I have nothing new to say. All has already been said... And yet I still exist... I still would bring forth utterences though futile and functionless for only the thought that someone might recognize them and connect. Subtle is the drive of whim. You may not place the chains of logic nor the glare of bright reason and overtake what is human of us. Our mood, our chaos... Irrationality has born dreams and treasures far greater than cold conformity. And so I breathe another breath of brick brack ashen shreds of torn numbers and text. To make sense of what does not make sense. To re-think, re-speak, reiterate what has all already been said. To gleam hope and heart and spirit into the cloudy mist of swimming uncertainty. My mind and yours. Denied or otherwise. I have always been an artist... shapes fascinate me for some reason... I have always been a book-person as people so kindly point out to me... I like words, just like lines they are like a puzzle... They can fit together beautifully if only you can discover thier patterns, thier secrets, their programs. Words and shapes are how we define our world, how we understand it. When we look at another persons art we are looking at the world through their eyes. Seeing the things that they see, understanding what the artist appreciates. Art is a perspective. Art is relative. Art defines an individual but never a whole... I'm not really sure where my inspiration comes from. I often look at my surroundings and see things that I think could be improved upon. Art *is* fantasy for me. When I draw I am putting together a puzzle in my mind, I am making sense of the world and of beauty. I am drawing dreams, imagination, thought. I am playing God...
Superficial Info: Birthdate: (August)1983 Location: San Diego, California (USA) Occupation: College student
FAQ: Can I use your Characters on my webpage, Lj icon, avatar, roleplaying character?: Yes and no: So long as you do not remove my copywrite notice, or if you crop the image include a copywrite notice and a link back to my elfwood page in the case of a webpage posting please email me with the url so I can keep track of all my loose images. Of course do not claim the work as your own, and do not alter or redistribute. Commercial use is also strictly prohibited. What media do you use?: Mechanical pencil, Micron and Copic fine tipped pens, Prisma colored pencils, Prisma Markers and Tria Markers Do you have any tutorials?: Not yet, if more people express interest though I might consider making one. Do you do requests?: Not usually, if you request a concept that is down my alley, or that sounds interesting to me I might draw it. Do you do Art trades?: Yes, I might say no if I'm particularly busy though, or if I'm feeling lazy :) Do you do Commissions?: Yes, email me for prices, which vary according to the size and difficulty of the project.
Update 9-15-06: Not frequenting elfwood as much as I once did, I still stop by here when I remember that it still here, this was my first online art community and my first exposure to the online art world so it will always hold a special place in my heart. I appreciate any comments and feedback, I always try to respond to any questions etc. For more up to date info be sure to check me out at http://darksavvy.deviantart.com
Yay someone else who uses markers, your amazing and so talented please keep up this outstanding work. i love the ways you use colour, light,shade and the poses. 1000/1000. all the best for the future, may your imagination never tire and your write be strong, Happy drawing (ps im intrested in tutorials).
Your Chinese dragon is pretty awesome. We see way to few Chinese dragons, hehe. Your picture with the sword is an excellent pose for a drawing. Try it Jennifer Alice Peters replies: "Grayscale will always be my strong suit I think, though I'll continue to blindly fumble around with colors, since people seem to like colored stuff a great deal more.It's true though we don't see too many chinese dragons around, at least not done in much detail. I figured I've been drawing dragons for so long I owed it to the dragon kingdom to do a dragon of another sort. They really are quite fun to draw, the excessively long body provides for intersting poses. I'd love to see you draw one yourself.As for drawing that picture, I still feel horribly inept at drawing humans, but hey at least I have a reference, so maybe I'll try it, I certainly could use the practice.Thanks for stopping by, I always love getting comments from a great artist like yourself ^^"
30 Oct 2006
Watchful Badger
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What comes to mind when I see your creatures, in all their little captured pieces, is "spirits". Animal totems, watchful entities, im not sure what kind of name I could pin on that would be accurate, but even in their strongly defined and strongly colored frames, that is what I see. Spirits, totems, watchers, avatars.
Its an odd thing, to have so many pieces of work make me think that. I visited here ages ago. I thought the same then. Your work is pleasing to the eye and almost hauntingly familiar. Oh dear. "Familiar". Now there was an unintentional pun I could have missed. Hah.
Your art has more meaning to me than more than just simple pictures. They give themselves depth, even if you never intended them to go deeper than the paper. Well done! Jennifer Alice Peters replies: "This is interesting, only just a day or two ago I made a post on Deviant Art about animal totems, in a completely different context though. I'm quite happy that my work strikes you so. There are certainly many meanings to each and every piece, any strong emotion or event is of great inspiration to me, but there are great many subjects that seem to call out from the paper, I only oblige by drawing the image that's already shown itself, whether it be in the woodgrain of a desk, or the folds of a rug on the floor. These images always seem come out the strongest. Much more so than drawings forced through reference pictures or request. Maybe there is something more to that, maybe not. But your comment certainly has me wondering. Thank you for stopping by to share your thoughts."
11 Mar 2007
Dragonfriend
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i love the way you draw your dragons! all the detail and the poses you put them in and the way you draw thier wings! AMAZING!! i wish i could draw as good as you!!
21 Apr 2007
Lara
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I had you in my favorites a couple years back, then somehow lost you. Persistence paid off though, because I finally found you again. All I remembered was your first name. You are soooooo talented, I love your art!!
You have a nice gallery here, interesting work, I feel the need to come back later and see if you do an update I like your style, the expressions of the faces in the pictures (um... yeh, there are some that haven't got face, but I like those, too) Can you stop by my gallery to leave some useful comments?
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