Fear Cuts Deeper Than Swords

So, this will be my last Game of Thrones related art for a while.* Arya is probably my favorite, though as indecisiveness goes, I have a few more on that list. I wanted to try painting with muted colors with this one- I had a palette and everything...but by the end it sort of deviated miserably....

Cheers!



*This is probably a lie

Anatomy of the Chocobo (Wark!)

Somehow the Chocobo got finished (despite my brain's nettling about the five other Photoshop files I was concurrently working on). Let's see if I can drag another one out soon. <3

Love and the apocalypse

Friends, lovers and pets alike- Happy Valentine's Day! On a day I'm normally indifferent, I now realize how much fun can be had in making wry, nerdy, evasive and dark humored love cards. Mush is uncomfortable unless buried in awkward sentiments such as this, don't you think?

Today was a big day for new listings. For those friends who maybe are feeling a little glum (as many do on a day such as this) here is a new card to help pick them up!

Or maybe you are separated from someone you really want to be with? No better way to pull some far away hearts than with adorable, puppy-eyed sheep!

Pop the question maybe? Nerds getting married? Of course you need some help along the way! Lord of the rings Wedding Party invites

Whether we want it or not, we just cant ignore love (...at least not today. It's kind of a thing)

<3!

They don't love you like I love you

Maps! How I love them. Truthfully, I have never attempted map drawings before this month, but they are strangely satisfying for my compulsive side. They will, however, give me early arthritis.


In all honesty, I wanted this book to come with a special fold out map of Hyrule so I could hang it up in my room like 12 year old me who stole pictures of sexy adult Link from my brother's Nintendo Power magazine. Since that wasn't going to happen, I decided to make the map myself (which is where the map obsession began).

March cannot come soon enough. For such long books, the tv series is too damn short. I'll keep up the geeky fan art until then, I suppose.

And this is more of a chart but it is close enough. Sandworms are just so happy!

The nostalgia will continue!

Behold the Mermaid

Growing up, I never really thought I wanted to be an artist (ok, professionally- lets not get into the semantics of being an "artist"). First of all, I am right handed and I didn't think that should be allowed in the first place. Art was just something I sort of did to put off real life for a while. But as time went on, I never really kicked the habit. For me, I think it was mostly about fantasy and daydreams - which I don't anyone can live without, really (hence religion and video games). So here I am, putting off real life - or maybe trying to make this into real life.
 Whatever that is...

 

  "I don't understand. All my life I've been waiting for someone and when I find her, she's... she's a fish."

New Year Revolutions

Happy New Year, friends! I have a good feeling about 2013.

Here are some things I was working on in December! I couldn't post these earlier because they were Christmas presents...

...I would like to pretend that is a good enough excuse for not posting all of December, but it isn't. I'm a slacker.

Resolution 1: don't be a slacker.

And now, to ring in the new year, I'll leave you with some really basic advice that I have learned the hard way

1. Swans are jerks.
2. Never put regular soap in your dishwasher
3. Never forget the e-brake when changing a tire
4. Never use water instead of milk your cereal (seriously).
5. You never look as cool as you think
6. You never look as dumb as you feel

Why I Cant Cook*

You know when you get those waking dream ideas that you think are just THE BEST IDEAS EVER and when you finally make it into consciousness you have no idea why you thought them so great? Well this is one of those circumstances...

I came up with this during a time (4am) I was mulling over creating a romantic Mortal Kombat style love card (which totally works). I wanted to make a fighting game about different chef types that beat the crap out of each other (my other pretend job is a game programmer, right?). Well, its not exactly brilliant but, like I said, it seems better half-conscious and snuggly warm in a mind-softening bed (plus, I went to art school).

Anyway, I sketched some of the characters...

Get it? She's a breadmaker (puns!) But "pain" is "pain" pronounced the Uhmerican way...not French for bread-OKI'llstopexplaining

Uh...I don't know why he has a whisk. I thought it would be funny to beat someone with a whisk, but it really has nothing to do with his character. Awareness counts!

Anyway, that's as far as I got because I have the attention span of

* this has nothing to do with why I cant cook