[Art] Emerald Moth as Totem

[moonvoice]

Emerald Moth as Totem

There are thousands of emerald moth species out there, and I loosely based this one off the Large Emerald Moth, or Geometra papilionaria. They are beautiful, delicate creatures. They feed off alder, beech, rowan and hazel.






Original available for sale ($75 USD - ON HOLD)
18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint

Comments

[bewylderbeast.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful. I love moths!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Yay! If the stupid file ever loads over at deviantart, it will be available as a print.

this moth is really pretty. *hugs it*

[cloversix.livejournal.com]

Never was a fan of moths but I love this. I love the composition and the colors. Soooo nice.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you! :)

[goth-kittie.livejournal.com]

Wow....

I don't know why, but I feel very... womanly and powerful and feminine from this art. I wish I could place why, but I love it, it is stunning. :)

Also.. Once over on Deviantart... Can we just press the cute little purchase button on the site over there and will you eventually get money for the prints we buy? :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Heh, yes! Unfortunately it's all in US dollars, which sucks. One day I will invest in a proper printer and then I will sell the prints myself from home and get ALL the profits, mwahahaaha.

As it is, DA takes 70% of the print sale profits. But it's better than nothing; I wouldn't sell prints at all otherwise.

[goth-kittie.livejournal.com]

70%!?! Holy crap!

How good a printer do you need? Hrm. I am pondering whether we can find a better way for you to do this.... I'm in love with your polar bear but I'd rather be giving you the money than deviantart! *torn look*

Let's talk printers..... :)

[leahcim.livejournal.com]

*wonders if a 6-colour A4 full-bleed inkjet counts as a proper printer*

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Probably, whatever you use to print out your photos would be more than suitable for me and my artwork; but then that comes down to cost.

How much did your awesome photo-printing printer cost? Heh.

[leahcim.livejournal.com]

Note that only the A4-sized (and shaped) prints were done with our printer. :P

That said, the print quality is comparable to what you'd get at the regular print shops such as Hardly Normal, etc. Biggest difference would be the texture of the paper used, and the fact that you can't get the prints wet. :P

I should probably find something (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_deegan/) to print that will give a better indication of what the printer's capable of.

That said, I don't think it would be too much of an imposition if you wanted to borrow the printer (http://www.epson.com.au/products/inkjet/stylusPhotoR210.asp) to try for yourself.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

That is cool, it worries me about the sizing but A3 printers and A2 printers make baby jesus cry; and that is where DeviantArt's printing system actually comes in handy (I have an A2 print of a piece of artwork that was originally A4, and it still looks stellar).

And as for not getting prints wet, I can't get the originals wet either; I'm really used to that. *g*

I don't mind Epson. There are a few other artists I know online and I might ask around and see what they recommend.

[greenforest-elf.livejournal.com]

OMG P's art is FRIGGIN AMAZING!!!! Seriously I drool over every piece, especially the wolfies :)

o o o one of my ALL TIME favs is Love is a Splendid Thing *big grin*

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Now Love is a Splendid Thing would be perfect for prints, because that's digital and I have no original anyway.

Heh.

[greenforest-elf.livejournal.com]

hmmm when i do manage to order something I want YOU to get the money, so i will wait until you get a printer or whatever *elfy is patient*

*smooch*

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Hehe, aw you're so awesome. And yeah, DA's cut is pretty insane. It wouldn't be so bad, but I also manually reduce the prices which takes away from *my* cut instead of theirs.

However, that said, the prints are very high quality, as I have one in my room. Heh. And convenient, because they offer prints in sizes much larger than the originals.

[mirrorred-star.livejournal.com]

You having a proper printer would be awesome-bikkies! 70% is an awful lot for them to take :(

And then you could use the profits to take over the world! Mwahahahaha!

[narumi.livejournal.com]

have you ever heard of Artspots (http://artspots.com)? :3 you get a BIG chunk of the profits from prints :3 and you dont need to be a " Compagnon " (aka apply to get the lil blue star) to sell/upload them either http://www.artspots.com/help/prints unlike DA they dont rape you leaving you with 30 cents for a 25 dollar print :)

[paleo.livejournal.com]

Don't know if you meant it this way, but the imagery is very yonic to my eyes. I also love how the golden swirls break up the pure symmetry which actually makes it feel *more* balanced.
And the wing texture is stunning!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I didn't consciously intend it that way, I saw it more as a leaf, but I'm happy for people to take it however they want. :D

The wing texture was actually really hard to do. Blah.

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

I'd love to buy the original from you next month when my paycheck comes in. This is gorgeous.

*squee!*

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I'll put it on hold for you right now! :)

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

Payment has been sent via PayPal. Be watching for the email my dear!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Hmm, nothing's come through yet, what email address are you sending it to?

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

ophelias.diary@hotmail.com

It's probably wrong somehow.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I'm ophelias.diary@gmail.com - it's my regular address. I believe they refund the money if it's an invalid email address not connected to a Paypal account, or maybe you can cancel it from your end or contact them, I'm not sure. :(

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

I'll fix it. *d'oh*

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I've done it once and didn't realise, and eventually after aaaaages they refunded the money, but I never chased it up because I didn't know.

I just hope it's something easily fixable not so much for my sake, but for yours.

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

We're good. All I had to do was hit the "cancel" button since the payment hadn't been received. Payment re-sent to the appropriate addy.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Got it!!!! Everything came through fine and I should be able to get it out to your Friday or Monday at the latest. :) :)

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

WHEEEE!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Oh, and email me at ophelias.diary@gmail.com to remind me / so we can start a correspondence there, it's much easier than wading back through comments. *grin*

[singingnettle.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[forest-choir.livejournal.com]

So very beautiful. :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. *smiles*

[darakat-ewr.livejournal.com]

I know this is probably the wrong thing to say but the shape of the funnel and placing of the moth reminds me of a particular part of the female anatomy... Was this your intent?

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Actually no, it wasn't my intent. Mine was more to capture the stylistic shape of a leaf - but I'm happy for people to interpret it however they want, I'm not precious about those sorts of things. :) I still see a moth sitting on a stylised leaf.

[mirrorred-star.livejournal.com]

Wow, it's really green! Not just a little bit green but really, really green! I like the side-colours, I like the blue-green and the yellow green.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Yeah it's really really green, I usually go blue-greens, but I... decided not to. Heh.

[firehauke.livejournal.com]

both pics are gorgeous - glad you are still arting.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm glad I am still arting from time to time too. :)

[greenforest-elf.livejournal.com]

GREEN!!!!!!

beautiful!!!!!!!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Yay for green! :D

[aleia-kali.livejournal.com]

Stunning

[silere.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I love love love this one.

A surprising amount, actually.



Maybe i need to remember Moth's lessons to me. Been awhile.

Love!