"Draconus Violetto"

Masks Masks & More Masks






I've been hard at work creating masks, building an inventory so I can eventually start showing them. Although this hasnt stopped me from selling a few in between.



My goal is to keep an inventory of 30-40 masks on hand.... and just sell and create, rince and repeat... while keeping a solid inventory. Would like to start doing art shows and geeky conventions. Maybe even DragonCon next year? We'll see. :)

SLACKTASTIC!

Most recent mask... The Encanis,

inspired by The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

(mask is also now in his possession)

I have SOOO been slacking at keeping this blog up to date!!

First... I've made a shit-ton of masks and am starting to make these little sparrow hair clip things out of the scraps. I will be selling them, as well as the masks, on Etsy.


I've also updated aelfling.com... so go check out all the masks! :)

Took some pics of myself modeling one of my masks that seems to be pretty popular... need to make more as I already sold the red version of it! :)


Been slacking on my sketchbook, since I've been so preoccupied with the leather-working. So nothing to update there really.

The Azzura

Hand carved, tooled and sculpted leather. Painted by hand with acrylics. 100% original.

Paladin of the Griffon


See those sketches down there....?



I dragged them into photoshop and tried my hand at painting them there.

More Sketches




This one I am currently in the process of painting in photoshop

New Sketchbook








... needs filling :)

Gawd its been over a year? Time flies....

I spent most of last year as the Art Director for a very nice magazine, good steady money, but it apparently sucked every ounce of creativity out of me. I stopped working for them in February.... and have been having one hell of a time trying to get myself back together. Slowly my muse is coming back....

I've decided to try my hand at mask making. I've ordered the materials I will need to create some leather masks. I'll see how I do with this, and maybe evolve on to neoprene or plastic molded masks.... I'll see. The latter definitely seems much more complicated, thus why I am starting with leather.

I will post my progress.

More doodles.... ... dunno what she is... she just popped out.. I don't usually draw sci-fi, and she seems sci-fi to me.... might add more detail later.... but I'm such an ADD doodler.... I have to move on to the next page ;-)


This is my kitty not being a very good model.... usually she is as mobile as a slug... not when I'm trying to sketch her... noooo....

Sketches....





A couple from last night...

Bought an absolutely beautiful hand made leather bound sketchbook at Megacon this weekend. A bit small for my taste but I just couldnt resist its rustic medeival almost steam-punk look..



The skull was drawn using missmonsters steampunk skull as reference.. such an inspiring piece of art to me.Got some new colored brush pens yesterday.... decided to play with them.... color is such a struggle for me.

Trying to force myself to sketch every night now.

Another attempt in Painter...


....well Painter Essentials to be precise... got it for free with my Wacom... and I am currently too poor to buy the full program. But from what I understand the only difference is fewer brushes, an no brush customization... which is fine by me, baby steps. I don't need too much info all at once!

This one was inspired by a challenge on Gnomon Workshop.... "Personal Transport". Lots of people submitted robots and such... but I'm more of an organic kinda girl. And I love me some snails.

Not quite happy with it... particularly the background... but then that is something I've always struggled with, even with traditional mediums. I am really fighting to get the brushes to behave naturally.... but I guess it all just takes practice... and figuring out which works best for my style.

Oh.... also finally bought a mac. =) I am now officially part of the Mac cult.... keeping my good ol Frankenstein PC for my gaming tho... built her myself.... she's 7 years old now and I keep up on her so she is always pretty cutting edge for gaming machine. =)

Anyhooo.... more later!

"Finished" Hushpaw


I figure I'm probably not going to finish this piece, as I am incredibly distracted by faerie heads. I also want to join in an illustration challenge... so... there you have it!! I fixed a couple things that were bothering me, such as crooked eyes... and added a pretty craptastic background. Hey... I'm learning!

Hushpaw



I have finally purchased a Wacom tablet... after having wanted one for literally 10 years.

I figure I'm not getting any younger... and I've gone from being very talented for my age... to severely falling behind in technology and skill.

So, this is my first WIP done entirely in Painter. Really digging this program.

She is an homage to my old character from Everquest. Lots of good memories and friends still kept from that game... and Hushpaw was there with me through pretty much all of it. :)

Daily Sketch Group @ conceptart.org

I decided to get involved with the conceptart community again.. and have started joining in the daily sketch group threads.

Here are my entries for the past 2 days. =)

Fae Noggins

Hi everyone!

So sorry I havent been keeping you up to date on my faerie heads!!

I've decided on a name for them... they will be called "Fae Noggins". :D

So far I've got about a dozen done... I'm a bit behind... but I think I've got a bit of a rythm down now so things should start picking up :)

I've been enjoying making these soooo much. I don't have to worry about whether or not they would sell or anything like that... and they can just become whatever, and I can get as out there and nutty as I want. ;)

So here are all the finished Fae Noggins to date! :)

Steampunk

This little spidey isn't my work, but I totally want to make one.
He's awesome, no?

I discovered today an entire genre that up until now, I was completely oblivious of. And I must say, I am completely enamored.

A mix of Victorian steampowered gadgets, cog-critters, and a touch of Harry Potterness. I love it.

Check out the blog Brassgoggles for good examples of Steampunk goodness.

Up until now I've been at a complete loss of how to decorate our guest bedroom... I definitely wanted to go the route of old world.. perhaps French or English Victorian... but it seemed so cold and, well... not me. But give it a bit of a steampunk twist... some shelves with some little odds and ends... mysterious aged transcripts framed on the wall... and well.. that is something.

I am inspired. And when that happens, WATCH OUT!

Wedding Favors



Hello everyone!

I am sure you think I've fallen off the planet! ;)

I've been busy planning our wedding for December! It is quite a distraction!

After spending some time trying to decide what would make decent wedding favors... I decided I am going to sculpt all my guests little faerie heads! To hang wherever. =)

It will be a daunting task... but I think I can do it, as long as I make them as the RSVP's come in.... and get a little head start (they havent been sent out yet!)

So.. tonight I made my first one. =) He isnt quite finished... need to finish gluing his hair on... as you can probably see he isnt dry yet. ;)

Not sure what to name him. He's a little old goat kinda guy... a satyr or what-have-you. =)

WIP: Maeve




Here is the latest.... she is my largest sculpt yet, standing at 26 inches. Such a large scale is proving to be quite a challenge as just about every bit of her has needed its own armature... even her ears!

She is the sculpt I plan on placing in the alcove in our foyer... to watch over guests as they come in... and point them in the direction of the fun. :)

Mina




ok! Mina is done

Man is she a pain to photograph! Still need to get some wire and hooks to hang her in front of the window...

WIP: Mina






Its been a couple weeks now since I've finished a new sculpt.. and this one is the culprit. Started her when I finished Farley.. She's my first suspended sculpt.. its difficult!!!! I had another Grover moment and got so frustrated and unhappy with her I just tossed her in the oven as is to just finally finish her. And again I am more pleased with her than I thought I would be! :)

So here she is so far... I hope to have her finished tomorrow.

When she is finished I plan on hanging her by the front door looking out the window.. to greet visitors. ;)

FARLEY: A Stray Sod





Finished this one today. :)