Beware a visit from Gryla!

Made for zemenz for the Secret Satan Exchange hosted by dA-Morgue

Meet Grýla, mystical giantess of Iceland & mother of the Yule Lads.  She devours naughty children. 

I had originally wanted to do the Yule Lads, but I got flooded with last minute commissions & my daughter got sick (then passed it on to me)...so I didn't have anywhere near the amount of time to work on the project.  Yule Lads next year, I promise.  I'm not overly familiar with the legend of Grýla, and there really wasn't much about her online as far as how she would look.  I ended up crossing her between the newer, old lady/witch version with the horned oger pics I found.  It's still missing something, so I may make a few changes later.

Icelandic Translation: Beware a visit from Grýla!  (I used Google so it might be way off)


Stock Used:

Woman - Dollar Photo Club www.dollarphotoclub.com/stock-…

Horns - Horns psd

Eyes -  Eye Iris Brushes

Tree - Dollar Photo Club  www.dollarphotoclub.com/stock-…

Background - Premade Background

Blood - Blood Drip

Font - Note This www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Not…

The Wormhole Project Full Cover

This is the full sized cover for the print edition of The Wormhole Project.  I had some issues with Photoshop wanting to keep flattening all the layers on me at random, but I was able to get this one done pretty quick.


CL Smothers Website - www.clsmothers.com
Amazon - www.amazon.com/The-Wormhole-Pr…


Stock Used:

Planet - superiorgamer.deviantart.com/a…
Nebula - ineedfire.deviantart.com/art/N…
Moon - theedeonknight.deviantart.com/…
Astronauts/Satellite - Dollar Photo Club www.dollarphotoclub.com/stock-…
Wormhole - distortion of background; used 'Create a Wormhole' tutorial for reference www.durbanwebdesign.com/index.…

Font - Super Retro M54 www.dafont.com/super-retro-m54… & Garamond

Store Now Open!

I have officially opened my store via Squre: https://squareup.com/market/angela-rogers-2.  I'll be adding things to it as I have prints done & canvases done.  I will also have the option to pick up canvases if you live in the DFW area.

Right now, I have the Doctor Who prints up, and I will be adding some others things before Friday as well.  I have several canvases right now, but I'm not sure how much the shipping will be for those so they will be listed as 'Pick Up'.  If you want them shipping, I will have to get an estimate.

Tears for a World Cover Wins Honorable Mention

The Tears for a World cover has won Honorable Mention in the 2014 MarCom Awards.  I'm very excited that I got any mention at all, being that there is a lot of strong competition in the contest.  I will definitely try to enter again next year.

Deliver Us From Evil Cover

This one was a fun one since I hadn't done a steampunk cover before.  The story itself isn't very heavy as far as stempunk goes & focuses more on the hell hounds/dark stuff, so I wanted the cover to reflect that.  I met the wonderful Evremonde VonWare at FenCon in September, when T.M. first started working on the story, and she was very excited to be the cover model.  She gave me free reign to use any of her photos. 


T.M. Simmons - www.iseeghosts.com

Amazon Link - Coming Soon!


Stock Used:

Model - Evremonde VonWare  www.facebook.com/queenvonware

House - Abandoned 24

Sky -  www.dollarphotoclub.com/stock-…

Eyes - www.dollarphotoclub.com/stock-…

Font - Renny Hybrid  www.abstractfonts.com/font/155…

PRE-ORDERS OPEN -- 11x17 Doctor Who FENCON EXCLUSIVE Print

I'm taking pre-orders on the Doctor Who poster prints I'm having done for FenCon.  They will be mailed in a flat mailing envelope using Joodlez's shipping method.  That way it will keep the cost down (because tubes are super expensive) and the posters shouldn't get creased.   

At this time, I will be shipping to US only.  Depending on how well they sell, I may open to international orders later.

Price: $8 each + $3 Shipping + PayPal fee ($0.64 for one poster)

You can determine the PayPal fee by using the Fee Calculator - http://thefeecalculator.com

Please email me if you want more than one poster so that I can adjust the shipping cost for you.

Sending Payment:

Send full payment via PayPal to amjackson@hotmail.com.

Shipping:

US only.  No international orders.  The posters will be printed sometime after the 1st of September.  I will try to have all pre-orders out before FenCon.  Make sure to check back here or at my site for updates.  This is my first time shipping prints like this so it may take some time.

Cutoff Date:

You must have your pre-order in no later than September 1 @ midnight CST.

Doctor Who

I couldn't resist doing a Doctor Who themed piece for FenCon this year.  I initially planned on just having a general TARDIS pic, but at some point the lighting coming out of the windows ended up looking a lot like a regeneration.  I find this ironic since we are getting a new doctor later this month, but I've been left at a total loss of what to call it.

The overall process was fun, and I really enjoyed making the gas giant.  I wanted to put rings around it, but could never get them to come out right.  The most tedious work was the TARDIS.  The base image, while a police box, looking nothing like it does now.  I made the top signs & the door sign.  I had to completely redo the front doors but copying the visible side panel and adjusting it to fit.  There is a side-by-side comparison on my Facebook page if you want to see it. 

Funny story:  the comparison pic caused some hilarity.  My friend's sister saw it after he shared it on his page.  She glanced at it and thought that the 'before' pic was taken in my backyard (the fences look similar).  She immediately came running over with her phone to take pictures of it.  Her trip resulted in being barked at by my dogs. 

There will be a canvas print available for sale at FenCon in the art auction.  I'm looking into getting some small posters printed as well to sell at my table. 

PRE-ORDERS OPEN - 11x17 FENCON EXCLUSIVE PRINT

Stock Used:

TARDIS -
     Base - www.dollarphotoclub.com/stock-…
     Font - Gill Sands MT fontsforweb.com/font/show?id=1…
     Light beans - darkonelh.deviantart.com/art/L… & freshemedia.deviantart.com/art…
     Wood Texture - sed-rah-stock.deviantart.com/a…

Background -
     Planet & star field - drkzin.deviantart.com/art/Cori…
     Nebulas - glennclovis.deviantart.com/art…
    
Gas Planet - camille-besneville.deviantart.… (tutorial) & www.deviantart.com/art/Sky-4-b… (base texture)

Comets - www.deviantart.com/art/Space-P…