You must have some mad patience to get everything symetrical, especially by hand!

Mad patience? No... mad skills? no.. mad TEACHERS who MADE ME WORK WITH RULERS OBSESSIVELY- YES YES YES.
Seriously though, drawing one half on transfer paper, and then retracing it on the opposite really REALLY helps. Truth be told, if you blow it up to full size, you can see the wibbles and the little discrepancies- it just comes off as "perfect" when resized. XD

ok ok Mad sensible transfer paper skills too! :p

stunning! this is beautiful!

Thank you!

one day i will get a calender from you oh my gosh
this is stunning

Thankies!!!
I might- MIGHT-be opening spots next month. Truth be told it's going too slow to my liking due to work and other community obligations... if I had 2 weeks off, I'd be able to finish at least 2 of them in on sitting! Alas, I do not. XD

The shapes and the colors just scream fierce. This looks just amazing. ^v^
For NWP style, must take a lot of planning to get the pattern and colors in the the right design an symmetry you want for it.

YES!
But only if you ARE going for a symmetrical image. Soba, for example, will not be symmetrical... yours will be [wings spread out]. It all depends on what your areas of focus is- the symmetry ones work for portraits and repetitive patterns far more than the ones that are asymmetric, or bound shape. So if you want to exemplify hands, wings, face- better work with the options that can embellish those particular aspects, both symbolically and physically. :)

I missed your formline work so much I almost thought it was red and black over white until i noticed the white strokes. Nice usage of the paper color, is to die for!

YES! Choosing the proper base colour can mean a LOT of time saved. It takes some planning, but it's worth it! XD

Excellent work for your effort! Just be sure not to overwork yourself! It's best to take it at your own pace.

Thank you love, i really appreciate that! However, I AM trying to get done in a timely fashion- I have 2 weeks of short-film work at the beginning of Feb, and I want to be able to have a decent amount of work out of the way until then. Can't keep you waiting forever!

Thank you so much once again! Stuning as usual. The colors also work well together to help bring out the nature.

Wait until you see the original- the white is a gouache on a red paper, so it "bounces" even more dramatically! XD

This is amazing. :)

I do love this style of art, and of course being an attendee of your convention lectures, I now know a bit about where it comes from! When I was touring the Pittsburgh museum a year ago in anticipation of an interview there (which never came, BOOOO >:P ) there were a handful of similar banners adorning the walls of an exhibit, so guess whom I immediately thought of?

Ahhh! That makes me all tingly and bashful- you are too kind! I hope you are planning on coming to Vancoufur? I will be at FE this year, selling stuff- maybe I'll see if they have more panel space to conduct a few more panels there. Might be too late in the game. Still, if you are coming to any one of those, I want to take you out to dinner and catch up!!!

I didn't know you were coming to FE! I will definitely be there, unless there's some disaster that keeps me away. I very much look forward to it! It's been a good while since I've seen you and I would love to spend some time together. :)

Also, the convention web site has a little graphic that says they're looking for panelists, so you might be in luck!

DONE AND DONE!
I am SO seeing you there AND doing the panels! XD

Thanks!