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Frances Gibbs

Welcome to the Wolf's den; my gallery!

A little about me:
I am 19 years of age, and live with my wonderful husband(and Elfwood Artist), Thomas Gibbs in Mesa, Arizona. Before moving here in June of '04, I lived most of my life in Perth, Australia. I would like to thank Elfwood for helping my husband and I to meet over three years ago - a meeting which quickly led to love, engagement, and finally marriage on October 18, 2003.



Interests:
Roleplaying, Animals (especially Wolves), Horse Riding, Art, Writing Music, Listening to Music, Reading, and more... Following is a few of those interests in more detail.

ART
Unfortunately, artistic inspiration of late has waxed and waned so sparodically and seemingly random that my artistic moments usually don't last long enough for me to actually finish the projects I begin during those times. Its effects are evident in the fact that there is very little new material on this page at the moment... Right now I am entering into another particularly artisticly creative phase, so I will see if I can allow it to last long enough to finally finish some of the things I've been meaning to for a while, now! :)  So for those who have been here before and happen to return, don't give up hope on me yet! :)

My art used to be mostly graphite or ink, but I have been moving more into computer generated and manipulated art. Regular visitors might notice that the content of this gallery is undergoing transformation into this area. My participation in a graphic design college briefly encouraged me to delve a little into watercolour, goauche, and other random forms of mixed media.
My inspiration can be found from a hugely varied source... I suppose I could be general about it and call it "life"... : ) Recently, more specifically, I have found inspiration for some of the creatures I have been drawing in a few books of animals I have. Also, lately, a book by the creator of NeonDragonArt.com on the drawing of dragons has been of some interest to me. I hope to widen my view on art, give up my idea of achieving instand perfection and let my art flow easier (and where it will). In order to complete anything that I have set a major standard and expectation of perfection for require from me a HUGE amount of patience and long-term inspiration, resources which - lately - have hardly been reliable.. 
For the most part my art remains largely animals or fantasy-based, but it varies.. Visit my website to see some of my art in a larger variety of genres. My apologies to all; I haven't actually finished a piece of artwork in quite some time, but I have a lot of pieces in the works and hopefully will be completed one day.. and soon!!!!!

Reccommended Artists:
Thomas J Gibbs - My soulmate, and a talented artist!
Right now I'm busy as heck but when I have some more time, I'll update my Reccomended Artists list and add a few more.. comment if you'd like to be added, and I'll see if you're worthy! lol.

MUSIC
I'm pretty open minded about things, including music; I enjoy a wide range including black metal, death metal, power metal, some other random types of metal bands I don't know how to classify, celtic, classical, occasionally a bit of new age, and some other types that elude me at the moment...
Some of my favorite bands and musical artists include Emperor, Arcturus, Enslaved, Dragonlore, Wintersun, Diabolical Masquerade, Dimmu Borgir, Sonata Arctica, Kotipelto, Stratovarius, Nevermore, Dissection, Atrocity, Leave's Eyes, Battlelore, Dargaard, Summoning, Lacuna Coil, Fear Factory, Dan Swano, Winds, the Kovenant, Mushroomhead, Therion, Faith no More, Mork Gryning, Naglfar, and of course, Kingdom of Dis. As we have about 350 cds in our collection, the list goes on! :P
Tom and I are currently working on music for our (currently-) duo band Shadowsong.  We are trying for a sound that could be described as a mixture of Arcturus, Summoning and old Amorphis elements with both clean female vocals and growling/black-metal style male vocals. I'm pretty excited about that.. :)

LITERATURE
I love to read and write - particularly fantasy. My indisputed favourite authors are Tad Williams (especially Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series), and Paulo Coelho (everything). If you'd like, visit my Wyverns Library to read a selection of my Fantasy Literature.


~ Frances Sylverwolffe Gibbs
'Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and one day it will return there.' - The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

Last Bio Update: October 25, 2005
Last Gallery Update/Addition: April 2004... Its been a while, but I foresee quite a few pieces being completed within the next month, so come back soon!


NEWEST TO THE GALLERY:

APRIL 2004:
Hunter and the Hunted 2: a story-book layout/illustration depicting the Roc's battle with the Serpent from the tale of Sinbad the Sailor
Bird of Prey: digitally coloured and created illustration of an otherworldly hawk after his kill has been made
Star: a beautiful portrait of an elven woman at dusk (drawing of woman by Thomas Gibbs, landscape and digital colouring by myself)

MARCH 2004:
Daughter of Destruction and
Casa, both drawings by Thomas Gibbs, digitally coloured by myself
The Hunter and The Hunted - watercolour, gouache, & conte (now updated with the storybook illustration)

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

The Starfire Evolution
Roc - new dramatic digitally coloured version!
Dogasus - new digitally coloured version
Frost-Wolf - pencil drawing, digitally coloured

Guestbook for Sylverwolffe

Date Name Comment   25 Sep 2004 Hannah Gritsch Loading... impressive art! I really like your style, it's different from others and that's a goood thing! Frances Gibbs replies: "Thanks a lot, I appreciate the comment! I'm glad you find my style somewhat unique.. I must be doing something right! lol " 28 Sep 2004 Lois Loading... Frances Darling, what a beautiful person you are in so many ways... must have something to do with the fact youre my sister love you always xo Frances Gibbs replies: "haha... Don't give yourself too much credit, Lois.. I have two other sisters just as wonderful as you and I! Aww, thanks, though.. And thanks for visiting and leaving a comment! love ya too, sis!" 29 Sep 2004 Pradeep Loading... I have just been looking at your paintings on your web site and I just wanted to say that I think they are absolutely beautiful. Keep up the great work! All the best, Pradeep.... Frances Gibbs replies: "Thanks very much, Pradeep! Its nice to hear from you! I appreciate your comment, and thanks for visiting my gallery! " 27 Dec 2004 Jason R. Hartsfield Loading... What ever happened to that drawing of the Dragon and the Mouse you were doing for me? I want it :outs:: Frances Gibbs replies: "Hmmm... Hey, another drawing to use my new-found inspiration and motivation on! Maybe I'll actually finish it.. (*gasp!*) By the way, long time no hear-from.. how have you been?" 14 Jan 2005 Sharlene Loading... Hi Frances, your art is stunning!! just checked out your site and have been browsing around for ages now... You surely are talented girl Was so nice to be at your wedding last yr and see you looking so happy & gorgeous. I hope you are enjoying life in America.. Best wishes to you both xx Frances Gibbs replies: "Hey Sharlene! This is an unexpected visit, thanks for stopping by and for the complement! I'm doing really great here.. I still miss Australia and everyone there a lot, but this is definitely my home now. Hope everything is going well for you also! Thanks again!" 11 Nov 2005 Thomas J. Gibbs Loading... Hello, Dear!! You are sitting behind me right now, reading when you COULD be commenting on my updates!!!! I see a bleak future for your RPG characters... HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!! *tries to look old and creepy just for old times sake* 5 Jan 2006 Jason R. Hartsfield Loading... It's been a tad over a year, so i figured i'd make it tradition to post on here to harass you for my drawing you promised... :-p 8 Jun 2006 Sarah <vs_bulldogs@hot...com> Loading... Like wow i love ur taste any way im doing a assignment cya gotta go now . 10 Feb 2008 Marek Loading... hej 24 Apr 2009 MT Starkey Loading... Cool pics. Page: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Frances Gibbs