Can anyone ID this font? It's SO familiar but I can't think of the name, and I don't have it on my computer.
ETA: Found it, it was Kon Tiki Enchanted.

While I'm waiting for my ~~♥♥new lightpad♥♥~~ to arrive I decided to go back and work on my Puppeteer illo that I started last year and never got anywhere with. I got as far as figuring out the ( Read more... )

I spent several hours painting this weekend, but it turned out blegh. I'm back to square one on the illo of the girl and herons and bones because I screwed up the background. It's always the background on these traditional pieces. So no art to show today like I'd hoped ( Read more... )

I bought a shiny new loaf of cinnamon challah! If you've never had it, challah is an egg bread, basically the same thing as brioche. It's soft and fluffy and slightly sweet and super delicious.


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In case you haven't heard yet, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by glvalentine is due for release next month! And it just got a starred review from Publishers Weekly!

"This steampunk-flavored circus story begins with a disturbing undertone, like an out-of-tune calliope, and develops in hints and shadows. Touring a drained postwar world, the ( Read more... )

OMG so busy!

My Etsy store is going to be featured TOMORROW!! on Heartsy with an amazing discount of over 50%! AND all this week I'm offering free shipping to US addresses! Don't miss it!

And since it's almost March, I have a new moth!


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Oh no, it's almost February! (Funfact: Until late last night I thought today WAS February. Even though I was staring at a February calendar all day on Sunday. Also, you only have to type or read February four times before it no longer looks like a real word. Pfffft. Febooary ( Read more... )

I'm doing a second Messengers painting (or at least another painting with a gal and some egrets), and I'm currently working out the final sketch.
I'm undecided on one aspect of the composition - which do you prefer?


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I use texture overlays all the time for my digital illustrations. Some are watercolor washes, some are just aged paper textures, and mostly I've been getting them from stock sites like DeviantArt, or WeGraphics

My first attempt at my last painting, Messengers, died in the background stages because the the colors were darker than I wanted, but I ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago I got a mysterious comment on my blog, accusing me of ripping off my 2009 Dia de Los Muertos poster from a pair of Mexican artists ( Read more... )

I'm in Nashville ( Read more... )