"I am about to — or I am going to — die: either expression is correct." ~ Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian

" Petra reached over to the stack of fairy tale anthologies and lifted the first of the many tomes from the top.  Just as she opened it, Shad plucked it from her hands and opened it to a dog-eared page. 
"I went through and marked the pages before you got here.  You just focus on the details, I'll do the reading." 
"Ok."
Shad cleared his throat and began to read.

Once upon a time, there was a wandering warrior.  He was as clever as he was brave, and his skill was matched only by his virtue. 
"Kept birds I'm sure." Petra quipped. 
"Shush."
One day as he journeyed he found a town unlike any other.  Hidden deep in the Shadowmurk, it was clean and polished.  The warrior felt that it was his obligation to investigate the cause of this uncharacteristic quality, found in no other town of the Shadowmurk.  He found a solid stone house just off the market, and after making inquiries he determined that it was the home of a leading citizen, a wealthy landowner.  The Landowner invited him to spend the night, so that he could fully explain the nature of the town.  The warrior warily accepted the invitation, for the mystery was more than he could bear to resist. 
That night the house's master introduced him to his young daughter, a bright and beautiful young maiden.  It was not the first time the warrior had been presented with such a temptation, but he graciously humored them and strolled with the maiden about the town.  And as they strolled he noticed that, alone amongst all the town, her clothes had worn and were stained with time and toil..."




That was an excerpt from "The Paladin's Shadow" by Daniel Stone. You may click HERE to read from the beginning or HERE to read the entry this excerpt was taken from. I attempted to draw a cover for this short story. here is my attempt =}

 This is Shad (Legion) and Petra in Shad's study. you can't see it here but there is a fireplace in the lower left side which is casting Shad's demon shaped shadow on the upper right.

well goodnight y'all!

"link in the doobley-doo"- hank green

SO! i was working a Homeschool convention last weekend. here are some of the drawins i did while there =]

have a good time with your endeavors! toodles!

"I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting."- Judd Nelson

SO! Thalia (Red's Characters)  is finally finished! here you get to see her at all the stages! so i drew her in VA. Her and Her 19 month old daughter Cyssie, who grows up to be the best mad scientist ever (besides her husband), here in this pencil sketch:

Then i outlined and attempted to color it. here is the first instalment:

That took me..oh 4 hours. i added a blankey for Cyssie, outlined everything, colored Cyssie and Thalia's skin plus Thalia's hair. the next installment:

 

This took a good 6 hours because i struggled with the color choices so much. after this i just spent every free moment working on it. here are the two finished versions. the difference is the amount of shadow on Thalia's skin.

 

Please click to see full sized. Wells darlings, Comment to tell me if you think i pulled off the Villain-ess with a heart effect i was going for. I'm always open to critiques so feel free to give em!

"A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing." Victor Hugo

how much easier would life be if i actually named these posts something to do with whats in them? Anyway here is the shaded version of this drawing.

i don't think I've posted it like this yet... if i have comment and I'll take this off

“If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?”- Chuck Palahniuk

New Melancholia. I'm working on the Thalia picture and until that's done I'm just gonna do a bunch of quick sketches of melancholia. =]

"Never be sad for what is over, just be glad that it was once yours."

Serious talks = Melancholia. especially ones i was not expecting. i was gonna draw her giving a toast to the end but.. it didn't work. i can't work to long on a Melancholia because that's whats so great about her. shes a splash of my emotion in the quietest way possible. that's why i love her and missed her so much. also i love how her hair is so.. expressive. its strange to see expressive hair =P

enjoy life folks!

"Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you. If they speak, you break down." ~Bede Jarrett

LOOK! its Melancholia  when she isn't in her element. she has kinda pretty eyes when she isn't ...well, melancholy. this is in honor of the nicest and sweetest and most deserving (of awesomeness, from a gal more suited for it then i) guy i have ever been with. thanks for continuing to be my best friend in the face of all of this.

Look! she's got Woo! its hard to be fully melancholy with Woo.

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."- Khalil Gibran

I drew on the plane...a week ago, ha ha! so here is the drawing in all its entirety.

I came to realize that squirrels have UGLY feet! Most of my art is animal/people mixes.  the previous time i was on a plane before this last time i drew a werewolf on a cliff roaring evilly. airplanes make me draw weird things, ha ha!


Click to enlarge the below image

and here is the ballet dancer for Ariel =}

have a good night all =}

"Theres a fine, fine line between 'i love you' and 'goodbye'."- Avenue Q

so this is the last character to be drawn. its Thalia from Red's Blog. she is the ultimate villain but doesn't wanna be. its her job. here she is with her daughter (Cyssie) who was a toddler at the time.

I was gonna color her but her creator was impatient so i decided to leave her be. sorry Thalia.

well have a good week loverlys!