Boletus edulis

Final April mushroom, Boletus edulis (or Porcini). I'm really liking the textured paper and layered font going on in the background. I may have to implement this on the rest of the mushrooms. Also while most of my mushroom people will be dancing, there are also some yoga poses interspersed. This is a variation of the tree pose. The Porcini (another name is King Bolete) seemed to be more of a sedentary mushroom. >.>


Interesting to compare the work in progress sample. You can see I've figured out the mushroom cap but am still fiddling with the body shadows and colors. The face has some basic blocking in, but there aren't any details.

Next up is May and the Morel mushroom. ^.^ She's kinda creepy. I think morels look like brains... so that may have something to do with it.

behind

Yup, I'm behind on a lot of my personal stuff. The physical media project for March is still a work in progress. ugg.

I know we were warned about this after college finished, but I never thought it would happen with me. I've always been motivated and doing something. And it's not so much that I don't have the motivation... lord- I have so many projects I want to do, but lack the focus to keep them going.
Let me count the projects!

1. celestial beings
2. mushrooms
3. Cinderella book
4. note cards/Etsy shop
5. pull together a game design mock-up
   
6. launch a webcomic
   

Good thing is, my website work is still pushing along. Scotsgrove gets regularly updated, yay! And the Funeral Alt. site is slowly coming together.

And it's not like I'm NOT doing something, it's just not art work. I clean and cook and do other wifely things. I take the puppy out. I see my parents. I go horseback riding.

Gah. I guess I just needed to get it all down (this is a blog after all). Now to pick myself up and start getting stuff done. :P

Mushrooms... yes I'm addicted.

Dunno if you can actually tell the differences I've done. They are there... This piece may have some trouble printing (HA!) between the "blacks" and the green (I hate printing green, it NEVER prints right).

So now I'm working on April. It's a Porcini mushroom. Apparently they are delicious. Surprisingly I don't eat mushrooms if I don't have to; I'm just completely interested in them. April is a lot more zen than what I've been doing. Still have a lot of detail work to flesh out. This one is not as easy to map out as the others, with them I had a clear picture. This one could do anything. I'm liking the idea of having textured or patterned paper in the background. So that could be fun. :/ Decisions, decisions.


Other than those, I'm working on another physical media project that I like a lot and hopefully my sis won't tear to pieces. ~.^ Updates for that will probably be on Friday. No promises though. Also working with my parents to get an Etsy shop for my mom, my sis and myself (and maybe even my dad) up and running. Putting some of my mom's stuff on gift cards and maybe I'll have a calendar by the end of this year, and maybe some prints put up.

Of course constant website updates. Updated the Scotsgrove Stables site with it's spring clothing. It looks spiffy. ^.^

paintings

Well, here are the new paintings I've been working on for the last two months. :/ I was really excited about them, but then my sis pointed out all the flaws. Rarw! Having crits in the middle of working is the thing I miss most about college. I could have fixed them! _sigh_ Better luck next time. :P

First up, "The Dream Tree":


Second up, "Three Graces":

Oh My Gosh!

Guys! Guys! I'm in HOW magazine! (unofficially... officially)


Technically, SCAD's Illustration Department's booklet "Illustrious" got into HOW magazine and MY image just happened to be "featured". ^.^ But it still makes me squee. (Thanks to Anna for pointing it out!) I'm on the top right corner with the "Bird Girl" image. Here's a close up:


^.^
Gwen

Mushroom Dancers- February and March

Finally tweaked February, I think I'm happier with it. :/ I like the color scheme a lot more... but... I'm just not sure.

On to March! I really love this one. Still have to tweak it some, but I'm liking where it is going. The mushroom she is based off of really does glow in the dark. It's pretty awesome. Still debating on the pattern paper. :P


Hopefully more to show later!
Gwen

yay! art!

Well, I've gotten some art done this month. There is another physical media project in the works. But I lack a scanner. sigh. Almost done with that one.


Anyway, here are the February mushroom dancers. Still a work in progress. A few more details to be picky over, but I'm always surprised at how fast digital media goes. Got this done is a couple of days. I believe the mushrooms they are based on are Mycena rosellas. They are small dainty rosy looking mushrooms that have an almost translucent stem.

But hey, at least I've gotten TWO pieces pretty much done by January. That's a good first start. ^.^