moonvoice (ravenari)

I pressed 'random' (like I so often do for icons) and got a wolverine first try. Noice.

This wasn't done for any particular reason except I wanted to do something with mythical flowers and I like wolverines. Sometimes those are my favourite pieces of art though. The scan does it absolutely no justice, though at least the colour matching is close. In person, the blue is dense and multi-layered and even velvety in its darkest places. The interplay of opal tones on the flowers is softer and more delicate, sweeter and gentler.

Also the moon is ridiculously iridescent because it turns out I had a white iridescent acrylic paint and I just went to town. This one is available for sale, but it will also go on my altar for a time, because it has a lovely energy.


Flower Wolverine || Etsy



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The violet series!

Now that radiotherapy on the head/neck is over,
I am slowly rejoining the land of the living again.

Though boy it will be nice when I get my full sense of taste back.


Violet Series - 01. Fox // $45 USD at Etsy



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Violet Series - 02. Cassowary // $45 USD at Etsy



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Violet Series - 03. Emu // $50 at Etsy



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I did a poll,
over at Facebook and Etsy,
whether people wanted me to work more on this series
or the totem series,
and overwhelmingly people voted for this series.

So here's some more! :D


Green Series - 01. Fox // $50 at Etsy



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Green Series - 02. Rooster



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Green Series - 03. 28 Parrot // $45 at Etsy



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I actually think I'm going to do more of this series,
in other colours.

They're fun to do.

Also: watercolour pencil / pencil / ink / illustration board.
And some gold and white acrylic.


04 Collared Aracari (Toucan) // $50 USD @ Etsy



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05 Sable Antelope // $45 USD @ Etsy



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06 Bohor Reedbuck // $45 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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FINAL




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I butchered my own HTML tags, whoops!
Okay the rest of the series.
I had been thinking that it had been far too long,
since I'd drawn a lion.
A friend requested the giraffe.
The tiger just muscled her way in.

All sold.



04 - Tiger




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05 - Lion




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06 - Giraffe




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I've been really digging the natural history illustration 'with a twist' lately
but then I also drew some very smol dragons
(that have already sold. So glad they have homes!)

I'm not sure the technical art will ever sell,
but it doesn't really matter.
I enjoy sharing it here with you folks anyway. :)


Inner Flame Dragon (sold)



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The Dark Deep Water Dragon (sold)



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Bee Scarab (Trichius fasciatus) // Original available at Etsy



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Opah / Moonfish (Lampris guttatus) // Original available at Etsy



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So on a whim, during Inktober 2016, I decided to take on some fish. They're an unfamiliar subject matter for me (I think I've done like...maybe 2 or 3 bony fish as totems? Maybe?)

Illustrated in ink on illustration board, and coloured in watercolours, which are a medium I've been trying out a bit lately and am still getting the hang of.

Anyway:


Gillaroo (Trout) - Salmo stomachicus // Available at Etsy



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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.





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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)




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