Artist check in here!

[Longgrain]

Let me be the first to welcome every one to the DU artist group.

I hope to get some of my own work up soon and am looking forward to seeing everyone else's.

An thank you to all who helped make this group happen, I've seen a lot of talent so far, so let's get going:thumbsup:!

I've got to go spread the wood now, and once again, thank you everyone.
:hi:

Longgrain

[eleonora]

1. woohoo let me be the first!

Senior student in graphic design with 2+ years professional experience. Also studio artist (when I'm not lazy)

:toast:

[jdots]

29. one of 9 Funists in America

Funists are mostly artists who quit to play music then came back to art.most of it is figurative.

[flowomo]

2. I'm no artist....

but I do make mobiles and windchimes that sell very well and are carried by our local art gallery and have been the featured "artist" there a few times. I'll post some pictures in a while.

My secret ingredient is bamboo, which I grow in my own yard here in Pennsylvania. My other regular materials are Brazilian agate slices and synthetic "cat's eye" spheres and beads made only in China from the same stuff used to make fiber optic cables. And lots of copper wire that I strip from standard household electrical wire and bend to suit. Sometimes I use shells and other found items.

[Cobalt Violet]

11. You sound like an artist to me. n/t

[flowomo]

14. well, thank you....

that's nice of you to say, and, of course, there is art in any creative act. I just think that an "artist" makes a fuller commitment to creativity than I do. It's an entire lifestyle; I just dabble.

[stepnw1f]

73. I Recall Seeing That Piece Before (nt)

[stepnw1f]

74. Hello...

Painter, Illustrator, Digital 3D, among other mediums.

[Hamlette]

3. I'm a craftsperson...maybe we need our own thread

I make glass beads.

Have ya all been to www.wetcanvas.com ? Its a pretty good site for artists and craftspersons like me.

[Zookeeper]

4. Hi all!

What a great idea for a group!

I draw and paint and have taught classes in using colored pencils for Botanical Art. My two life-long passions are art and politics.

When needed, I also build furniture and make quilts. (If REALLY needed, I can do masonry projects and replace the flange and wax ring underneath a toliet. :P )

[mopinko]

17. hi zookeeper

got your pm, and think it is fine to put those kind of comments in the thread.

the gallery that hosts my page is dedicated to helping women artists overcome those trade-offs. they are a great organization. the website is a nice deal. you get a page for $100/yr. it gets a lot of traffic. and you just plug into their template. no design headaches/costs.

masonry, hmm. i am working on a tile job right now, but i have done some masonry projects. i have a nice fireplace in my basement. i love that stuff. i love cement. i love tile. i will post some pics later.

[Zookeeper]

25. I'm always amused...

when people express surprise that a fine artist can also do things like carpentry or masonry. All are largely about problem-solving.

Thanks, Mo, for the information about the web site. I'll check it out. :hi:

[mopinko]

26. everybody but artists.

the chicago artists coalition has a job listing program, and they tell people- "artists can do anything!"

[barackmyworld]

5. awesome!

I am an artist AND a crafter. Check out my crafty wares here:

http://www.mayadesign.8m.com

[Longgrain]

6. Welcome everyone so far...

Looks like the balls-arolling:hi:

[mopinko]

7. awright!

here is my fine art website.

http://mocahill.womanmade.net/

and here is where art meets politics.

http://pinkobuttons.com

[eleny]

10. hi mo

i keep going back to "red w storm"! nice to see your works.

[mopinko]

23. it's funny about that picture

usually, i am pretty happy with my work when i do it. and i do them fairly quickly. but that picture was the only one i did that year, and i HATED IT! HATED, HATED IT!. but kept working on it, here and there, over the whole year. i really love it, now, like EVERYONE else.

[eleny]

27. Great!

I'm not sure what you meant to paint. But I see a lady wearing a babushka sitting in a chair outdoors. And anything with babushkas is up my alley!

[Tikki]

8. Portraitist....representative

My true love is Pre-Columbian Art History.



Mrs. Tikki

[eleny]

9. Crafter, digital, paper and fiber art

Hi everyone!
www.incurableart.com

[Cobalt Violet]

12. Hi, 2D artist here.

Painting and Drawing mostly.

www.kloftusfinearts.com

[flowomo]

20. I like Hyannis600...

being a New Englander. I don't know what you had in mind, but I see luscious rose hips in the mid-foreground.

[Cobalt Violet]

22. Thank you.

It is one of my latest. It was painted from a photo I took at the Korean War Veterans Memorial over looking Hyannis Harbor this summer. There were alot of flowers. I really wanted to make the painting look like a painting and not a photograph. I wanted it to be loosely painted and I was less concerned if anyone knew what the original source of inspiration really was.

[MelanieArt]

13. Yay! The art group is here! :)

I'm Melanie, a full time Fantasy/Pin Up artist from the Chicagoland area. I've been living up near Wauconda/Crystal Lake for the last 3 years, love the fresher air, not too crazy about the Nascar loving neighbors, but they keep to themselves mostly so it's not too bad. :)

Anyone else in the comics and related industry? I've done books for Sirius and SQP, and I'm right now working on newer projects.

Here's my newest piece, I just finished it (it's a bit busier than I had intended, but that isn't unusual for me). I also work in color, colored pencil and Copic markers, but pencil is faster. :)



My website is at www.MelanieArt.com
(disclaimer: naked people inside :)

I really look forward to participating here! :hi:

[flowomo]

15. oh, you said "busier"....

at first I thought it said "bustier." :)

[MelanieArt]

18. Oh, it's that too. LOL

Believe it or not the model is actually that well endowed. Her name is Claudia, I believe she's from France. She has a real intense sensuality that's been fun to work with, and she's a nice person to boot. :)

[flowomo]

19. and I should have told you that I really like it....

My brother-in-law (who works for an online gaming company) collects fantasy art, and so I've seen quite a lot. And this is a great piece.

[Lorien]

31. Nice stuff

I guess I prefer your less cartoony work; I've worked in the animation industry for 20 years, but I've never been a big fan of cartoons-go figure!

Well, I'm not part of the comics scene, but I have a few good friends who are. One of them is Jeff Smith ( www.boneville.com ) who I've known since I started in animation 20 years ago (he was my first "boss" in the industry, and he, his wife, and I have kept in touch ever since). I have several friends who have worked for DC and Marvel over the years. Most of them I met through Disney (I was a Character key/ intern ombudsman / review board member for Feature Animation). I've met many other artist through Jeff Smith, but it's hard to remember them all!

What kind of a living can you make doing this type of artwork? Pinups are something I enjoy doing (love drawing the human form), and I'd love to get away from working just for megacorps, but I don't know how rough it would be to go solo the way you have (I know my buddy Jeff is unusual in the comics world, and that's why I haven't followed his lead. Most who try fail horribly).

[Sweet Freedom]

16. Graphic Designer

I work full time in the medical field and also own my own freelance business. I'm actually better at production work (Quark) and photo retouching (Photoshop), but have recently started using a program called Xenodream that creates some really interesting 3D art.

[Cookie wookie]

21. Hey what a great idea!

BA in Fine Art and worked freelance as a painter.

Do photography, writing, web stuff (a little Flash) and graphic design at current employment. No time for painting for last few years, especially because free time spent on what else, political activism, but my job gives me lots of opportunity to do creative work.

[Chalco]

24. Sculptor here

Hi, I make welded metal large and small sculptures.

Website: <http://www.phelanmeek.com>

My daughter and I also make sculptures together. She designs and I fabricate:

Website: <http://www.norameek.com>

Glad to see an artist's group here!

[ralps]

28. Hi Everyone

I have done various types of art since I was a teenager, Painting- Watercolor and Acrylic, Jewelry, Printmaking, Photography, and Graphic Design. My Homepage is
http://homepage.mac.com/ralps/PhotoAlbum1.html
and here is one of my recent works that I did for a typography class.

[Lorien]

30. Professional illustrator/ animator here

15 year Disney vet (I won't post that work because of copyright issues. If you've seen movies like "Aladdin" and "Beauty and the Beast"-or any Disney products with Princesses (or other feature film characters) on them, then you've seen my work).

I'm branching into children's books now (working for Scholastic). Here's some of my illustrations that I still retain the copyright to:







a New Yorker style 'toon of mine (very different from the Disney style):

[stepnw1f]

75. Your Work Is Great!!!

What breed of cat is that one on the far left? Is it a Coon?

[Lorien]

76. Thanks! Glad to see someone here who doesn't snub those of

us who draw and paint for a living! ;-)

Yeah, that's Oberon, my Maine Coon. Here's his Catster page: http://www.catster.com/?100240

:hi:

[jdots]

32. lame-o- self promotion site link

http://www.fine-art.com/members/26589
site contains gallery with 300 of the safer ( ???) poo sleds _o_ FUNISM dreck that with 1.75 $ will get me me a cup of coffee
the political section=politics the good,bad & ugly is very innept...........i would caption most stuff but i can't spell&people should do thier thier own captions.
BLAME BUSH i flipped out the night he stole the first election and started painting 20 hours a day after stopping for 30 years,that makes me a geezer,but i can behave with less sophistication and maturity than any in grade school .MAY this post be a sinker too------ which would mean tons of artists (real one) start posting art here or i will clutter this place up with some real shit on masonite poo sleds of art bizz hatred........oooooo i love painting and hate the art bizz as much as the music bizz and bush bizz and shut me up now please.

[bunny planet]

33. This is so cool, I'm up late and stumbled across this group.

I am a painter, am represented by a couple of galleries, one in London, one in Nashville. I'll have my work up at the Outsider Art Fair in NYC in January (last weekend in January)at my dealer's booth there. I teach a few courses at the Museum in my town, Mixed Media Drawing and Collage. Most of the paintings I'll post are mixed media and encaustic paintings (pigmented beeswax with resin) They are made incorporating drawing, collage, thread, encaustic paint and poured beeswax.

I'm just getting the hang of posting pics on blogs so my apologies if this is too big.

[bunny planet]

34. Here's another one. Hope you like them. I know they are strange.

[eleonora]

42. You'd feel at home at La Luz de Jesus gallery

you should give them a try!

[bunny planet]

51. That's so interesting that you say that. I've been meaning to contact them

People have recommended them to me before. I will definitely approach them with slides very soon.

Thanks

[bunny planet]

35. Here's a drawing, I promise I'll stop now. Getting carried away now.

[bunny planet]

36. This is a great group to have started. Thank you.

Artists get very lonely in their studios. Can't wait to see more of all of your work.

Goodnight.

[bunny planet]

37. oh and I desperately needed to stop thinking and obsessively posting

about politics. This was so much more fun tonight than looking in on the peak oil group, that probably would have been depressing, truthful but depressing nevertheless.

Ciao

[Matariki]

38. I love your paintings bunny planet

mine are 'strange' too. have a peek: http://www.kineta.org

[Chalco]

39. I tried to look..

at your artwork but your website wouldn't load up even after 15 minutes and I have broadband.

There might be something wrong with your website kineta.

[Matariki]

45. i just changed webhosts

after having a server under my desk for years. you probably were looking just when i was in the middle of the change. everything is up and running now. whee!

www.kineta.org

[Chalco]

46. Great, it worked this time...

I love your stuff. Thanks!!

[bunny planet]

47. thank you Kineta. I like yours too. Are some of them reliefs?

http://img.photobucket.co

Here's another of mine.

Goodnight.

[bunny planet]

48. I love yours too. Are some of them reliefs? They appear to be somewhat

sculptural.



Here' another of mine.

G'night. I'm sleepy.

[bunny planet]

49. Oh what the f, one more.

[mdmc]

64. yeah, show us more bunny planet...

[Desertrose]

40. paintings...prints...graphic stuff & fine arts...ceremonial & crafts,too

Wow...how'd I miss this group??

:hi:cool guys!!!

my stuff....
www.owlfeatherstudio.com

need to update website...soon as my dang shoulder heals...(acute bursitis- not all that damn cute really):eyes:



my painting of Goddess of Cathedral Rock
16X20 acrylic on canvas

[Rocinante]

41. I don't know if I qualify as an artist

I'm primarily a photographer but I still have the paintings I did when I was in school. I'll post them as soon as I can photograph them.

Looks like you have another great idea for a group Longgrain. :thumbsup:

[Longgrain]

44. Hey thanks you found us!

And to everyone else, welcome! :hi:

We're still kind of small now, but we're starting to grow. Things move more leisurely around these groups...but I'm suspecting this board could get hot soon.

[VioletLake]

43. Violet Lake here, checking in -

better late than never ;)

[greyl]

50. greyl checking in

some of my stuff is here:

http://www.zinzang.com/

I pledge to start a thread or two here...eventually...you know, when I'm in the right mood. ;)

[Longgrain]

52. Wow big group so far

Welcome everybody!

:hi: :hi: :hi:

No lets see some more of that creative ozze!

[Lugnut]

53. Not an artist yet

But I'm working on it. I've been taking painting classes for four years but I don't think I'm good enough to actually call myself an artist.

[Lorien]

55. Have you read Betty Edward's "drawing on the right side

of the brain"? That book can transform any artist and will give you the confidence you need, guaranteed!

Her second book, "drawing on the artist within" is also quite good.

[mopinko]

85. she has a new book about color

i haven't seen it yet, but i am told it is very interesting.

[bunny planet]

59. The Artist's Way is a great book for inspiration, and motivational help.

[bunny planet]

54. Here's an encaustic painting I just finished.

[ChaoticSilly]

56. Not sure if I qualify

I guess it depends on the old argument whether computer generated images are art. Anyway, here's a link to some of my pics, all strickly amateur & hobbyist type stuff - http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=jtm%5F11

[wovenpaint]

57. Fiber Artist/Textile Designer here

Got my BFA in Fiber Arts at UMA/Dartmouth and I'm currently working as a color analyst(nights), but am getting my own studio this Feb. also. WhooHooo!
I want to concentrate on contemporary textile paintings to make $$ and hopefully that'll enable me to be a true fiber freak/weaver/painter.
My favorite medium, aside from yarns and fabric, is stuff that usually gets thrown out or is largely ignored. My latest creations are Christmas Spirit Dancers made from twigs. I'm also a weaver and have 4 looms...I also design for Jacquard looms.
My goal is get a website up this year and I'll post photos when I figure out how to do it-thanks for the welcome!

:hi:

[Longgrain]

58. Hey thanks for joining!

I just saw you handle in my "what celebritiy..." post...up in the Lounge...
The artists group is small now, but i think it's going to swell soon...
Great to see ya...:hi:

[mike_c]

60. aspiring artist here....

I did free lance graphic design and commercial illustration for 10 years or so, then went back to school to get the necessary background for medical/scientific illustration. Ended up becoming a biologist instead. Now, after 15 years in research and teaching I'm beginning to pick up my pencils again. Nothing to post (and not likely to be anything postable for a while), but it's good to know there's an artist group on DU!

[October]

61. Pastelist Here

Fell in love with the intensity of color the first time I tried pastels. Wow.

Also, I draw some cartoons. Every day I "draw" a cartoon note for my little boy. It usually has to do with what's going on with him or the family. Anyway, he's 7, and I hear the notes get passed around a lot at lunch! LOL One teacher sought me out because she checks the note each day. I've saved the notes over the years, and they've amounted to a huge visual journal of sorts.

[wovenpaint]

62. Pastels are really cool

My mother used pastels for portraits and they were always beautiful..Pastels can be very bold-or very delicate.

[mdmc]

63. doodler

cre@te!

[October]

69. I do a cartoon or two every day

I work in pastels usually...but with so many motherly responsibilities and such...I haven't had as much time. (Plus my mother has taken ill and I'm her power of attorny.)

ANYWAY...I take time every morning to make a family cartoon for my son's lunchbox! It's something!

You're right -- CReaTe!

[Longgrain]

65. Once again welcome all!!!

:hi: Now lets see some art!

[bunny planet]

66. I think a lot of people on DU don't know about this group. Perhaps you can

post a link to it on General Discussion sometime. I'm sure more people would come on over then.

[graywarrior]

67. Wow, we're a talented group

http://www.mediaprima.com/graywarrior

[grace0418]

68. Graphic designer by day, 3D collage artist by night

I tried to reply to this thread once before but somehow accidently ended up creating a whole new thread. So I won't go into a lot of detail here but just wanted to add myself to the master list.

[Nothing Without Hope]

70. So glad to join the Artists' Group! - Scientist-turned-watercolorist here

I've always had these two sides of myself - the science/math side and the drawing/painting/writing side. For a long time I worked in academia and then in biotechnology as a research scientist, but now I am doing other things. It's such a joy to have that side of myself de-repressed.

I did oils and pastels years ago but a few years ago I finally decided to go for what I had always admired but had not yet seriously tried: watercolors. I was fortunate to be tipped about a fantastic -- really the ideal -- serious beginners' class at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA, which is just down the highway and a totally gorgeous, inspiring setting. That class taught me how to handle the medium enough to get past the initial "insurmountable-frustration" stage and into the range where I can keep learning but meanwhile produce things that I like. I am continuing to take intermediate/advanced watercolor classes, now at the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, which is just down the street from the sites of famous Revolutionary War battles and is a great place for artists. There are active art associations and many art museums and galleries in many of the surrounding areas; the Greater Boston area is a real art hot spot. In fact, pretty much all of Massachusetts is.

I really, really love the watercolor medium for a lot of reasons which I'd be all too happy to share with anybody wanting to discuss them. I think it will remain my main medium, but I have also taken a class in acrylics (for when I want that very different kind of feel -- I don't want to go back to oils) and also try to keep drawing with various media.

My style is mostly reasonably representational, and I favor images with some kind of nature as part of them and an archetypal, somewhat mystical feel. I don't have any work up on the web to share with you as yet, but I have sold some and had some up on the wall at a couple of exhibits.

Any fellow watercolorists out there are encouraged to talk about the medium with me!

A truly amazing, massive, web site resource for the watercolor medium which all watercolorists should know about is the Handprint site, where another scientist/engineery-turned-watercolorist (Bruce MacEvoy) has posted the most incredible range of information about the medium that you will find anywhere. It includes the most comprehensive tables of the physical characteristics of the various pigments, made by different manufacturers, sold under different names. You won't believe it. Worried about pigment stability to light? Check it out here. Who sells the "best" cobalt blue? How do the different brands of watercolor paper or brushes behave? Read all about it. Want to find online sources of any kind of watercolor tool or supply? No problem. Want to read about color theory, palettes of colors used by famous watercolorists, almost anything related to watercolor in any way? Just keep exploring. The home page of the site is here:
http://handprint.com/HP/WCL

OK, that's surely more than enough for my first post in this group! I hope there are some other watercolorists out there so we can talk shop!
:hi:

[Longgrain]

71. Welcome aboard...

:hi:

[Lorien]

77. I may need your help!

My publisher wants me to do a picture book in watercolor (my usual medium is acrylics), and the only watercolor I've done in 15 years were small spot illustrations like this one:



it took me ages to do each fairy because I was so stressed about the medium. If I can't talk them into allowing me to do it in acrylics, I think I'll need to pick your brain a bit, if that's OK.

Thanks for the link, too!

:hi:

[bunny planet]

80. Couldn't get to your homepage to see your artwork Hope, the link didn't

work for me. Welcome to the Artist's group, so glad to see a KOEB buddy here.

[kwassa]

72. Art teacher here

Hopefully, I will be getting back into my own art, soon. I have the space, but I have to find the time.

I did a career change into art teaching after years in the business field and motion picture industry. I have an undergrad degree in fine arts, and I generally have done drawing, painting, photography, and film.

[Lorien]

78. Wow! We have very similar backgrounds

I also worked in "business" (advertising) and the motion picture industry for a number of years before teaching art at a local college (I also have a BFA). I couldn't make a decent living at it, though, and went back to freelancing full time a few years ago. Teaching is one of the most personally rewarding, difficult and underpaid professions in the world. I salute you!

[kwassa]

79. I never did advertising

I worked in insurance and the computer industry before resuming art.

Well, I did do visual display for department stores...

Teaching is fun, though, the most fun "work" that I've had.

[CelticWinter]

81. I must say your all amazing artists, I only

doodle in my spare time but find it relaxing. But any help would be appreciated :)

[Longgrain]

82. Hey, Welcome aboard

not bad for just a doodle. :hi:

[CelticWinter]

83. Thanks Longgrain

I was surfing and wondered in here, what amazing people belong to the DU :)
~~Celtic

[Longgrain]

84. Thanks Celtic!

Stick around...you'll see some amazing things.

[Heidi]

86. Checking in . . .

Tons of talent here!

[mirrera]

87. Collage artist, graphics, love computer too!

Hi,
My specialty is cut paper:


I also love to paint portraits:

And this is my favorite Computer image. Except for the image in the center of the TV screen, it was all drawn with a mouse:

My Galleries are at http://MariasArt.com
Now I mostly do this:


Maria Irrera
http://NoBullshiRt.com

[Neoma]

88. Can i say Attempting artist?

:)

[andyhappy]

89. andyhappy signing in!

I guess I am an artist...or at least I spend a lot of time trying to be an artist!

if its 1% talent and 99% effort, then I am a go!

here is a link to my stuff!

www.syntheticniche.com