"Creativity takes courage." – Henri Matisse
An alternate subtitle for this post could have been, "Why You Probably Shouldn't Trust Me to Draw Your Characters—I may just turn them into hipsters", but I didn't think that would be good for business. (Plus it was too long for my header graphic.) So I decided to play it safe... Welcome, my friends, to …
Continue reading "Of Elven Princesses and Monster Hunters ~ an adventure in character art"
Well, my friends, after four long years... after many breakthroughs, and lots of discovery and exploration... after a trip to the zoo, and all the times it's been stuffed into my backpack with a couple of pencils and erasers... I've finally filled up my old hardcover sketchbook! Almost. There's still one or two pages there …
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Hello Lionhearts! Well, here we are again. I feel like I just did an art dump... but then on the other hand, I have art that I'm long overdue in sharing. My siblings and I had our annual fan art exchange almost nine months ago, and I still haven't shared all the AMAZING art they …
Continue reading "Of Character Design, Goats, and Batman ~ a dump truck of art"
Hello friends! Welcome back to another art dump. I am your host, Chalice Sleep, and this week we'll be talking all about innovation. (Maybe that's not quite the right word... but I'm rolling with it.) You see, I've been trying new things. Some due to that's what I was commissioned to do. Some due to …
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