Illustration Friday: Scary

Ended up with two for this one!! :)
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Illustration Friday: Scattered

The butterflies scattered as we tried to catch them.

(Pen and Ink)

Illustration Friday: Swell

See the mama giraffe's heart swell at the sight of her little one. :)

(Done in marker and colored pencil)

Illustration Friday: Swept (v.2)

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Rarely do I create more than one IF piece in a week, but this little image just popped into my head so I had to draw it! A little "witch" in training being swept away by the fan. Hey, it's hard to fly on a broom without a few... special effects. :)

Illustration Friday: Swept

This little one is clutching tightly to her balloon so it doesn't get "swept" away.

Done in colored pencil.

So I have been hard at work on several projects.

The first is a new web-blog (for lack of a better term... web literary project/experiment?) titled "Dear Me,". Check it out here!

The second is a blog set up to sell some sketches/drawings by yours truly to aid in the Tornado Relief effort. Sadly I have been very busy and only have two designs created. For shame... But will hopefully be up very soon! (so keep checking back)

I have also been working on some random projects here and there, jobs and commissions and such. Hopefully will have some new posts of those in the following days/weeks.

Love to you all!
♥

Kitty is an artist, too!

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Excerpt from a Work-in-Progress

After a wonderful week vacation in Orlando and Disney - I've completely fallen off the wagon! I think I've got a case of vacation-itis. My body does not know how to transition back into the real world and thus I am suspended, mind blank.

It doesn't help that today has been gray, bleak and horribly rainy.

That said, I did force myself to do a little writing. Hopefully this little excerpt will whet your whistles and make you want to know more! :) (A girl can hope can't she?)

P.S. Feedback welcome (and encouraged!)

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I have no clue what brings me here each night.

Darkness hovers overhead. Thick inky black sky hides the stars and casts me in shadow. I lightly trace rough stone with my fingers as I make my way along the massive wall that surrounds the city. A cool breeze plays with my hair, pulling the pearlescent strands every which way. I shiver.

I doubt anyone has missed me. They all sleep soundly under thick blankets, full of blissful dreams and hopes of a new tomorrow. Morning still lay hours away.

Absently, I hold my breath. With my back against the wall and my body still safely covered in shadow, I creep along until I am safely through to the other side. I move away from the gate carefully until I am sure that I will no longer be heard or seen. Then, I break into a run.

I feel the wind as it rushes past either side of me, whipping the ends of my cloak behind me and ripping the hood from over my face. I lift the ends of my robes up with my hands to keep from tripping as I race wildly toward the safety of the forest ahead.

Only when I breach the thick wall of trees do I slow to a stop and catch my breath. Thick silence envelops me as I rest against a large wooden trunk and work to slow my breaths to normal. Here, deep within the vast and wild unknown – here I feel more like myself.

Nydia would be furious if she knew. She caught me once, coming in through the window of our living quarters just as the sun began rising into the sky. After a harsh lecture on the dangers of being outside after dark, I promised her I would never be so reckless again. I lied. Despite the dangers in the Wilds, I keep coming back. The Wilds holds me spellbound – or, maybe it frees me from invisible chains the Abbey has around me so tight. So many rules and laws we must abide by there.

I breathe in deeply, feeling lighter than I have in a while. Here in this place I can let go of the duty placed on me and simply be. I have no title here, no persona I must portray. No one expects anything of me.

Fin.

Illustration Friday: "Swarm"

Created digitally in Photoshop. *click to enlarge image*

PS - I couldn't resist putting my li'l alter ego in the back there. My DH always insists I am the little girl in Blind Melon's "No Rain" music video. ;-)

I Need to Sketch More: "Lamp"

Enjoy!

PS - I LOVE my new sketchy brush!!! Andantonius' Pencil Brush by *Andantonius on deviantART Check it out :-D