ACEO

Olde Unicorn by vantid

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:50:19 -0000

A collaboration between Jennifer "Nambroth" Miller and myself. She freehanded the inks and I colored it in markers. To purchase this original, please see here: http://featherdust.critter.net/originals.html

Medium: Ink, Markers, Nambroth
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Royal Leopard by vantid

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:47:10 -0000

A collaboration between Jennifer "Nambroth" Miller and myself. I drew and inked the leopard and she colored it in markers. To purchase this original, please see here: http://featherdust.critter.net/originals.html This is my favorite of the batch.

Medium: Ink, marker, Nambroth
Tags: Spots leopard Jewel leopardess nambroth

Ice Stag by vantid

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:44:47 -0000

A collaboration between Jennifer "Nambroth" Miller and myself. I drew and inked the stag and she colored it in markers. To purchase this original, please see here: http://featherdust.critter.net/originals.html

Medium: Ink, Marker, Nambroth
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Hullo...? by vantid

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:03:34 -0000

I love the theme of benevolent interactions between animals, so I made another hummingbird with cat drawing. I really like the almost Rembrandt lighting to this piece, a result of me trying to make a foresty background and not liking it. The best thing to do? Make it darker!

Medium: Ink Marker Colored Pencil Whiskey
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Beacon by vantid

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:20:30 -0000

She sets the beacon, and she waits. Who will come?

Medium: Ink, Marker, Colored Pencil
Tags: wolf forest magic Lupus wolfess woods magick beacon calling

Star Mane by vantid

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:17:49 -0000

Stardust cascades from his mane and galaxies spiral on into eternity.

Medium: Marker, Colored Pencil, Ink
Tags: lion

The Night Kings by vantid

Thu, 17 May 2007 22:08:43 -0000

The dark raven and wolf of the night make chase the pale queens of the sun.

Medium: colored pencil, marker, pen
Tags: night wolves wolf Raven crow stars Lupus corvus Lupine kings

Organic III by vantid

Thu, 17 May 2007 22:06:27 -0000

The third of the corvid series of ACEOs, this time the corvid is an African Cape Crow, or Corvus Capensis.

Medium: colored pencil, ink, marker
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Fox Wings by vantid

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:49:10 -0000

A winged fox ACEO done in ink, marker, and colored pencil.

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Light of the Forest by vantid

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:48:33 -0000

Somewhere in a deep wood bathed in golden sunshine, a winged wolf takes the time to consider who and what you are. In a moment he will be gone, but the impression remains that he is the light of the forest. An ACEO done in ink, prismacolor marker and colored pencils with sme gold paint pen accents.

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London Calling by vantid

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:43:48 -0000

A small scan of an earlier ACEO.

Medium: Colored pencils, marker, ink
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Ummm...? by vantid

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:41:26 -0000

My first ACEO (Artist Cards, Editions and Originals) that I completed. A Sappho Comet hummingbird has been attracted by the floral wreathe around this cat's neck, who is kinda "Ummm....ok!". This was fun to do, frustrating because I was experimenting, yet the fun outwieghed the ARGH. There are a lot of mistakes, I didn't use reference for the cat (unless Tigerlilly happened to be walking by) and only looked at a Sappho comet photo to make sure I got the color gradiations somewhat similar to the real thing. I learned from this! I love hummingbirds, and Sappho Comets, or Red Tailed Comets as they are commonly referred to these days, are among my favorites. These are the birds Enya refers to in her song "China Roses." Hummers are so bold and confident, it's really a joy when they come down to say hi...where's my sugar water human! Hee. The thought of a friendly cat being visited by a hungry hummer was too cute an idea to pass up.

Medium: Colored pencils, marker, ink
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The Night Watch by vantid

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:23:51 -0000

"The Night Watch" depicts a winged white lion lit by the stars and the milky way. There are jewels worked into his mane and beautiful blue jewels set into his face to match his wise, knowing eyes. Stars bloom in the sky behind him. He watches you for a moment before he will ghost away in the starlight. ACEO, Mostly Marker with some colored pencil and ink, blue interference paint that doesn't show up at all in the scan. and glitter pens. Shiney!

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Organic II by vantid

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:22:38 -0000

The second in the crovid ACEO series. This time there is a jackdaw holding a real green gem in its mouth.

Medium: Colored Pencil over Marker, Paint, Ink
Tags: jackdaw

These Woods Are Lovely... by vantid

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:59:16 -0000

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. ~Robert Frost An ACEO inspired by the last bit of that famous poem.

Medium: Colored Pencil over Marker, Paint, Ink
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Organic by vantid

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:58:24 -0000

Ravens are so amazingly cool and wonderful and beautiful and I sure didn't draw this one well. He holds a green glass orb swirling with its own life and symbolism. Ravens like shiny things so away he goes. Is he stealing the life as the hard cold technology rises around him? Will he transplant the life somewhere else? Is he punishing us humans and taking off and leaving us devoid of the only company we have on this planet: the other animals we share our world with? Or did the artist just want to draw something shiny? Your choice, you write the story in your own mind, keep it, share it, whatever you like. That's what art is for, making people who view it think and wonder and imagine. That IS inspiration and the most important thing in art for me.

Medium: Colored Pencil over Marker, Paint, Ink
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Afternoon Visit by vantid

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:57:05 -0000

A winged tabby has dropped by to say hello to his koifriend (ahaha). The sun is throwing afternoon shadows through the garden in the background onto the white patio. Wonder what they're talking about... For you koi pond owners, you may think it's odd having a pool edge like that. My parents converted their swimming pool into a gigantic koi pond, so the edging depicted here is what I grew used to seeing. It really is quite beautiful and magical by a koi pond. :3 I was really trying with lighting here, buuuut...failed? It was supposed to be midday, but then I chose the wrong color for the patio and then BOOM it looked like afternoon. SIGH. Oh well!

Medium: Colored Pencil over Marker, paint
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Wayward Lights by vantid

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:46:20 -0000

The shifting unpredictable lights of a far away pole reveals, only for a moment, a phantom glimpse of a winged wolf, slightly windswept in the flat, barren landscape. The ever moving lights will change again, and, like ethereal brevity of the northern lights, this creature will disappear in a veil of darkness played upon light.

Medium: Ink and Marker
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Cosmic Pause by vantid

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:45:08 -0000

Many times, when drawing, the piece will take over and direct itself. This was just a profile of a wolf. Then, it became a piece of solitude. And last, it became an ethereal entity, a wolf god, taking a moment to think, wonder, or pause before moving on to bigger and better things than stardust. I didn't know that this would happen! It just did! Yet another wonderful thing about art. It's a chaos that seems like nothing until the final product emerges, and all the different facets of the evolution from the chaos can be seen. Or, at least, from the artist's view, and maybe to the viewer as well. It makes a piece seem more layered. Speaking of layers, this was done in ink, marker, colored pencil, and some paint for accents on Mohawk paper and measures 3.5 by 2.5 inches

Medium: Colored Pencil over Marker, paint
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Aurora Phoenix by vantid

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:11:00 -0000

This is the Aurora Phoenix, she of the Sky Fire. She dances in the shell of the sky and auroras shear away from her feathers, arcing into the sky to curtain and wave above the the horizon. This is an ACEO, 2.5 by 3.5 inches, done with Prismacolor markers and pencils, microns, some interference paint, and some glitter pen.

Medium: Colored Pencil over Marker, paint
Tags: feather bird bird Raven crow Phoenix wings wings wings wing fantasy of Aurora nebula glory glorious grackle paradise raggiana starling myna drawing how to draw