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ARIEL, THREE WAYS: So while I'm still toiling away on the calendar art for 2022, I happened to pick up Adam Thwaite's excellent "Celebrity Series 93," which provides a wonderful foundation for creating images featuring/"inspired by" Ariel Winter. These are three images I put together yesterday, just quick proofs really, but I'm very happy with the textures and there's very little tinkering to be done "under the hood" for the model itself, although of course my usual eye-straining and meticulous tweaking of pose, wardrobe, hair, and expression will be much more time-consuming for finished pieces. It's nice to have another celeb on the roster for my various projects. In actual calendar news, I should have some previews to share by month's end. I'd really love to have the calendar itself on the market in October, so time is getting pretty crunchy up in Casa Claire. #Art #3DArt #ArtistsofInstagram #ArtistsOfIG #LesbianArtist #LatinaArtist #Lesbian #Latina #ArielWinter #Daz3D #Daz #MakeArtNotWar #CREATE #DigitalArtist #DigitalArt #Celeb #QuickStudies #LGBTQIA https://www.instagram.com/p/CSr58UjlG9m/?utm_medium=tumblr

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"BAKA MITAI" I've recently become a huge fan of the #YakuzaGames (#YakuzaLikeADragon was my entry point and now I'm hooked). I know a lot of people think of #BakaMitai simply as meme-fodder, but it's a legitimate banger and I may or may not cry while singing it. 😭😭😭 After spending so much time in-game searching for that perfect score, I decided to make a little bit of tribute art with my #OC Cat Cruz on the mic, singing her little heart out and reflecting on how love makes fools of us all. I made a composite image that I'm really happy with, but also included each of the source images as well because I really loved adding all the details. <3 Made with (only mildly foolish) love. And #Daz3D. #Art #3DArt #ArtistsOfInstagram #ArtistsOfIG #CatCruz #DigitalArt #LesbianArtist #LatinaArtist #Lesbian #Latina #MakeArtNotWar #Create #IAmARidiculousPerson #Karaoke #Yakuza #NerdyNerderson #Geekery #Geek #GeekGirl #VideoGames #VidyaGames #IveBeenAFool https://www.instagram.com/p/CRzccn0swj6/?utm_medium=tumblr

#yakuzagames #yakuzalikeadragon #bakamitai #oc #daz3d #art #3dart #artistsofinstagram #artistsofig #catcruz #digitalart #lesbianartist #latinaartist #lesbian #latina #makeartnotwar #create #iamaridiculousperson #karaoke #yakuza #nerdynerderson #geekery #geek #geekgirl #videogames #vidyagames #ivebeenafool

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Hot days, cool fashions! Lupita is out here serving serious looks for summer. Even if she thinks her Mom is a dork. CUE THE "MIAMI VICE" THEME TUNE! #Lupita #LupitaRelampagoJackson #DogMom #DogLife #LupitaTheLabrabull #CutieMcCutester #DogFashion #MiamiViceVibes #IAmARidiculousPerson #Doggo #Labrabull https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ8-5-VF19z/?utm_medium=tumblr

#lupita #lupitarelampagojackson #dogmom #doglife #lupitathelabrabull #cutiemccutester #dogfashion #miamivicevibes #iamaridiculousperson #doggo #labrabull

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Somebody loves her new #WonderWoman collar! #Lupita #LupitaTheLabrabull #LupitaRelampagoJackson #LabraBull #Doggo #DogMom #DogsOfInstagram #Dogs #CutieMcCutester #ShesAWonder https://www.instagram.com/p/CPQqHp3F74M/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#LemonyMeerkat and I have been taking turns choosing an idea or object to draw. Today we did "a face" and "a bunny," although SOME of us decided they wanted a "DEMON BUNNY WITH RAZOR-SHARP FANGS!" Santa Maria. #LaLaAndBooba #Familia #Family #MyHeart #MiCorazon #kids #LemonyMeerkatIsExtraLemony #TheBooba #MichiganJBooba #BestBuddies #Art #MakeArtNotWar https://www.instagram.com/p/CPGq3E-FwUI/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#LemonyMeerkat is officially on Spring Break and is spending the night ON A SCHOOL NIGHT (gasp!). She created this impromptu masterpiece in the journal I gave her to practice her artistic and literary endeavors. <3 #LemonyMeerkatIsExtraLemony #TheBooba #Booba #MichiganJBooba #Familia #Family #MiCorazon #MyHeart #Kids #CutieMcCutester #Cute #BestBuddies #BoobaAndLaLa https://www.instagram.com/p/CM-pnXShSgL/?igshid=75jhgdg65lpc

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Spring has arrived, and #Lupita is ready for training. She would like to warn you, however, about her striking resemblance to George Thorogood. Haters beware! #LupitaRelampagoJackson #LupitaTheLabrabull #Dogs #Doggo #DogMom #LabraBull #CutieMcCutester #DogLife #ApparentlyImOneOfThoseMomsWhoDressesHerDogNow #SorryLupita https://www.instagram.com/p/CMw96ggFZSi/?igshid=oisouvtulwwd

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NEW(ish) ART: I'm already hard at work on my 2022 art calendar (it has a Mucha-inspired theme!), as well as my 2022 pin-up calendar. Making and selling my first calendar last year taught me a lot of valuable lessons (including the most important one: START PROMOTING EARLIER, DUMB-DUMB). This is an alternative image I created for the 2021 calendar but didn't use. I was pleased with the overall results, but this was one of the first images I created for that calendar, and the model was suffering from a pretty common DAZ issue called "black sclera." It's a lighting issue that can make part or all of the sclera appear to be black in color (shocking, I know). And while the fix is fairly straightforward, it takes a bit of tinkering in Daz and another full session of rendering, so I moved on to another idea I liked better (the gal on the beach enjoying a Definitely-Not-A-Coke-Please-Don't-Sue-Me™). Anyway, I went ahead and fixed this in post, along with a few lighting tweaks and some tone adjustments. I still really like this particular image; I think the pose and materials turned out great, and there's something about the weirdly Brutalist architecture of the resort that provides a nice juxtaposition for the bathing beauty in the foreground. Made with love. And #Daz3D. #Art #3DArt #ArtistsOfInstagram #ArtistsOfIG #LesbianArtist #LatinaArtist #Pinup #Latina #Lesbian #LGBTQIA #MakeArtNotWar #Create #OC #DigitalArt https://www.instagram.com/p/CMuwerJF_ci/?igshid=u1vxmyd1v2p8

#daz3d #art #3dart #artistsofinstagram #artistsofig #lesbianartist #latinaartist #pinup #latina #lesbian #lgbtqia #makeartnotwar #create #oc #digitalart

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NEW #ART! Maeve Hawke, the Champion of Kirkwall. As many of you know, the Dragon Age series is one of my favorites, both as a narrative and for pure gaming entertainment. But Dragon Age II is my absolute favorite, and while I certainly love my Warden-Commander Amell* and Inquisitor Trevelyan, Hawke will probably always be my favorite. The combat, the banter, and the narrative were all far better than they had any right to be in a game rushed by an uncaring studio who simply didn't understand what makes a BioWare game great. Fortunately, BioWare did understand, and managed to produce something incredible despite the common complaints of repeated assets and a limited narrative framework.** I played Hawke as sarcastic but caring; purple with a tinge of blue. And while everyone has their preferences, I feel like Fem!Hawke was meant to be a mage, even if it means you're saddled with Cranky Carver the Boo-Hoo Baby™ instead of Bethany. The mage combat in DAII was amazing and has yet to be matched, by my lights. Nothing like a little Pull of the Abyss followed by Fist of the Maker and Chain Lightning to put the fear of god (or at least Hawke) into a wave of baddies. I'm excited for Dragon Age 4, but they could make 10 more games continuing Hawke's adventures and I'd be happy to play them all. I rendered this at a hefty 5120 x 2880 so as to maximize appreciable detail. Please note the special polished metal and colored glass used in the focus of Hawke's staff, as well as the custom fabric textures on the ribbons. Hawke's signature facepaint is hand-painted by me, with some light cosmetic touches to the lighting (and lightning!) effects. Made with love. And #Daz3D. *Canonically Maeve's cousin. **Personally, I like that Hawke's story is personal, and I think keeping Hawke and the Gang confined largely to Kirkwall and its environs (with the obvious exceptions of the DLC) makes good sense. #3DArt #3D #ArtistsofInstagram #ArtistsOfIG #LesbianArtist #LatinaArtist #Lesbian #Latina #Bioware #DragonAge #DragonAgeIsTheBestAge #FanArt #Hawke #FemHawke #DragonAge2 #ChampionOfKirkwall https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFEg66l521/?igshid=56srwdnnv2e1

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COVID AND THE DEATH OF EMPATHY: New art and a list of resources to help you get help, get vaccinated, and fight misinformation and myths. Read the full post here: https://t.co/TYUkze3kzD #COVID19 #COVIDResources #FightMisinformation #Art #3DArt #ArtistsofInstagram #ArtistsOfIG #LesbianArtist #LatinaArtist #Lesbian #Latina #LGBT #LGBTQIA #MakeArtNotWar #CREATE #StopTheSpread #SalusPopuliSupremaLex #ClaireDeLunacy https://www.instagram.com/p/CLC27GtlfS2/?igshid=fdtbzd7tukwg

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COVID AND THE DEATH OF EMPATHY

COVID AND THE DEATH OF EMPATHY: New art and a list of resources to help you get help, get vaccinated, and fight misinformation and myths.

Nurse Candace sez: GET INNOCULATED, YO. The COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic hasn’t stopped the world from spinning, but it has set modern life on its ear for millions of people around the world. New variants are emerging at an alarming rate. Public compliance with basic disease prevention measures is at an equally alarming low (at least in the Land of Freedumb™). Unsurprisingly, it’s more…

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Lupita is a handful, but Nature has designed dogs to be cute so we don't hurl them into the sun. She's also growing like a weed; it'll be time to switch to a harness soon so I'm not dragged through the streets, George Jetson style. #LupitaRelampagoJackson #LupitaTheLabrabull #Lupita #SkunkFloof #NotSoTinySkunkFloof #DogMom #DogsOfInstagram #Doggo #PuppyLife https://www.instagram.com/p/CKzJd2UFeJf/?igshid=1qh8652atv26b

#lupitarelampagojackson #lupitathelabrabull #lupita #skunkfloof #notsotinyskunkfloof #dogmom #dogsofinstagram #doggo #puppylife

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NEW ART (Featuring Cat Cruz): "Morning Joe"

NEW ART (Featuring Cat Cruz): "Morning Joe" They say you can't go home again. In Cat's case, that's especially true, since the activation of PERUN turned her former mountainside home into part of the ghoul-haunted rim of the Scourge...

As fun as it is to create new art featuring my erstwhile heroine and occasional doer of good deeds Cat Cruz kicking ass and taking names, I feel like I do a disproportionate amount of those types of scenes. Cat has a life outside of problem solving for the desperate and the dangerous. Often, I think about what her life was like before The Resource Wars and the eruption of The Fae hardened her a…

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NEW #ART: "Morning Joe" I do a lot of action scenes with Cat Cruz. But she has a life outside of problem solving for the desperate and the dangerous. Often, I think about what her life was like before The Resource Wars and the eruption of The Fae hardened her a little. She's been alive a long time—long enough to know that good and evil will balance themselves out, provided good has plenty of help—but sometimes she can't help thinking back to simpler times. Or maybe they just seem simpler, in retrospect. Not even demigods are immune to the Vaseline lens of nostalgia. At any rate, they say you can't go home again. In Cat's case, that's especially true, since the activation of PERUN turned her former mountainside home into part of the ghoul-haunted rim of the Scourge (along with most of East Texas, Western Louisiana, and points north) by driving the Hubris Mountains up from the scorched earth. Tom Wolfe knew what was up, I guess. I was very, very pleased with the lighting in this piece. Had to do a bit of fiddling in post because I realized I'd left her breakfast knife floating a millimeter or two in the air like a Kreskin Souvenir. But overall, I'm quite happy with the way this turned out, especially the hand-painted steam coming from the coffee cup and Cat's wistful gaze. Made with love. And #Daz3D. #DigitalArt #3DArt #ArtistsofInstagram #ArtistsOfIG #LesbianArtist #LatinaArtist #LatinaAuthor #LesbianAuthor #Latina #Lesbian #LGBT #OC #OriginalCharacter #CatCruz #CuicatlCruz #CREATE #MakeArtNotWar https://www.instagram.com/p/CKxLmB-lTYk/?igshid=1e5gymu1qejyc

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NEW POETRY (AND ART) "RIDDLE ME THIS"

NEW POETRY (AND ART) "RIDDLE ME THIS" In which the Sphinx that plagued Thebes is SO over Oedipus and his nonsense.

This image (and the accompanying bit of poetry) came to me in the early hours of the morning one day last week. I’ve been working on a story for a literary journal submission, and because there’s a character death in it, and that character happens to be a woman, I have also been thinking about the tedious tradition of female characters being killed not so much for narrative purposes, but to shore…

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NEW #ART (And a new #poem, too!): "RIDDLE ME THIS." Terror came to Thebes on wings; hight Phix, sent to perplex, with blood to chasten Laius Rex for his unkingly sins. True to breed, it squeezed dead travelers foul and fair, all those who did not dare answer its query dread: "What is at morn a quadruped, at noon does bipedal plod, and at evening is tripod?" dark Echidna's daughter said. None knew the right reply; and so joined in death, robbed of breath, the corpses piled high. Then came Oedipus from Delphi, fleeing oracular decrees. To the cradle of Hercules and so his fate to defy. But was met by smiling Phix, and so listened to her riddle, then sat down in the middle of the road to consider it. The Sphinx stopped him cold. Whispered in his ear the answer clear to free herself from riddle's hold "The answer is a man, And you think it clever because that's all you ever think to be, or can." Oedipus blinked, tongue tied. "Goodbye," said the Sphinx and dropped him a wink, vaulting into the sky. "As for me, I'm free of thee, but here's some parting advice: Love is fine, and sex is nice, But maybe don't marry the Queen." Made with love. And snark. And #Daz3D. #Poetry #poesia #Poeme #Poema #ArtistsofInstagram #LesbianArtist #LesbianPoet #LatinaArtist #LatinaPoet #Latina #Lesbian #LGBT #MakeArtNotWar #Create #Sphinx #Fun #Humor #IAmARidiculousPerson https://www.instagram.com/p/CKb0hhMFREz/?igshid=ct5q09idfoer

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NEW ART: "THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY" I recently got my monitor situation sorted out, and so have a desktop that now measures 5120 by 1440 across two WQHD monitors. Naturally, I needed some new wallpaper for the new desktop, and so I decided to put together an idea that's been rattling around in my noggin' for a while now. Normally, Cat is the epitome of confidence in a conflict. But betrayal is a hard pill to swallow—demigod or not—and the image of Cat facing someone she loved turning against her inspired this image. I wanted to capture the conflict and the pain that comes with having to do what's right even though it feels like your heart is breaking. I created this image in Daz and did the post work in PS. I hand-painted the tear because none of the effects in Daz worked quite the way I wanted them to with the lighting effects I was using. I was very pleased with how the textures turned out, and I'll definitely be revisiting this HDRI for future pieces. Also, there IS a related story for this image but it's not fleshed out yet, and I still have to finish another submission this month. But stay tuned! Note: The bottom image is how the image looks in use on my design PC. Made with love. And #Daz3D. #DigitalArt #Art #ArtistsofInstagram #ArtistsOfIG #LesbianArtist #LatinaArtist #Latina #Lesbian #LGBTQIA #CREATE #MakeArtNotWar #OriginalCharacter #OC #CuicatlCruz #3DArt https://www.instagram.com/p/CKN5pxZl-g3/?igshid=i46uvm9wx2lw

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