I'm selling originals! Lucky for most of us, they're often small. Here's how to get one:

Take a look at the biggest gallery over at deviantArt: metasilk.deviantart.com/gallery/ , tell me you like something, and make an offer. Direct email is best (kir@metasilk.com). If I've already listed it somewhere, we may have to go through them (say, if there's already a bid on it). Otherwise, let's talk (or email).

OR
Find a listing in my Etsy shop and buy it there. Here's the shop link: www.etsy.com/shop/StudioMetasilk

OR
Bid on an eBay listing. Here's my eBay list: www.ebay.com/sch/elksdotter/m.html?_nkw=... (I know, ugly URL. Oh well, it works! )

Commissions are possible too (of course). I might even be able to do something small before Christmas. Let's talk!

Not Far from Eldamar

Ink sketch of an Island (Micron pens on 60lb Caslon sketch paper).

Need more sky info...? There *could* be clouds of some sort... air currents hard to do in B&W like this? Ditto mist.... actually, I could lightly dot the background for mist... ( would be so proud of me if I did, no doubt!)

May print lightly on watercolor and tint that, which would clarify the sky. And be kind of nifty. This paper is probably too lightweight for tints unless I did colored pencil.

Hmm...

As always, your thoughts most very welcome!

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Later: I did a version with dotted mist. Click on it to see it larger.

Ink sketch of an Island (Micron pens on 60lb Caslon sketch paper).

[Edited dev & desc] Thinking it needed more sky info I bounced an idea off @ellenmillion and in consequence tried some dotted air mist...

May print lightly on watercolor and tint that, which would also clarify the sky. And be kind of nifty. This paper is probably too lightweight for tints unless I did colored pencil.

Hmm...

As always, your thoughts most very welcome!

I sketched out a bunch of ACEO ideas oh, far too long ago. Been working them out of the sketchbook onto cards. This one I threw onto gear too. Probably printing way too big, huh? I am so going to have to come up with a better image to wrap around the teapot, though; it might be my new favorite cafepress item.

     

By the way, there's a sale on for a day or so.

Another colored pencil on mat board, 6cm x 6cm.

Part of the once-hypothetical "Critters Lugging Stuff Around" series.

Possibly not quite done, now I see it larger onscreen after the scan. Something about the bottom of the suitcase and the contrast by the suitcase handle.

Hmm. Well, if I update this, I'll note so here. If I remember!

On stuff in my deviantArt prints so far. Maybe more later.

Working on a newsletter for Whimsical Dreams.  Sign up if you like at eepurl.com/djRx .

Haven't been posting much art, trying to change that. (What is posted is blogged about at metasilk.livejournal.com/tag/doodleworks and posted at metasilk.deviantart.com/gallery/ ) Hard to change because I'm so BUSY! Baby is 5 months old, kid is 5 years (!! already ?!?!), part-time job is 5 weeks old, and I'm probably 5-somethings behind on various work projects on the self-employment side. 

• January 10: Thanks to K in OH for choosing a Dragon Reader Magnet!

I also received my notecards from Zazzle. I like the print quality and the way I can put a logo and the picture title on the back.

The picture is noticeably more purple than the original; I think that's partly Zazzle (it was apparent on some other products I bought from them) and probably partly my scanner, which doesn't pick up blues so well, and there are a lot of blues in this: metasilk.deviantart.com/art/Snowstorm-AC... (this image is slightly more purple and black than the original). I'm tickled by how well the painting reproduced; the card is decidedly larger than the original!

By and large I like the prints from deviantArt, so I think I should buy a few cards from there for comparison.

www.schleich-s.com/en/playground/elfenwe...

Thought lots of y'all might enjoy a visit to Bayala...

... catching up slowly with a few reposts from my main blog, metasilk.livejournal.com/

Dec. 28th, 2009

• 15:34 I still might manage somehow to go see "Avatar" -- Na'vi is one reason why: languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1977
• 15:45 I'm very happy with the quality of the minipins and travel mugs from #CafePress: bit.ly/5ZdTWY
  and bit.ly/5nLYSk
• 23:04 Thanks to T out west for choosing a Dragon Reader magnet! www.cafepress.com/whimsicaldreams.180461728

Dec. 14th, 2009

• 17:58 R & M got our tree this afternoon. The smell of balsam is filling the house. Lovely!
• 21:40 Thanks, buyer in NY, for choosing the Parade print! www.cafepress.com/whimsicaldreams.27285886

Dec. 18th, 2009

• 00:39 Ordered 1 of my own cards from @Zazzle; curious what prints are like - www.zazzle.com/137380252727892820?rf=238248367253009980

Dec. 6th, 2009

• 05:54 Thanks to D in LA and E in MA for liking and buying Dragon Reader gear from www.cafepress.com/whimsicaldreams/3888037 ! #cafepress

Dec. 4th, 2009

• 08:02 One thing I like about @cafepress is that I can manage prices store-wide by product type. (Can't do this in my other outlets - yet?)
• 08:06 On thing I like about @zazzle is that they retweet their members' sales tweets.
• 08:07 One thing I like about @deviantArt is the artist's prices. And they don't put their logo on the backsides of cards ASFAIK.
• 08:10 New: "Unexpected" (aka "Dragon Tail") metasilk.deviantart.com/art/Unexpected-145668786
  Thanks, KH, for encouraging framed prints!
• 12:10 Bit frittery; researching referral-to-Art (eh) and building FB Pages. Kid is online (SciAm Frontiers then PBS Kids Island). Baby sleeping.
• 14:09 > Get coffee.
  IT'S IN MUG.
  > Go outside with kid and bike.
  DON'T FORGET BABY IN BJORN.
  
  Right.

Nov. 30th, 2009

• 22:22 Another Dragon Reader Journal sold! That sells best, but there are more blank books from Whimsical Dreams

I must have picked (guessed) the right tags for this one; it comes up in the CafePress marketplace searches, I think. Or perhaps it's because there's an affiliate store that lists it.

New art in Whimsical Dreams, plus holiday designs and a revised 2010 calendar. Enjoy!


Yuletide Dragon and Snow Fleas are also up.

Hope to get them up at my Zazzle shop and deviantArt prints in addition to the CafePress one... if anyone has preferences as to which outlet they like the most, I'd love some feedback.