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Marie E. Beck

So, I'm 25 and have finally made up my mind that art is the only place I wanna be and I plan on going back to school to fulfill that dream.  For now though, I'm stuck working in an office and doing art on the side. 2  Christmas's ago though I actually started making money off of crafts, which is just tickling me to death!  I made Charlie Brown and Snoopy  lawn ornaments to go in my front yard next to my "charlie brown tree" (my sorry little tree that I planted and decorated like the christmas tree in the charlie brown special) and I thought they turned out cute so I showed a few friends here at work and suddenly I was being swamped with orders!  Now, I'm still taking commisions for decorative signs and such.  It's so much fun, plus I get to use my power tools, which is always fun. 

I mostly work with pencil, and finally got a real good Prisma Color set at Christmas and am starting to get better with those.  I like painting but it's so darned expensive (at least to my wallet) to do just for a hobbie, so I generally stick to my pencils.  I also recently got a Wacom tablet and Painter X but I'm having a hard time figuring it out, and need to buy a book.  If anyone knows of a good place to learn more about it please let me know!!!

Other than art, I dig WoW and most recently D&D... I never realized there was a dweeb deep down inside me dying to break free!  lol  But I'm a happy little dweeb in a happy, corny marriage with my dweeby husband.    We are also big time into guns, my husband bought me a 1944 turkish Mauser for my Christmas present a couple years ago... and yes I was VERY excited.

Anyway, I hope you like what I have to offer.  Please leave comments, comments make my day.  Constructive critisism is always welcomed, meaness, however, is not appreciated, as mean people really do suck. 

Enjoy!

Namaarie, Marie

P.S.  if you want to know anything more about me, just check out my myspace page (link is up there *points to homepage link*).  

Guestbook for Murbeck

Date Name Comment   20 May 2004 Rachel Hill Loading... Hey nice work. I love the colors you use they really bring the drawings to life. I should take a hint and start using them myself. Good stuff! 20 May 2004 Krista L. Cagg Loading... Hi! Thanks for writing in my comments...I FINALLY found some time to have a look through the galleries of people who stopped by mine. (I'm a bad drow. ) Anyway...I love the ideas you have as well as your composition! Keep up on your art, use friends as models, you will definately see your efforts in your art! I'm glad your husband made it home safe! 28 May 2004 Vanessa M. Heart Loading... Great gallery! I love your art work! Marie E. Beck replies: "thanx so much!!!" 8 Jun 2004 Kristen Freund Loading... Hey there! Just stopped by to see if you've updated...you're just as bad as me! Actually, I have a few drawings half done...it seems I've caught the writing bug. You can find me on fanfiction.net if you have time. My pen name is Kris Freund. You hurry up and update, and I'll do the same! Have a great summer! Marie E. Beck replies: "Yes, I have a couple of things to load up here but I am in Florida right now for all of June and don't really have access to a scanner too easliy right now. So I'll update hopefully before too long. I haven't had much time to draw either down here. I will check out you're fan fiction later on for sure!! Great hearing from you, let me know when you update!" 14 Jun 2004 Hope L Kodman Loading... Nice gallery you have here--your concepts and ideas are great, some really fun stuff coming out of them. And I can see a lot of improvement from piece to piece, too--all in all, lovely work . Marie E. Beck replies: "Thanx so much for all of your kind comments, they are much appreciated!~Namarie, Marie" 20 Aug 2004 Bill Ross Loading... Great Artwork! I am officially a big fan! I love your composition and the way you bring your pics together! I went through the whole gallery, and if I had the time, would have left great comments on each one. You have an awesome style, keep it up! I can’t wait to see more! Marie E. Beck replies: "Wow, thank you so much, that is the nicest comment any one has ever given me! I very much appreciate it." 25 Aug 2004 Susanna Korppi Loading... Woooow, you've been busy! ^_^ Nice pictures. Perhaps you should do more colouring though...? I mean, you seem to be quite good in it and all... Umm. Yeah, well, sweet. ´^_^` Marie E. Beck replies: "Well thanks! I am really trying to further myself in coloring, most of the uncolored stuff is either older, or I was just too afraid to ruin them. My problem is not going back to my "unfinished" pieces to color them in like I originally plan." 14 Oct 2007 Eva W. Houten Loading... Hi! I really like your artwork! It is very good! I came in your gallery by a tour Do you want to visit my gallery also? Marie E. Beck replies: "thanks!! Of course I'll check out your gallery =)" 6 Mar 2008 Anon. Loading... Would love to have you join in a swap or two on Mail Art International. I really like your work! Here’s the site link if interested: http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/default.asp We trade things like artist trading cards, matchbox fills, journal pages and I know some of the members do enchanted trades. Nice work! 9 Mar 2009 Vanessa Loading... Wow Marie you are very talented. Your art is whimsical and it inspires me to try and start drawing again. (used to draw in high school- a looong time ago) While your color work is wonderful, your scetching in pencil moves me, that’s my kind of art. Your becoming my newest artistic hero! Page: [1] 2 3 4

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