Ingrid KV Hardy

Ingrid K. V. Hardy - Illustrator

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New Year, New Decade, New Site...

New Year, New Decade, New Site... #sitechange

…to get rid of old problems. This is a “lite site” version of Rabid Horse, but *cue Palpatine’s voice*, I shall now be know as… ingridkvhardy.com.

Not as catchy as Palpatine proclamation, is it? Oh well. lol… Anyway here is where my web hub is now. The reason for the website has always been a central place for my portfolio, links to everywhere else, and my store. Even though the skin has…

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Rabid Horse is Moving/Closing

Rabid Horse is Moving/Closing

It’s been a great run…

At a later date, the entire reason for why this entire site is closing will become a whole post, but for now – for anyone who wishes, please stick with me and update the website address where ever you keep that stuff.

The new address is: https://ingridkvhardy.com/

Over there, you’ll see it’s a bit of a barebones site, and my landing/portfolio page is minimal at…

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Calling for 3 Collectors, 3 Artists, and 3 Companies

Calling for 3 Collectors, 3 Artists, and 3 Companies

This is how the X-Wing looks, half way through. There are about 4 hours of work on the card so far (more on that in a bit), and as per requested, the emphasis on this card is to keep it light and bright.Ha ha ha, you say, that ain’t light and bright, that looks like it always does! Well, I’d reply, perhaps to you it does, but it’s MUCH brighter at this stage than usual, for my way of…

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Black Friday... Oh Fine, I'll Do It Too...

Black Friday... Oh Fine, I'll Do It Too...get 20% off your order of anything you wish in my store! #sketchcards #blackfriday #artistproof #PSC #acrylic #collect

Black Friday is tomorrow. It’s practically impossible not to know that – lol…

In a way, it’s a great way to say that you to everyone who has supported me this year ♥ ♥ Merci, vous êtes manifique! Sublime, je dit!! As of tomorrow morning at 12:00 am in my store, use the code FABFRIDAY20 at checkout to get 20% off your order of anything you wish. At the moment, there are a couple of artist…

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Star Wars Masterworks, Update, and Apology

Star Wars Masterworks, Update, and Apology

Firstly, I am SOOO sorry for the multiple emails, in particular the first two that were just black. Mailpoet drives me crazy and I’ll not be using it again, I don’t really have the time to waste on it. Again, I am very sorry. Below is what I’d meant to send…

Below are some of the pack-insertion cards done for the above-named set. The one exception is the Walker on Endor above, that one is…

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Short Break

Short Break...

Short Break

A brief note… Taking a couple of days off from posting, as it’s been a difficult week. I feel like a hypocrite being all happy about drawing something right after a good friend has died.

For better or worse, life goes on though, and likely around Wednesday or so I’ll have a late post for Patron Appreciation Day (probably an off-the-cuff video) because Patrons are worth…

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Dagobah Artist Proof from Topps Skywalker Saga

Dagobah Artist Proof from Topps Skywalker Saga

Reposted from Patreon Blog… Available in my store, or contact me to make an offer! Patreon discount codes can be used as well! rabidhorse.com/the-art-store/

This was supposed to be a work in progress, but because of switching around between projects so much over the past few days, I forgot to take photos where necessary. But there are a ton of projects in the works, so I’ll make up for it.

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iCardz Work-In-Progress: Cemetery Scene DONE

iCardz Work-In-Progress: Cemetery Scene DONE

2.5 x 3.5 inches on iCardz stock

This is how the cemetery scene turned out! The main image show the completed painting with two glazes applied. Applying two glazes really seems to deepen and enrich the colors, especially because I’m using a limited palette for now.

There are 8 photos in total over on Patreon (a public post) if you’d like to see this art card’s progress!

Green is such…

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Topps' Star Wars Skywalker Saga Sketch Cards

Topps’ Star Wars Skywalker Saga Sketch Cards

The lead up to the very last installment of the original Star Wars saga is just around the corner. Personally, I just can’t wait to see it! For sure the internet will say “omg it sucks what were they thinking I quit it’s nothing like the originals it’s too much like the originals”….

I don’t care. This is fiction, for gosh sakes.

Anyway, these are the cards I did for the set. In all honesty,…

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Yoda in Oils - Start to Finish

Yoda in Oils – Start to Finish

Arist Proof Card in Traditional Oils

For all the images, please visit https://www.patreon.com/posts/29386013 to see the public post! There were too many to load quickly here.

Apologies in advance for the amount of images (9, I think), but this is the next best thing to a video. Well, it’s faster. (I will stick with doing videos, but must have an entire day free to import, edit, export, and…

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Leia in Oil Paint (a very first try)

Leia in Oil Paint (a very first try) #oilpaint #sketchcards #patreonartist #artcard #starwars #Leia #starvingartist #independentcreator

A work in progress

Something I’ve never, ever done before – trying to paint oils on a sketch card. With old oil paint tubes (not the best texture) and old acrylic brushes (like using a broomstick). Trying to be economical just in case I don’t like doing this.

But methinks I like using them…

Only on occasion, however, but number one – they are more expensive and, number two – they take…

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Canada Day Sale and Update

Canada Day Sale and Update

I’m having a sale in my store. 15% off EVERYTHING from July 1st until Saturday July 6th! Use the code CanadaDay15 (copy/paste, it’s context-sensitive) at checkout, and know you’re supporting an independent creator! ♥

Code: CanadaDay15

In other news, here’s my second (and last, for this series) attempt and a watercolor sketch of Kylo Ren. This is the 8th watercolor so far in the series of…

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.99 cent Auction: Space! 2

.99 cent Auction: Space! 2

Up for a 3 day auction on Ebay is one of my Artist Proof cards from Viceroy Cards’ “Space! 2” trading card set. This auction will end Friday morning…

2.5 x 3.5 inches on Viceroy card stock. Colors are brighter in hand!

An imaginary view in space. Colors are brighter in hand.

The back of the card, my signature will be on the card when it ships to you.

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Non Sport Update Magazine Interview!

Non Sport Update Magazine Interview! #patreoncreator #independentcreator #freelance #starwars #pernastudios #rrparkscards #iconiccreations #topps #acrylic #watercolor #fineart #sketchcards

Page 1 of 2

Full disclosure – the second page is over on my Patreon, as I’m hoping to convince 7 more people to become amazing patrons and reach the magic number 20 this year!

A squeemoment for me here… A couple of months ago NSU magazine writer contacted me about an article in a future magazine! I was surprised to be asked but more than happy to oblige… Creators who spend endless amounts…

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Watercolor 2 of 20 for Patrons

Watercolor 2 of 20 for Patrons

Quick watercolor sketch of Princess Leia, number two of twenty free sketches for Patrons this fall! Free for Patrons this Fall

For my patrons this fall,watercolor 2 of 20 (or more) is done. Another quick sketch – 4 x 6 inches on Arches 300 lb watercolor paper. The next one is also a Star Wars one, but that’s be the last, probably. The weather is finally turning nice, so there will be a few…

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Watercolor 2 of 20 for Patrons

Watercolor 2 of 20 for Patrons

Quick watercolor sketch of Princess Leia, number two of twenty free sketches for Patrons this fall! Free for Patrons this Fall

For my patrons this fall,watercolor 2 of 20 (or more) is done. Another quick sketch – 4 x 6 inches on Arches 300 lb watercolor paper. The next one is also a Star Wars one, but that’s be the last, probably. The weather is finally turning nice, so there will be a few…

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Palpatine Needs You!

Palpatine Needs You! Looking for 9 new Patrons... Do you have what it takes? :-)

This is a repost from my Patreonpage, posted at the beginning of the week. This is the first of the 20 sketches destined for free fall mail outs to Patrons. They’re not supposed to be super-finished, they really are sketches, and it feels right to leave them this way. The 20 sketches won’t all be Star Wars, they will be a variety of subjects, and possibly Patrons might be able to choose the ones…

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