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Celestial Oak I painted this over a month ago and totally forgot to post it lol
I love the idea of each acorn containing it's very own universe 🌌 I've also been designing some acorn lanterns, photos coming soon!
Beautiful color choices
Editing the colors after scanning.
Printed, cut and magnets applied.
Bookmark!
I printed the image of my painting then cut it into 5 bookmarks. So each one is different! I love how they turned out EXCEPT that the paper I used was too flimsy. There's a high chance of ripping them when pulling the magnets apart. Plus the size was a little smaller than I intended. Though I don't hate it.
Attempt 2 will be on a heavier paper. And if they turn out well, I think I will give some out to get some feedback before I make any more.
If you like my art and would like to support me, please check out my ko-fi page. Thanks!
Making magnetic bookmark mockups. And I got a new scoring board for making neat folds! It's such a dumb thing to be excited about. But I didn't know these existed until like 5 or 6 months ago and I'm stupid excited to have one.
In any case, I think this is the size I'm going to go with for my bookmarks. I have some tiny ones in the same style that someone bought for me a number of years ago and I always felt they were TOO small. They are like 1x1.5 inches. But I didn't want mine to be as big as a more traditional bookmark either. So these are 1.5x2.5 inches when folded. When I try printing, I may decide to extend it to 3 inches if I can't get enough of the art on them though.
But whatever, I'm just happy to finally get this going! There's been a lot of craziness lately in my life lately so getting to focus on this has been great. Next up is printing and messing around with vinyl to add a protective cover and make them more sturdy.
If you would like to support me, check out my Ko-Fi page.
I added a bit more to the pink abstract and I think its done now. The flower painting is new. Just wanted to make some pretty flowers today.
The pink painting will probably get turned into stationery. And by the way, I got a donation which is enough to get me started on that. I am also planning to use those tea bag paintings. Though I am going to re-work them a bit first.
Super excited!
If you enjoy my artwork and would like to support me, check out my Ko-Fi page.
(Blue masking fluid always looks weird to me)
Okay.... deciding to really put myself out there. I have only posted some journal art because I've been scared to share what else I make due to a few different things. One, A.I. I've been hesitant to put anything more significant to me out there in fear of it being stolen or just people not believing I made it. Two, my bigger projects take a LONG time due to time constraints and mental health nonsense. And Three... well it's just scary to share what's in my head and soul isn't it?
(Here, I have just taken the masking off of the white parts. Forgot that it would also remove the pencil drawing underneath.)
Anyway.... this is the beginnings of a piece inspired by the song "Disease" by Lady Gaga. I have a very active and vivid imagination and often see things in my mind when listening to music. Music can be a very visceral experience for me. And I've wanted to create some of the things I see for a long time. This is the first one that I've really put effort into.
What you see here is actually my third attempt at this piece. In addition to a lot of sketching and planning. It took me some trial and error to figure out how I wanted to go about it with the color. I decided on mixed media. A watercolor background/base layer and then colored pencil:
I'll probably end up using some paint pens to do finishing touches but we will see when I get there. Right now this is very much in the "ugly phase." So if you comment, please be kind. It's far from finished.
Wow so yeah.... I kinda hit a wall and didn't do a whole lot more with this. I think I'm putting too much pressure on myself. I did get a bit more done with the colored pencil. But I keep looking at the watercolor part and seeing where I messed up and wished it was better. This was already my third attempt and the idea of making a 4th attempt was a little too overwhelming. So I'm back to abstracts and looser stuff.
A new journal painting. This one is acrylic paint and acrylic markers for the most part. Not entirely sure it's done yet.
I keep feeling like I need to make something more specific; like what's on my last post. But I haven't finished that one because I put a lot of pressure on myself to make it perfect. I know that I shouldn't do that, but its hard not to with something that feels so important. So little abstract pieces like this one, where I'm just playing with color, are kind of a relief.
But I am also finding that I really enjoy these abstract and loose journal paintings more than I think I will. Every. Single. Time. And now I'm toying with the idea of making bookmarks or other stationery out of them.
To that end, I finally broke down and made a Ko-fi account. I'm not really expecting much from it. But if you like my art and would like to support me in my endeavors, just click here to donate. I truly appreciate anything.
Also because of this, I plan to increase how often I post. I am a slow creator, but I want to post more than once every month or two. 😅
(Blue masking fluid always looks weird to me)
Okay.... deciding to really put myself out there. I have only posted some journal art because I've been scared to share what else I make due to a few different things. One, A.I. I've been hesitant to put anything more significant to me out there in fear of it being stolen or just people not believing I made it. Two, my bigger projects take a LONG time due to time constraints and mental health nonsense. And Three... well it's just scary to share what's in my head and soul isn't it?
(Here, I have just taken the masking off of the white parts. Forgot that it would also remove the pencil drawing underneath.)
Anyway.... this is the beginnings of a piece inspired by the song "Disease" by Lady Gaga. I have a very active and vivid imagination and often see things in my mind when listening to music. Music can be a very visceral experience for me. And I've wanted to create some of the things I see for a long time. This is the first one that I've really put effort into.
What you see here is actually my third attempt at this piece. In addition to a lot of sketching and planning. It took me some trial and error to figure out how I wanted to go about it with the color. I decided on mixed media. A watercolor background/base layer and then colored pencil:
I'll probably end up using some paint pens to do finishing touches but we will see when I get there. Right now this is very much in the "ugly phase." So if you comment, please be kind. It's far from finished.
I started a mindfulness practice again to help me deal with all the horrible things in the news as of late. I missed yesterday and will be doing today's after this post. It really helps, but I'll admit that it is hard to get myself to do it. I know it will get easier the more I do it, though. Not that I will ever stop being horrified by the news right now. But I need to make sure I can still be functional for myself and my kids.
art history will be like "this is the most revolutionary painting of its time!" and you will look at it and is just a normal painting of a lady sitting under a tree and then an art historian will explain "this is the first time a painting ever used this specific shade of blue which challenged all understood conventions of how to depict light and launched a movement known as auzureism, and also the lady is looking at a sparrow which in its time it was a sign of fierce sexual liberation and it was considered scandalous" and then you find out the painter was expelled from the academy of art of stockholm because of the painting and that the king of sweeden paid three thousand marcs (equivallent to ten million dollars now a days) to have the painting in his room and the painting still looks like a generic painting of a lady under a tree
Swatching is something I never used to do. But as I've tried to be more thoughtful about color, I have learned the value of it. Many paints dry a slightly different shade, so its good to see what they all look like when dry. Plus, with some markers, the caps absolutely do not represent the ink color. This set I just swatched had a number of those.
Went back and played some more. It's super crazy and colorful. I'm not sure I like it. It's too busy for me, but it was a great way to experiment with my new acrylic markers. Maybe I'll just paint over it later. Or maybe I'll look at it again in a few days and love it. Both are totally possible.
Not as interesting as my last journal pages. But I was only messing around with my new paint markers here. I will probably come back to this and play around more. I kinda stuck to one line thickness. But the markers have brush tips, so I really need to try heavier lines.
Re-centering after the holiday
So I know I haven't posted much here yet. The holidays tend to get taken over by crochet every year as I tend to lean more into crochet for gifts and decor. But I DO end up leaning more into my artwork as well as reading as the new year begins. So after I finish catching up on some things (and a last minute crochet gift), I will have some more things to post here. Already finished reading my first book of the year. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Anyone else read it? I definitely enjoyed it, but I think it was so hyped up to me that I was a little underwhelmed. Not a bad story by any means though.
The end of this year is continuing to hit hard. After losing Aurora, my grandfather, and burying one of my mother's beloved, young cats after a sudden heart issue, I had to bring Arcana indoors for medical treatment because she's been acting Bad.
Her only outward symptom is lethargy and visual impairment, which originally had me thinking she hit her head - I've seen birds act like this after a head bonk. The problem is, she didn't recover within a couple a days like she should have. There were no other symptoms of something else- no discharge from anywhere, no heart or respiratory symptoms, eating/drinking/pooping normally, no sign of parasites in the fecal exam. The vet found yeast cells in a more thorough exam, which we cleared up with some nystatin very quickly. There are no injuries, her bloodflow is fine, she's not septic. A blood panel showed extremely high white blood count, so she's been on doxy, but the WBC actually went /up/ so we've added more antibiotics, along with some meds for assisting liver function. She's stopped eating on her own, which is fine since I have to tube her liquid meds anyway.
But there's nothing concrete that would point to what kind of infection or problem. The others that were in quarantine with her (before I brought her in) have no symptoms at all. We can't really do much beyond broad spectrum meds and hope something hits. They're testing for West Nile and Chlamydia since those were the vet's closest guesses. I'm not super excited about that, so it's time for stress cleaning until I get those results.
Anyway, please keep Arcana in your thoughts, and if you'd like to help out with the steep cost of her vet care, I've got a ko-fi page and paypal.
pansy garden! micron linework and prismacolor marker fill
What you need to understand about me- and what most of you all do understand about me, is that I will be aggressively enabling of living your weirdest, fullest truth, and I think it's bullshit that people act like it's detrimental to you to do so
I don't give a shit if me being a weird furry online loses me any job prospects or if people talk or whatever- maybe it's fucked up that we hold something as minor and meaningless as that over someone's head, that we give it weight it doesn't deserve, you ever thought of that? Maybe I see the culture of belittling a person as "cringe" for having interests counter to the norms as a failure of society, and I'm gonna throw myself onto the damn pyre and fight to my last breath against it, ever considered that?
I'm not just being cute and funny when I say "live your truth no matter how weird it is," because you know what?
If you're not hurting anyone in a real and tangible way, if you're respecting the rights and comfort of others, nobody- NOBODY has the moral grounds to stand against you, and to hell with them if they try.
That's my spiel.
I am grabbing every "normal" artist on this site, I am grabbing anyone with furry leanings and a hint of reach, I am grabbing everyone who is afraid of being judged for what they enjoy, and find that fear holding them back, I am holding you, dear reader, and I am looking all of you in the eyes, I am baring my soul-
Please get weirder. Please stop being afraid of being your truest self for the sake of judgemental dorks online.
it's beautiful over here, where I am. Join me. Join me in a world free of false shame, a world where you don't have to hide what you are. It's better, I promise you.
let me come home
This hit me in the feels and I'm not even sure why.
