Over the course of this jam, I'll be posting various particularly inspiring images with some commentary in this thread. Hopefully you'll find something you can make use of, or find something to inspire you.

Starting us off is the German incubula where the illustration in the banner for this jam originates. The incubula includes several partially coloured woodcuts depicting various figures dancing with death. You can browse it here.

This gorgeous spread depicts the 7 Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, with notes about each. It's a beautiful piece and I love the way it depicts geography through book layout and text placement.

From the Kitab al-Bulhan (Book of Wonders), here are a couple of pages, one of which features a wonderfully round crab representing a constellation, as well as some birds and snakes from a folk tale. I love these depictions of animals, with their wonderful shapes, as well as the chaotic way the text is laid out here. You can browse the full book here.

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-drolatic-dreams-of-pantagruel-1565

Found this from a tattoo artist friend, and wanted to share it here. Amazing black and white illustrations.