Ringling Art Show

I'll be selling prints and some handicrafts at the Ringling Art Show this weekend.
January 31st from 10am - 3pm at the Ringling College Exhibition Hall :)

If you're at Sarasota, you should drop by and see us!

ImagineFX #40 FXpose!

Be sure to get a copy of ImagineFX #40, I am featured as the FXPose for that issue! Weee!
There's a great interview with Adam Hughes (who I also interviewed in October, 08) along with workshops about creature design, anatomy and realism painting.
ImagineFX #40 should already be out in the UK, and will be out in the US and everywhere else starting February 4, 09.

My mug

Self portrait, January 2009

These are my fetish boots

It's nice to be back in sunny Florida, back to school :) The first week is always a little empty, so I've just been finishing this pic up. I've got two more to do though.

Those crazy boots boggle my mind!

"Love Conquers All Things"

Well, its back to school. I can't wait to get started! I have plenty of projects and ideas to start with. I think this blog will be full of new work soon :) Yay!

Just something I am currently working on.

This year I am going to:

Eat healthier (no, not a repeat from 2008, 2007, 2006, etc)
Experiment with more styles
Work more play less
Read more

Gosh.. it's 2009 already. Time flies!

Little goldfish

Happy New Year 2009 everyone!

This is just a little sketch I made recently, using pen, ink and watercolor.

I think of her as a cute 5 year old :)

Merry Xmas!

These little things are just so fun to create! I'm gonna make more and more!

Dividers

I really like doing these divider things!

Sleep well, dear butterflies

Is it Winter break already?
Time flies, it seemed just like yesterday when I stumbled upon this place, dazed and confused.
My mind has cleared up a little though. Have a great Winter break, and come back in the Spring refreshed and rejuvenated!

Schin's Charms

I had too much fun making these charms and photographing them..
I'll have them up in my Etsy shop when I have more time to photograph the rest!

Persephone Destroys the Light

Finally, the painting is done. I'll probably tweak it around for the next few days, but I think I want to get started on a Christmas card or something.

The picture next to it is a beautiful poster for Wong Kar Wai's 2000 movie In The Mood For Love. At first the movie was just normal to me, but I found myself going back to it over and over again. I love the music (the movie soundtrack has inspired many of my recent paintings), colors, story, actors (so classy DX), fashion etc. It's a rather slow movie to digest, but I love painting while watching it <3
The Criterion Collection version has some pretty awesome deleted scenes and alternative endings that can give a wider perspective of the movie.

Persephone & Hades 2

This is turning out to be very fun to paint! I think in a way it is the theme that I am most comfortable with: romantic environments, pretty girls, flowing cloth, flowers, etc. I do so miss painting like this.

In other news, I'll be at Katsucon 15. Come see me at the Artist Alley on February 13-15 2009, at Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA. I'll post the table numbers once I get em.

For fun, I made an Etsy shop. I'll add more products and stuff later. God I love Etsy!! I just want to buy everything in there.

Persephone & Hades

New painting, Persephone and Hades. I always liked their story.. it's got all the cool things: God of the Underworld, innocent virgin girl who eventually turns into a fearsome 'Iron Queen' and earns the title 'She Who Destroys the Light' (damn!), estranged mother-in-laws, captivity, change of seasons and.. pomegranates. Just so much fun.

Still working on the bodies, I don't think I'll ever be happy with it...

Popcorn

Finally Popcorn #1 is out, with my image Equus in it. The book is great quality, with a zillion awesome artworks and interviews inside. I can't stop flipping through it!
They used my old name 'Luciole' on it, and edited my blurb adding the 'stunning thing' *blush*. It was the silliest blurb too. Everyone listed their accomplishments and things, but I just wanted my platforms and bellbottoms..

Light 2

Must.. continue..

Light

Gah! This is already pissing me off.

Border design

I made a sorta border sketch today. Feel free to print it out and use it as a memo or something.. but don't sell it!

4 Chinese Beauties design

Well, here are the designs for this image if it's a real book cover. We liked the third one best, and there's a few more changes to be done on the image and the design before it is finalized. Phew!

My next project will be steampunk. I know I know.. done to death.. but I love the designs of it, and it was so fun going around looking at all the steampunk blogs and personalities. Some of these people take their interest really seriously though.. going to great lengths to modify an item, but the computer on the left is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen, ever.