Autumn Horse

Autumn Run
Medium: digital concept illustration (digital painting)

Green Dragon

Leafy Green Jungle Dragon
Medium: digital painting

The Leafy Green Dragon is a tropical species, residing in the steamy jungles and rain forests of the southern hemisphere, such as South America, Australia, and many islands. A smaller-winged subspecies of the Leafy Green also lives in many parts of Asia.

Leafy Greens are relatively small, about the size of a young horse or a large deer. They are agile fliers and climbers, and their flexible hands, feet, and wings enable them to climb through trees and underbrush easily. They use the webbing on their tails to help steer when flying through trees.

Leafy Greens use a a mixture of flammable chemicals to spit fire. These chemicals are secreted in glands in the mouth and catch fire when exposed to oxygen. Leafy Greens have vulnerable underbellies with no scales, so when threatened, they will turn the scaly parts of their bodies to their attackers. Their signature red spines along their backs are hollow, filled with a neurotoxin that causes immediate and intense pain in the victim, although is not fatal in small amounts. These spines are considered valuable prizes amount humans, and thus these dragons are often hunted. Leafy Greens generally only use their venomous spines as a last resort to defend themselves and they never use them on prey.

Leafy Greens generally live alone or in small groups, and are only seen in large, noisy groups during the breeding season. The frills on their necks and backs are used in courtship displays, and males have the brightest-colored frills. Male Leafy Greens use their brightly-colored frills to flare up in display for female dragons. Females lay between 1-3 eggs in a clutch.







The above is a fictional dragon that I designed for fun. :)

The Last Sin Eater

The Last Sin Eater
Medium: photo collage

This is a photo manipulation fanart for Francine Rivers' The Last Sin Eater.

Images are from:
imgkid.com

www.youwall.com

www.flickr.com/photos/chitrasu…

hardyguardy.deviantart.com/art…

www.wisesoulblog.com

Scholastic Art Contest Golden Key Winner

Fox Fire
Medium: digital painting

An entry for the Scholastic Art. Write. Now. contest.

UPDATE: This piece won regionals (Golden Key) and is going on to nationals!

The Elvenking

King Thranduil
Medium: Photoshop paint

Every time you leave your campfire burning and it sets a forest on fire, an elf cries. Think of the elves! Protect our forest friends. Only you can prevent wildfires.

Sorry about that. Smokey the Bear popped into my mind when I finally finished this.




The Lord of the Rings and all its relations has always been my favorite story, and I've just realized that I've done precious little Tolkien-related art. I think it may be because I'm afraid I won't do the story or the characters justice. But then I thought, "Peter Jackson changed Thranduil enough. What does it matter if I accidentally change him some more?"

This is J. R. R. Tolkien's character Thranduil, the king of the Mirkwood elves. While the book will always hold a special place in my heart, I do like all three of the movies Jackson has put out. I like almost everything that he added into the story and I like how he brought Legolas into The Hobbit, even though he didn't play a part in the book. I'm sorry if die-hard Tolkien fans are about to become physically ill for hearing such blasphemy, but I like those movies. I also like Tauriel's presence as well. I'm not a huge fan of the romance between her and Kili (that smacked of a decision they made while that one guy was in the bathroom, and was so obviously thrown in just to feed the Kili fangirls), but I did like her presence. Let's be honest, if she hadn't been in it, there would have been no females in that entire movie except for the little girl in Bard's house who screamed at the orc. It kind of needed at least one female.

And then there's Thranduil. Jackson completely changed him, and I thought for sure I wouldn't like it, but I did. (Just so we’re all on the same page: I like Thranduil’s character, but I’m not a Thranduil fangirl.) I like both Tolkien and Jackson's versions. In this picture I tried to combine the two. I wanted to show the softer, "less wise" Thranduil of the book, and the hard-core, emotionally scarred Thranduil of the movie.


I mean, come on! He's an elf, which is awesome, and he's a king, which is awesome, so he's awesome + awesome, and… and…

What does that even equal?

"King Thranduil" detail
Medium: Photoshop paint

A close-up of the eyes, because eyes are fascinating and fun to paint. I painted them in a moving car. I should be proud of myself.

Snowy Wolf

Snowy Wolf
Medium: colored pencil

As with most traditional pieces, this did not scan very well.

Desktop Wallpaper

I just finished one of my first desktop/wallpaper designs. It's free to use, but seeing as I made it, my signature must be left on it. Just click on the image to view it larger, then save it onto your computer to use as a background.


Title: Fantasy Friesian
Media: Photoshop and Microsoft PowerPoint photo manipulation