Welcome to Vonawood Forest!
Home of the Modern Fairy Tales series
Illustration Portfolio
Self-portrait of Elsa Kotrla
All sketches, drawings, and illustrations shown here were created by Elsa Kotrla
Tanzy and Wally from
Goldilocks vs The Demon Portal
Zuzu
Poppy from
Little Red Riding Hood vs The Zombie Army
This is a sketch Elsa made when we were first brainstorming how we wanted to portray Tanzy.
Goldilocks vs The Demon Portal
Complete!
Looking for agent & publisher
Little Red Riding Hood vs The Zombie Army
First draft in progress!
The Big Bad Wolf vs The Evil Warlock
Outline in progress!
Meet the caretakers of
Vonawood Forest
Vonawood’s stories are written by Raighne Kotrla,
pen name R.R. Davidson and
the illustrations are done by Elsa Kotrla.
Raighne is Elsa’s mom.
The creation of Vonawood was inspired by Raighne’s grandmother, ergo Elsa’s great-grandmother, Vona Hedrick. When Raighne was a little girl, Mimi (that’s what everybody called her) told her the story of Goldilocks skipping down the lane and messing up the Bears’ house.
Raighne always wondered why Goldilocks didn’t have to fix the mess she made. This wondering led her to create Vonawood…
and nothing’s been the same since.
