Drawings

  • 24 Hour Art-a-thon,  Alcohol Inks,  Challenges,  Drawings,  Functional,  Plush/Stuffed

    Art from the 24 Hour Art-a-thon

    This post is late but I didn’t have a chance until this weekend to create it.

    The art-a-thon went well and was a lot of fun. We only had a handful of people signed up but more signed up a couple of days before and by the time the day of the art-a-thon arrived we had about 30 people in the Facebook group. We might do it again but no idea when though.

    I had planned to post after each prompt during the art-a-thon but I was unable to create the posts. Instead I posted to the Facebook group only; as it was easier and quicker to do. I had hoped to create something for each prompt but I wasn’t able to. I also didn’t create as much as I had hoped. It felt like I was going in slow motion.

    However I did get to play with alcohol inks. They were a lot of fun. They might actually be one of my new favorite mediums to work with.

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    So much fun!

     

    I created many art pieces with the alcohol inks. I used shrink plastic and used a circle punch to create buttons. However I didn’t get to shrink them during the art-a-thon. I also created several splotch pieces that I will at some point go back to and turn into creatures or scenes. Below are pictures of some of the pieces I created.

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    Below are the other art pieces I created.

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    I really love how this came out. I may have to keep this for myself. This was created for the “Food with a Face” prompt. I had other drawings for this prompt but I did not finish them.
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    Created for the “Circles, Circles, Circles” Prompt.
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    Created for the “Inspired by a Song” prompt.
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    Created for the “Encaustic” Prompt. I was unable to finish this as my heat gun kept overheating.
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    This dice tower was created for the “Something with a Function” prompt. I created this for my husband for when he plays D&D. I didn’t get to finish it. It still needs at least 1 more coat of paint before I seal it. I might also create a banner to hang on the front.

     

    Below is what I created for the “Something Stuffed” prompt. I haven’t created anything like this in years. It was not easy so I kept it simple. When I first started it my husband said it kinda looked like a Carcasonne meeple. For those who don’t know what a meeple is, they are the little wooden characters that represent the player in games like Carcassonne. She isn’t a meeple but I’m not sure what she is. My stuffed creature is pictured below with a huge replica of a Carcassone meeple. She didn’t come out too bad. Her smile or frown though came out horrible.

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    Is that a smile, a frown or what?

     

     

  • Art,  Art Journaling,  Artist Trading Cards,  ATCs,  Doodle,  Drawings,  Writing,  Zentangle,  Zentangle Inspired Art,  Zines

    Zines Now Available!

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    Earlier this week I listed my zines for sale on etsy.  Currently only physical copies are available. PDFs of all the zines will be available soon. I had planned on having the pdfs available by the end of this week but the program I was using keeps glitching.

    Currently I am working on another short story zine and an art zine with a theme.  I haven’t narrowed down the theme yet though.

     

     

  • Art Journaling,  Artist Trading Cards,  Doodle,  Drawings,  Writing,  Zines

    Zines!

     

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    Last week I received the copies of my zines.  I was very excited to finally receive them especially my short story zine.  I had the short story zine printed in color, black & white and a limited edition color copy with a thick cover. The limited edition will also have an original artist trading card with it.   Besides the short story there are also 3 zines with images of my favorite and popular art pieces from last year in the following categories, art journaling, artist trading cards and drawings & doodles.  There is also a small one that is of my favorite story from childhood which I have illustrated.

    I spent all of last week folding and stapling them together. I hope to have the art zines up for sale on my etsy store this week and the short story will be up for sale next week.