About Me:I'm a 25 year old fantasy illustrator from Denton Tx. I'm happily taken, and share my home with my soon-to-be husband David, my newborn daughter Morrigan, two cats (Gooey and Crowley), two rats (Bela and Morticia), and four happy little turtles (Gamera, Vincent, Gir, and Scuter). We are collectors of things - books of all kinds, music, movies, and video games. David is a musician and artist as well, and he plays guitar in a death metal band - Benevolence. We're mostly just a bunch of nerds, science fiction fans and con goers. I love Sci-Fi/Fantasy Conventions, and ran one while in college. Feel free to IM me on Y!IM My screen name is battlemaidenart
Music:Opeth, Apoptygma Berzerk, Amon Amarth, Behemoth, As I Lay Dying, Tristania, Draconian, Oingo Boingo, The Cure, Blue October, Counting Crows, Saviour Machine, Dragon Force, In Flames, Moonspell, Nile, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd, Radio Head, Rasputina, Type O Negative, Megadeth, Voltaire, Lordi, Theatre of Tragedy, Iced Earth, My Dying Bride, Sisters of Mercy, Unto Ashes, Soundgarden, Ozzy, Pelican - many more, that's just off the top of my head.
Movies:Boondock Saints, Night, Dawn, Day, and Land of the Dead, Dogma, The Crow, The Emperor's New Groove, The Devil's Rejects, Labyrinth, Lady in the Water, Unbreakable, LOTR, Rob Roy, Old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Willow, Tombstone, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
TV:NCIS, CSI: Miami, Dead Like Me, Lost, My Name is Earl, Heros, Smallville
Books:Lots. Marrion Zimmer Bradley's "Mists" series, Dragonlance Chronicles, anything by HP Lovecraft, Issac Asimov, Orson Scott Card, and of course EA Poe. Anything about Arturian Literature, especially the old English cycles before the French got involved. I love books of all kinds, and there's no way I could list them all here.
Likes:Reading, dancing at home with my man, cooking, painting, playing with my baby, going to concerts, Renaissance Faires, Sci Fi Conventions, board games
Dislikes:Consensus Scientists and their lack of scientific integrity, watching society crumble, mayonaise, cleaning house, having a dirty house, being away from my family, hot summer days
Hobbies:Painting, beading, writing
Vices:I'm addicted to my man :) I smoke a clove every once in awhile, and I usually have a beer at night with dinner... but I don't abuse either and I wouldn't consider myself a smoker.
Virtues:I'm a damn good mom, a good companion, and a faithful friend.
First off, I'm taking custom orders for paintings for the holidays at very low prices. All details can be found on my Myspace Blog.
And second - I have a new painting! Scorpio:
This painting has special significance for me, because I am a Scorpio! It is full of symbolism pertaining to the mysterious and sexy fixed water sign.
Scorpio is well recognized for her sexual prowess, here she is seen topless with a flirty and provocative look in her eyes. She holds a goblet of wine, because cups are symbolic of water in the Tarot. Her sparse clothing is the regal purple that is linked to this sign, clasped together with the Scorpio sign over the genitals, over which the sign rules. Around her neck is the symbol for Pluto and around her wrist is the symbol for Mars, the two ruling planets for Scorpio. Her other wrist bears an opal bracelet, one of the stones associated with this sign.
As a symbol for fixed water, as well as the vigor of Scorpio, I chose a river cutting through a forest, strong and willful. Behind this Scorpio maiden is a thick, dark forest, which stands in stark contrast to the welcoming woman. This is to show the deep and perilous barriers within each Scorpio, keeping outsiders at bay while showing them only what she wants them to see. Very few can make it through to see what lay within, and these fair Scorpio will punish with her vehement sting if they ever betray her trust.
She has a blue scorpion tattoo, and a golden eagle on her staff, both of which are Scorpio's symbolic animal. Most Scorpios show aspects of both of these animals, but generally lean on one end or the other. "Scorpions" are cunning and vengeful, quick to strike with their poisonous tongue. People don't want to cross a scorpion Scorpio. The eagle represents clear vision, intelligence, courage and power. This sight is both in social situations, as Scorpios can see things about people or situations other don't pay attention to, and mystical, as many regard Scorpio as the most magically inclined sign.
Hello everyone who happens to stumble across me here. I'm still trying to figure things out, but I think it's coming along pretty well so far.
I'm Valorie, a 25 year old (well, I will be in a week) fantasy illustrator. If you like my work, you can see more of it at my shop http://battlemaiden.etsy.com where I will be selling prints, stickers, bookmarks, and other goodies until I get my own website up a moving.
Please feel free to let me know what you think of my work. I do commission work as well, so if you're interested you may E-mail me an inquiry. battlemaidenart@yahoo.com
I've pretty much writen all I can think to introduce myself in my profile, so if you've got questions about me, my work, or anything else, I'll try my best to answer!
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