And they all lived...

I feel conflicted...

2011-07-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

Well hi there. I've been thinking lately of starting a writing blog, for well blogging purposes, however I don't know whether or not to create a new blog, and keep this strictly an art blog, or fuse the two together for an ultimate ART-BLOG-WRITING extravaganza. Needless to say I am feeling very conflicted.
In other news I'm moving so I probably won't post any new stuff for a while, cause well I have NO time to draw right now.

I also wanted to point out that I am taking commissions, so if you know of someone or would like to have artwork done please comment below and I will give you my contact info and rates. I do character design both traditional (pencil art) and digital.

Thanks for reading and following :) I'll be posting art work soon, or eventually...whenever I get around to drawing hahaha. Hope everyone is having a lovely summer.

-Rae

2011-07-17T14:22:00.000-07:00

This is my character Alli :)

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Oh Cole :)

this is Alli's (see above) attractive male counterpart

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I don't really know who this is, in truth,

though she does look a whole lot like a character of mine

Junie, who is from the same story as Cole and Alli :)

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Landon.

Can't remember if I posted this or not already, I may have,

I might not have...if I did I'll take this one down.

Anyways...drew this for my friend Cassidy :)

this is her character Landon, who can turn invisible so

I had some fun messing with gradients to kind of get that

"invisible" look.

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Practicing with storyboards.

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These are Cassidy's characters

Lucie, top, and Jonis, bottom...

they are not from the same stories.

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and finally, one of my favorites right now...

Mr. Herondale, aka Will Herondale, from Cassandra Clare's

Infernal Devices series.

OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS

I love this character.

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this is a new artwork post... o.o

2011-06-22T20:48:00.000-07:00

ok sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been super swamped with work, and by super swamped I mean SUPER swamped, but I have somehow managed to find some extra time tonight to post some new artwork so yippee :)

almost there

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pretty much drew this from a dream

I like it.

Already Gone

taken from Kelly Clarkson's song :)

just what I was feeling the afternoon I drew this

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Inspired by Taylor Swift's song Last Kiss

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Zac and Chuck :)

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dream character dude again

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Iggy from the Max Ride series, honestly my favorite

fictional character ever. Plus I love the name. Iggy. Iggy.

Iggy. Iggy. Iggy. Iggy. Iggy. Iggy.

I love Iggy.

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Jace Clary and Simon

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New Stuff...

2011-04-19T19:50:00.000-07:00

Huey and Astrid

I introduce, my brain children Huey and Astrid :)

I think they're super cute. Hopefully you will too.

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I Must Be Dreaming

"remember the day when we started this and

you made the shape of my heart with your hands"

-The Maine "I Must Be Dreaming"

The Maine has been serving as quite the muse for me lately

I really like this piece, even if its simple :)

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Thinking of You

pretty self explanatory, just something I doodled

at work.

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The Sun

done in photoshop.

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Saltwater Room

inspired by Owl City's Saltwater Room

I love this song :)

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Chuck and Allyson

may I introduce you to another couple I have thought up

Chuck and Allyson...I think they're pretty cute.

Chuck looks a whole lot like my buddy Ethan though

haha completely unintentional.

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Into Your Arms

another piece inspired by the Maine.

Into Your Arms, is possibly my favorite song by them,

if you haven't heard it, go listen, its amazing. :)

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I Don't Love You

I was just doodling and this piece kinda happened...

I really like it. Inspired by My Chemical Romance's

"I Don't Love You"

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The Space Between

its hard loosing someone you love...

I like this one..I was messing around in photoshop at work

one day and this kinda happened.

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Jace Wayland, anyone?

Jace :) what more can I say?

I read City of Fallen Angels...AH-MAZING!

Cassie Clare you did it again...

characters = Cassandra Clare

artwork = meh

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Purple Lady

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Daisy

original character

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I NEED A DOCTOR.

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I MISS YOU.

sighh...

sorry for poor quality, this is from my sketchbook

I took the pick of it on my phone.

drawn with prisma color pencils

and ink pen

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A Little Thing Called Love ;)

2011-02-11T09:58:00.000-08:00

So here we are practically on the doorstep of one of the most fabricated holidays, in my opinion, ever. I just don't get Valentines day. I know, I know...a day for lovers right? Why be so heartless...I mean its totally NOT cause I've never gotten flowers or had a valentine or anything like that...cough cough, but that's besides the point. Every Valentines day the little girl in me squeals and gets excited and then the rational side has to calm things down; mentally slapping myself. Though this year I thought I wouldn't be such a downer and I'd post a couple love themed sketches, cause boy do I have a lot haha...so here we go. :)

This first one is just a line drawing :s but whateva work your way up

I can't remember drawing this one haha

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"Kiss Me"

inspired by the song "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer

Love the song, like the drawing :)

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"Purple and Red"

as you can see by the crumpled state of this picture

it has seen some wear and tear, this one is probably 2 1/2 years old

at the least...I'm not sure, however, I like the colors in the hair, and its kinda valentine's dayish

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"Dusk and Twilight"

I came up with this idea awhile ago, pretty much Dusk (girl) and Twilight (boy)

are the children of Night and Day who are sworn enemies. Dusk and Twilight fall in love,

but Night and Day try their hardest to keep them separated, however much to their dismay, every day

as Day fades to Night, Twilight and Dusk are allowed to meet creating a sunset.

Its kinda cheesy, but kinda cool (I think) in a way.

My scanner kinda screwed this one up though, its still one of my favorite pieces.

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*side note* if you would like to use this piece or reprint please contact me @ rachelaro25@gmail.com

Happy Holidays!

2011-01-11T16:24:00.000-08:00

My very late holiday post...sorry everyone been very busy with work. Hope that your holidays were magnificent. Thought I'd post some of the things I've been working on lately...most are doodles, some are old old old pieces that I'm just looking back on. I clarify in each individual pieces description.

Remmi and Bess

(please excuse poor quality I took a picture of this from my phone)

Cassidy Tucker's original characters

my original drawing

(a very late) Merry Christmas to everyone

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Classifications Are Stupid

from left to right

(top) emo, goth, scene

(bottom) indie, hipster, amish

original piece

Holy Crud my hand!

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Max and Angel - Power Struggle

from the book series Maximum Ride, if you've read this series you

know about Max and Angel's almost constant power struggle

seriously someone needs to whack Angel upside the head

or at least give her a time out. Remind her that she's six and NOT the leader.

anyways. Characters belong to James Patterson. Drawing belongs to moi.

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Mortal Instruments - All Together Now

excuse poor quality this picture is via my phone :)

Mortal Instruments characters belong to Cassie Clare

Original drawing is mine.

Cassie Clare actually featured this one on her twitter page, it was pretty rad. :)

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Phone Calls From Home t-shirt contest entry

I did this for the December t-shirt contest

sadly I didn't win, or place or whatever...but I don't care

it was fun to draw and just something I threw together really quick

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Rapunzel

from Disney's Tangled

I've seen this movie twice...LOVED it!!!

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Recent Work

2010-12-02T18:02:00.000-08:00

Sebastian (aka Johnathon Morgenstern)

Just now I am realizing how obsessed I am with this series

-___- its kinda sad really. Anyways. Sebastian...er...Johnathon...

he's so evil. I love it! This picture though...I'm not sure its completely right...

I feel like somethings missing. hmmmm...

any hoo..

Cassandra Clare owns characters

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The Daylighter (aka Simon)

this is Simon from Cassandra Clare's MI series,

after he was turned into a vampire...I love Simon :)

I don't think he gets near enough credit.

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Mortal Instruments sketches?

now I don't know if all of the above is MI sketches...

but I know some of them are, for instance the one with the arrow pointing at

with Jace written above it...well that is and there are couple that fit the description but idk

Cassandra Clare owns the characters, I just loveee drawing them :)

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Mixed Tape

I painted over an actual picture for this one...to get used to painting in photoshop

but yehhh, whoever was in that picture I used, sorry...

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2010-12-02T16:53:00.000-08:00

The Little Mermaid

did this freehand in ball point pen when I should've been doing

geometry last year hahaa

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Summer Nights, Restless Fights

yeh...

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I like the guy in this pic, but not the girl.

grrrr.

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Chase and Landon

awww Landon is cute in this picture...I like it.

Cassidy Tucker - characters

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Lucie and Skylar

yay!! this is where Cassidy says "you're spelling their names wrong"

and I roll my eyes and change the fricken spelling for the ump-teenth time

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Lil Landon :3

awww little Landon is so cute haha

Cassidy Tucker's Characters

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Brett

Cassidy's character Brett (I told you a lot of the artwork on here

is her characters haha) I love the expressions though :p

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Taryn and Johnnie (I know I didn't spell that right)

Cass's characters

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More Disney free hand done when I should've been doing Geometry :)

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this character (above) belongs to my good friend Cassidy Tucker.

I just put her on paper.

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Everyone's A Critic's Logan Singing

funny story about this piece, I took the pose almost exactly from a photo

though I changed the person and some of the aesthetics...I just wanted to clarify that the people in these pictures are NOT the same. But yeh...

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Everyone loves a Bassist :)

ahh Preston

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I don't know who this is. -__-

oh well...

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Landon :)

this was done for my friend Cassidy Tucker, you will see a lot of

art work done for her on here haha

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summer

drew this at the end of last year

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Unfinished

I never finish anything *sighhhh*

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Line-Up

I have no idea who these kids are...they just popped up and I drew em. :)

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Another Unfinished Piece

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Jet. Jet. Jet. Jet.

Jay Ethan Thacker "Jet"

done for Cass.

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Aladdin
I know a guy who looks JUST like Aladdin...no joke
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All Dressed Up and No Where to Go
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Seelie Court Kiss
Jace and Clary from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments Series
:) I love this series...love. love. love. love. love.
I do NOT own these characters just love drawing them...
ignore the quotes on the side cause I think they're wrong :s
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