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"The Little Mermaid" update/Viking Prince
For some time now I have been developing several stories of my own, but have decided to focus solely on my version of "The Little Mermaid" told in the Viking era. Originally I set the world in the...
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"Meditating", fairy series
For a few years I've been sketching fairies in my sketchbook. Here is the latest, painted up. I got the idea after listening to this hilarious meditation video my sister sent me.
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Warrior
I've been working on a series of fairies...more to come!"Warrior"For the sketch, I usually spend a lot of time messing around with shapes, the silhouette of the character, the intent/concept, and...
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Not On My Watch!
Another punk fairy in my series this summer. My original drawing was more complicated. When I started to paint it, I saw that the scene was too complicated. I chopped and cut some things out of the...
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Season 3/ Disney Junior Palace Pets!
Season 3 of Disney Junior's Palace Pets has begun! Once again, I worked with animation studio director Alan Lau at Ghostbot on the shorts, this time primarily on color scripts. For this season, the...
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"Dandelion"
"Dandelion"One of the best art discoveries I made was in art school when I stumbled on a volume of Cicely Mary Barker's "Flower Fairies". It led to research into her and her life and other artists I...
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"Bitter Green"
It is little known in the world at large that some fairies smoke pine needles.
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Updated Website and Portfolio
I spent the last week updating my portfolio and website. It was a tough job because previously I had a slide show and I wanted something more simple, like a scrolling page. I use squarespace templates...
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Star Wars "Forces of Destiny" Animated Shorts
I recently painted several key backgrounds for the animated seriesStar Wars "Forces of Destiny". The shorts were produced by Lucasfilm and directed and animated at Ghostbot. I thought I would share a...
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A Couple of Inktober Experiments
I'm not really an inking artist, so I thought this year I might try learning. The biggest challenge so far has been getting used to the materials. I've been experimenting with different papers, inks,...
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Reliquaries/ Initial Concepts for dimensional pieces
I've been working on a large series of what will be dimensional pieces using a variety of materials, oil paint, gold and silver leaf, clay and ribbon. They will, hopefully, have some depth by lifting...
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Happy Holidays, Winter Solstice, and Merry Christmas!
Winter solstice is here but maybe, somehow, a real life Rudolph is out there lighting the way. Merry Christmas to everyone! Thank you for reading my blog and commenting! Let's all make 2018 a year to...
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Plein Air Gouache/Catalina Island
This month I've lived in San Francisco for exactly 18 years! I can hardly believe it's been that long, longer than any other place I've lived. In all that time, I had never visited Catalina Island, 17...
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Inktober 2018
Once again I decided to challenge myself and try out Inktober 2018 to see if I could improve my inking ability. I have always admired ink drawings more than other kinds of drawing because of the...
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"Seasons" series/ Process
Earlier this year I finished these four small paintings. It was a huge breakthrough because I spent so much time planning and figuring out technical details (process outlined below). More importantly,...
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"Ancient Grief" plus process
Participating in Inktober for the past two years has really been helpful in improving my inking techniques and exploring new ways to render a subject in ink, and it has also been pretty great for...
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"Earth", "Sun", "Moon" Mini Series/ Process
For quite awhile I've been kicking around the idea of a series of paintings having to do with our solar system in relation to earth. Although I have a lot of ideas, I wanted to start off with a really...
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Sea Witch Concept Exploration
I have a few narrative ideas that I am finally working on in earnest, now that I am on hiatus from studio jobs and focusing on my personal work. One of my ideas involves a reinvention and extended...
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Patreon
I've decided to start up a Patreon account as a supplement to my long running blog, where I write about my art process, experiences, and share images and other information regarding art....
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Sketchbook Challenge!
In June I attended Light Grey Art Lab's artist residency in Norway. It was such a great experience to go somewhere remote and spend it with artists from around the world, sharing our experiences and...
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Hello everyone! It has been quite some time since I've updated my blog. These days I am busy working on a body of personal work, something that I've wanted to do for a very long time. I have been very...
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Little Golden Book/Pawesome Costume Party with the Palace Pets!
I'm so excited! I illustrated a Whisker Haven Tales Palace Pets book and it has finally arrived!Paw-some Costume Party is available for pre-order HERE. Enjoy!!!
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