Using Big Kid Markers Now!

I have really been enjoying using markers to color my work recently. No Not Crayola. Prismacolor of course...I’m using big kid markers now :) I had a hard time at first because once you color a spot you can’t UNcolor it like you can when using PhotoShop. I had to get used to planning out where I wanted it to stay white or where I was going to Highlight. In a way it is very similar to Scratch Art…only that is planning out where I want it to stay black.
Mostly I’ve stuck to the Artist Trading Cards but I’m considering branching out and coloring larger pieces with the Markers. I have become pretty confident with them, much more then I am with paint and with Markers I can get the colors to be more vibrant I think. I’m working on about 10 more trading cards and then I will get started coloring a 11x15 piece that I’ve been working on. It is one of my few Si-Fi pieces and I actually took it from a ATC that I did for Dragon Con last year. I’m excited to see how it turns out when coloring it all in Markers. It will be quite a task so wish me Luck! I’ll try and post progress photos as I go.

P.S. I’ve finished a few Brand New Myxies and should be posting them on my store soon, keep checking my blog for updates!

Thanks for reading.
~Caralyn

Full Moon's Arisin

Hey Everyone!
Just wanted to let you all know my Full Moon Digital Picture was featured in an Etsy Treasury! Check it out and don't forget to leave a comment :)

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=128389

Thanks for looking!
~Caralyn

Prints on Etsy

Hello Friends!
Just wanted to let you all know that I have brand new prints for sale in my Etsy Store. Each Print is 8x10 cardstock with a White 11x14 Matt, Check them out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MysticReflections?section_id=6561503

Working on Brand new Myxies and posting some more prints on Etsy so keep checking my blogs for up dates!
Thanks,
~Caralyn

Gather Around Kiddies and I’ll tell you a tale

So some of you may know that I have started working with Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). Little blank playing cards that you draw on, Paint or whatever you want really. I like to draw little pictures on mine and then color them with Markers. I’m really enjoying them and people seem to be responding well to them. I made about 10 for Dragon Con and went home with 0. Well I just recently got back to drawing a few more. I finished about 7 cards, then inked them before coloring them with Markers. Love that Coloring as you all probably know :P Anyhoo, I usually ink my work with felt-tip pens, I just like them cause they don’t bleed but usually bleeding isn’t a problem because after I ink my work I scan it to color it. So if I don’t have a felt-tip I just reach for whatever is there. So I just used some random ball-point to ink the ATCs I was working on. However I do all original ATCs so I color them before scanning. Much to my chagrin, this would be a bad decision. Now it was time to color and My Prismacolor markers, which NEVER bleed, started running wildly with the black ink, making a lovely mess out of the cards UGH! At first I thought it was the type of paper I was using but luckily before I had ruined to many I figured out what was the cause and stopped coloring. I wasn’t able to save the two I’d screwed up and the others will now have to be scanned and colored in PhotoShop. So the lesson for today kids is Ball-point pins don’t play nice with Markers…Remember that, it may save your lif….errr art :)

Go and learn from my mistakes. Later!
~Caralyn

Color Me Excited!

HELLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOO!
So for those of you who know me, know I am a 5 year old stuck in a 26 year’s body, so naturally I would take great pleasure in the same activities as any elementary schooler. One such Activity is COLORING!!! Oh you betcha, no matter how old I get I never seem to tire of the enjoyment I get with a crayon or marker in my hand, FUN! I used to even bring coloring books to doodle in while I’m at the 9-5…but I finished them all off and don’t have anymore at the moment. So I guess I’ll just start acting like an adult and get to work…WRONG! I’m gonna draw my own stuff to color. Yep this is how I came up with my newest pictures. There I was thinking of something to draw that I could then color all over and have a grand ol time and The Color Kids popped into my head. What has more coloring opportunities then the COLOR KIDS from Rainbow Brite, the best 80s cartoon EVER..if you were a girl :P
Now For those of you who watched the show, these don’t look quite like the Color Kids you knew. I put my own little spin on them. So check them out, I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed coloring them. :)

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=201883352&albumID=1475118&imageID=34739324
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=201883352&albumID=1475118&imageID=34739359
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=201883352&albumID=1475118&imageID=34739374
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=201883352&albumID=1475118&imageID=34739387
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=201883352&albumID=1475118&imageID=34739417

I have a few more pieces I’ve been busily working on so keep checking my blog for updates.
Thanks
~Caralyn

Alice in Smexyland

Top of the Morning to Ya Friends!
So I have been diligently working on an Alice in Wonderland themed painting. It’s of the Mad Hater and the White Rabbit…only as Smexy Ladies! Yep, if you haven’t noticed from my other art, I have a tendency of to create mostly Hawt females…Not sure where that comes from, perhaps it’s because when I was a child I wanted to grow up to be a Barbie Doll. Or it could just be that the female form is easier to draw and their clothes are WAY more fun to draw :) Whatever the reason I am quite happy with this painting. It is done on white Board with Water colors, I call it “Late for Tea” …get it, since the Rabbit was always late and the Mad Hater…Well you get it. Anyway let me know what you think.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=201883352&albumID=1475118&imageID=35415445

P.S. I will be at an Anime Convention Momo Con this weekend and have Prints, Sculptures and many more things for sell so make sure to stop by and see me!

Happy Patty’s Day!
~Caralyn

Newbies!

Hello Art Fans!
Two New Myxies! Welcome the two newest members of the Myxie collection. That is almost it for my sculptures. I have about one more and then I’m done until after Momo Con, the Anime/Sifi Con coming up next weekend. March 20th-21st ,be sure to stop by my booth and say Hello! Check the newbies out and let me know what you think.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=42450795 Thistle

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42452155 Midori

Thanks!
~Caralyn

New Stuffs!

Hey Friends!
I’ve been busy getting ready for a few Shows coming up soon so I have some brand New Myxies and paintings and all kinds of stuff I’m working on. Anyway here are just a few of my newest sculptures, I have a few more that I’ll be posting soon so keep checking my blog!
Thanks for looking.
http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.127366616.jpg Goldenrod
http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.127360496.jpg Robin
http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.127350003.jpg Moss

~Caralyn

My Addiction to BARBIES!

BARBIES! I am totally addicted to those little Plastic Dolls, ever since I was a little girl making them dresses out of socks, nothing has changed…I still can’t help but walk down the Barbie isle when I go into a Toy Store. And have even made a few custom Barbies of my own.
So I was overly delighted to found this great site “One and Only Dolls”
This talented Artist makes custom Barbies that are just amazing. The details she puts into their clothes and hair makes them stand out, but she doesn’t stop there, she also hand paints each face…I know it’s awesome.
Anyway I’ll stop being a crazy uber fan, here’s the site. Check it out!
http://www.oneandonlydolls.com/galleries.htm

P.S. I’ve finished a few more Myxies this month and will try and post them soon. Thanks for reading!

~Caralyn

Making a Book Part 2

So last Blog I started telling you of the little journey I took to make a book for my fiancé, let’s finish that tale shall we :)
So after staining and stapling the pages of his stories together it was now time to make a cover for the book. I knew I wanted to use leather for the cover and I thought having large stitches a crossed it would add to the creep factor. So I picked up a few scrap pieces of leather and some twine and began sewing them together. Sounds easy… NO! this leather was obviously made out of the toughest cow on the planet! No needle I had would go through it and neither would scissors. The only way I was able to get the needle through was to first cut a slit with an exacto knife. UGH so after 2 hrs the book cover was all sewn together.
I then took a piece of cardboard and brushed the one side with rubber cement. Carefully I lined up the leather and smoothed it on to the cardboard. Hot glue helped to secure the edges. I then placed a thin paper with bamboo print (Cause it matched the leather so nice)on the inside of the folded cardboard to give the book a lining and to cover the unsightly glue marks.
I wanted his book to have something on the cover that would stand off a bit. Going for a mixture of the Necronomicon and the Book form Hocus-pocus, I decided an eye would be appropriate and a few claws cutting through the leather. I made these both out of polymer clay and painted them. Cutting the leather I slid the eye and claws into place.
YAY the book was complete! And yes he Loved it.
I learn a whole bunch of tips and things to do differently if I ever do something like this again but for my first book I think it turned out rather well.
Here are a few pictures of it completed, Enjoy!

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=201883352&albumID=1828666&imageID=34001531
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=201883352&albumID=1828666&imageID=34001548
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=201883352&albumID=1828666&imageID=34001552

Thanks for reading!
Caralyn