Button Owl

And last but not least, my most recent piece from the semester is this one, a gift for one of my friends for Christmas. She requested an owl, so I did one in watercolor and then, because I was feeling particularly adventurous, added buttons as well. First I tried to sew the buttons on, but the buttons kept falling off, so in the end I just hot glued everything down.

Toothless

For Christmas I decided to make my six-year-old cousin a drawing of Toothless, which is one of her favorite characters. Watercolor pencil on watercolor paper.

The 5 C's of the Art Room

So my art teacher asked me to do a poster for the room about the 5 C's, so here it is. It's digital. Not a whole lot else to it.

Senior Tile

So I graduated this year (yay!) and our school puts tiles up on the ceiling by each senior. I couldn't really think of anything clever to do, so I just made a sort of shattered design with each of my favorite fandoms represented. I also made each segment's design a pattern, because I think it helped with the composition. It's acrylic on tagboard but it's pretty sloppy, mostly because I figured it'd be up on a ceiling and no one would really stare at the details too closely anyway.

Going around from bottom middle clockwise: Doctor Who, Torchwood, Supernatural, Night Vale, Star Trek, Vlogbrothers, Sherlock, Harry Potter, and then just a generic "time" theme, because I like clocks and stuff. ;) I've replaced my name with my tumblr URL to protect my anonymity.

Welcome to Night Vale

My largest and most extravagant piece this semester, "Welcome to Night Vale" is a map of said town. Night Vale is a town in the podcast "Welcome to Night Vale," and because it's entirely an audio series, the listener is free to come up with their own interpretation of the locations in the town based on the vocal descriptions, which is what I did.

I won't lie; this thing took forever. It's pen on tagboard and is several feet tall. I designed the entire town and the border as well, which I made using a handmade stencil. 

Starting on the top we have the Night Vale Community Radio Station. On the left is the Glow Cloud, and on the right is a helicopter (what color? we will never know), a pyramid (probably the one that spouted off all that philosophical stuff), a "To Desert Bluffs" sign, and an old oak door to a desert otherworld :(  . Moving down the lefthand side, we have the post office, Tourniquet, the Whispering Forest, the dog park, Mission Grove Park, Carlos' lab, the Arby's (complete with lights, sign, parking lot, and an Erica), Telly's barber shop, the Public Library (outside which is Tamika Flynn and her army of teenage rebels) and the Museum of Forbidden Technology. Moving down from the right side is City Hall, Big Rico's (complete with Wheat & Wheat By-Products Speakeasy and hooded figure), the Night Vale Harbor and Waterfront Recreation Area, the Desert Flower Bowling Alley and Arcade Fun Complex, Radon Canyon (the view is literally breathtaking!), the Moonlite All Nite Diner, and Dark Owl Records.

Here's a zoomable version, also available here.

Here're some close-ups!

              

  

Starstuff

"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff." -- Carl Sagan

Here's my lone attempt at coming up with something deep and meaningful this semester; pretty much the woman's footsteps sort of give off a mist of "starstuff". In reality, the swirly cloud this is a mixture of the floral, anatomical, mathematical, and astronomical. 

Acrylic on canvasboard; I tried dripping some of the paint down in streaks but it didn't really work. *sigh*

Face Study Part 2: Clara

Following up on Cas, I switched to doing Clara in acrylic on canvas. She's the current companion on Doctor Who. I did alright with her, but the resemblance isn't nearly as good as Cas's. The nose is by far the best part, and I don't think I went dark enough around the eyes and shadowed side of the face. *sigh* Alas.

Cas in Pencil

I've had art class all semester and am just getting the chance to take pictures of my art from that period, so I'll be posting it here in chronological order over the next couple weeks.

This was my first piece, a drawing of Cas from Supernatural that I did for my sister for Christmas ;). I used it primarily as a face study and to help me improve in that area.

Captain Jack Harkness Digital Art

So I was playing around with some digital sketches and then I started coloring this one and then I felt compelled to finish it. It's Captain Jack Harkness, a character on Doctor Who and the main character of the DW spin-off Torchwood. His face isn't quite right, but it's pretty darn close and I'm still working on faces in general. His face took about 4 hours and the rest of him was like an hour and a half. Worked off a photo.

Neuschwanstein Candle Holder

You may have noticed I have a thing for Neuschwanstein, the Bavarian castle built by King Ludwig II. My German teacher asked if I could paint it on a little glass candle holder about three inches high for her. It features the castle on one side and a little red-roofed village on the other. It's acrylic on glass, but the fine detailing on the castle is gray pen.

Before the Joust

Here's another painting I did. It's called "Before the Joust" and is a study in color. Watercolor and pencil on paper.

One Hundred Percent Rebel Time Lord

Here's another digital piece, this time featuring Twelve and some Gallifreyan. The Gallifreyan says: "No frills, no scarf, no messing. Just 100%" and the bottom continues the quote with "Rebel Time Lord." Corel Photo-Paint X5. Took a little less than an hour.

True Magic Bookmark

So I made this bookmark for a contest and had it half done before I realized that digital art wasn't allowed but I finished it anyway. The hand-drawn one is below. The quote, "Books may well be the only true magic" is attributed to Alice Hoffman. Neuschwanstein castle from Germany is on the top. All photos used in the bookmark are either mine or from online free stock (credited below). All the quotes spiraling out of the book are from works in the public domain.

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The book quotes are from the following works (roughly left to right): Moby Dick by Herman Melville, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. 

I honestly didn't realize I'd chosen three books by Charles Dickens, sorry about that, I was trying not to repeat too many authors. You can tell I read a lot of classics. :-/

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Stock photo of stack of books: (x)

Here's the hand-drawn one, again featuring Neuschwanstein castle and the same quotes, minus one or two. Made using colored pens and pencils. Behind the spiraling quotes there's a stack of books and two pairs of wings; they're really hard to see because the scanner lightened them so much.

Peladon Digital Art

So it's been a while and I finally finished my drawing of King Peladon! He's a secondary character in the Classic Doctor Who episode "The Curse of Peladon." The Doctor (Three) arrives on the planet Peladon with his companion Jo, and, with the help of King Peladon, prevents a rebel overthrow and allows Peladon (the planet) to be admitted to the Galactic Federation. King Peladon is played by the excellent David Troughton (son of Patrick Troughton).

The piece is done digitally, using Corel Photo-Paint X5. It took several months of on-and-off work, but I think it turned out alright! Most of it was done using a stylus and tablet, and there's some minor textures digitally added to the background. There's also a bit of VanGogh style in the torches. :-)

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Reference photos (copyright BBC):

Doctor Who Playing Cards

**Currently for sale on etsy here**

You may remember that a while ago I posted this, a sneak preview of my Doctor Who playing cards, which I have now finished! The four suits are: the sonic screwdriver (10's), the Seal of Rassilon, a dalek, and a weeping angel. 4 colors: blue, green, red, and orange. Face cards have an extra gold stripe denoting them as such. The Jokers are the first and last faces of the Master (Roger Delgado and John Simm, respectively). The back of the cards sport the TARDIS, the Seal of Rassilon, and Gallifreyan text (using the method here). The Gallifreyan reads (in various places) "bad wolf" "bigger on the inside" "gallifrey" and "kasterborous".

As an update (2-15), I have now made a second set of cards. Both sets feature Doctors One through Eleven on cards Ace-Jack. The original set, however, features Idris as the Queen and the Brigadier as the King, and the new set has Twelve (Capaldi) on the Queen and the TARDIS on the King. Otherwise the sets are identical. The original set is now discontinued.

Set 1 (2013) (discontinued):

Set 2 (2014):

There have been inquiries as to whether I am selling decks of cards, and I am! A deck (Set 2, with the slight modification of Michelle Gomez on the second Joker instead of John Simm, as the newest Master/Missy) is $12 + shipping. The decks are professionally printed, and each comes shrink-wrapped and with Jokers and a matching box. I am currently selling them through etsy here, and thanks for the interest! :-)

Percepliquis Painting

So today I just finished my Percepliquis painting (it took me 5 days). Percepliquis is an ancient, ruined, underground and half-submerged city in the book "The Heir of Novron" (aka "Wintertide" & "Percepliquis") by the brilliant Michael J. Sullivan. The books are well worth a read, and I would strongly recommend them to anyone into medieval, Lord-of-the-Rings-style, thief-and-con-man fantasy. You can learn more at Sullivan's website. The painting is an original composition, drawing strongly on the description of the city and its surroundings as detailed in the book. Acrylic on canvas:

Now I open the jpeg on my computer, and five minutes later I have this (yes, I know underground there's no sun, or indeed much light at all but lens flares are so cool....... :-)  ) :

At least this is an improvement over my last Percepliquis drawing. *shudders*. 

Superwholock Darwin Quote

So here's a piece I did digitally, with photo credits and more at (x). 

It features Supernatural (going into its ninth season), Sherlock (going in its third season), and Doctor Who, hitting 50 years this November. Long live Who!

While in Germany...

So I was in Germany recently, and while I was there I drew this:

The crenelated tower to the right of the tall black one is one of Neuschwanstein's towers, and the exploding tower second from the left is a nod to something that happened at a battle in Rothenburg (two places I visited while abroad).

Doctor Who Playing Cards

I'm working on a series of Doctor Who-themed playing cards. Here's a sneak peek of the front and back of the Fifth Doctor card.

EDIT: Post with the finished set here.

7 Wonders of the World Skateboard

I went to an art competition a couple of months ago and did this with Sharpie. The New 7 Wonders of the World, from left to right: Machu Picchu in Peru, Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio, Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Colosseum in Rome, Petra in Jordan, the Taj Mahal in India, and the Great Wall of China.