New work in progress: "Ocean Lord"
Nov. 1st, 2012 03:52 pmThis is a sketch I did several years ago with the intent to turn it into a painting.

Starting with the background; still very loose and sketchy, just blocking in the basic colors at this point. I'm going with a cooler palette than I used in my last painting. I'm going to call this one "Ocean Lord."

Will post updates as the painting progresses!
Like what you see on this blog? Feel free to tip the artist! Contributors who are in the US will receive a free print of their choice, either of an already completed work, or the work in progress contributed toward, once complete. Also, size of print depends on contribution amount and sizes available. So if you tip, please let me know in a private message so I can contact you regarding your print.
Getting back in the game
Oct. 20th, 2012 03:44 pmI desperately need to raise prices, because I need the money--especially after the insane number of medical bills I have incurred and am still incurring--but I'm afraid I'm going to shoot myself in the foot by doing so. I have tentative plans. For one, I'm considering hosting weekly $5 Sketch Days, rather than Free Sketch Days, but taking the first five prompts for free. Detailed black and white drawings will ordinarily go for $50 and up, depending on complexity, and Discounted Character Portrait Days will be re-instated on a periodic basis at $30 per portrait. I'll also offer story illustration, both black and white and color, for $50 and up.
I have to remind myself that even these prices are very low for a professional, but I still have this nagging voice in the back of my head that tells me my work isn't good enough to charge that much, that no one will want to pay that much. It's a voice that I'm determined to ignore.
I hope to be delving back into the crowdfunding sometime this coming week. I may test the waters with a $5 Sketch Day.
But anyway! I also come bearing artwork. Paintings and fan art sketches. As always, click for larger.
Ghostlight. This is for sale as a print Here.

Woman of the Mists. This is for sale as a print Here.

Dean Winchester from Supernatural.

The Eleventh Doctor, from Doctor Who

Current Crowdfunded Projects Landing Page
Feb. 13th, 2012 07:30 pmUpdate: 3/5/12: "Starcrossed" has been completed. Funding currently stands at $4 of $40.
UPDATE: 2/27/12
"Trickster Fae" has been inked! (Click for full size)
This is the landing page for my three current crowdfunding projects. I will continuously link back here with updates.
The center image is the only one with a title-- "Trickster." If any of you have suggestions for the other two, feel free to comment!
Current status of each (clicky to enlarge):
The funding goals for these three images are:
Waterfall: $100
Trickster fey: $40
Kissing couple: $40
Funding stats:
"Trickster": $0 of $40.
"Starcrossed": $4 of $40
Waterfall painting (as yet unnamed): $0 of $100.
If you would like to contribute to any or all of these projects, please click the "Tip Jar" icon below. Also, please be sure to leave me a comment or a PM to let me know you contributed, and for what project, so I can be sure to send you prints of the projects you contributed to when they are complete! (Sorry, I can only do U.S. shipping at this time-- I can't afford international rates) When a project is fully funded, the full sized image will be released to the public.
Any contributors will receive the full size, high res file in a link, and U.S. based contributors will receive a print of the project they donated to. Size of print depends on donation.
I'll also use this as the landing page for "Firespirit," the Prize Drawing piece I'm creating for minor_architect.
Status update for the week of 2/6-2/10
Feb. 10th, 2012 07:36 pmCharacter Portraits:
From left to right (from the last two weeks):
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Prize Drawing Illustration:
I completed the line art for
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Crowdfunded pieces:
Blocked in the flat colors over the sketch for the waterfall painting, as yet untitled.

And completed the line art for Trickster.

Remember, the waterfall painting and "Trickster" are open for crowdfunding! Contribute to whichever one you like by clicking the "Tip Jar" icon. Be sure to specify what you want tips to go toward, and let me know what your LJ ID is so I can keep track of everyone and send out perks when they're ready.
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As no one voted for the next crowdfunding pieces, I will begin work on these three:



The first one (the landscape) will be digitally painted, and the other two will be digitally inked and colorized.
Greyscale Character Portrait Tutorial
Feb. 3rd, 2012 10:00 pmThis is a portrait of
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Click image for full size.

The very first thing I do is scour the web for references. As she has given an actor as a reference, I look for images of him. In other character portraits, I try to think of appropriate actors/actresses and use them as references. I don't always aim for a strict likeness; sometimes the reference is used very loosely just to give a *feel* of the character. But in this instance, I'm trying to give more of an impression that the characterresembles the actor, without really going for a tight likeness.
( There are a LOT of images under cut. )
Artwork complete-- "Frozen"
Jan. 25th, 2012 10:58 pmTomorrow, I will be uploading to Zazzle so I can send out photo prints to people who contributed to this project. I will also upload it to ImageKind, so it will be available on a variety of professional-quality prints as well, including canvas prints.
I'm going to post a small, watermarked thumbnail version and a larger detail clip. The image is half-funded; another $20 will completely fund the piece, at which point I will make the full size, full resolution file available for everyone to download for printing, desktop use, what have you. Contributors also get a complimentary mini photo print from Zazzle if they so wish.
Thank you to everyone for your support and enthusiasm!

( large detail crop below cut. )
To contribute to this project, click the Tip Jar icon.
"Frozen" update!
Jan. 15th, 2012 08:03 pmThis project is half funded. Another $20 will fund the colorization. All donors will receive a full sized image link of the final piece whether the piece is fully funded or not, as well as a 6x4 photo print from Zazzle if they choose to opt in for it.
Click the image to see a larger size. Click here for a full sized inked image: http://amyla.webs.com/frozeninks.jpg

Click the Tip Jar icon if you would like to contribute to this project. Please remember to give your LJ username and specify that you're helping to fund "Frozen" so I know who contributed and to what. Also, if you would like one of the prints mentioned above as a donor perk, please PM me to let me know where to send it. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Click the thumbnails to enlarge. Both of these are requests from
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Also,
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Go check out "Lost in Ethia"
Jan. 11th, 2012 03:33 pm![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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She has not posted any of her stories yet, as she has just opened the LJ today, but she will do so soon. I've been following her fan fiction (set in the Doctor Who universe) for some time now, and she is a very talented writer. I'm looking forward to seeing what she does with this project.
In her words, "My original stories are cheeky high fantasy, taking place in a place called Ethia, featuring an ensemble of characters, with lots of humor, action, drama, romance and angst as well as a boatload of original and varied-ly borrowed mythology, from Celtic to Japanese, a little bit of Greek but mostly all from inside this bizarre head of mine."
( Some character art and descriptions under cut. )