A return to Moon Dancer

On February 27, 2009, I reached a significant milestone. My fifth full-length novel, Moon Dancer, was completed.

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7 months later, I return to my treasured story for what I forsee as a good month or so of editing. Why?

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Because the more I think about it, the more I realize I have to do it - I can't keep this story to myself. I have to try and get it published.

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Moon Dancer is a story about a lot of things. It's about a girl who is taken from the world she knows into one entirely different. It's about relationships, desires, passions, and goals. It's about a people who live as wolves do, with a matching social hierarchy, lifestyle, and rivalry between packs. Of course there is a love story thrown into the mix.

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But most of all, it's a story about discovering who you truly are and where you truly belong - something anyone can relate to. And it's a story I want to share with the world, if I can.

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First, I have to comb out the flaws. ;)

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In the meantime, enjoy this nice little drawing I put together. If you want to be a HUGE help and read through the novel to share your thoughts and help me improve it, post a comment or shoot me an email at elusive.dreams@yahoo.com.

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Oh yeah, and I'll have TONS of stuff to post in the near future, so keep checking here! ^.^

Concept Sketches - One-Wing

Here's a whole bunch of pencil-y sketches of One-Wing, exploring the facets of her character. I really like the last one - the sketch of her profile- so I might just ink & color that one. We'll see.

Dragons

Here are a pair of dragons I was asked to draw for another set of games in the "Lab Rats" series by my friend Jason.

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I've had other people mention they would like to see me draw dragons as well, so here you all go.

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I might have a lot on my plate, but I always take art requests from people. If you would like to see me draw something, let me know!

*Special* One-Wing Cosplay Series #2 - Saber

Here is the second drawing out of six from the One-Wing Cosplay series, where I depict my muse dressing up as some of my favorite characters in anime.

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And this one happens to be my very favorite anime character of all, Saber from the awesome series Fate/Stay Night. Saber is a knight and a Servant summoned to protect the series' main character, Shirou.

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This outfit I have One-Wing depicted in is the dress that Saber wears beneath her armor (for those of you who have seen F/SN but did not recognize it). It is my favorite of all of Saber's apparel and that is why I chose to draw One-Wing in it.

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Again, this was another fun drawing to make! The only not-so-fun part about it was as I was coloring it in Photoshop, the program closed suddenly and of course I hadn't saved at all - so I had to start completely over again. Needless to say, I saved every other minute the second time around. ;)

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If you haven't already, make sure you go see the first drawing in this series, where One-Wing dresses up like Shinku from Rozen Maiden! ^.^ Just click the words "special feature" in this post's annotations.

One-Wing Logo and Turnaround

Here we have a post with a bunch of art involving none other than this site's mascot, my pretty muse One-Wing.
These are for my portfolio seminar class - and also my porfolio (obviously). The first is a logo which I will use for myself (though I may make other drafts of it later). The second is a turnaround- that is, 3 different views of the character - 1 front, 1 quarter, and 1 side.

Right now I am working on an animated version of the logo in flash. That will be posted when finished, of course!

Head Sketches - G6 characters

Just some pencil drawings of the 16 characters from the G6 roleplay I have going with my sister. These are for her. :)
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You know, some people tell me they like these messy pencil sketches better than my tidied-up inked and photoshopped drawings. Could this be?! If so, then why am I working so hard cleaning them up, inking them, etc etc? Should I post more raw stuff like these? What do you all think?

Covenant: Chapter Two is up!!! Plus: New ways to read both chapters!

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Six months ago, I began a new project.

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And now here it is - the result of countless hours of planning, writing, drawing, working in photoshop, etc etc... Two whole chapters completed!

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Because people have been asking for it, here you go: two different, much simpler ways of reading the two chapters than ever before.

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First, the best quality:

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Click here to view Chapter Two in a photobucket slideshow.

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Click here to view Chapter One in a photobucket slideshow.

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If the slideshows move too quickly, press the pause button to turn the pages manually. Also, this is best seen in full-screen mode.

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Or, if you'd prefer...

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Click here to view Chapter Two as a facebook album (you don't need a facebook account).

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Click here to view Chapter One as a facebook album (you don't need a facebook account).

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For the facebook links, just click the first page and then click "next" to turn the page. It is very easy, but the quality is much worse than in the photobucket version.

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Don't remember what Covenant is about? Read this post: Covenant Cover and Information

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Despite all the work I have put into this, we're still not very far into the plot yet. I do feel badly that it is such slow going for my readers. But I promise it will be worth the wait - I have the entire story planned out and it will be a very fun ride. (When completed, Covenant should be about 12 chapters in length.) For now, though, I hope you enjoy the artwork and the story so far - especially the first fight scene that appears in this chapter. :)

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I'm glad to say that the next coming chapter, Chapter Three, which will be out around New Year's sometime, will answer a great deal of questions about the plot!

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Please please please leave comments. I don't usually ask for comments on my posts, but they haven't taken nearly as much time, devotion, and effort as this enormous project has.

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And above all, ENJOY.

*Special* One-Wing Cosplay Series #1 - Shinku

Time for a special treat. (At least, I find it to be so.)
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As you might imagine, I have been slaving away on Covenant Chapter Two, which now has an official release date - Saturday, September 5 (!!!) - but I don't like just working on just one thing or I tend to tire of it.
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And so, I've decided to put together a fun series of drawings on the side. The story behind them is this: One-Wing is, as said in my introductory post, my muse: she gets credit for all of my inspiration, ideas, creativity, etc. And one major source of inspiration for me is anime. So, to represent this - and to have a lot of fun - I've decided to draw One-Wing dressing up as six different anime characters.
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So here we have One-Wing dressed as the uber-kawaii living doll Shinku from the anime series Rozen Maiden. Just adorable <3
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This was lots of fun for me (as well as a refreshing escape from Covenant for a little bit) and I look forward to drawing the other five of this cute series.