Well it's November time to start prepping for the Holiday season. Theirs Thanksgiving in a couple of weeks, shopping, Christmas, New Years all to get ready for while I'm still trying to put together my portfolio, my website, my zombie art book, commissions, a couple of side projects. Things just seem to be rolling out of control right now. All and all I sold quite a few zombie portraits last month, mostly through ebay, so that's good. Another commission sale sometime in December most likely.

Welcome to the Ophelia Project


What is it?
The Ophelia Project is going to be a sort of living, on-going art jam featuring my Vampy OC Ophelia.


Who is she?
Ophelia is a character i originally created for a vampire themed graphic novel (see her bio here).


Why should I participate?
Your art will be featured in the journal entry and until June 31st (and occasionally when i feel like running more contests for the project) I will choose the top 3 submissions and do a full color commission for the contributor. Also I plan to feature the best ones in my studio on a wall I have dedicated to Ophelia work and creating a page in my online portfolio for it. At some point depending on the turn out I may possibly create an art book as well which would mean more exposure for everyone involved.


When will this be?
Started as soon as I posted this journal and will go on indefinitely (or until i decide to end the project)


How do I enter?
Create your piece, post it to your gallery and send me a note with a link to it so i can feature it.


Other things to keep in mind about the project:

PG-13 or I can't display them, sorry, social stigmas.
You can commission the work if you want to participate but are not an artist (you can still win, notice i said contributor above).
Post this Journal or a link to it in your Journal to help spread the word about the project.
No literature. Sorry but I don't really want to take stacks stories to my studio wall.
Please make sure you give credit. A link to my gallery in the description, if you commissioned it you should link to the artist as well.
Photography and Photo Manipulations are welcome, again, just make sure you give the proper credit.
If you have any questions please note me.


Commissioned Work
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Collaborative Work
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Non Commissioned Work


My Work

Zombie Portraits
Alright so I'm opening zombie portrait commissions this month. Unlimited black and white  for $19.95 printed on 8.5" x 11" card stock and 10 colored ones for $79.95. The colored ones are painted with acrylic paint on 8.5" x 11" cold pressed illustration board. Prices don't include shipping and handling. If you didn't want one of yourself or a friend I would be willing to do character work as well. I'm putting together an artbook of zombie illustrations as well and there is a chance that a few of you (as zombies of course) could make an appearance.

1st B & W Zombie Portrait auction on ebay was a success so I am doing another. If you wanted one of these this will be your last chance to get one via auction for awhile. Don't miss your chance, this is the last one! last one, 1 hrs left, $5.50, don't miss it! check it out!

BC awareness special
October is breast cancer awareness month and I'm getting my Intous 4 this week so I'm going to also offer 10 digital commission slots for female character busts, black and white $10 per character, color $20 per character and i'm going to donate 1/2 the proceeds for these to BC awareness and research.

Keep an eye out for other Halloween specials this month as well.

For those of you waiting on previous commission work, I have more sketch shots but didn't have a chance to scan them for approval but they'll be getting emailed and shipped out soon. As far as digital goes, i'm replacing my tablet this week so I can get back to work on them. Thanks for your patience. - update: tablet not replaced but repaired for now, will be restarting digital work this weekend.

Zombie Portraits
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BC Commissions
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COMMISSIONS ON HOLD

So I have to put an indefinite hold on all non-sketch commissions! My dog thought it would be hilarious today to walk under the table and bite my wacom tablet cord in twain. He's old and crazy so things like this happen. Anyway I will be finishing sketchshots but any black and white or colored work has to wait until I can get my hands on a new tablet. Sorry for the inconvenience.

So $5 dollar sketch shots sold well, thanks guys. I also sold the last of the 1st batch of 50% off commissions yesterday. I will open a 2nd batch in a couple of days after I get caught up a bit and even though $5 sketch shots are over, $10 sketch shots remain open.

WOW! The 1st 10 slots sold out super fast so i'm opening 10 more! Snatch 'em up they're going quick!

Hey! I'm offering $5 sketch shots from now til friday the 13th 2AM EST. I need some work to take up to the lake with me while i'm on vacation and these are perfect. The best part for you is there only $5! There is a limited number of these $5 slots available though so snatch them up while they're extra cheap. Any Character you want, examples below. Don't Miss your chance!

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- July 4th - September 31st
- I'm going to be offering $10 sketch shots the whole time. They will be done with pencil on 5" x 8" card stock and you will get the actual art work shipped to you. They are quick single character portaits like these.



- Secondly I will be offering 10 50% off slots based on my normal commission rates. Once those 10 sell off 10 more will open and so on. No you can't combine these with the sketch shots.
- There may be a couple of other special offers to through out the sale so keep an eye on my journal.

Thanks everybody, here's to what's sure to be another great summer blast.

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Alright so now that I'm a premium member i'm going to try to start hosting some community activities. As my last journal stated i've started the on going jam The Ophelia Project but i also want start hosting art jams and featuring the work in my journal. All this to help raise awareness and exposure for artist as well as creating an influx of new art on various subject matters.

So May 4th was Star Wars appreciation day I figured good subject matter for my 1st Jam / Feature. So Make Star Wars art, I'll be making some too; I'll post it here also if you have Star Wars art you would like featured send it to me in a note and i'll feature the best ones here.

May The Force Be With You













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So last week we lost great epic fantasy artist Frank Frazetta and today I just found out that Ronnie James Dio, a rocker whose lyrics painted just as epic scenes has died. I hope this trend doesn't pic up like celebrity deaths did last summer or there will be no epicness left in the world.

God Speed Guys!

Also lost a cousin Saturday. An unexpected and untimely passing. I didn't know her that well. Hopefully she's found some piece now.

So i finally took the plunge and upgraded my account. I am overwhelmed by all of the cool stuff i can do now like posting thumbnails in my journal, hosting polls, and adding countless little knickknacks and oddities to my page. I thought to celebrate i might host an art jam if there's any interest in it, I'll have to check the poll results.

I'm getting back to the grind stone on commissions as Summer Blast is right around the corner and I want to clear my back log, also i have almost gotten all my work done for the show so i have more time available. Keep an eye out for work.

I have been brought in on a project to help get a web comic site up and running. More news on that as it goes along but Ophelia has found a new job in helping to promote the site. I'm also in charge of graphics, banners, logos, promotional materials, and have some input on the design of the site. We are going to be looking for writers, artists, inkers and colorists, to act as beta testers soon so note me if your interested in that.

My Imagine FX subscription ran out this month...that makes me a sad panda.

Guess I'll try out journal skins now though and that should turn my frown upside down.