Website!

I've been working on creating a website for my art and writing.  So far I've decided on a name for the site, I've worked on some of the layout and now I'm getting all the content together.  Creating a website is a lot of work but there are times when I enjoy it.

I will also be selling prints and other products through zazzle.  I'm not sure if I want to continue selling prints through deviantart yet.  I will be rescanning my nearly all my artwork so it will look its best.  There will also be a lot of new artwork.  I'm really looking forward to when I've finished creating my website!

Challenge update and a new picture

So far the challenge is going reasonably well and I will post my word count at the end of the week.  I still haven't done as much as I'd like though. 

I've called this new picture 'Butterfly Friends.'

I did this one last year and finally decided to upload it.
No reference was used.
HB & 2B pencils

The start of the July challenge!!

I know I'm a day late for this challenge but it's better late than never!  I had this challenge planned about a week ago but on the first day I forgot about it.  So I have a day of catching up to do.
I've got 9000 words to go and I better get started soon!  Wish me luck!!

The New Challenge!

I had problems with the old challenge.  I had set aside 2 hours a day to complete to complete the daily word count.  Instead of taking 2 hours to complete it, it took 4 hours.  I don't have enough spare time for 4 hours and I'm really out of practice with writing so I decided that 300 words a day would be better.

So next month I'll be starting the new challenge to do 9k words in a month.  Unfortunately that means it's going to take nearly a year to complete the rought draft.  Things are so busy these days that I have no choice.  The days when I had time to complete 50k words in a month are long gone.  I suppose I could still do it but the novel wouldn't be as high in quality.

I look forward to the new challenge.  If all goes well I'll be doing again the month after that.

2nd day of the Writing Challenge

I haven't written anything yet today but I still have time.
Yesterday I managed to write over the necessary 834 words per day.  At first I had writer's block because I was at a tough bit in the story but I managed to keep writing.  I ended up writing on and off for most of the day.  I'm out of practice so it was slow going.  Hopefully I will get more practiced again and be able to write a lot quicker.

Writing Challenge

Tomorrow I'm going to start a writing challenge to do 25k words of my novel during May.  I would do 50k but I'm out of practice.  Every few days I'm going to do an update here about my progress.
Unfortunately I haven't been doing much art and I'm not likely to be doing much next month either.   I bought the book 'No Plot? No Problem!' to help with ideas for motivation with novel writing.  I've also roughly planned out all the scenes for the novel so I don't get stuck for ideas.
If this challenge is successful I might do it in other months. 

A new picture and work in progress

Lately I've been busy writing and drawing.  I've nearly finished rewriting chapter 1 and so far it's more than 4000 words.  It's a long chapter but the others aren't going to be that long.  For drawing I'm working on a portrait of Minira.  She is one of the main characters.  I'm also working on a mermaid picture that will be my first one using coloured pencils.  There are mermaids in my fantasy series and the picture is the design of them.

Minira's Dagger:

Some info about Minira:

Full name: Minira Sander
Nickname: Min
Age: 25
Date of birth: 1340 BT (1365 BT is current date)
Race: high elf
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 44kg / 96lbs
Eye colour: brown
Hair colour: black
Usual hair style: wavy.  A bit past the shoulders in length.
Skin colour: dark brown
Face: large eyes, straight nose, full lips and a heart shaped face.
Clothing: usually a long green dress.
Distinguishing features: she has a very beautiful face.  Skinny because she is a beggar.


Mermaid design progress:

Hopefully I'll have more art done next week!

New pics: Bethera and Jenna-Lina

I was busy again with my life off the internet.  I finally found time to upload a couple of new pics.  They are characters from my story.
Here they are: