I'm actually very proud of this series of watercolors.
They're not as "artsy" as the last series of portraits I did, but I think they are very charming, which is what I associate HP with.




( Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Luna, Neville, and Trevor )

Not too much to say on this one, other than Ginny took two tries to get right. And I'm glad I re-did them because I *adore* how Ginny came out here. Luna is also a fave of mine . . . and Heck Hermione came out wonderfully too. I think I did especially well on all the girls ^__^

Lots of little random watercolor chibi doodles! yay!
(Note: the last one will spoil Blackest Night #2)




( Full sized under here- such as it is, some are small )

Title Helping Ron Out
Rating G
Characters Bill, Fred, George, and Ron Weasley
Preview


( The Were Only Trying to Help - I think )

Zomg, it's been so long since I posted HP fanart. I feel bad 0.o
This was my Halloween art for HP. Heh. Fred and George being Twin Terrors. They're scary right? Especially for Baby Ron who now finds hismelf turned into a snake.

It's a good thing babies don't remember much =P
Bill has the right idea I think.

Yeah, I kinda went nuts yesterday with the Chibis ^^

( On this page: Chibi Tony Stark, Chibi Stephanie Brown, Chibi Pepper and Tony, Chibi Namor, Chibi Toro, Chibi Captain America, Chibi Norman Osborn, and Mary Marvel )


( On this page: Chibi Winter Soldier and Chibi Jason Todd, Chibi Ginny/Harry, Chibi Bucky/Toro, Chibi Luna, Chibi Remus, and Chibi Toro and Chibi Jim )


( ON this page: Non Chibis, You get Remus/Tonks, Young Peter and Sirius, Harry/Hermione, and Snape )


AND FINALLY!
This is so so so so becoming a print. I hope.

( Sorta Chibi!Batman, Superman, and all the Robins- this is the Chibi Jason todd trying to kill Chibi Tim Drake picture that amused me so much yesterday )

I took a small sketch book with me to comic con (5X 7-ish, smaller = lighter in my bag) because I knew I'd want to sketch while waiting in lines and such.
Here's most of the pages I sketched. A few aren't here, but they werne't worth scanning.

( Sketches, Original, Snape(s), Harry, Hermione, Draco, Ron, Buck(s), Toro(s), Steve, and Jake Chambers, All G rated )

This year's contribution to Fictionalley's April Fool's art:
Heidi asked if I could do New BSG, and yes, yes I can.




( Bigger image under here )


If you can't tell (because sadly I don't think it's as obvious as I'd like it to be)
Harry = Lee
Ginny = Kara
Draco = Various sixes with Caprica and Gina upfront


I was a little sad I couldn't color this, as my colors were packed at the time (the color at the bottom is done with office supplies =P), but it was fun to plan something out for mostly black and white.

I really have a fondness for black and white and should really work in it more often. In fact, doing this, I realized I need to work on dynamic use of shadow more. Note to self, study Wrightson.

Here are more of the character sketch doodles the I requested people suggest for me a while ago.

I'm actually not so slow doodeling them at work, it's finding time to scan 'em that's hard =P

So, two more:

For eska_rina ( Pansy From Harry Potter )

For lincolnkw ( Toro and Golden Girl from the Kid Commandos )

Yay! First art of 2009 and my last late Holiday art ^__^

Title: Don't Tell Percy, ok?
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Ron and Scabbers
Media: Watercolor

( Sharing the Extra Candy )


My other Holiday art (which has been posted to the relevant communities but not my own LJ because I wanted to get the HP one done and post 'em all here at once)

Title: Assembling the Holiday
Fandom: Avengers
Characters: Jarvis, Thor, Jan, Hank, Steve, Tony (Jarvis, Thor, Ant-Man, The Wasp, Captain America, Iron Man)
Media: Watercolor

( Happy Times! )


Title: For Me?
Fandom: ToS Battlestar Galactica
Characters: Starbuck and Apollo
Media: Watercolor

( Selfless Gift )

So I'm not sure I'm gonna get any fandom Xmas art out this year :(
We shall see. I'm mean there's still time, I'm just kinda swamped with gift art ^^;;

But for fun, I thought I'd collect all the Harry Potter Christmas Art I'd done from over the years:

The years might be a little off, but I think this is pretty correct.

2003
( MWPP+L+S dress as characters from A Christmas Carol )

( Lily, James, and Baby Harry )

2004
( Peter's Christmas )

( MWPP on a roof )

( MWPP + House elves )

2005
( Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Luna, Draco )


2006
( Snape LOVES the Holiday )


2007
( Andromeda, Narcissa, Bellatrix, and little Sirius )

( MWPPL+Tonks+Baby Harry )

So I was having a bit of a shit art day.
Nothing was coming out right.

But then, I thought HEY! I'm doing it wrong. Why not embrace my epic fail at anatomy today.

So I did:
( Ron, Hermione, and Harry drawn is as close to Rob Liefeld's style as I could stomach )

You can thank lydaclunas and glockgal for this.

Ganked this from itsbeenvery who posted her response here, whihc yuo should go see!

Sometimes it's okay to pimp yourself out. Post a list of your top five ficart-favorites you've written Drawn, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same. Everyone else in the world should do it...

Ok love the most huh. OMG only 5. Guh. 0.o

OK will the 5 I pick today (because tomorrow I'm sure it would be different)

Crossing Over Original Art
I very much like this original piece. It's slightly divergent enough from someof my others to stand out well and I think it's well balanced in terms of color and composition. And I just liked the creepy bugs and the weird little guy. It works for me.
It took a long time to get it to work for me, lots of paint and I had to make two tries at the bridge (it's collaged on) but in the end, it worked. I also like the atmosphere created here. It's . . wonky. It memorable. At least to me.

Autumn's Girl Harry Potter fanart
This watercolor portrait using my sister as a model for Lily (or Ginny) I also think came out well. I like that I pulled of a viable portrait in my looser style and the picture sill looks 100% finished to me. One thing with me looser style is sometimes thing like unfinished, but not this one. This one I nailed. Again it was a case of practice makes perfect as it took two tires before I got it. I think though it's also a wonderful example of what I can do with watercolor and ink, and a very "mature" style for me, as in it shows a maturity in my own style that I'm thrilled to see.

No Harm Done Battlestar Galactica Fanart
A 5 page Battlestar Glaactica comic that I did for bsgflash. Ok so it's just the pencils, but I still think it's pretty gosh darn good and I'm impressed with myself for getting it done and for not wimping out. It's huge, it was involved, and I had to draw actor likeness, any one of those items can cause me to bail on art, that all three were there and I STILL got something done and by a deadline too, will I'm happy.
And I'm happy with how it came out. There are some areas I'd improve, but overall, I think the art holds. My lettering is utter crap, but whatever.


Spartans Assemble New Avengers Crack!Art
This is the most recent of the bunch, but the only think that intimidates me more than drawing real people is drawing superheros. Because they are so freaking muscular and I just don't . . . visualize people like that. So the fact that I feel I respectably pulled off a mostly naked Captain America, Iron Man, and Spiderman (Ok Spidey is covering up with his cape) just makes me gleeful. Plus it amuses me. A lot. It really really really amuses me. Especially Peter. I love Peter. This may just be a sketch, but it's one of the best surprise THIS WORKED pieces of art I've done this year.


Ok and after much debate my last pick is:

I am NOT a Turtle Harry Potter and TMNT Fanart
Because the Turtle Tots are just *too* cute and Voldemort is just *too* funny, and aesthetically the watercoloring on this really appeals to me. Which is funny because when I first did his, I wasn't thrilled with it, but now when I look at the watercolor technique here, I think it's really gorgeous, particularly the effects in the background. So it combines cute overdose, with funny, with good watercolor. I gotta love it.


Runners up were:
Olivia Benson
Collection of HP Characters
EEK!
Hermione Packing Her Trunk
Intimidation
Rat to Rat

A quick sketch of Hermione I did a few night ago while watching TV


Click for a larger image

Eyes are a bit out of place. I think it is the eyes. Somee facial feature is wonk, but it's still pretty.

A Storm of awesome is coming my way.
I love North Texas Thunder Storms ^__^

PRINT SALE

Until August 15th or I run out. Which ever comes first (except for Luna, who is and always has been a DA print, though she's cheaper here!)


My prints sold fantastically at Portus (I love everyone who bought one. You’ve no idea how awesome that was. I’ve never really considered my work saleable before that Saturday night, yes my artistic ego does not extending to marketing. ^^)

HOWEVER, yes there were many prints that were left over, so, due to requests, yes I'll sell what did not sell at Portus here.

Black And White Character Prints
Image here
Each Character is a separate card

Size: Each card is about 5 X 7
Quantity: Bellatrix (39); Lucius(35); Sirius (36); Peter (42; Remus (35); James (36); Lily (36); Snape (24)
Cost: The are $4.00 each + $1.00 shipping/handling/paypal fee
The whole set of eight(8)is $30.00 and that includes shipping

These are limited editions, once they are sell out, they are gone for good.

Small Luna Prints
Image here

Quantity: 5 with the border are left
6 without the border are left
Size: About 4 3/4 X 6 1/4 w/out border
About 5 X 6 3/4 with white border
Cost: These are 5.00 each + $ 1.00 shipping/handling/paypal fee

Let me know what you’d like.

(By the by a 4 X 5 print is 6.50 on DA)
Because it is on DA this is not a limited edition print:

Large Color Prints
Image here Image here Image here

Size: Each is 8.5 X 11
Quantity: Luna+Neville (8); Luna (5); Hermione+McCoy (9)
Cost:The are $12.00 ea ch +$ 1.00 shipping/handling/paypal fee
The whole set of three (3) is 35.00 and that includes shipping/handling/paypal fee

Please note
The Neville+ Luna print is a limited edition print
The Hermione+ Jack McCoy (of Law and Order) is a limited edition prints

Luna is NOT a limited edition.
She is for sale on DA for 15.00, but she’s more there. And I get less :(


Original Watercolor (NOT a print!)
Image Here (Only Ginny and Sirius (last two in bottom row) are still available)

Size: 5.5 X 7.7
Cost: These are $45.00 each and the price includes shipping/handling/paypal fee
It is $80.00 for both and the price includes shipping/handling/paypal fee

I’ll post more details about exactly how many of each are left when I get home and can count that out but I can tell you know, Snape sold like a friggen hotcake, so there’s gonna be the least left of him (seriously I shoulda just brought all Snape art work!)

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how to order and pay
If you are interested in purchasing any of these please send an e-mail to
kcrenshaw(dot)designs(at)gmail(dot)com <--- see new e-mail just for art sales!

Please include:
"Print order" in the subject line
What you are ordering
Your Mailing address

I can only accept Paypal at this time, I'm sorry :(
ETA I will also take money orders!!


So in conclusion
Please, buy my art! Help me afford my wedding ^__^

OH MY GOSH!!!
I just got back from dropping my art off at Portus. Didn't run into anyone I know well. Ran into Puma, who I know by name. The art gallery staff is a lovely bunch of people.
They need major Kudos.

God y'all the hotel is GORGEOUS. I don't think I've ever sen a prettier convention Hotel. WOW.
I was sad to go. Someone offered to sneak me into the opening ceremonies, but as I didn't pay for 'em I declined. I also promised I'd be home by 8:00 ^^''

Some More artwork I did for Portus:

Neville, Luna, Hermione


These are three of the four remarque sketches I did. They are basically surprise extras. If you win the art in auction, one of these will be taped to the back.

The fourth unseen one is one is a portrait of Harry and on the back of "Stickies." It not scanned because I totally failed to do four sketches and only did three, and the Gallery staff kindly allowed me to knock out a fourth (black and white) sketch before they put "Stickies" up.



I'll have one more Portus art post at least because there are 19 stickies and I only ever put 6 up, so I'll put the rest up when I feel like formatting all those scans 0.o
Also photos.

OMG I Chrissy found my digital camera. Its been missing for TWO YEARS. f course I've long since lost the charger *head desk* gonna see about getting one and maybe having a digital camera Saturday which would ROCK.

I just spent from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm working on the Hp Art Project.
*collapse*

Now I have to work on my Watercolor Workshop for Portus.
If I hadn't already worked on it, I'd almost want to pull out I'm so frazzled, but what the heck I can babble about watercolor and it'll be fun. It's mostly demonstration anyway. And I only feel like that right now because of STRESS.

I need to go buy the paper and chop it up and I need to make sure the cheap-o watercolors work will enough to have them at the demo to be played with.

I did finish some examples of paintings painted with specific watercolor techniques.
( Watercolor Technique Examples in the form of: Remus, Tonks, Lily, Snape, Luna, Neville, Ginny, and Sirius )

These are 8 separate pieces, and the originals will actually be fore sale at the watercolor presentation if you want one. They 10.00. at the workshop.

They'll 15.00 at the art swap (unless the Portus team determines they are not general enough, but hopefully they are ^^). Yes, yes I am kinda bribing people to come to my watercolor demo? Why?


Also, is anyone else gonna be in Swap at Portus?

A collection of doodles I've done at work (and sometimes messed with in PS)

You have from left to right, Baby Apollo, Peter, Ginny on top then on buttom, Apollo, Harry, Remus, Another Baby Apollo, and Starbuck.

(click to see a larger image)



Also:
Band of Brothers makes an interesting radio show.
*sigh* I can't get pictures on my computer so I just listened to it as a collaged all that in photoshop.

I am imagining the Dickwad Captain to look like Ross (from Friends).

Oh my gosh! Can it be YES! I actually finished some Harry Potter fanart.


Title Summer Girl
Fandom Harry Potter
Rating G
Character Lily Potter
Media Watercolor and india ink
Notes I waffled between this being Ginny or Lily, and I still think it looks a bit more Ginny-ish than Lily-ish (which is why she has freckles) but the green eyes stand out so much I'm going with Lily. I think (the file name says Ginny though so really I'm still waffeling *L*)

( Summer Girl )


And here is an abandoned prep sketch for this. This is Lily, but IMHO the sketch was a little boring. Sweet but boring.
( Sketch of Lily Potter )


Btw, I used photos of my younger sister as a model for both portraits.
My younger sister is my official Lily model.

Ok that was so much fun for Battlestar lets also collect all my Harry Potter comics done over the years.


( 16 strips, 3 multipage comics )

Three Page Peter and Regulus Comic: Become

Unletterd 9 Page MWPP comic

5 Page comic: Dandelion Wishes
OMG! THIS IS SO OLD!!!

So yup, that's everything I could find with text in it for Harry Potter
errr . . . except on 20 page completed Snape and Peter comic based on the fanfic 'Bargians' by Gehayi, which AFAK, is still slated to go into a fanzine, by Chupa, but I don't know when, but she asked us not to publically post 'em until it's printed.

ETA, Aside from the ammitedly attention whoring look tthe last two posts have, I'm really kinda proud because I hadn't realized I'd done all of these over the years (and BSG) and one thing that hold me back from a fanzine is thinking of the work and so these two posts are kinda up to go LOOK STUPID you practically ALREADY have both an HP AND a BSG fanzine, you just need to bloody lay it out, or if you don't like the *really* old HP stuff, do new stuff, but you do so make enough stuff to warrent a cute fanzine *kicks own butt*

You remember way back weeks ago I mentioned i was thrilled that I'd begun drawing for TV-Show fandoms because it had increased my confidence in my art and inabled me to spontaneously draw a crossover fanwork that I'd not have had the guts to do just a year or so ago?

Right I enver actually posted that did I? *head desk*

Title: Hermione Takes on the Big Guns
Fandom: Harry Potter - Law and Order
Characters: Hermione and Jack McCoy
Rating: G
Notes: I'm posting the intial sketch and then the painting because I think they both became very different works of art in their own right.

( Still think you have a case Jack? )



OH and! I'm sorry for my fail with the Dialy Richard:
But I'm working on it again. I scanned many things so hopefully I ahve some images re-stored up now ^__^
( Daily Richard )

Sketch Commissions are done
You know those Commissons I took a bit more than a year ago . .. I actually
finished 'em, which means I will finally mail 'em out, if people still want to pay for 'em.

I can't apologize enough that it took this long to get these out, and really I have no excuse other than once mom helped me out financially, I just kept putting these off. *sigh*

But I have actually finished 'em.

For glockgal( Eddie, Jake, and Oy )

For jadis31( One Picture of Percy and One Picture of MWPP )


For mieronna( Tom riddle )


For rakina( Snape and Harry )

For bekkio( Hermioen Packign her Trunk )

For karitawyr( Sirius and Harry )

For wellington( Two Original Characters )

For paranoidsistah( One picutre of Aberforth and Mungungus and one of Fluer/Tonks )

For karasu_hime( Snape/Remus NC-17: NOT WORK SAFE )


Now this is embaressing. I think this was meant as a christmas present, I totally missed the deadline period, and I can't find my original notes to figure out why commissioned it. I don't think it was paid for.
With smaller commissions like this,I usually don't take money until I am finished with the art; however, if it was, please let me know and I will refund it, if you want.
For ? ( Slughorn and Dumbledore )


Ok so that should clear up most of my commissions left over from last year. If anyone has paid for a commission and either never got the art or never got their money back *please* tell me. I think I've gotten all the sketch commissions done and I've refunded the one none sketch commission which I'm pretty sure was eaten by the post office (which would be This one, god bless the US mail -_-)

As for none sketch commissions, so far as I know, only two of these went unfinsihed:
birgitriddleI'm still have yours half done, let me know though if you are still interested in it.

bodgei are you still interested in a commission at all? I can't find that I ever got starte on your -_-



I think that clear up every commission I fell on my face on last year or so. Please let me know though if I overlooked something.

Again, my apologies. I usually try and get commissions done with in two to four months, and that just did not happen with these. Nor have I *ever* missed a deadline before, not even with school, so I'm really embarressed about all this. *head desk*

And also because of this, I'm now closed for any future commissions until i figure out a way to sort out what happened and make sure I never flake like this again -_-