This will be the last State of the Artist post for 2011, as there are no more Mondays before 2012 and the start of the Sketch-A-Day Project starting this Sunday!
The poll I posted before leaving for family holiday returned an overwhelmingly positive response for the Sketch-A-Day Project and daily posting. I'm thrilled so many of you enjoy the Sketch-A-Day Project, it definitely keeps me on my toes!
I do everyone has had a marvelous holiday season, regardless of what you celebrate. It is a time of year for friends and family, those of blood and those chosen. Sunday sees the first of January 2012, and here's hoping it brings joy and happiness, success and love to us all!
On with the update!
Weekly Words
I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
- Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 - 1894
The greatest gift we give is our heart; if we open them to friends, lovers, and strangers we will be enriched by the love receive in return.
Current Project
I had hoped to post some completed gift sketches for those were were kind and generous enough to donate to the Holiday Card project (THANK YOU, generous souls!) with this final post, however between the family vacation and being horribly ill upon my return home, I just didn't get the chance to work on anything. I'm terribly sorry, and I do hope those who donated will understand the delay, but there WILL be donation gifts! Promise! :)
Instead, I'll be posting the final card artwork for this year's Holiday Card, as all cards are received.
As always, clicking on the thumbnail below will take you to the larger image!
This year's holiday card image was actually the very first throw-away sketch I did, but never posted since it was a scribbly little thing done on a napkin while waiting for a latte at Starbucks.
As always, Panda is a prominent figure. Ever since we adopted the adorable little hellspawn, he's been featured in my Holiday Card imagery. He's crazy, cranky, grumpy, aloof and antisocial, but I loves him to furry little bits. :)
The final artwork is a mixed media melange of alcohol-based pigments, ink, and gold paint on marker vellum at A4 size. It is, as is most of my work, heavily influenced by the Art Nouveau style, combined with my own approach and aesthetics.
If interested, the final original artwork is for sale and makes a lovely, unique piece for any collection or gift for someone who appreciates illustration or original artwork.
Original (mixed media, A4): $250 USD
Prints (giclee, 8x10"): $12 USD (WILL SHIP BY FEBRUARY 1st)
*If desired, prints and/or originals can be shipped matted for an additional charge, but otherwise will ship flat in reinforced packing materials unless requested otherwise*
From the Archive
Mermaid
Completed: 2002
Oooof... yet another OLDIE destined for the Redo pile. I do love mythical creatures, and mythologies in general, so I have no idea why I don't draw more in this vein... I really should. I'm sure some will show up in the Sketch-A-Day Project next month!
Original: N/A
Near Future
As stated above, the Sketch-A-Day Project starts this Sunday, January 1, 2012! I'm both excited and a bit apprehensive, as I usually am when starting a new project. If you have any suggestions for things/characters you'd like to see leave a reply! I can't promise your suggestion will be used, but any possible inspiration is much-appreciated! :)
Convention season starts next month, as well, with 2 mail-in cons kicking off in January and my first attendance-con in February. More to come as I solidify plans for attendance!
2011 kicked a lot of us around quite a bit, leaving some of us bruised and battered and in serious need of respite, so here's to making 2012 a better year for us all!
Thank you for joining me for another State of the Artist update, and I hope to see you all for the Sketch-A-Day Project!!
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