moonvoice (ravenari)

The Barred Owl is unavailable for sale, and oh, her feathers were an interesting journey, heh.

These were all a great deal of fun to illustrate. Great Skua had one of the harder energies I've worked with for a while, but I'm not entirely surprised given what a canny predator they are.

Roe Deer was not as 'soft' (not really at all soft) compared to White-Tailed Deer (who I've illustrated twice). Obviously everyone's mileage with totems on a personal level varies, but that's my read on things.


Great Skua as Totem

Available at Etsy




( More under the cut. )

Barred Owl as Totem




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Roe Deer as Totem

Available at Etsy




( More under the cut. )

I thought I'd be rusty with the whole colouring thing, but actually, since adopting watercolours into my process, going back to watercolour pencils actually felt a lot more fun. Consequently colouring took longer, but I don't begrudge it at all.

Here's some of my most recent completed pieces.


Bilberry Goat - ON HOLD



( Ze photo. )

Atlantic Puffin - ON HOLD



( Another photo. )

Striped Skunk - AVAILABLE



( Such pretty iridescence. )

Uncoloured woofs.

These will all be made available for sale.

But in the meantime I love this part, where they're black and white, and still taking form.


Star Wolf




( Honey and Rainbow Wolf under the cut! )

Here are some larger pieces that are yet to be coloured. One is a commission (I'm not officially taking on commissions at all, esp. not re: domesticated animals/pets/figurative stuff, but she is a long-time client and very patient with me, and she always gives me the most interesting subjects that ping me hard, in this case, a Fiji Iguana - and dandelions, heh. The dandelions are sentimental, she is a zookeeper/zoologist, and the Fiji Iguana she cared for used to love them). The other is a return to an old subject that I first/last drew in 2008. The Unicorn Moon-Sickle Bird of Paradise. I'd always loved the colour scheme and wanted to return to the faux birds of paradise again. So...I just did.

All done with 0.1 and 0.5 fineliner on illustration board.

You can also see a time-lapse video of some of the process here.


The Unicorn Moon-Sickle Bird of Paradise: Courtship



Fiji Iguana and Dandelions

I was so sure I'd put this up?
Like, whoops.
Anyway, I finished this a while back.
Watercolour + gold acrylic and some iridescence on the birbs.
Common Ravens instead of Australian Ravens for once.
Will eventually be listed for sale on Etsy if I ever get around to it.

*


The Wisdom of the Poppy





And another birb. This one an Australian Raven.
And Corymbia ficifolia.
A coloured part of the Inktober challenge.
Again, will be listed on Etsy eventually if I ever get around to it, lol.
I used to be so diligent about that kind of thing.


Australian Raven and Corymbia ficiolia

This is also the first time I've listed anything at all on Etsy in such a bloody long time. And it's so weird. Like, I used to do it so often and now it's been so long.

Also it got to 42C (107F) and was raining. Quite a lot. Didn't cool down at all. *shakes fist at Perth quietly*


Lady Amherst's Pheasant and Shorea




( Lady Amherst's Pheasant and Elliot's Pheasant. )

Sardonyx from Steven Universe (she gets her own bit because I so rarely do anything that approaches fanart. :D




( And one more. )

These were the ones I did when I was really too tired to do anything else at all.

My grumpy birbs.

They took hardly any time, and they were cute and fun and silly.





( the grumpiest birbs )

There's always moar.
Because you know, when I do art, I don't just do one thing. But ALL the things. (Actually 31 days of things. I didn't quit Inktober! Go me! And my wordcount for the month skated in at 59k. So a very productive month which explains the total burnout I've been feeling for the past week, lol.)

With this particular series, I made a point of researching flora found within the region that the animal is naturally found. This led to me drawing a lot of flowers I'd never drawn before, and made me realise that I love drawing flowers. e.e


Black-Footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) and Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)




( Three more under the cut! )

I've been working on Inktober pieces and I'm actually super happy that I've managed to produce something every day. And some have been of a calibre that I'm happy enough to sell. Anyway, I'll start posting them up here now. A lot will end up coloured. It's been a ton of fun, it hasn't taken away from my ability to write, and it's given me time to catch up on television for the first time in ages. Man I missed art. I need to make more time for it.

All of these pieces are done on illustration board, with a 0.1 fineliner.


Kissing Snails




( The selection of minimalistic pieces made mainly of dots )

Glen's currently on a 4 hour flight home. (No wait, he's been delayed more).

I've been playing Dragon Age (...I'm going to be playing it forever, you can't stop me).

Also it took me like 50 hours to finally find Rifts less scary. *sighs at self*





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