical place through a story, You’ve come to the right place.

Tales Fantastic was created for dreamers.

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Hello, I’m Manelle,

An illustrator, author, and creator of Tales Fantastic. 

I believe stories are essential to living a happy life, not only because they entertain us, but because they teach amazing things and connect us to other humans. 

I love creating illustrated books, and I want to share everything I know about illustration and the publishing world with you. I’m here to help you as an illustrator and storyteller to reach your dream of becoming a professional artist. 

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Your dream of becoming a professional illustrator starts with you.
Click below to sign up for my free e-mail class. In it, you’ll learn everything I know about finding your art style and how to do it while having fun, and avoiding burnout.

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Praise for Tales Fantastic

Artists Who are Finding Their Voice

This makes me feel better about drawing things in different ways.
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I learned that I don’t have to fear the outcome of every project is not going to be what I want, but that the most important thing is to gain practice…
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Hi, Manelle, I just read your second installment of your newsletter on Style, and it’s amazing!… Thank you so much for writing this.
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You’re the artist I have been looking for for so long to help me find my style, and now that I’ve found it I can finally start again what I should have been doing for years.”
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I have signed up and received the first two emails about the topic and it’s been so liberating and so insightful that I wanted to share it with you all.
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Your artwork is amazing! It feels like reading fairytales… for the first time.
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Your art makes me feel hopeful and nostalgic.
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience and skill like this.
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I wish I could live in the world you created! Thanks for keeping the magic alive.
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Your books and artwork are so inspiring and even though I’m a teen they remind me of my childhood!
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Thank you for always sharing your process as well as the finished work. It’s so inspiring.
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Your speed paintings are what got me into watercolor and I think I will never be able to thank you enough.
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Seeing your art always makes my day! Such Whimsy!
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I’m In love with your world, I want to be lost in it.
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Wow, this is a new complete perspective of the meaning of “style”… Now I’ve clarified a lot of things thanks to you.
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Once Upon a Time

Go on a Journey with These Enchanting Stories

Meeting Death
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Meeting Death

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A short story by Manelle Oliphant When you’re dead, memories work much the same as they do when you’re alive, except they don’t get churned around in the river of…

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