Wonderfest Weekend!

Well, tomorrow I'll be hitting the road for Kentucky to attend Wonderfest 2013! Should be a lot of fun. I did the art for the Kid/Crew shirts again this year and it was decided that we would do kid versions of Harryhausen characters. As the design was being finalized, we all learned of Ray Harryhausen's passing, and the shirt has now become a tribute. This is not what the shirts will look like, I just wanted to put the art on a textured background to see how it would look. The shirts will be light blue, if I'm not mistaken. I will TRY to get some photos up when I return.

If you're on Instagram, you can follow me, belledee. I will probably be posting photos of my Wonderfest trip.

Hope to see some of you there!!

Getting Ready to GeekOut!

As I mentioned in a previous post, I'll be appearing at GeekOut this weekend. And when I say appearing, I mean I'll be at a table in Artist's Alley. Should be loads of fun, so if you're in the area, come check it out!!
Go to GeekOut's website for more information and scheduling.

Cut Paper Artist

As I mentioned last week, ZaPow had a group show opening on Friday, April 5. The show is 'Space and Time Trifecta' art inspired by Doctor Who, Star Wars & Star Trek. I did three pieces: One Doctor Who & two Star Trek pieces. I was very thrilled to learn that all of them have sold!

I forgot to scan or take photos before I took them down to the gallery, so I had to get some pics at the show opening. I also wanted to mention that while I was working on these, I was watching 'Star Trek' the animated series on repeat. And I loved it!

And earlier in the year, I was in Gallery 1988's 'Young Adult' show (here's the flyer)

I did this Nancy Drew piece that also sold opening weekend.

I'm very encouraged by the positive response to my cut paper work, and I'd really like to expand and do more. Especially with some of my Halloween art. 

Master Ladies of the Universe and other news

As I've mentioned a time or two before, I'm a Rogue artist over at the super cool website Planet Pulp. It's an online group art show, with a different pop culture theme each month. It's been awhile since I've contributed, and I couldn't pass March's 'Masters of the Universe' theme up. (I am disappointed in myself for not getting something in for February's Hanna Barbara show, there were so many things I wanted to do). So here is my versions of Teela & Evil Lyn from 'Masters of the Universe'.

And speaking of group art shows, there is one coming up at gallery ZaPow this Friday night! The show is 'Space and Time Trifecta' with art inspired by Doctor Who, Star Wars & Star Trek. I have 3 (omg THREE!!) cut paper pieces in this show. One Doctor Who, two Star Trek. And from what I understand, the Doctor Who & one of the Star Trek pieces sold earlier in the week! But the pieces will be on display for the show opening on Friday. And it's a good thing too, because guess who didn't take any photos of the pieces once they were done? That would be me. Way to go, me! I'll post photos when I'm able to get some.

So here's all the official info for the show: Friday, April 5, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm at ZaPow! 21 Battery Park, Suite 101 Asheville, NC
And the flyer:

Uh, here's some other things I've been putting off mentioning. The Rondo Awards are currently accepting votes, but voting ends on April 7, 2013 at midnight. So I'll have to do my voting sometime soon.
Also, in the month of May, I will be appearing at TWO cons!! First I will be at GeekOut on Saturday, May 4 in Asheville, NC. Then I will be at WonderFest again this year on May 18-19 in Louisville, KY.
So much to do in such a short period of time. More stuff from me soon.

Phantom of the Opera

This Chaney Phantom piece is one I've been tinkering around with. There are things I like about it and things I don't, but decided that I needed to wrap it up before I became utterly sick of the sight of it.
So I'm sharing it here and moving on.... Hopefully Nosferatu is not too far behind.

Count Mora & Luna

I've had this piece done for a few weeks, I've just been sitting on it. I'm working on a bunch of different things right now, so I thought I would go ahead and post it before it got lost in the shuffle.

These are 'vampires' are Count Mora & Luna from 1935's 'Mark of the Vampire'. An enjoyable little film, although I'm not really crazy about the turn towards the end (don't want to give anything away if you haven't seen it, if you have seen it, you probably know what I'm talking about.)

This is another piece sort of done in my 'Monsters & Mates' style, but I decided to give it a moodier background than just the solid color. There will be more of these, I've got some sketches I'm really excited to get working on. So look for those to be posted some time in the next month or so.

Phibes & Vulnavia

After at least two to three years of plotting & planning, I FINALLY did a finished Dr. Phibes piece. I had the idea sketched out for awhile but hadn't done anything with it. A year or two went by. Last year Little Shoppe of Horrors was putting together a Phibes isssue, and I thought that I would take that opportunity to do a finished piece. However, due to space limitations in the magazine, I decided to drop out of that issue. It's probably for the best, because I don't think it would have turned out as well as this one did. I was having some problems trying to figure out how to make certain elements work, and it just recently fell into place for me.
I'm also in a mad scramble, as I have soooo much I need to do, and it seems like it's all jammed into the next three months. More new art to come!