moonvoice (ravenari)

The rest of the violet series!

In other news I'm listening to a Podfic for The Wildness Within by readbym00n_rabbit.
(one of my many AO3 stories).
And it's really good.

It's already like 6 hours long.


Violet Series - 04. Raven // $45 USD at Etsy



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Violet Series - 05. Donkey // $50 USD at Etsy



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Violet Series - 06. Moth // $45 USD at Etsy



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The peacock is my fave.
The crocodile and the rooster are spoken for
(not the first two I thought would go in this series).
I start 25 days of radiotherapy
(volumetric modular arc therapy to be specific)
within the month.

...woo? :D


04. Crocodile



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05. Least Chipmunk // $45 USD at Etsy



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06. Peacock // $50 USD at Etsy



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So.

The first ballpoint pen illustration was just
a sketch for Sudan's passing.

And the second ballpoint pen illustration was just
fanart for The Ancient Magus Bride / Mahoutsukai no Yome
because I love Elias.

Both done in my Paperblanks art journal. Which is mostly ballpoint pen work. Cheap Kilometrico crap works well.


Goodbye, Friend



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It's So Cold.



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Rose series!

Watercolour pencil
pencil
ink
metallic gold and white acrylic.


01 Fox // $50 USD @ Etsy



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02 Rakali (Australian Water-Rat) // $45 USD @ Etsy



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03 Red panda // $50 USD @ Etsy



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The Copper Forest (Prints Available)

76 x 51 centimetres // 30 x 20 inches.
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Ink (0.1 / 0.5 fineliner)
Coloured Pencil / Watercoloured Pencil
Minor acrylic detailing in cream and copper.
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Details.


The Fairy Wrens



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I did these very quickly,
over Tuesday and Wednesday night.
Or Monday and Tuesday night?
I forget.
Either way, they kept me company while watching House of Lies,
and they were a lot of fun to do.

All sold.



01 - Fox




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02 - Australian Magpie




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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

Hi folks!

A while ago, I found Paperblanks journals. Belatedly, I might add, but I found them and I was excited and now I have TOO MANY and simultaneously NOT ENOUGH and you know how it is when you like to journal and sketch on things, you want all the things, basically.

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I tweeted something to this effect, and Paperblanks tweeted back, and then magically and wonderfully I am now featured in an interview on their Featured Artist's section of their blog:

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Here's the interview in all it's awesomeness!

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Check it out, and enjoy the wonderful journals while you're there too. :) It was a great interview, and you might find out some things about me you didn't know!

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And because I haven't done this in a while - did you know there are other places to keep up with what's happening with me? :)

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Ravenari @ Facebook.

Ravenari @ DeviantArt

Ravenari's Totem Animal Dictionary

ETSY (Originals only)

My Twitter @ Ravenari

Ravenari's Portfolio

Hi folks,

I'm jumping on the Black Friday bandwagon that many other Etsy practicioners are celebrating! From now until Monday the 28th at 12.00pm (GMT+8), you can get 20% off all totems and commissions when you use the code BFTOTEM at checkout! This does not include the free shipping you already get!

So what are you waiting for? That has meant some of the minis are selling as low as $44 - which considering these are originals and one of a kind, doesn't happen often. So far, I've only done one sale a year, and this will be it for 2011!

Check it now now -> Ravensdreaming at ETSY

I've seen a few people writing articles like this lately, and I thought; 'hey, I'm pulling more income in than the average professional artist in Australia, why not?' (which is a sad reflection on the income of the average professional artist, and not so much a reflection of my riches and glory).

Here's what you should know about me before I start:

1. I don't have any tertiary qualifications in visual arts.

2. I started this business as a way of working while I was on a Disability Support Pension. I can't work fixed hours because of illness, but sometmes I am able to work a little bit, and because I can dictate my own hours, art is very flexible.

3. My form of business does not include working in an office with other people, or interacting with people face to face (okay, maybe once or twice a year, when I exhibited at Swancon, and when I dropped off a picture to a client that one time).

4. I am NOT a graphic designer. I don't really want to be a graphic designer. And I don't have the tools to do graphic design; so my income as an artist is based off...well...visual art. Traditional, two-dimensional visual art.

5. I am pulling in a profit off my artwork but that doesn't mean anyone should ever listen to me.

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x-posted to my Wordpress account.