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a little stuck

December 11, 2018December 11, 2018 mary v.  Dumping a Dragon, Emotional Breakdowns, Original Characters, Writing Journey  Leave a comment

I have a week left in my first semester at Saint Thomas after tomorrow. We also got a new kitten in our family – I got bored and fixated on wanting a baby and we needed to do something to help abate that. So we found her at Petsmart and she is perfect for us, […]

a triumph

November 13, 2018 mary v.  Dumping a Dragon, Manga, Sun-Walking, Writing Journey  Leave a comment

Early last week I reached the long-awaited point in Dumping a Dragon where, after initially riding the high of creating Sivarthis’s dragon self, I always anticipated hitting a creative wall. And indeed, whether I damned myself to that by expecting it or not, I hit a wall. I ended my first meet cute/flashback and had […]

adorable productivity blockers

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 mary v.  Dumping a Dragon, Manga, Original Characters  Leave a comment

I guess three times this week I’ve gotten seriously sidetracked drawing Noelia and Sivarthis fluff. I think I’m missing him since I’m spending so much time trying to build his dragon personality now. :/

maybe it’s the crazy

October 7, 2018 mary v.  Art!, Dumping a Dragon, Original Characters  Leave a comment

I took a bit of a break today from coloring the pages preceding Sivarthis’s long-awaited transformation to do a little fluff kiss painting I suddenly thought of when considering season-based artwork. I did it almost exclusively listening to “Turn” by The Wombats. My husband pointed out the other day how I listen to a single […]

that ultra kind of love

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 mary v.  Art!, Dumping a Dragon, Manga, Original Characters  Leave a comment

After spending the last month now working almost exclusively on my tablet, I finally got around to doing a traditional painting of my heroes, Noelia and Sivarthis. One night I sketched out about 5 consecutive pages of “Dumping a Dragon” listening solely to “The Last of the Real Ones” by Fall Out Boy, because for […]

on the DL graphic novel proj

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 mary v.  Dumping a Dragon, Manga, Writing Journey  Leave a comment

I’ve spent the last 2.5 weeks working tirelessly – truly, tirelessly – on the graphic novelization of To Trust a Dragon – which, as a graphic novel, is probably more suitably titled Dumping a Dragon. Or something. I suck at titles. Anyway, it’s been a LOT of fun to work on, and the pages look […]

of markers and endeavors

August 13, 2018August 29, 2018 mary v.  Art!, Dumping a Dragon, Emotia, Manga, Original Characters, Ryan & Me, To Trust a Dragon  Leave a comment

and also scary new wordpress editors Well I would say in the last few weeks I have officially begun getting the hang of my new alcohol markers…but the problem I have discovered today is that my poor old flatbed scanner is not. a. fan.  I never knew that losing saturation would be a problem for me […]

marker drawings of old people

July 24, 2018October 9, 2018 mary v.  Art!, Myoku Needs a Tag, Nikkei  Leave a comment

And by old, of course, I mean my old-ass Nikkei characters. Last night as I was sketching out ideas for full digital drawings, I suddenly decided to draw Myoku and Nikkei together. Then, I went on Amazon and bought a huge set of alcohol-based Copic marker knockoffs for $40. So I purposely held out on […]

half a lifetime ago

July 26, 2017August 15, 2017 mary v.  Art!, Emotional Breakdowns, Manga, Nikkei  Leave a comment

  I can’t believe it’s been 13 years since Cinnamin died, and since I wrote Nikkei. That’s literally half my lifetime ago. There are a lot of things about my life that have changed but in a big part I’m still very much the same dopey, nostalgic, passionate, artsy little nerd I’ve always been. A […]

done diggity done

March 1, 2017August 15, 2017 mary v.  Art!, Manga, Original Characters, Writing!  Leave a comment

I’m annoyed because I decided the image is finished but I can’t redo the My Mental Breakdown layout till I’m off work on Thursday.  But anyway, here’s the Solveig Fire picture all shaded up.

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mary v. | 29| artist | fantasy writer  | grad student| empath | married to a tall nerd | video gamer | crazy cat lady (jericho + snowball + scribbles) | coffee drinker | ronan mylo born 8.27.19

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  • closing thoughts for 2020 January 1, 2021
  • showing off? yes maybe December 24, 2020
  • all grown up & out on the town October 6, 2020
  • family photos August 28, 2020
  • Paint Empress August 27, 2020
  • activityyyyy August 16, 2020
  • quarantine/riots/manga DONE June 4, 2020
  • i’m obsessed (but it’s still unnamed) May 11, 2020
  • it still doesn’t have a name April 21, 2020
  • pandemic etc March 23, 2020

Past Creations

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