Pixel Dragon

About 3 years ago I used to do pixel art, lots of pixel art.  I took up knitting and just stopped doing the pixel art, not sure why, it just ceased to interest me.  So, today I decided to try a little bit of fun with pixels...I'm a little rusty but I'm pretty pleased with it.  I'm thinking of doing some game sprites...though I don't know how to program a game...hmmm.  

This image is very small because it's done in pixels, it's designed to pack detail in a small package.

May is Strawberry Month...

In honor of Strawberry Month I drew a Strawberry Fairy .  Actually I didn't set out to honor Strawberry month, I was at a complete loss for what to draw to today so after drawing crop circles for 15 minutes I decided to fall back on my old stand by, fairies.  Meanwhile I remembered an image of cupcake stuffed chocolate dipped strawberries I saw at 1FineCookie and she had mentioned May was strawberry month...and so I drew a Strawberry Fairy.  Thank goodness I didn't decide to draw a cupcake stuffed, chocolate dipped strawberry fairy.

I Could Totally Use a House Elf...

Don't get me wrong, I agree with Hermione and her S.P.E.W. efforts, equality is good...but at this moment I could really use a magical being to just make everything clean.  Without getting into details there were some issues with a septic tank over here and mopping floors with vinegar is quite time consuming.   I've also rearranged my whole living area and the reorganization is quite a task, add to that a mountain of laundry and I think magical interference is the only way everything can get done today.  So, considering all that and considering my main computer with photoshop not being accessible today, I almost didn't do a blog post today, but I've been very bad lately and want to get back on my schedule, so I popped on Deviant art's muro app and made a quick doodle of a happy house elf:

Have a Fantastic Mother's Day!

I dedicate todays art to all Mothers out there, but especially to my mother Susan, who did a great job raising me and keeping me out of trouble....I know it wasn't an easy job. ;)  Also Happy Mothers day to my Mother in Law Joyce, My Grandmothers Antonia and Elizabeth (deceased) and my husband's grandmothers Eleanor and Thelma (deceased) as well as to all the mothers I know, have a great day on Sunday!

Hanko De Mayo!

Not sure if I've mentioned this before but I am a nerdfighter which is a youtube community full of nerds who are full of awesome working to decrease world suck, this community was started by two brothers John and Hank Green.  Hank's birthday is today on Cinco di Mayo (hence the Hanko di Mayo). Hank also plays Lego Harry Potter with his wife Katherine and I enjoy watching it very much so I made some fanart for Hank and Katherine and Lego Harry Potter...I think that qualifies as fantasy art because they are Lego Hogwarts students.  I made this on Monday actually so I could print it and send it in the mail as a card on Tuesday....hope he got it in time.

From the Sketchbook:Amazon Warrior

"A is for Asrai, Z is for Zombie" the book is underway...

I've started work on making my fantasy alphabet series into a book.  Today I made the front and back covers and am currently working on descriptions for all 26 images...which turns out to be more labor intensive then I originally thought...mostly because keeping the descriptions concise and clear is quite difficult... summarizing fairies into a paragraph was quite painful, lol.  But here is a sneak peak of what the picture book will look like, I'm using a program called Book Smart and it will be published on blurb.com