State of the Artist for 7/18/2011

View halloo, peoples!

It's Monday, and that means it's time for another State of the Artist update, so let's get started!


Weekly Words

You have to live spherically—in many directions. To accept yourself for what you are without inhibitions, to be open.
- Federico Fellini, 1920 - 1993


We are who we are, the sum of our experiences and the people who have traveled through our lives.


Current Project

I've been fiddling with some doodles from Florida SuperCon (over 4th of July weekend) to see if, perhaps, they might be expanded into completed pieces.


So, I took a commission at FSC that I didn't post last week because I couldn't get the photo I took off my phone until now. *heh* It was a commission of a steampunk time traveler, and I loved the resultant pencil work and concept so much I asked the client if I could expand it. Luckily, she was happy with the final work, too, and said yes! :)

This is the initial pencil commission:



And I've got a couple of ideas on where to take it from here. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to work on it over the next few weeks.

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Another doodle from FSC that I've been tinkering with on and off over the last few days, in between Real Life Drama.



As you can see, she's clearly not done... as she's got no top on, but I've got most of an idea of where I want her to go... I think.




From The Archive

Opium
Completed: 9/2006



Yet another image for the "To be redone" pile. I am rather enamored of the poppies in this piece, and even the strange, splattery green background... the figure on the other hand, needs work. I will probably tackle this in a traditional medium whenever I get back around to this redoing this piece, as I've been spending most of my efforts on traditional media works. I like the idea of there being a traditional media original.

That's not to say I don't like working digitally, or like digital work in general. On the contrary, I DO! I find, though, that I tend to waffle between periods of working entirely in the traditional and periods of working entirely digital.

Original: N/A
Prints (8.5x11" giclee): $7

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Near Future

The Near Future brings a week-long stay with some wonderful friends in the DC/Virginia area before heading to Baltimore for Otakon. So near, in fact, that my flight leaves Thursday morning! Ack!

There may or may not be an update for Monday, July 25th, depending on access to a scanner or being able to upload any photos of artwork to my webserver. But, there will definitely be a post-Otakon update when I return on Monday, August 1st.

Otakon is also followed immediately by AFO in Orlando the weekend of August 5-7. So, it's going to be a busy two weeks!


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State of the Artist for 7/11/2011

View halloo, tweeples!!

It's Monday here on Planet Kit and it is time for another State of the Artist updates, so let's get started!


Weekly Words


If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation

- Jean Kerr (1923-2033)



Current Project

So, last weekend was the 4th of July, and I spent those 4 days attending Florida SuperCon in Miami. It could have been better as far as conventions go, but that seems to be the trend with this year's conventions, flagging art show/artist alley sales. Perhaps it is the still-flagging economy and lack of confidence in it's recovery, perhaps it is the continuing decrease in age of average con attendee and their inherent lack of money, perhaps it is that my art has outgrown the venues I usually frequent and need to find a new audience... or, perhaps it is a combination of all three and many more.

Who knows.

That said, Florida SuperCon's lull in sales did give me the opportunity to sketch while sitting at my table, and I found myself drawn back to the new of the Lofty Pursuits, that delightful steampunk airship brothel commanded by one Madame Scarlett.




The first of the new additions to the Lofty Pursuits. She is the Eastern Star, and I'm pretty sure the character design for her is done... now, it's just a matter of working out her personality and her backstory.

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With some tweaking, since I'm not entirely happy with how childish, rather than childlike, she came out, this will probably end up being the ship's chief engineer.

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I've had these two in mind for quite some time, but never was able to successfully translate them to paper. I'm not entirely sure I have yet, but this is close... they are a set of French twins who share their talents with their clients and take on any and all flavors. Needless to say, they're quite popular. :)

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Another male courtesan for the traveling company, as I felt there should be at least two in such a varied and colorful crowd. I will probably add one more man to the roster before I come up with a few more women and then the crew that actually makes the Lofty Pursuits stay airborne. :)



From The Archive



Black Is Such A Forgiving Color
January 2004

Who is this young man and what has he done?

Someone at FSC kept coming back over the course of the convention to look at this piece, seemingly interested in taking him home, but it seems it was not meant to be. This is one of my favorite of my traditional media pieces, and I'd love to see him go to a good home one day.

No, it is not fanart of FFVI: Advent Children, but instead was completed years before Advent Children was released.

Original (Multimedia, A4 paper): $300
Prints (giclee, 8.5x11"): $12 / matted (11x14"): $20

Custom cut mat can be ordered for the original work for an additional $35

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Near Future

Well, this week sees me house/pet sitting for a good friend and learning all sorts of new things about taking care of a dog on a daily basis. I have to say, it's a good thing her dog isn't any bigger, as he walks ME when we go out as it is! Good thing I didn't bring rollerblades....

There's a couple of projects up in the air for me right now, so we'll have to see what becomes of them.

I'll be leaving for Virginia/DC on the 21st of July and staying until it's time to head to Baltimore on the 28th for Otakon. I will have a table in Artist Alley at Otakon and will have a wide variety of prints and originals, as well as taking at-conventions commissions. If you'll be attending the convention, come by and say HI! :)


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