daysleeping
"I see today with a newsprint fray
My night is colored headache gray
Daysleeper..."
~R.E.M.
All ideas and artwork are original and copyrighted to Ravenclaw42. Do not alter, steal, re-post or remote link to any image on this page without the artist's express permission.
You may contact me if you are interested in an art trade or commisioning a piece. I reserve the right to decline requests at my own discretion -- I usually don't have the time or inspiration to do them, but that doesn't mean you can't try an idea out on me anyway. I might be feeling creative that day. ^_^.
CAUTION: Any picture with an * next to it may contain material some people might find offensive. I use my own judgement about what's offensive or not, so if you feel that I've not given sufficient warning about an image, you can contact me about it. I'm perfectly willing to talk something out -- just no flames, please, I'm doing the best I can to build and run a well-labeled site by myself.
finished pieces
Dragon Tattoo • Hand drawn border and a modified scan of a temporary tattoo I got at the Railroad Festival in 2003.
Dragonflight • Just a dragon. Best dragon anatomy I've ever managed to draw, although it's still chock full of mistakes.
Fons Malorum • In Latin, literally "Source of Evils." This started as an idea for a Harry Potter fanfic, but it developed a life of its own during the drawing process. I still love that lettering.
No Rain • One of the oldest pieces of what I consider my real art. Colored long before I really understood how to use colored pencils. Based on the Blind Melon song "No Rain," my lifelong theme song. ^_^.
Numb* • A hanged angel... I was not in a good headspace when I drew this, needless to say. The song lyric background is "Numb" by U2.
Stretch • Random drawing of flexing my hand -- I only drew this as a warmup, so it's not that great. The shadows are screwy.
NEW! Honeysuckle Tithe • Mom's Mother's Day present for 2005. The Viggo Mortensen quote is entirely for her; I'm not a Mortensen fan. Done with mechanical pencil and Prismacolor colored pencils; photo refs used for birds. The wolf in the tree is an in-joke for Mom. Definitely my best piece of art to date.
sketches & concepts
Bad Day • I get the feeling that this angel had a bad day. Doodled out of boredom in Biology.
"How Many Angels..."* • ... can dance on the head of a pin? A really nifty idea I had, but the idea is far better than the artwork, unfortunately. I need to redraw this. Read it like a comic - left to right, top to bottom. Some artistic female nudity.
Half 'n Half (Color) • A little half-angel, half-demon doodle, colored out of boredom one night. Ain't she cute?
me, myself, & I
AI • My sci-fi/technology muse and the leader of all the other muses, AI.
Love & Peace! • A self-portrait drawn in the middle of the night. Note that I'm holding the sketchbook I was drawing in. ^_^. Heh...
Love & Peace! - Color • Same picture, computer-colored.