Dragon Speed Paint Part 2
Unlock with PatreonMy First YouTube Speed Painting Video! :)
Check out my new YouTube channel! It’s not got much on it at the moment, but straight up is my first Speed Painting video of the dragon painting I’m currently working on. Following this, as an exclusive to my Patrons, where I continue to work on the dragon. Feel free to share this video around and don’t forget to like and subscribe to my channel. 🙂
Re-Launch
As of today I am re-launching my Patreon page to encompass all of my art and not just one specific project. I’ve put my Flower Dragons project on hiatus, but will continue working on it as and when I can.
I have a ton of other cool projects and art designs that I really want to work on and moving to a monthly format that includes all of my art seemed like the right move for me.
I have set into place some new tiers in which you can either buy me a coffee (or tea, or hot chocolate) or buy me lunch.
I have a new first goal! I’ll include video diaries of what’s going on with me and with my work. A personal update, just for my patrons!
NOTE: If you are already a Patron, you’ll need to re-select a new membership tier as the old ones do not exist anymore. Sorry about that, but I hope you all received my private message from last night.
Dragon of the Grasses Quick Sketch
Good morning, here is a quick little head sketch for a possible Grass Guardian dragon. I love starting with just working out my dragons’ head crests first. I like the idea that you can already get a sense of the type of dragon, its environment, etc., from its head features. In the case of this idea, the dragon is more of a hunter among the grasses. As such, it has a bit more armoured/sharpened features kind of like many beetles would, and yet the top of its head/crest is more camouflaged and fluid-looking, like the grasses and leafy surroundings it lives in.
I intend to show more of these as Patron Only posts in the future.
Hope you enjoy. 🙂
Spring Fair 2019
The massive Spring Fair is running at time of writing and I was honoured to be invited by theworldof3D to attend their stand, sign products and meet their customers (traders).
Theworldof3D produce wonderful 3D lenticular products, such as bags, purses, wallets, etc., and aside from the products they already had with my art were launching several new ones at the Fair. This was a great chance for me to meet up with the lovely business owners, Carl and Adele, as well as the traders who buy in my products from across the UK and one couple from Spain.
While I was there, I was also invited to sign some products for competitions and promotions with another company who was also launching new glasses cases with my art, Something Different Wholesale. Again, this was a lovely opportunity to put faces to the names I had previously only contacted by email. Something Different Wholesale do a lovely array of giftware and are based just down the road from where I live. 🙂
I spent a lot of time chatting with the lovely Nia, their marketing manager, about their other lovely products. So watch this space!
Afterwards, I had a wander around some other wonderful company stands feeling inspired by the products out there and a few conversations. Watch this space for any future developments from them.
It was awesome getting to catch up with the rocking Anne Stokes for a quick chat between her many meetings before finally heading home. 🙂
DragonDaze 2018
My local gaming convention has been going for a few years now and is steadily growing, this year with 1,200 people attending. It has a healthy mix of games, guests, traders and cosplay as part of a family-friendly games convention and mini comic con in Newport (Wales).
I was there again with my trade stand and my array of products, both licensed and self-produced. I have been trading since the very first Dragondaze (not including it’s earlier incarnation about 30 years ago – I’m not that old!). It’s a quieter convention than some, but I enjoy it immensely, and the flow of interest at my stand remains fairly steady.
This year featured the debut of two new licensed products with my art on.
Bags, purses and wallets by The World of 3D and small canvases by Something Different.
I enjoyed the passing gallery of various cosplayers.
 Not sure who this is meant to be, but is little girl was Captain America and very proud of her daddy. |
 This is Iron Warrior (who you can find on Facebook as Iron Warrior Cosplay). |
 I founded “Hug An Alien” day, it would seem for the number of hugs this xenomorph received after. |
 A little far from 29 Acacia Road – Bananaman found time to admire my wares while not saving the day. |
 Vader thought he could sense much fear in me – but as I told him, to his fear, I trembled not with fear but with love. |
 This year I did not have red hair. Had I known I would meet Ciri and Yennefer from Witcher 3, I would have dyed it red again so I could be Triss. |
And speaking of Witcher 3:
The man behind the voice of Geralt!
Doug Cockle was a lovely man and we exchanged a cheeky back-and-forth (yes, I did geek out for a moment). He came round to my stand to have a chat before leaving. Squee! 😀
In total, Dragondaze raised £2,555 split between Sparkle, Barnardos and the Lions Charity Fund.