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About Me Member Illustrator Double-O-Nothing22/Female/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 1 Year
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I never, ever thought I would draw pointy ears...

Mon Jun 15, 2009, 11:30 PM
Check out my latest drawing! I am usually not an elf person(I thought they were small and worked for Santa a few months ago), but I am enjoying LOTR and two new favorite illustrator/artists- Alan Lee and Chris Riddell.
So, after being able to respect fantasy through Lord of the Rings and recently-as in two days ago-reading the much lighter, but slightly dark Edge Chronicles, I am so ready to draw! And draw funky stuff, too! Pointy ears and clothes with strings and odd stuff all over the place. If you have not seen Chris Riddell's illustrations, he is one of the most original illustrators I have seen. His drawings are loaded with odd and awesome stuff. Just thinking about it makes me want to crawl into a hole and be ashamed. So I am jumpstarting off of his artwork and trying to add a bit more oddness to mine, which I am hoping will eventually lead to my own, original creativeness. And then I see Alan Lee's stunning watercolors, with so much detail, but not like the shiny, bright oil paintings typical of paperback fantasy. His are old fashioned, respectable, and unique, but in a completely different way than Chris Riddell's.
And they both draw pointy ears.
Oh, by the way, I am not stuck on fantasy, as I also am reading "Black Ships of Troy" illustrated by Alan Lee and Chris Riddell's "Ottoline and the Yellow Cat", written and illustrated by him. Check it out! Super original!

  • Mood: Wow!
  • Listening to: Pandora-Soundtracks and Toby Mack
  • Reading: Beyond the Deepwoods
  • Watching: Old Phantom of the Opera, if I get around to it...

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I am an artist who enjoys exploring various digital and traditional art techniques as well as writing-though I have yet to post any of my written work.
My dream is to illustrate juvenile literature with action and drama, maybe even my own stories.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: USA
  • Interests: God, art, family, friends...
  • Favourite band or musician: Tobeymac, Blick Van Glory, Harry Gregson-Williams, James Newton Howard, Danny Elfman, John Williams,
  • Favourite genre of music: Scores-meaning Soundtracks and Christian Rock, Pop, whatever
  • Favourite artist: N.C. Wyeth, Glen Keane
  • Favourite poet or writer: Anthony Horowitz
  • Favourite photographer: My brother
  • Favourite style of art: Realist, dramatic stuff
  • Tools of the Trade: Painter 9.5, 4 by 5 wacom tablet, pens, pencils and paper, and a scanner

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:iconaelthwyn:
thank'e so much for the :+devwatch:
:iconmarcusstratus:
Oi! Thanks for the :+devwatch: eh! :D

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:icondouble-o-nothing:
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:iconlouvre89:
:wave:

Thank-you for the :+fav: on Cottingley...

I’m glad you like my work. :hug:


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:icondouble-o-nothing:
You're welcome!

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:iconcblair:
Thanks for adding me to your friends list! :D

I love the Wyeths, too- my fav artist is probably Jamie Wyeth :)

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:icondouble-o-nothing:
You're welcome!
Yes! Wyeths. N C is my favorite, but I like them all. In fact, I have a book withing arms reach right now with all three of their work!

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:iconcblair:
Me, too!!!- it's called "Wondrous Strange: the Wyeth Tradition" :D

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Man’s evolution consists in the process of changing to forms that are not of this world. Grows he in time to the formless — to live on a higher plane. Know that you must become formless before you can be one with the Light.
- Emerald Tablets of Thoth
:icondouble-o-nothing:
Awesome.

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:iconthaumadzo:
Thanks
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