This is also my first project on my new mac powerbook. My old G4 died some weeks ago. Unfortunately it wasn’t until after I bought the $2.5K OSX Lion that I found out that my photoshop disks were too old to be supported by the new computer. D: So this is being done all on Manga Studio- a program I am not yet particularly familiar with. This is also my first time attempting colour on it. It’ll likely take a very long time to shade, but hopefully I’ll have the finished product up in time for Halloween.

Photoshop… I miss you…. *tears*

Fawna and Flowerlark are having fun with a jack-o-latern- only it seems Flowerlark has gotten herself in trouble yet again.

EDIT: The finished piece is now in the gallery.

Some important info:
1- You may use the art as you please, that means that you can make website graphics, signatures, avatars, and prints for hanging on your wall or any other personal uses. You may NOT resell prints of it, claim it as your own work, etc.
2- My health is better, but not perfect. It may take me a while to draw your picture, so please be patient. You may gently nudge me on occasion.
3- Prices are not negotiable. You must pay for shipping, which is NOT included in the commission price. Shipping will vary depending on you’re location. Withint the US it should be around $1.70, give or take a little depending on your state. Commissions are shipped first class. If you live outside the US I’ll find out shipping prices for you.
4- I accept payment through Paypal. I will send you an invoice once your commission is complete, so PLEASE specify which e-mail is attached to your paypal account. I will also accept checks.
5- I will be sending you sketches and such through e-mail as I go for your approval. Please respond to them as promptly as possible.

WHAT YOU GET
If you order a plain sketch, you will receive the original sketch in the mail, plus a high-res scan of it through e-mail. If you order a coloured sketch, you will receive the original greyscale sketch in the mail plus a high-res image of it coloured through e-mail. I can also make CDs of your high-res scan/ coloured piece if you desire and send them along with the original sketch. Sketches will be done on 9×12 100lb smooth bristol.

Greyscale sketch of one figure Sample – $10
With a background – Sample 1 – Sample 2 – $15
Add an additional figure- $5 per extra figure

Coloured sketch with simple background – Sample – $25
Add an additional figure- $10 per extra figure

Coloured sketch with detailed background – Sample 1 – Sample 2 – $30
Add an additional figure- $10 per extra figure

So if you ordered a coloured sketch with a detailed background and two figures in it, your total would come to $40 + shipping.

Slots:
1- KatDrama
2- Daemonschile
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I am currently in a financial bind. My computer needs some upgrades and a new battery in order for it to keep functioning as long as I need it to. I need these commissions to pay for it. Please help out by buying a commission! You can also purchase prints. If there is a non-fanart piece of mine you want a print of that I’m not offering as a print already, please comment here with a link to the piece and I will make it into a print for you.Now that my health is a little better I am opening up sketch commissions. If you are interested in commissioning me, e-mail me at flowerlark AT gmail DOT com.

As you can see by the paint bottles in the background, he’s quite small; only 3 1/2 inches tall.
Super Sculpey, Black Sculpey, and acrylic paints. Time: ? Probably between 8 and 10 hours
Asian Elf Sculpture © Leah Colagiacomo 2010

I’ve been trying to get things together to eventually open up an Etsy shop. I riffled through many old nature photographs taken between 4-7 years ago to make prints of for sale. These are some of my favourites that I ran across, and ones that I thought were particularly poetic. ‘At My fingertips’ had its colours tweaked in Photoshop, but the other two remain unaltered. 2/3 of these will be available for sale once I open up shop. But if there are enough requests to see ‘At My Fingertips’ as a print, I’ll include it too.

EDIT- I totally forgot, tomorrow’s my birthday! Lv23!

I had this whole huge big long rant I was going to give about making this sculpture, and now I’ve completely forgotten it.

Grrr, the right foreleg got bent in the oven and it BOTHERS me to no end. I plan on selling this once I- A: Paint it, and B: find out how to ship these things without them breaking. But I think the bent leg drops it’s value by… a lot. I would have sold it at $100, but I’m probably going to price it at $75 or less. That’s not even minimum wage…

As far as shipping goes, I assume that my one sculpture sale, Hoofed Dragon, made it all the way to England okay because I never heard from my customer after the payment went through. I’m certain that if it arrived broken, I would have been informed right away. But Hoofed Dragon was much less fragile. Any sculptors out there have advice on packaging thin and fragile clay pieces?

Rawr.

He comes to life!

Edit- I added a progression series on making Fenrir. Also, I highly recommend books by Katherine Dewey for other aspiring sculptors. I use very similar methods as the ones she outlines in her books, seeing as I learned to sculpt by reading her animal book. She is, of course, also much better than I and far far more experienced.

Phew, I’m trying to get ready to open up shop on Etsy, and there’s so much to do! I’m listing it here so I don’t forget any of it.

• Scan and crop old photographs of flowers and butterflies (also touch up a few in Photoshop )
• Make 5×7 prints of said photographs
• Cut lots and lots of mattes, then use them for framing watercolours and photo prints
• Finish painting and sealing Fenrir
• take better photos of older sculptures
• Find out how to package sculptures so they don’t break in the mail
• Research prices and sizes of flat-rate shipping boxes and envelopes
• Get an Etsy account

There’s also something I want to sell on Indyplanet. AND if there are ANY of my original paintings or drawings (that means ones that aren’t fanart) that you would like to buy as a print on Indyplanet, please let me know and I’ll make it happen! Indyplanet has much cheaper print prices than DeviantART.

Fenrir is © Leah Colagiacomo 2010. Do not repost unless a link is provided to this page. I’m getting tired of finding art thieves and people posting my work to galleries/ blogs without giving a link back to me.

Half a year after moulding it, I FINALLY got around to painting her! A buffamoo from the game Rune Factory. The buffamoos are my favourite monsters. You can’t beat a cow that looks like it’s going to eat you. My cat actually broke this shortly after I took these photos, and I had to glue it back together. Luckily the paint hides most of the cracks.

I wouldn’t want to milk this one…

And yeah, my paint jobs suck. Acrylics hate me. I much prefer using watercolours, but they don’t bind well to the clay and flake off easily, even after being sprayed with fixative. Too bad you can’t paint these thing with oils…

EDIT: Got the background tutorial up!!

Hey look, I can do arts again! If pokémon counts as art. Which it most certainly doesn’t. But making these cute little guys is a good therapy for me, and a way to ease myself back into being creative. They’re simple, quick, and easy to make, which is what I need right now. Kudos points to anyone who can name all the pokémon pictured. They were made from super sculpey clay, then baked and painted in acrylics. The second picture gives you an idea of the scale. I have tiny hands, too. So these guys are pretty darn small.

EDIT: Look, Ma, I got the tutorials back online!!

I just received this amazing fanart of an Eryl wyvern from Arkani! Bask in it’s awesomeness and check out the rest of her gallery! And for some weird reason lightbox is shrinking images. X(

Also, apologies for all the broken links on the Eryl section and other site sections. I haven’t had the opportunity to fix them since the redesign, or to get the tutorials back up. But it shall (eventually) be done, just like my blog about how the surgery went.