ACEO Art Cards

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

I hope those that celebrate had a lovely day, ate lots of yummy food, and spent some quality time with loved ones. :)

This month, I took a break from large illustrations, and decided to make a few aceos (art cards), and experiment with new ideas and techniques. 

The first two girls are very Victorian inspired. After reading Jane Austen's brilliant novels, I quickly became obsessed with the era. Lizzy Bennet is my favourite of her protagonists. I'm also a big fan of the BBC interpretations of her work.

The third one, Sisters, was a continuation of a similar nature theme I've been working on. I love the idea of the feminine form connected with nature. 

The fourth one, Coral, was an attempt at recreating this idea I had, about wearing a piece of coral as a shall... or how a person wears furs. I love the texture of coral.. the sculptural aspect, the porous holes and things... very neat stuff. The coral part didn't turn out how I imagined it, so I would like to try recreating this theme again, at a larger scale.

Flora is beautiful to me. I love decorative, ornate, demask, baroque, style patterns, especially ones with nature themes. 

The last one is a sweet little Faun playing her pan flute. 

The originals are for sale, at $40 each. :)

1. Emmelline
2. Lizzy Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
3. Sisters
4. Coral
5. Flora
6. Faun

Here are some close ups:

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Art Cards Finished!

My first try drawing an octopus.

  

Tropical Mermaid

A little mermaid with a puffer fish.
I loved painting her tail and blending
all of the colours together!

Chiana from Farscape. My favourite
character from the show! I had a lot
of fun painting the nebulae and star
stuff in the background. 

A Jaffa Serpent Guard from Stargate SG1.
I had to draw something from this show
for the sci-fi swap! 

The Cigarette Smoking Man from the
X-files series. He was my favourite
character from the show. I decided to
honour him by using a realistic
painting style, which is rare for me.

More art cards to come!

Art Cards in Progress

Art cards in progress.

The colours in the photo are totally off, so when I scan the cards you'll 

probably be surprised by the colour differences. :P

Sunshine, glorious sunshine! Me chillin' on some cement blocks, above
some old train tracks. See awesome red purse to the left ^^

A pretty picture of my mom. 

I randomly got a copy of Faerie Magazine in the mail yesterday. SO AWESOME. Been thinking of something to submit to the magazine...

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend. :)

ACEO's & Art Card Trading

I miss doing art card swaps, so I decided to join a website called ATCsforall.com and get swapping again. It should hopefully help that damn art block I've been going through over the past few months, and get me painting again.

There's some really neat group swap themes that I'm thinking about joining: 

Mermaids, May Day/Beltane, Magical Earth Element Swap, Corsets Bows & Lace

Here are some of my past cards.

'Clouds in the Sky'

'Rainy Day Hideaway'

'Rainbow Sprite'

In other news, I spent a very productive day sketching out the rough draft of my short comic, God Father Death, in Manga Studio. It is such a pleasure to work in such an intuitive program. I can't recommend it enough! :) 

Here's an example of my quick sketching for a rough draft. It helps me work out my ideas, and really visualize them outside of my own head. 

I can't wait until it's done, heehee! I'll be submitting it for potential publication in a Fairy Tale comic book anthology. I hope I make it in ^_______^

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!