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Category Archives: Art
Potion Craft Fan Art Fest Summer 2023
I am one of the winners of the Potion Craft Fan Art Fest: Summer 2023 for my “Enchanted Garden” entry during week one. I made a diorama of the in-game garden, with tree, flowers, potion bottle and alchemy map, all … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: ARTIST LIFE SIMULATOR
I set out to become a famous artist but end up dead in the gutter in ARTIST LIFE SIMULATOR, developed by Interactive Fate and published by Placeholder Gameworks. In ARTIST LIFE SIMULATOR, players live the life of artist in 19th … Continue reading
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Wytchwood video game prop replicas & jewelry
WYTCHWOOD was my favorite video game of 2021. I loved it so much, I put together a swamp witch kit with replicas of several items found in the game. Some of the items were purchased, such as the grimoire, red … Continue reading
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Halloween Monster Milkshakes
Just for fun here’s a little video of some over-the-top milk shakes we made for Halloween. I had the graveyard shake, my husband ate the zombie shake, and our kids ate the others. Which one is your favorite? The vampire … Continue reading
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Tagged Food, Halloween, ice cream
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FALLOUT 3: Fawkes fan art
I wanted pulp fiction art of big beefy green Fawkes from FALLOUT 3, with my lone wanderer Charity doing the classic “leg cling.” So I made one. Here’s the original pic by Earl Norem that it’s based on: ~ J.L. … Continue reading
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Tagged Fallout, Fallout 3, Fawkes, Video Games
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The value of happiness
At times it is difficult to see the value of my work as an author, artist and content creator. With the world so full of cruelty, ignorance, injustice and pain, the thought of writing a story, making jewelry or livestreaming a video game … Continue reading
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Making marbles = not a euphemism
While watching a YouTube video about the making of glass marbles, the narrator just said “the senior blower is back at the glory hole with his rod…” and I’m dying. “That is a very important lubricant for the blowers hot … Continue reading
Try-It Tuesday: POTION CRAFT Alchemist Simulator
POTION CRAFT: ALCHEMIST SIMULATOR is available in early access on Steam today for only $13.49, 10% off its list price of $14.99. If you love alchemy in Skyrim, you might like this. I tried a free demo back in July (that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged jewelry, Potion Craft, Try-It Tuesday, Video Games
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Imagine
I doodled this back in 1995 with pen & colored pencils. I still feel this way when “every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors fill my head, a million dreams are keeping me awake…” ~ J.L. Hilton
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Slouching badass, bored ruler
Should I admit I’m actually a fan of a little manspreading? In TV tropes, this classic pose is called the Slouch of Villainy, though not always performed by a bad guy. Here are some of my favorite examples, from top to bottom: Kratos … Continue reading
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