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Holiday Party
I've been experimenting with pastel brushes in Photoshop. I am striving to make my digital paintings look like my plein air pastels, a look that I really like in terms of texture, soft edges and...
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Spectrum Entries
Like a lot of artists, every year I submit a few images to be considered for entry into the Spectrum annual illustration book. Like a lot of artist, I have yet to get into the book. The book is a badge...
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Random House "Little Golden Books"/"Pawesome Costume Party" Illustrations!
I was so excited earlier this year because I had the opportunity to illustrate a Whisker Haven Tales "Little Golden Book"! I'm STILL excited about it now that the work is finished, too! I love Disney's...
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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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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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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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Granite Group Plein Air Show in January!
I am so honored to have had the opportunity to paint with the "Granite Group" a few years ago up in the high Sierras. The group has put together a group show at the Pleasanton Firehouse Gallery, in...
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