Artwork

Emo Art is Cool!

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Don’t cry over spilled wine.

Emo art is another school project. I had no idea this is a style until we were given a page full of art styles and told to create a piece for a few of them. I fell in love with Emo art as soon as I saw it, so much so that I’d love to do a graphic novel in this style.

I do have to admit that this is a bit of a rip off from DemiseMan on Deviant Art. Definitely check out that page. Really amazing stuff there. The monsters are especially fierce. Another reason to use the style for my own story in my own style.

Angels Dark & Dumb News: The outline for Corner of Hell and Second Chances is complete. And I started writing the first scenes. Barry meets Satan at the beginning of book #3.

Nothing more. Have a great week!

Quick and Simple is Likeable Too

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Today I’m presenting a piece that shows the insanity of creating art pieces. I love the way this turned out and I did it in 10 minutes. Other times I can take hours, days, or months to complete a piece and I absolutely hate it in the end.

Maybe I’m a little crazy to keep every single piece of art I create, be it a sketch or partially completed piece or a complete work of art. I do the same with every story I write. Throwing them away is like killing my kids. Even worse, our diva beagle who rates much higher in the order of children.

Anyway, I really like this piece. It’s a lot of fun to take everyday items from around the house and throw together a collage. There’s just something about shapes and my brain that go well together too. Building or creating with your hands is so satisfying.

Every time I look at this one, I feel inspiration to do something similar. For a long time I’ve wanted to hit all the thrift stores for items to use in a collage. Professing it here may get me out there quicker.

Have a great week!

Bride of Chucky

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Look who joins the Ladies of Horror. Tiffany, Bride of Chucky, is done. Probably the most fun to do, especially around the eyes. Great horror comedy movie, and Jennifer Tilly is so good as Tiffany.

I actually finished this one over a month ago, but forgot to post her here. And I just finished Frank-N-Furter, but you’ll have to wait a few weeks to see Tim Curry here. The drawing is on my @meanwinniejean Deviant Art account if you want to see it now.

Sadly, Frank-N-Furter is the last Ladies of Horror I’m doing for awhile. I’m moving on to Grim Reapers or Zombies. I’m also refining the illustrations for a children’s book I wrote for a school project. It’s time that I publish the book. It will be a similar format to the Frog and Toad books.

That’s all this week. Have a great next week.

Note that this series is a mix of well known Ladies of Horror done in a Patrick Nagel style from the 80s. I started these to better learn the Pen tool in Adobe Illustrator, and they’ve become an obsession. If there’s a lady of horror you’d like to see, leave her in a comment. I will start them back up at around Halloween.

Lurking Psycho Clowns

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I haven’t shared one of my Places to Read Horror collages for awhile, so here’s one of the latest I really love.

Yes, I’m one of those people who finds all clowns creepy. I remember going to the circus when I was a kid, and they were more fascinating in a bad way, especially the sad clowns. As an adult, it’s all about the horror clowns in movies and such. There are tons of creepy clown pictures out there, so I’ll be doing many more of these.

This was done in Adobe Express, which I’m slowly switching to because the images come out a lot better.

Up to this point, I’ve done quite a few of these, all available for the best viewing on my @meanwinniejean Instagram account.

Until next time…

Life Like Drawing

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Showing off my ability to copy anything and make it look real this week. I love to copy with pencil in black and white in general. This was a fun assignment because it’s the opposite, the drawing done with white pencil instead. This one is framed on my wall, and most people approach thinking it’s a photograph.

I usually do life-like drawings in portrait form. I especially love doing old people because there is so much character in their faces, not to mention it’s a challenge to do the wrinkles.

If you are a writer and find keeping your manuscript clean of extra lines and spaces a huge challenge, I wrote a blog post you’ll find helpful. Manuscripts Are A Dirty Business: Remove The Extra Sections, Breaks, and Spaces Before submitting or Formatting Your Book is a great checklist to follow before you format your book. It strips out a lot of the formatting you don’t need and that can cause quite a few headaches, especially with eBook formatting. In general, it’ll help you keep your manuscript clean, and that’s the best option in MS Word because it can cause so many hidden issues with a document.

Minor news on Angels Dark and Dumb. Major progress on the covers and Margery. I know I keep promising this, but the reveal should happen next week. I’ll probably do it in a separate post from my weekly status and artwork post.

Until next week…