One thing I like about Bluesky is that artists host regular art shares. One artist makes a post inviting other artists to share their work in the comments. The hosting artist also shares and provides some basic guidelines or prompt. It’s nice because it creates an opportunity for everyone to share their art and to especially repost the same art but to a different crowd. Look up tags like #artshare on Bluesky if you’re curious.
I would love to bring that practice here! I want to meet other artists in Bremerton and see what people are working on. Maybe an art share can happen here once a month and a different person can host each time.
Prompt
My prompt is simply to share what you worked on this month or what is currently a work in progress. (And tbh feel free to share what you like. The prompt is just there to help make a decision on what to share.)
Share any kind of art! Digital, Traditional, Writing, Woodworking, Metalworking, Graffiti, Photos - whatever you got.
Include any info you want to share about yourself! Who you are, hobbies, interests in art, where you find you elsewhere on the internet, etc
Basic guidelines:
Keep it SFW (NSFW art is great I am just not sure where the line is here.)
No A.I. generated imagery (nobody wants to see that)
Our Lady Krampus. I am gonna be vendoring at Krampus America in Bremerton coming up soon so my goal has been to make more Krampus art featuring versions of Lady Krampus. I based this one off one of the more better known versions of Lady Krampus - a giant lady going around collecting men in a basket.
A bit about me: I draw folklore fantasy, stuff for RPGs and trying to do more comics. I’ve been getting into vendoring at markets this year but it is all very new to me (if you’re also vendoring I’d love to chat and share resources). I mainly work digitally because I like how it allows me to reiterate on ideas quickly. I’m learning lino cutting and I have an urge to get back to my roots and starting drawing with pencil again.
Looking forward to seeing what everyone has been up to this month!
Finished a big banner for my Australian friends who are getting married — shipped it off and I’m hoping it’ll get there ASAP!
I do katazome (hand dyed textile work, traditionally Japanese) & have been at it for a couple years — I still do some illustration and design work, stuff I did for a while when I was in my corporate era.
@morriebird I’m a somewhat seasoned vendor at art and craft markets, lmk if you want to talk about vending things! I love your lady krampus illustration in particular — the colors are lovely and it reminded me of tarot cards
@Erika Oh wow that is gorgeous! I love the colors you’ve selected and the multitude of colors. And I like how some of the prints have more than one color. I am particularly loving that dog in the lower right.
I enjoy painting and drawing fantasy and nature scenery. This painting I just completed is a 2’x2’ gallery wrapped canvas in acrylic I completed for the upcoming group show “Full Bloom” at Rimbert Illustration. I have also been playing alot with my homemade walnut ink and using it as underpainting for watercolors.
I’ve been pinning bugs like a madman! I only have pictures of butterflies I guess but I do mostly beetles. I put one in a trinket frame I made.I sell my bugs (and other oddities) at markets! I also took a taxidermy class! My skunk doesn’t look the greatest but his name is Golfcart and he is my son.
I’m trying to get my buddy Divya (Gotham Taxidermy) to come out and teach some classes here when she does her west coast tours next! Lmk if you can think of any good venues (there aren’t too many oddities type venues around here!)
The skunk friend is so cute!
Here is a cool banner I did for Pendragon’s Labyrinth in Port Townsend.
Looking forward to seeing what everyone has been up to this month!
