where I don't post in my livejournal for a few months at a time and then suddenly post a ton for a few days straight. I'm not sure why that is, though I have my secret ideas as to why.

But anyway, I know a few people expressed interest in seeing wip's of art..and I find it terribly interesting to see them from other artists myself. So I figured I'd post a few, with a mish mashing of other things that are in the works etc.



(  Wip art and then some other stuff )

Anyway, thank you for stopping by!

Alrighty Washington folks, who all is planning on going to All Fur Fun at the end of May?? The con is happening in Spokane Washington, a city I rather enjoyed last year and with the con happening later, the weather should be nice and accomodating.

I am tentatively planning on being there since I really enjoy smaller cons and having the chance to chat more with folks in the dealers den and outside. I hope you can come!!

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that aside, just chugging along with work, both art and family business. Sorry for the lack of updates, will hopefully post up some random arts soon c:.

So in a few hours, I'm off to FC!

This year I have decided to do something different. If any of you have noticed, I very rarely offer commissions outside of conventions. There is a very good reason for this. I simply get so burned out and drained at con that I literally simply shut down artistically for anywhere from weeks to months at a time. I work very specifically and the con environment just doesn't allow for this and I end up feeling horrid the whole con and afterwards as well. Needless to say this is really counter productive and even my take home art ends up taking longer which makes me feel even more dreadful.

SO this con I will NOT be offering sketchbooks at my table (this isn't absolutely set in stone, there will be exceptions, ie if your idea really grabs at me or you want me to draw something fun like art nouveau stuffage x) ). Overall, I know this means I will suffer grossly in sales, but I can't continue this destructive cycle any longer. What I will take commissions for is likely a small number of pencil badges, and will take a very limited number of take home commissions for realism badges. I am very sorry to have to do this but I hope to start offering commissions outside of conventions and actually start enjoying conventions instead of dreading and stressing as each one nears! If I don't do this, I think my conventioning days would be coming to a close. Thank you in advance for being understanding!

I will be in the dealers room sitting with wicked_sairah and bagheera and will have the following at my table:

1. Wildcats of the World Decks
2. Pathfinder decks with bonus cd and tasseled bookmark
3. remaining 'Art of Balaa: Canines Vol.1'. After these no more will ever be made or offered.
4. tasseled bookmarks
5. very limited supply of 'The 2009 Werewolf Calendar'
6. Binder full of original sketches priced to go!
7. a good number of prematted prints ready to frame
8. B&W and Color prints
9. Limited quantity of greeting cards featuring 'in The Clover Patch'
10. Clearance: Prints going out of circulation.

And for the artshow I will have the following (  LOTSA Art show art, one NSFW )

To everyone that is going, may your travels to the con be safe and without ill event. I will see you all there!! Please do come say hi, if I am quiet..I am just spacing or tired so please just give me an extra poke and I will likely snap out of it ^_^;.

maior and azianwolfdoll are generously running a Holiday raffle in which the prizes will be paid LJ subscriptions. There are no catches and you don't have to pay to enter! They are just doing this in the spirit of the holidays! How absolutely wonderful {:. Its so refreshing to see people doing things like this.

For more info please take a moment and visit Azian's LJ:

http://azianwolfdoll.livejournal.com/353706.html

Haven't done much in the way of gift art in a while and there are so many people I want to draw something for. likeshine has always been so nice to me at cons and lately she has been in my thoughts. Plus I sorta had a commission arranged for her that ended up falling through for various reasons and ever since then I wanted to do a little something to make it up to her.

( ...Sunder for Likeshine... )

Nupe! But returning a bit to my 'normal' subject. Creative overdrive? yes but not complaining at all after months of feeling stuck and feeling like Ive been spinning my wheels.

( Lynx Speedpaint and 'Himalaya Snow' painting )

To everyone that stops and looks...to everyone that takes a moment to leave a comment. THANK YOU! You guys keep me moving! I should add too that it reminds me I should try to comment more often on the art that others take such care to post here.

Started as a speedpainting, but just had too much fun to stop. Posted to DA, but for those that rather follow art in a more personal environment, I'm posting it here too.

( .....Erthestral..... )

BUT. I blame vantid for the fourth Installment of SEED.

( .....SEED.4.Terragenus..... )

So I AM planning to hit up FC. I've missed it 2 years running and I miss the con, all the people that attend it and the fact is the family business has been suffering since the economy tumbled so any extra money will certainly help.

Anyway, the thing is I have a lot of stuff to haul so flying with it all will be a bit of an ordeal and my car doesn't handle possible snow and ice well (through the passes entering California) and is a bit of a gas guzzler. So it won't be cost effective for me to drive down alone and flying will be interesting with all the things I need to tote.

Is anyone in WA bound for FC and either willing to harbor another passenger or take my stuff down with them? Driving..Im happy to share my cost and hauling I'm happy to help with cost of the extra weight if needed.

Thanks in advance, all comments are screened C:.

I just got a lovely xmas card and what looks like some heavenly chocolate from Norway courtesy of the ever sweet and sneaky felix_carni and I just wanted to thank you out loud!

I don't know whether to break into this fabled chocolate or covet it a while before daring to eat it. Omnom unexpected omnOMs!!!

*feels loved*

Folks seemed to like 'Seed' and frankly I rather wanted to explore the idea more myself.

(  Seed 2  )

Thank you for all the feedback on my last entry! I will try to make these speedpaints a habit. My hopes are that these speedies will teach me to loosen up some and relax as a painter. Time will tell.

ALSO, left one it is on 'Point of No Return'. The feedback seemed to lean overwhelmingly in that direction and I can see all your points! So thank you! I can finally call it done.

( fuscia paradise and my impatience is showing )

I hope I'm not cluttering your friends pages with all my entries!

( Your opinion Counts and new speedpaint )

Thanks in advance!

Another one I did last night. I started with a neutral cooler color and urged myself to see where it would take me. The background took less than an hour, it was redoing the animal figure from one animal to another that took a while...and I was stubborn and urged myself not to use references but to try to just work with the flow of the brush strokes and see where they would take me and not vice versa. Overall about 2 hours of time spent before I started to fall asleep.
( Cold )

just exactly that. Stretching my painting fingers, so to speak. It's cold, so Im naturally drawn to using warmer colors.

( Point of No Return )

Thank you all for your feedback on my recent entries, I appreciate each and every comment I receive, even if I don't always have the chance to respond to each one.

I have not really drawn anything in a while, but my muse has been pulling towards more 3-d projects so I've allowed myself to stray. I saw another artist mention that they felt guilty when they worked on anything but 2-d art and the same is true for myself. Very simply, I think I've ingrained into myself the belief that 2-d art is most important and so anytime I work on anything else it's as if I am cheating on my art muse. It's all very silly and wrapped in my psyche.



( change of pace art )
Thank you all for taking a peek!

whenever I make a personal entry, I feel compelled or..maybe energized? to make an artsy entry. There have been tons of things I haven't posted and a lot of them are quite dated, as tends to be the case. But I'll make this a small entry all the same.

Preview of a wip, full version below cut

( some arts to share )

That's all for now, pokes and bludgeoning blows may urge me to update my lj more often. I do creep about my friends list quite often though :3.