Hello everyone! :)

Who am I

My name is Priscilla Hernandez. I am a composer, singer and illustrator from Spain. I love Fantasy, Nature and photography.

Most of my music, artworks and photography could be considered "fantasy". Why this genre? Since I was a little girl I loved reading fantasy literature and illustrated fairy and ghost tales, so I went on creating fantasy "stories" as metaphors of my own feelings. Sometimes I would write a story or a poem, then draw to illustrate them, eventually music and songs as a "soundtrack" to an imaginary movie. I loved these things as a child and my adult self remained faithful to it. I like to think I became a "storyteller" and as a grown up I have the excuse that I'm conveying it all into my art. There is an "spectral" undertone in my art sometimes and it´s inspired by "sleep paralysis" a disorder I have since I was a child (I will explain this in detail in other post, because it is very interesting)

When indoors, you can find me painting with a huge mug of coffee or producing music at the studio :)

Music

I have two released two music albums: "Ancient Shadows" and "The Underliving", both combining my music with my own drawings and illustrations: I have also published several stand-alone singles and collaborations. I am currently working to release a new illustrated music project called "Fear no More". I love composing and at the beginning I thought I would be too shy to sing my own songs, but fate proved me wrong and I became a performer too. I have several independent music awards and have made concerts in different countries.

My music is a mix of film music, vocals, soft electronica (keyboards is what I play the most) and folk instruments (harp, flutes, hammered dulcimer, kantele, among others) I have a passion for rare instruments. Some songs are ghostly and haunting, others more uplifting.

^{Double flute I handcrafted myself}

I also make the videos with my partner @hedac who, by the way, encouraged me to join this Steem community. We work as a team and he helps me to take most of the pictures of me in nature when we hike together.
This is "Grow" videoclip, one of my recent singles:

The sweet struggles of the artist life...! Despite humble resources and a passion for "not mainstream genres" ;-) the fire still blazes and I hope to keep on creating. It´s been my journey for almost two decades already, and I'm still fully devoted to it. Thus, this might be just the first time you know about my work, and if you are curious enough to check and get to know it, so far this effort has been worth :).
I follow my dream wherever it takes me but I confess I would love to work composing music for fantasy films one day.

^{I also enjoy to perform live online from my studio}

Illustration

I have drawn all my life, and I've been an illustrator longer than I've been a musician. When I was a teenager I wrote "Yidneth" a graphic novel that inspired a great part of my later work. I often link my music and paintings together and in fact both of my published CDs are full of my artworks. My next album in the making is more an illustrated book with a soundtrack attached to it.

^{Cover art I drew my album and digibook The Underliving that included a booklet of drawings too.}

I love both traditional and digital art but I confess I still need to doodle and ink the "old conventional way". An example of conceptual black and white sketch below:

Nature

I love to hike whenever I have the chance. I find the connection with Nature a healing and inspiring experience. It also reminds me that we live in a beautiful and privileged planet but also keeps me aware how frail it is. Very often you can find me dressed in costumes in the forest and improvising aloud like a minstrel in the woods. Many of my songs are born in the wilderness.

4 quick random facts about me:

I do not wish to overload this introduction post, I feel it´s too long already. So I hope you find it curious enough to check, or to follow me to know more in the future.

1. I speak English and Spanish (my native tongue) but I love singing in other languages too
2. I was born in an oceanic tropical island
3. I am vegetarian
4. I love animals, and I love rats. My pet rats starred in some of my videoclips

I'll be adding some "random facts" about me in following posts, or maybe explain some aspects of my work more thoroughly.

Thank you

Don´t be afraid to say hello back, I´ll find it encouraging :)
Steemit is new to me so I welcome any advice you can share.

My official website is http://yidneth.com or https://priscillahernandez.com Yidneth is not my name, but the trademark I created for a comic project and then my own music label. Friends call me "Pris".

Thank you very much for reading until the end!!! If you made it here, ask me anything you want to know. For more, follow me into the woods!
Pris.