So I decided to try out tegaki... [link] woo, bandwagon! It's kinda hard for me since I'm used to building up color slowly, but I guess that makes it potentially a good learning experience. So of course, my first two "published" images (icon and post) are both in the safe, non-scary zone of monotone. I'll try something colorful with it later when my fingers stop cramping.

Anyone else have a tegaki?

I'm not dead yet, I swear!

Once I get my scanner working/replace it, there will be updates again. No promises on when that will be, but I might start doing a little more digital art in the meantime.

Thanks for watching, as always!

- Emma

Sorry I took so long, ~Lisi4ka! I just found the "tag" comment again.

Rules: Guidelines!

1. Post these rules in your journal so others know how it works.
2. Post 8 random facts about yourself in your dA journal.
3. At the end of your post, tag 8 more people to learn some random things about.
4. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged. (I'm too lazy right now, sorry guys.)



1. I like tea. My current favorite is a fancy "Formosa Nut Oolong." It's fruity and nutty and doesn't have too much caffeine for my nerves. (Oolong tea is the stage in fermentation between green and black tea... I think.)

2. I currently make my living as a product designer for seasonal home decor.

3. I like to read. I usually read novels and those are usually fiction but I also enjoy short stories, comics, National Geographic magazines and *gasp* historic and scientific reference books.

4. Growing up I was the kind of kid who looked under rocks and brought the stuff that I found there back into the house.

5. I didn't know that I wanted to pursue art as a career until my sophomore year in high school. About that time a lot of other people started saying "I told you so."

6. I bake pies.

7. I am shy (if you hadn't noticed already ). I also speak quietly and have difficulty raising my voice.

8. Fall and winter are my favorite seasons.


I tag:
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I've missed last week (which I define by Monday-to-Monday) in my "upload at least one piece a week" resolution. At least I'm still averaging more than the quota. In any case, there's a sketchdump in my livejournal to make up for it. [link] There are also two paintings in the works right now, and hopefully I'll finish one for tomorrow night.

(This paragraph would be a lot of me talking to myself.) Why have I had a hard time keeping up with my own deadline? I realized from the start that I wouldn't be able to keep it up all the time. It's a goal, something to set my sights on to help keep me motivated and producing portfolio material of the kind of stuff I want to do. However there are plenty of things I have to do that don't involve my personal work and sometimes they have to take precedence. Two of these were happy things; I turned 23 on Thursday and I bought a new computer this weeked. My first Mac! That's pretty exciting for me. I'm typing this journal from its keyboard right now.


Thank you and best wishes,
- Emma

I've been painting more fan art lately than I have for most of my life. I painted Abe Sapien while I wait in anticipation for my copy of "The Troll Witch and Other Stories" to be delivered. I don't get the smaller issues of the comics, so I'm pretty eager to read up. People have been teasing me about what might happen in the comments!

The painting I'm working on now is of another famous sea/space monster. His story was written back in the 1920's by a science fiction author who grew up in Providence, RI. Can anyone guess the monster and the man? I'll do a little character painting for the first person who gets both right.

EDIT: Well that was fast. The answer is Cthulu and HP Lovecraft.