Author Archives: Sarah

About Sarah

Now residing in Las Vegas, I was born in Michigan and moved to Texas when 16. After getting my Masters degree in English, I moved to Hollywood, because of the high demand for Medievalists (NOT!). As a freelance writer and editor, I found Nevada offers better conditions for the wallet. I love writing all sorts of things, and occasionally also create some artwork.

Taking on Inktober 2016

There’s this thing online called “Inktober,” where artists are challenged to do one ink drawing each day of the month of October. I’ve watched various friends (mostly from comics circles) take it on in the past. I decided I would … Continue reading

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Progress on a Cover Design

One of the things about having multiple projects in process is that you have to plan ahead. So, at present, while I work on the editing and writing of a couple of projects, I am also preparing a cover design … Continue reading

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An Early Cartoon Done in Photoshop

I don’t call myself an expert in Photoshop by any means. After all, just a few years ago, about all I could do was resize and save photos. So my early attempts at artwork of any sort in Photoshop were … Continue reading

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Art for an Arveniem Story

In the last six years of learning SEO work, one thing that has come up over and over is that search engines, Google in particular, look for images on webpages, unique images. So, as I lay plans to post a … Continue reading

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Dyikerah’s Wreath

After I created my Spring Floral Wreath, I started thinking about other possibilities for floral wreaths. The first thing that occurred to me was making one for my friend, Victoria Morris. She’s been a good friend through trying times for me, … Continue reading

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Spring Floral Wreath

I’ve never been one to abide well with blank walls, so these last ten months in the rented room have been atypical. But the lack of much to look at (other than the Creature from the Black Lagoon and his … Continue reading

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Crosses from Coloring Book Designs

Back in the 1970s, Roger Burrows developed a whole batch of geometric patterns that he published as coloring books. I think I encountered them in the early ’80s. I know it was while I was in graduate school, in any … Continue reading

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More from James A. Owen’s Coloring Book

Each of the pages in James Owen’s book All the Colors of Magic has fun challenges to them. He achieves many amazing effects with his pen and ink work. Putting color to those pieces that is worthy of them really pulls out … Continue reading

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Joining the Adult Coloring Book Fun

I’ve actually enjoyed “coloring book” fun since … oh, the 1980s, when (as they were called then) Altair designs became available. I have done many of those (and will upload some of them shortly). Recently, the relaxation for adults of … Continue reading

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Christmas 2015 Art

Things didn’t quite work out as I wanted this year, in that I couldn’t afford to do the Christmas cards I wanted. So instead, I satisfied my impulse by creating Advent cover images for my Facebook page. I didn’t quite … Continue reading

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