formerly Eldanis

This is my 'core' tumblr blog, my art-only blog is kayshasiemens (no dash).  Here you will find things I like! And also some of my own art (mostly sketches and WIPs), reblogged from kayshasiemens, and tagged my art. If you want JUST my art, follow there; if you want my art plus other people's (and randomness), you're in the right place here.

[kayshasiemens]

Rising from the dead to share this painting and then disappear again

I have spent over 90 hours of my life on this thing because I have had the brain rot for the last 2 years of my life (almost 20 if you count when I first read the comics) and it had to express itself somehow

Hope this dramatic bitch feels appreciated

(A Dream of Morpheus, handmade egg tempera on panel, 12x18 inches...if by any chance you'll be at SDCC or Gen Con, I'll be at booth 934/936 at the first one and Art Show #13 at the second one - come see the original, maybe get a print, or just yell/cry about Sandman with me?)

And here, have some more details - I had fun combining some favorite elements from both the comic and the show ♡

[kaysha-siemens]

Fiiiinally got prints listed in my store! Here you go~

"A Dream of Morpheus" Print 12x16 inches — Kaysha Siemens Fine Art

A tribute to the Sandman comics. Originally painted in handmade egg tempera. Professional print on acid-free heavyweight paper, hand-signed

[kayshasiemens]

Rising from the dead to share this painting and then disappear again

I have spent over 90 hours of my life on this thing because I have had the brain rot for the last 2 years of my life (almost 20 if you count when I first read the comics) and it had to express itself somehow

Hope this dramatic bitch feels appreciated

(A Dream of Morpheus, handmade egg tempera on panel, 12x18 inches...if by any chance you'll be at SDCC or Gen Con, I'll be at booth 934/936 at the first one and Art Show #13 at the second one - come see the original, maybe get a print, or just yell/cry about Sandman with me?)

And here, have some more details - I had fun combining some favorite elements from both the comic and the show ♡

[kayshasiemens]

WHERE TO FIND ME ON THE INTERNET

I’ve already been mostly absent around here for quite a while, but now that everyone is jumping ship for real, I figured it was high time to actually mention where I’ve been hanging out instead.

Instagram (most active here) | https://www.instagram.com/kayshasiemens/

Twitter (also fairly active here) | https://mobile.twitter.com/kayshasiemens

Patreon (follow along with my ultra-nerdy Greek mythology paintings) | https://www.patreon.com/kayshasiemens

Etsy (buy stuff!) | https://www.etsy.com/shop/KayshaSiemens

Twitch (coming soon!) | https://www.twitch.tv/kayshasiemens

Artstation (because DA ain’t classy no more) | https://kayshasiemens.artstation.com/

Website (portfolio and soon also shop) | http://www.kayshasiemens.com/

Thanks to having an unusual name I’m @ kayshasiemens pretty much everywhere I happen to be, so this isn’t an exhaustive list, just the places I’m remembering off the top of my head. Come find me and say hi!

[gfwooyo]

i hate how reward systems never work for me like i can’t just say “if i finish this assignment i can have a cookie” bc my brain is like “…..or u could just have one right now” and i can’t argue with that logic

[truestoriesaboutme]

Self-imposed deadlines don’t work either because I know the guy who set them and he’s full of shit

[gloamglozerglam-deactivated2022]

only the true king could remove the sword from the stone…. no one else could…… they didn’t have…. arthurization

[nelc]

[nonlinear-nonsubjective]

I hope you don’t mind, but I slowed the gif down because that is a FANTASTIC move.

[arabeka-ffxiv-deactivated202005]

@systlin

[systlin]

This is some hot porn thank you for the @ and saved for later

[kaysha-siemens]

@missingrache

[allison-sommers]

“Dovecote (for J.C.)” // 2.5" × 4" × 7" (unframed dimensions) gouache on paper with found toy ball and matches in handmade vintage collage matchbox, 2016. The matchbox here was found in an estate sale with a number of similar pieces, handmade very carefully with little bits of paper and ephemera, here framed under glass and including the matches it came with, mummified in gesso. I don’t know anything at all about the woman who made them, but I suspect we’d have a lot in common– there is an obvious love and care that went into these strange little pieces that I just adore. The little toy billiard ball I found one day in the pouring rain– I was having such a miserable day and the little incomplete set was sitting on a stoop, waiting for me, like a little mid-year Christmas present. “J.C.” here is, of course, Joseph Cornell, to whom I owe a great debt in the influence of these boxes. #gouache #assemblage #boids

[dearartdirector]

Dear AD, I'd love to send my portfolio to bigger companies like WotC, yet I'm still postponing it. I guess I might be more afraid of actually making it in, than being refused. Is that normal? I'm keeping myself from those dream jobs, right? Taking that step just seems so scary sometimes - from staying low/working for people who found me themselves and love my work to actually sending portfolio to someone who never heard of me (probably) and reaching for something I've been dreaming of for years.

WHAT?  Stop that.  Have Grown Up You lovingly give Scared You a hot mug of something and a good talk about how you KNOW it’s scary, and everything is always scary the first time, but you believe in you and if there’s no reply or if an email comes back saying you’re not ready, so what?  You get up, dust yourself off, analyze your work without anger, then set about growing your skill.  (It’s SKILL, something you can train…not a thing that’s born in you or you’ll never have it.) And then try it again. 

If Grown Up You has to get involved again, make it so.  If you need to have a friend press Send on the email, that’s ok too!  I’ve literally done that a few times, to trick the fear into not controlling me.

REACH.  Keep growing, but always reach.

-Agent Critique

[kayshasiemens]

Hi everyone!  Heading down to Atlanta today to get set up for AWA this weekend!  Come see me at table 924!  I have tons of new stuff, new products (stickers, tote bags, zipper pouches, even some physical original paintings and drawings), and I’m discontinuing OVER HALF my portfolio of prints, so if there’s anything you’ve had an eye on, come grab it before it’s gone forever!

Also!  If you’ve seen me before at cons in the last bunch of years, you probably remember my (in)famous tip jar (Gojyo from Saiyuki, yes I’m old, shhh) – he doesn’t make me a ton of tips, usually enough to pay for dinner one of the nights of con, but this weekend he has a more noble purpose: every dollar Gojyo makes is going to help Puerto Rico, and I’ll be matching whatever he makes out of my own pocket to double the amount, which I’ll donate after con.  I have a good friend on the island who can tell me which charities are actually helping, so I’ll know where to send it.  Even if you don’t buy anything, please come throw in a dollar or two!

[thunderstruck9]

Glyn Philpot (British, 1884-1937), Under the Sea, c.1914-18. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.

[anthonydrawsgood]

“The Fortuneteller” Watercolour, ink, collage on paper © 2016 Anthony Butler

Prints and more available here are my Redbubble shop

[overdose-art]

Edouard Vuillard, In Bed (detail), 1891

[miranda-meeks]

”Deception” - 8″x10″ - Oil on panel - unframed I’m thrilled to announce I’m a part of an online group show called “Room of 1000 Doors” with WOWXWOW! I had a lot of fun making this piece, although it’s a little looser than my normal work, it was fun letting go and letting the paint and texture do what it wants.  https://wowxwow.com/shop/room-of-a-thousand-doors/deception-miranda-meeks

It was also one of the pieces Booooooom.com featured in their article about the show (dream come true being on that site!). AHHHH

[samguayart]

I made something new: patches! I’ve been wanting to make more wearable/functional art, and I was inspired by the work of some witchy artists I follow (namely Poison Apple Printshop).

Recently I had a few dreams where something happened to make me wonder if I was dreaming. So I looked at my hands and looked around, and decided I was awake. This has never happened to me before, I always become lucid when I question the reality of my dreams. I think this happening on multiple occasions in a short period of time was a clear reflection of my mental state - overwhelmed, emotionally fried, avoiding the difficult reality that I’ve been dealing with the past two months. So I made this patch as a reminder to stay focused, stay aware, and to stay in tune with my dreamworld as well as reality.

[glamdamnit]

Reblog if you’re still mourning the loss of the Guillermo Del Torro version of The Hobbit.

Those orcs would have stalked you nightmares. Probably the elves too.

[tobiaskwan]

So smudgey

[greenwithenby-deactivated201609]

People who prefer hot weather: Snow and ice are a pain, and the cold is just kind of uncomfortable even when you wrap up, you know?

People who prefer cold weather: MY SKIN LITERALLY MELTS OFF EVERY SUMMER I AM A FUCKING HUMAN SOUP AS WE SPEAK

[greenwithenby-deactivated201609]

you wouldn’t believe how many people reblogged this to whine about hot weather in the tags.

[nucleic-friend-deactivated20171]

too cold? put on another layer!

too hot? change into thinner clothes!

still too cold? put on another layer!

still too hot? uh, get naked I guess?

still too cold? put on another layer!

still too hot? Ţ̡̜̮̗̟̯͘ͅA̛͈͎̤͙̳̦̱̜̺̪K̢̻̥̥̥̪̙̜̩̗̼̤̻̻͖͍̜͈͉͠ͅE̟͕̩͔̪͓͔̥̦͇̣͇̳͕͉͜ͅ ̠̝̥̖̭̦̼́͝O̩̦͓̠͉̲̲̱̪̹̻̼̭̯͎͈̕͢F̷̸̢̛̙͇͔̜̙̮̗̲̤͇̯͡F̧̨̱̤̲̫͕͔̼̭͙̠̙͙̹̻ͅ ҉̫̠͓̙̠͔̕͜͠Y͡҉̴̘̭̬̳́O̶̶̧͚̞̣̯̩̫̜̩͉̤͎͖̖͟ͅU̶̵̺̠̪̘̱̮̮̙̻͈̣̦̭͠͝͞R̨҉̦̺͓̩̺͖̘̪̥̺͚̱͚͔̪͓̖̰ ̷̸̺͇̳͇̖̥̻̳͚̗̥͙̪̣́S̡̞̳͖̭̯͉̻̠͔̥̹̫̣̼̹͇͜K͏̧͍̪̗̖̜̫̙̱̫͈̟̝̮͈̻̺̯̟̠̀Į̧̙͙͔̠͖̟̕͝Ǹ͖͎̳͍̪̱̞͇̺̘̩͘͜͠

[the-mighty-birdy-deactivated202]

The cold is easily shut out, the heat is inescapable hell

[inthecouchcushions]

@officialbuspass @princesszeldayo

[absolxguardian]

Cold means I get to wear a lot of soft fabric, so honestly, you can feel safe just in life.

[queen-of-the-kingdom]

I don’t know if y'all have been to South Carolina but hot weather here is literally 100+ degrees Fahrenheit so yeah, your skin is melting off.