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Romantasy Drop Announcement
If you’re my age, you remember the glory days of LiveJournal and following your favorite fantasy authors as they posted behind the scenes and bonus content from the books they’d written. The author of my favorite book, Crown Duel, blessed us with scenes from the POV of the enemies-to-lovers antagonist of the story, which were […]
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Floral Sketches
These past few months have been full of adventure. My husband and I were technically already married in July for insurance reasons (love living in the US), but we had our big ceremony in November. On the way back from our honeymoon we hit some road debris that completely wiped out a couple of wheels […]
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The holidays are over, but I’m still recovering from them. Instead of starting my next piece (which I have planned! It may or may not be another cat), I’ve been showing my partner Dragon Age Origins and making suncatchers. I got some moss agate in, and it’s been a blast to work with. I’m considering […]
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Simon of the HMS Amethyst
The year was 1948, on Stonecutters Island in Hong Kong when a young seaman of the Royal Navy by the name of George Hickinbottom, who had a penchant for rescuing animals, found a malnourished tuxedo kitten wandering the dockyard. He smuggled him onboard the HMS Amethyst in his coat, named him Simon, and made him […]
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30+ Gift Ideas for Digital Artists
I’m so bad at getting gifts for people. I have plenty of ideas, but when it comes time to actually buy or make them, my brain is empty. I always intend to write down ideas as they come to me throughout the year, but the ADHD strikes and I move on before I get the […]
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How I Use Art Nouveau in My Art
I’ve been implementing Art Nouveau styles into my art for a few years now. I always struggled defining my style, but back in 2023 I did an Alphonse Mucha study and it opened my eyes to all the possibilities. The general concepts of what I recognized as Art Nouveau, like the flowing lines, strong outlines, […]