Hello there new followers and those who have followed over from my other social media outlets! I have a quick question for you guys if you are willing to help me out a little while I'm still sprucing up the place.

My question, or rather, questions are;

-What do you like about my art?
-What sorts of characters/creatures would you like me to make?
-Do you like High Fantasy? ((I'll give you a hit, I'm working on a big IP))

If you'd like to help please answer at least one of the three above questions, or if you want to be a superstar to me answer all three! I'd love to hear from you and it really does help me plan out the kind of content that I hope you all enjoy and follow me for!

Also just as a sort of statement, this is still in the works, but I'd like to make a "Character Vault" where I show off all of the characters I've created so far. This would include characters I have made for my IP projects, RPG games, and some just because making characters is real fun for me and I can't quite help myself.

Thanks so much for your time, and happy belated New Years!

Hello viewers, I’ll be closing this website in April when my subscription runs out, and I hope to be fully transitioned over to ArtStation, which is a website that will let me showcase my work and then have a blog on the side.

I think this is an ok move, or at least I’m hoping it is haha. Anyway I’ll be moving my work that I have hosted on this blog over to the other account, and I will not likely be posting much of anything else here in the meantime.

Once I have everything up and running I will make another post that will have the new links and any updated information. Thank you very much for following me and for taking a look at my work, it means a lot!!

You can also still find me on:
Twitter – @watchurhineyman
DeviantArt – @Sarah-shockS
Instagram – @ghosty_pants

Hello everyone, sorry it’s been over a month, but I’ve been recovering from a concussion so I haven’t been able to do much until now.

So without further ado, days 1-5;

1.

Puppetmaster

2.

Dracolich

3.

Skull Girl Lines

Skull Girl (gold variant)

4.

Invidia

5.

Service With A Smile Lines

Service With A Smile

All of these have been fun, and seeing the reaction from social media has also been a plus, won’t lie there. I hope to make the next post as soon as I’ve completed the next five days.

Thanks so much for reading, hope you all enjoy the art and comment on which are your favorite(s).

If any of my readers are in the Hampton Roads area of Southern Virginia, I invite you to come and see some of my work that’s on display.

The location is a little local treat for beer enthusiasts and table top gamers alike, called The Bearded Bird Brewery! Sitting just at the edge of Norfolk’s NEON arts district, 727 Granby St. is the address just waiting to be googled.

Even if you aren’t that interested in the show, I do recommend trying some of the tasty homebrew recipies they have on tap! For those of you who like darker beer, they have a Not Quite English porter, and Porchata; don’t worry lighter beer lovers they also have a fine selection of ales and IPAs as well!

So do come down and check out The Bearded Bird, where tasty drinks and good times with friends are waiting for you.

Would you all also be interested in seeing some of my writing?

A silly question, perhaps, but I did want to ask you all, because I am curious. I know I have a few friends who have already read a few samples, or have even been so kind as to listen to me read aloud. With that in mind is like to hear from my other readers. What would you all like to see, and or read?

Many of you have already seen a good selection of my visual work, but not so much of my written work. Any ideas? Suggestions even?

I would love to hear from you all, so please don’t be shy!

(The piece above is one of my first abstract paintings in a while and will be in my art show May 23rd!)

So I noticed that there were several lovely people who started subscribing to this blog, and I felt terrible that there hasn’t been anything added for your viewing pleasure.

Things have been tense and well, just kinda bad all around, but hey that’s why we have art!

So without further ado, here are some new pics for you lovely new comers!

All of the above images are either finished works for an upcoming show, or they’re warm up sketches and practice experiments.

Thank you so much everyone, hope you all are doing well!

The Phantom approaches his dark sockets staring,
he points a finger daring,
The Vicomte to draw his saber sheathed from slashing.
Christine pleads close to sobbing,
unable to bear the thought of her lover dying.
A threat is all, a warning of what is to come,
a flash and a puff of smoke are all that’s left when he’s gone.

Day 3 was suggested by another coworker, this time Will. While the phantom as a prompt was kind of vague, I couldn’t help but to think of arguably the best scene of the play/movies during the masquerade ball where Eric the Phantom is dressed as The Red Death.

Friend and foe alike should beware,
should you enter the forest with intent to harm
the trickster has quiet paws with which he pads around
and sharp teeth with which he has to guard.

Day 2 for Inktober! Jordan asked for this prompt as well and I’m very excited to show this and the Druid to him when I see him next. Until tomorrow then everyone!

An old druid walks alone at night, a little lantern his only light,
he picks over stones and leaves, there are no more birds, no more bees
his forest is gone, aging just like he.

Day one for Inktober 2017 is getting to you a little late, but here he is; as suggested by my friend and co-worker Jordan. Day two is also his suggestion and hopefully I will have that posted here in a few hours.

Hello again everyone, thank you for being so very patient with me these past few weeks. Things outside of here have been piling up and taking a toll on me both physically and mentally and it is showing in my work, and the lack there of.

So with this in mind today’s post will be kind of long because I wanted to talk about a major artist problem, and that’s depression. Personally I have been diagnosed with MDD, or Massive Depressive Disorder, which means that I go through very long periods of mental depression that can last 2-5 years at a time on average. Knowing this though I try my best to remember that I’m not alone in this, and I reach out to some friends, but mostly professionals because I feel that I leave undue burdens on those closest to me when I talk about my mental health.

As an artist it is very difficult to function when there is a “bad day” or worse, a string of them. When these days happen it feels awful, you don’t want to draw, even if you have the ideas and the images in your head you can’t seem to force yourself to even grip your pencil. Your favorite music that helps put you in the zone doesn’t work, your favorite drink tastes bland, and all of your colors look  like the wrong ones to make what you want to make. All in all it just feels like nothing will work, so there’s really no point in trying because you’ll just make a mistake and then get even more angry.

Now the above is just one rendition of this mess affecting artists, and others, and of course we all want to know so we can share experiences, perhaps tips and tricks; but what does any of that do?

Personally I’d like to find a way to get a few other depressed artists out there together, so that we could all be in a room or walking around and not just talk about our collective troubles with mental health, but also form a network and perhaps even work through our issues with our art. I know I get inspired when I hear a popular artist say in a post, or a video, that they’ve struggled with depression or lack of motivation, creativity, whatever. It makes me feel better, like there’s hope of a way out, or a super special secret way to make the problem just disappear! Part of it’s true, and part of it’s not; I say this because depression is different with everyone, and while a majority of us suffering from it share symptoms, it isn’t a cookie cutter formula for success when you watch a popular artist on YouTube or Instagram telling you how they get through theirs. This of course isn’t meant to discredit those artists, I’m actually quite happy that they found a way to handle their mental health in a positive way and offer their experiences to others; I know how personal that can be so seeing others is still helpful, just not as much as I know myself and I’m sure others would like it to be.

So with that in mind, I’d like to offer my own take. Try to keep going, think of it like a series you’re watching, just one more episode. Remember to eat and drink plenty of water, try reading a good book or cuddle up with a friend or a loved one. Help is always out there, it’s difficult to reach out because you’ll leave yourself open; but being shut in only will make those voices of anxiety and self-doubt louder if you’re locked in there with them.

I hope everyone is doing well, and continues to do so. I’ve started enacting a plan of action to help me battle my issues as well as keep an active life. I know it won’t make the depression go away, but hopefully I can be like the people who inspire me, and help inspire others the way they do.

Enjoy a doodle featuring a sad looking king with a demon on his shoulder.

A quick sepia tone study