It's been an unusually hot spring. We had a few weeks of snowmelt and temperatures rising to 10C or so, and then a heat wave hit 30C and it's been summer since ( Read more... )

It's from a copyrighted reference photo, so I can't actually use it for anything, but I couldn't resist painting this one ( Read more... )

There was never any question. The Magician has to be Gillian. The first person Fiona meets in Water Song, he's a merchant in the sea market who offers her uncommon kindness and shelter in his mysterious enchanted tent.

I've been revisiting the first chapter of Song of the Sons, since I've been exchanging it for feedback on a wonderful writing ( Read more... )

Before I went into the writing Monastery for my revision course, I'd started revising the sparring scene between Fiona and Tarks in Water Song 1, based on all the new info from conversations and Ren Faire reference. I sketched it out and couldn't resist developing the sketch further than I'd planned.


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Catching up on art.

This is the one I'm most proud of that I did over the holidays. A study from Mammoth Cave.


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wyld_dandelyon is doing Dreaming and creativity-friendly tarot readings for the new year.

Anyone can ask for a single card draw. Tips of US $2 or more let you get a clarifying card. She's also doing five-card readings with whatever focus you like for US $25.

You can ask for a card for yourself or for someone in a game, or a protagonist or villain in a story. You ( Read more... )

The World is the 21st and last trump card in the traditional tarot deck.

Sha singing the water's return.


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A prison made of stone and colour.

In the traditional Rider-Waite, a hand comes out of the clouds, offering a fourth cup to a person who has found no succour in the three they have. Here, the hand is made of cristal, and anything it might offer is laced with corruption. Nor is there escape to be found in water that's iced over.

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The card of treachery and betrayal.


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Lots more flower pics.

(Can you spot the other visitors? :D )

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