Stephanie’s blog

Updates abound!  After a few months, Intermezzo has finally been updated! Joyousness and yay! I started up my first quarter of school at The Art Institute of Tampa and its been keeping me pretty busy lately, so I havent had a chance to update till now. Three weeks of winter break, oh gloriousness! Time to catch up on some personal artworks and commissions. I may add a few things from my classes in here, I havent decided yet..they dont really fit with the theme of the site. Oh well.

Updates:
*Postcards section tossed into Doodles/Sketches.

*Tutorials/Resources Section replaces Postcards

*More Doodles added.

*Two commissions added to Commission section.

*One traditional media piece added to Personal. All hail Gustav Klimt!

After two months, an update! Sorry all, I didnt have steady internet access for a while, but now i'm back. Hoozah!
Today's update brings you a bunch of things - from pirate and ghost boy doodles, to creepy blade-spewing redheads, to promiscuous women and blue-haired priests. Enjoy! =)

Aeoners given current priority with commissions. Check back for updates. Will be added to as things progress.

Raps: 20%
  -Traditional. Media will be copic markers/prismacolor pencils/Luma inks on 8x11 bristol board paper. Futurist/cubist-esque style image of Raps' characters Hikari and Penumbra. Thumbnail sketch finished and sent, actual image process started. Sketch stage.
Joe: 0%
  -Digital/CG. Updated drawing of character Maestro. Full body cg.
Levi: 20%
  -Thumbnail sketch completed.
Miakoda: 10%
  -Thumbnail sketches started. Two full body character portraits of characters Yeshua and Asma.
Bud: 0%
  -Kodiak bear tattoo over dream catcher background.
Arigato Steakhouse: 30%
  -Coloring book for Arigato Japanese Steakhouse. Sketches started. Still many pages to go..>.>
Mary: 0%
  -Group portrait of Ruby's Treasure Chest gals from florida pirate festival.

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*Added two new sections to the Gallery. Gift and Postcards. As well, two or three images for each.
*More updating later today or tomorrow..right now..i'm hungry!

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An update went to the Gallery, Etc., and Links section as well as a minor to the entrance page.

*I have added a link for updates to this Vox blog.
*Uploaded Threnody to the gallery section
*Added a Donations button to the Etc. section for supplies, as well as posted about my Postal Suprises program.
*Added the Heroes Alliance to the links.

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Pneuma
CG - Painter 7, Photoshop CS
7 hours
'06

  There are some people that simply inspire you, or act as a muse to fuel your creative energies. I've met only three people in my life that do so constantly, and this piece is inspired by one of those three. The text is from a friend named Zach, who creates wonderfully descriptive stories that give me so much imagery, its hard not to come up with an image. So, this one was for him! Woo!

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Veil (comission)
Traditional - Acrylic wash, Marker
8 hours
'05

  A commission by my boyfriends buddy, Antonio. A piece I still don't consider finished..

Tomorrow Never Dies
CG - Painter 7
9 Hours
'06

  More testing with Painter 7. One of the first finished Painter images i've come up with. A recurring character as seen in Threnody and Veil.

Leo (Commission)
CG - Painter 7, Photoshop CS
3 days on and off.
'06

   This was done as a commission for a rather...interesting fellow. His request was for me to draw my image of him. Alot of effort and an unusual amount of time went into it. I wanted to make clear my negative feelings toward this individual, and was encouraged to try some new things in the process. There are some things I am not satisfied with, like the positioning of the seated figures foot and all, but it turned out 'ok'.

Tomorrow Comes (Donated)
Traditional - Acrylic wash, watercolor, marker
2 weeks (the canvas was almost as tall and as wide as me)
'06

  This piece was created as a gift for my manager at Arigato Japanese Steakhouse, out of a whim. It is now hanging inside the restraunt. Unfortunately, I forgot to spray fix it ...I should probably do that some time, eh?

Sometimes (alot of the times) CGing is a big wad of horse dookie. I prefer traditional media..unfortunately, its necassary to learn how to CG now.

Dancer in Memory
Traditional - Watercolor
45 minutes
'05

   This lifesaver was actually done as a last minute, rushed assignment that I had forgotten to do the night before, for AP Portfolio 2-D class in senior year. This is why I like doing quick, spur of the moment pieces. I usually tend to enjoy the finished product better. I adore the free flowing look. I cannot stand photo-realistic paintings and pieces. They bore me. That is what a camera is for..and often times skilled photographers can make their photos look more interesting then alot of photo-realistic pieces. Unfortunately, much of the populace only view anything as 'art' if it is photo realistic, or if its Titianist - alot of you artists and/or art history nerds should know what I mean by that. Bah on Titian. BAH!

The Butterfly Net
Traditional - Luma color Ink and Washable Marker
6 hours
'04

   This was one of my favorite pieces of '04, I recall. Now, not so much..I see PLENTY I could change to improve this image. Though, like alot of my more favored pieces, it was done on a whim with little planning. Just a response to emotion, and feeding off the imagery music creates in my head. The line written on the left panel is from the song by Dandy Warhols, though I'm sorry to say I don't recall the title. The two panels are a result of it being a sketchbook piece.

The Eve Tryptich (Donated)
Traditional - India Ink + Marker
3 days
'05

  What I consider one of my most successful pieces in '05. This one has won its fair share of awards, been featured in 3 gallery shows (unfortunately, not my solo gallery show at The Arts Center; didnt go with the theme.) and was my first stencil experimentation. It was a project in our senior print class to make our own stencil and create a piece from it. I decided to illustrate a stencil figure of myself in different points of the day. Morning, noon, and night. This piece was donated to the Pinellas County Center for the Arts

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Threnody
CG - Painter 7, Photoshop CS
6 Hours
'06

I enjoy playing with new brushes and filters, and this is the first successful (well, at least I think so) border I made for an image without it looking terribly trashy or cheap. I think the spirals in the border really help the designs in the cloth flow together, along with the movement in the hair. Most of this image was made on experiment and accident, but it turned out well enough that i'm satisfied with showing it. Violet eyes rock.

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Bitter
CG - Painter 7, Photoshop CS
5 Hours
'06

This one came from a friends away message on AIM, a piece by Stephen Crane entitled The Heart. Started as a doodle and ended as this. Not much more to it.