Storenvy Shop

The whole shop has been moved off of Etsy for now. I met a lot of great people while I was there, the community was great. But things were getting kinda slow, so I figured it was time to test the waters somewhere else.

Dragondust on Storenvy

If you have a minute to spare, please stop by and take a look. And if you have a storenvy of your own, share the link in the comments! :)

Sea dragon

A friendly lookin' sea dragon, at that. :) I'd love to paint him up in some stripey Sail fish colors!

I apologize for the silence. My computer is hooked up in the living room and it's hard to work from there. So here's a sketchbook doodle in the mean time. :) 

Prehistoric Times.

My Velociraptor Pair illustration was published in the Reader Art section of the latest issue of Prehistoric Times Magazine (Issue #96)!

But that's not the main reason I'm hyped up about this issue. In it is a multi page promotion for James Gurney's new book, Color and Light: a Guide for the Realist Painter. I've been a sucker for James Gurney's oil work since I was a child and would recommend flipping through his book, Dinotopia, to anyone in need of inspiration. He makes fantasy worlds feel more real because of his classical approach to painting. You'll just have to check it out to see what I mean. :)

Copernicus

I recently flew up to Savannah, GA to visit my best friend for her birthday. And thanks to procrastination and World of Warcraft I stayed up all night packing before my flight and went sleep deprived the whole first day of visiting.

Amazingly enough, I discovered that the secret to productivity is simply "not to sleep." And here I thought artists lost sleep because they were too busy being creative. It's actually the other way around. Silly me. ^^

So here's one of the things I scribbled out in my sketch book while chilling in the costume department at SCAD. 

This is a redesign of my character Copernicus. He was the second character I ever made and needed an overhaul from his early Pokemon-influenced design. His body structure is mostly based off of a goat.

Hugable gryphons are hugable.

I recently updated the website with a painting of a couple of cuddlefaced Wrennec gryphons. So to continue the darble trend, here's a commissioned sketch of a Sparrow/Bunny Gryph.

Bunny feets are so BAWWW!

Happy Holidays! :D

Even though I skipped a year this is turning into an annual thing. :) I like making paper ornaments that everyone can print and share. It means my Yule gifts aren't limited by my workload or the names on my card list.

2010 was a hard year for a lot of people. Here's hoping for a better 2011! :)

Jackalope Show Report

Stage 84 was amazingly difficult to get to. But with the combined effort of my and Jon's phone-gps' we managed to triumph over the winding South Florida highways.

The Jackalope Show was intended for S. Florida artists in general, but from what I understand, the majority included Art Institute students, teachers and alumni. Not surprising, considering that the mascot of the Ai illustration department is the Jackalope. It was interesting to see all of the different ways the artists interpreted the theme. I know how I personally would have done an entire show about Jackalopes so it sort of opened my mind as to how other people see the subject matter. I picture the Jackalope as a real animal. It's own species with variation, bound by the laws of nature. But to my fellow artists it was a symbol of imagination, chaos, spirituality, humor, nonsense, sexuality and artistic expression. The art certainly wasn't lacking in variety. :)

I'm told that The Jackalope Show will remain up till near the end of December. All but a couple of the pieces are for sale. *hint hint* So, if you can find the time to go, it's worth the drive! ...just bring a GPS.