Almost forgot!

I am going to be doing a give away about every 2 weeks! So add me to your follow list!


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Free 8x10 fine art print!!!!

I am offering up a free matted 8x10 art print of my illustration
"The Sister of the 12 Ravens" to one lucky person!

The actual print area is 8x10 and is done on beautiful fine artists paper.

To win this free print all you have to do is:

1) post a response here on my blog with your email.

2) visit my etsy shop www.solocosmo.etsy.com
And tell me in your post which piece you like best and why.

One week from today I will use a random number generator to pick the winner!







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Sneak peek

Just a little sneak peek at my new valentines stamp line set to come out in Jan.


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Sampson

We enjoy the organ pavillion at balboa park. So much that we go there multiple times a week.





I knew I would update more with this new phone app!

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Falling stars

I have been ignoring my artwork for a few weeks now. I have been busy writing a young adult novel entitled Falling Stars.

The other night I didn't feel too much like writing...and even though I have hopes of another artist doing the cover, I took my mind off things by doing a painting of Lina, one of the main characters in the story.

Digital painting and photo collage done in Photoshop elements 6 with my wacom tab.


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Fancy fancy

I feel fancy now that I can update from my phone! I am guessing I might be posting more often thanks to this nifty little app. Also, lucky me that the free version is the blogger version. Nice. Very nice.


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Deviantart

I have been working very hard to get all of my artwork up on Deviantart.com it has been taking so long. I have been a member there for 3 years, but had not posted anything in a long time.

One really exciting thing is that I can offer printing services through them. I am offering smaller sized postcards and photo prints of my artwork for under $2. Its nice because they take care of all the printing and mailing for me.

I am still doing the fine art prints myself though because I like to oversee each one, so the larger fine art prints are still in my etsy shop....

Also I have a painting I wanted to share. it was a special request from a member on Deviantart.com. I am so excited as she is totally airbrushed (photoshop airbrushing) right down to her flowing dress...which took forever to get right. I named her Sabrina after the girl who requested her.

Another fun thing is that I put up a section for stock images...I want to give a little back to all of those who have helped me out on Deviantart.com to become a better artist. I dont have very many up yet, but it is a start right?

snopes.com: Christmas cards for Noah Biorkman

snopes.com: Christmas cards for Noah Biorkman

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New work

I have been busy working on stamps, but I somehow managed to fit in the time to make Sampsons Halloween costume (stay tuned for photos!) and I finished a new digital collage painting! This painting is based on a female figure in Assyrian Creation stories. She is Ea the Water Goddess. This is the second in my 'Creation Myths & Folklore' Series.I had such apprehension about te hair, wanting it to look like it was really floating on the water and moving under the water....I made her hair blue at first, but it was too hard to tell it apart from the water!
Here is a shot of my original pencil sketch. These sketches are usually done very quickly just so I can get my basic composition down. You can see my notes, I usually jot down the figures name, what group of people the myth or folklore is from and sometimes a page number from the book I was reading to reference later if I need more details on the figure.