- Valentine's Day Sale! You have until 2/14 to get 25% off anything in the Etsy store! Click HERE to shop, use code LOVE16 when checking out - no minimum purchase!
- FREE VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS! Last year, I did a fun Valentine's Day bonus for our Patrons (Join us! Get cool stuff!), and this year, I've chosen the best of them and created a free, downloadable, printable sheet of Valentine's Day cards. While you're there, consider becoming a supporter for as little as $1 a month, it makes a huge difference, and you can show your support and reap the benefits! Click HERE to get the full-size version.
- Will's superheroine comic, Morel, has officially launched its own webpage - www.morelcomic.com - check it out!
- Commissions have been flowing in! Check out Indi's Commission Page to get on the list! Watercolor commissions have been hot, get signed up for a truly one-of-a-kind, frameable artpiece to call your own. (Pictured here: a camera-phone pic of the 18x24 "Sylph" cover art, from the upcoming Sylph video game.)
- 2016 Tour Poster! We've got most of our shows lined up for 2016, so take a peek and see when we'll be in your neck of the woods!
Fantasy illustrator for tabletop rpg games by day, Rogue artist by night!
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Fear Not the Dead, Pool Your Thoughts to Love Instead
Welcome back to our occasional, and not-generally-scheduled update of what's going on around the THC studios!
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
2015: By the Numbers
Welcome back to THC's occasional update of what's going on around the studios. It's December, and we're fast coming up on another click of Earth's odometer, so I thought I'd take a moment for retrospection before we slide into 2016.
2015 was a hell of a year. Let's do this by the numbers:
17: Number of conventions THC attended this year as artists/vendors. That's pretty far down from 2014's 38 - we'll be finding a happy medium between those two numbers for next year, I'm sure!
321: Number of posts on our Patreon page. MOST of those posts are patron-only exclusives, like works-in-progress pictures, full .psd files, high-res, watermark-free files, sneak-peeks, and Patron-exclusive stock art. We launched the Patreon officially on 1/15 of this year, and it's been a wild ride already!
63: Number of watercolors completed this year (that I have scans of - there were probably at least that amount that got discarded). Here's a collage of some of my favorites:
2015 was a hell of a year. Let's do this by the numbers:
17: Number of conventions THC attended this year as artists/vendors. That's pretty far down from 2014's 38 - we'll be finding a happy medium between those two numbers for next year, I'm sure!
321: Number of posts on our Patreon page. MOST of those posts are patron-only exclusives, like works-in-progress pictures, full .psd files, high-res, watermark-free files, sneak-peeks, and Patron-exclusive stock art. We launched the Patreon officially on 1/15 of this year, and it's been a wild ride already!
63: Number of watercolors completed this year (that I have scans of - there were probably at least that amount that got discarded). Here's a collage of some of my favorites:
426: Number of pages in the final release of Into Dreams: A Gina Harwood novel, which was released on June 11, 2015.
74: Number of commissioned paintings or drawings completed this year (not counting a few at conventions). Again with the collage, though this will probably be the last one, as they're surprisingly time-consuming.
8: Stock Art pieces released to the Patrons after introducing the concept late 3rd Quarter.
7: New Fan Art prints in the entirety of 2015 - Crowley, Charlie Bradbury, Arya Stark, Xena, Tyrion Lannister, Seven and Four. I've got one underway and I'm looking to expand this number a bit in 2016 - I wanted to cut back, not cut out fan art altogether!
3: Other Milestones I couldn't figure out a way to fit into the "Numbers" theme. In addition to all of this, we also created and released Shroud of the Avatar: New Beginnings - our first (but not last) foray into officially licensed comics. We also created and released the Geocaching Pinup set and the MD Expansion of GoCache to commemorate GeoWoodstock XIII, held ten miles from where we live. :)
2015 was the 4th year since Tortoise & Hare Creations took its first shaky breath, but it's been - by far - the busiest. THANK YOU for being here with us, and I hope you're just as excited as we are to see what Year 5 brings to THC!
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Remember, Remember...
Welcome back to THC's occasional update of what's happening in the studios. Here's what's new and on the horizon here for us! If you like what you see, come and join us at www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations - don't miss out on one more month of our exclusives!
- "Autonomy" - Thank you to everyone who attended the opening of my watercolor show at the Fine Arts Company, and congratulations to the new owners of original art! The show continues at the Garland Groh location until early December, and then for a few weeks at their new Valley Mall location. Stop in and check it out if you're in the Hagerstown, MD area!
"Tang" - Indi Martin, 2015 - Watercolor
- Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday SAVINGS!!!! Clear out your holiday shopping list by taking 25% off ALL prints - now until December 1st! Use code THCROCKS when checking out of our Etsy store! https://www.etsy.com/shop/TortoiseHareCreate
ENDS DEC 1ST! Don't miss out! - New Patron-exclusive stock art available now! "Tree Village," #2 in the Fantasy Buildings series comes free to all Patrons of any level with a non-watermarked high-res .jpg, the original .psd file, and a license allowing them to use the image in any one project. Join now and get access to all kinds of stuff! https://www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations
"Tree Village" - Indi Martin, 2015 - Wacom in CS6 - Commission MADNESS! This season has been the busiest EVER for commissions, so if you've been looking to get some work done, check out my rates and example pieces for each (as well as the current estimated start date for work): http://indigowarrior.deviantart.com/journal/Artist-Bio-and-Rates-528468095
"Flora & Lightning" - Indi Martin, 2015 - Watercolor on Board. Painted for N. Glasscock
We're finishing up our schedule for 2016, watch this space in the next update to find out where we'll be in the coming months! :)
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Bittersweet October - Mellow, Messy, Leaf-Kicking, Perfect Pause Between Opposing Miseries
Welcome back to THC's occasional update of what's happening in the studios. Here's what's new and on the horizon here for us! If you like what you see, come and join us at www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations - don't miss out on one more month of our exclusives!
- 3rd Quarter Wrapup video - congratulations to Joshua L. for winning the Dissolution layout page, the limited Dean/Sam vinyl stickers, and the very rare Flip the Bird card! The 4th quarter is going to be a VERY GOOD quarter to be a patron of THC - join NOW and don't miss out on the rewards! www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations
- Commissions are open! Get on the list and check out the examples to determine which rate you need: indigowarrior.deviantart.com/journal
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Commission painted for Bad Yoga Tribe (c)2015 |
- The Patrons have voted! This quarter's stock art theme is Fantasy Buildings - and YOU WANT THESE! They're (likely) all going to be fully painted, and are FREE to use for any of our patrons - at ANY level!
- Watercolor show at the Fine Arts Company in Hagerstown, MD is creeping closer! November 14th is the Meet & Greet - mark your calendars!
- Changes to our Upcoming Appearances
- CANCELLATION: Going Caching - Rome, GA - unfortunately, THC will not be present at this amazing Renaissance-themed event. We hope to catch you next year!
- 10/30-11/1 - AnimeUSA, Washington, DC
- 11/14 - Meet the Artist, Fine Arts Company, Hagerstown, MD
- 11/22-11/23 - VA Comicon, Richmond, VA
Thanks for checking in! See you at our Patreon page - www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations
Title Quote by Carol Bishop Hipps
Monday, September 7, 2015
September Days
Welcome back to THC's occasional update of what's happening in the studios. Here's what's new and on the horizon here for us! If you like what you see, come and join us at www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations - don't miss out on one more month of our exclusives!
- Crowley - With Crowley, the planned four-piece Supernatural set (Dean, Sam, Cas & Crowley) is now COMPLETE! Prints are available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/245653826/crowley-supernatural-series?ref=listings_manager_grid or get the FULL Supernatural set at a discount here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/245653704/bundle-full-supernatural-set-four-prints?ref=listings_manager_grid
- Full time-lapse greyscale-to-color video - see how Indi's most popular paintings are created start-to-finish, and get a view of Charlie (Felicia Day) from Supernatural to boot! Subscribe to our channel to see all of our video projects: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tortoiseharecreation
- Stock Art! More stock is being uploaded weekly at our DriveThruRPG site - if you need art for anything, check out what we've got: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/8677/Tortoise-amp-Hare-Creations
- New Patreon Stock Art Bonus! Every quarter, our patron will be given SIX new pieces of stock art that they own and can use for any project - the quarter will have a theme, and all six pieces will be part of that theme. This month's theme is the lovely horse, so I'll be drawing anything from the humble pack mule to a frightful Nightmare. These are FREE to all of our patrons! Check out the first one and sign up to join us today! https://www.patreon.com/posts/stock-art-pack-1-3255910
- Commissions are currently open - get on the list today! http://indigowarrior.deviantart.com/journal/ This is Altrar the Ancient, painted by commission for Realmwares.com
- Appearances - Updated our 2015 "We Create Dwarf Planets" tour poster for the remainder of 2015 - we run specials at all conventions and festivals, come out and see us if we're in your neck of the woods!
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
August is the Sunday of Summer
Welcome back to THC's occasional update of what's happening in the studios. Here's what's new and on the horizon here for us!
- Stock Art! Lots of titles have been added to the stock art section, including a bunch of floating pencils that will add depth to your game or campaign - check it out! Running a sale until the end of the month - all items are only $2.95, and come with alteration rights to make your project shine. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/8677/Tortoise-amp-Hare-Creations
- Arya Stark is finished and available for sale! https://www.etsy.com/listing/241216315/arya-stark-game-of-thrones-series
- November is coming fast! Preparing a large series of new watercolors for the show at the Fine Arts Company in Hagerstown - mark your calendars now, the meet & greet will be November 14th from 6-8pm!
- And definitely check out our Patreon to see an INCREDIBLE amount of art that isn't available anywhere else, like this piece, created for ENWorld's July issue. The Patrons get access to a lot of behind the scenes material, so come aboard and join us on our voyage! - https://www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations?ty=h
- Commissions are still open! Currently booked until the end of August, but secure your spot now - my DA journal is kept up-to-date with my current rates and waitlist: http://indigowarrior.deviantart.com/journal/Artist-Bio-and-Rates-528468095 Get work like this piece, entirely in watercolor & ink (with hand-drawn lace):
- And finally, all three Gina Harwood novels are now packaged on Etsy (for signed copies) here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/244518536/the-gina-harwood-series-signed-cycle-one or available in standard paper back or Kindle copies here: http://www.amazon.com/Indi-Martin/e/B00D6O29QA/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
- Upcoming Appearances
- 9/11/15: 2015 Metro Event (Geocaching), New Jersey
- 9/25/15: Baltimore ComicCon (3 day), Baltimore, MD
- 10/15/15: Going Caching (Geocaching), Rome, GA
- 10/30/15: AnimeUSA (3 day), Washington, DC
- 11/14/15: Fine Arts Company (Meet & Greet), Hagerstown, MD
- 11/22/15: VA Comicon (2 day), Richmond, VA
A massive thank you to our patrons and commissioners - we couldn't do this without you!
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Stars are Exploding, and Rainbows are Everywhere
What a fabulous time! Massive leaps forward in equality, and FIREWORKS! - really, I can think of no two things I love more. Welcome to the THC Update for June/July!
- Watercolors!
- I've been doing a lot of watercolor lately, both because I've been dying to get back to it, and in preparation for a November gallery show in Hagerstown! (And because I can shotgun Supernatural while I'm painting ;)) Prints are not yet available, but I'll post as soon as they are!
Check out Indi's Deviant Art for more: indigowarrior.deviantart.com - Also, we're working on improving our method of making watercolor glazes with naturally collected pigments, and have made a quick How-To video on the process.
- Also, I've begun fulfilling some commissions in watercolors, so if you have an idea for one you'd like, check out my rates here: http://indigowarrior.deviantart.com/journal/
- Morel! Normally Morel gets it's own monthly entry, but this month, it get's included in the BIG update. Inclusiveness. :) Check out either the posts tagged "Morel" or Tortoise & Hare Creations' Instagram/Tumblr or Twitter pages to catch up on the story!
- Into Dreams! The first reviews are coming in, and they've been overwhelmingly positive. Be the first on your block to get into the series, and get well ahead of the curve!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Z214KXK?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 - Patreon! The second quarter's rewards just got sent out, and there were some GOOD ones, including the last proof of Into Dreams, signed over to winner Eric H.! There are nearly 200 entries in the patron feed - most are patron-exclusive. We have some exceptional plans for our patrons in the coming quarters, and you will not want to be on the outside looking in - JOIN TODAY!
https://www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations?ty=h
Upcoming Appearances!
If you're in Pennsylvania, make your way out to State College, PA next Saturday, July 11, for BookFest! We'll be there with bells on, and a stack of novels (as well as comics, and art!)
Saturday, April 25, 2015
April Patron Hangout, Relics By Rild & Update
Check out our April patron hangout - patrons are welcome to join the call and hang out for rabbles after the public update portion is complete. :)
I did want to call out one important item - Tortoise & Hare Creations will be retreating to our secret mountain lair starting this weekend (after Creator Con today!) and remaining there - painting, making pigments from flowers, hunting mushrooms, and shooting a video and many, many pictures - until May 4th.
The Etsy store is on vacation, but while you'll have to wait for prints and such, the Shroud of the Avatar: New Beginnings comic can still be purchased around the web. In fact, you have a brand new option for unsigned copies in case you've struggled with the IndyPlanet site - Relics By Rild carries copies as well! Check the site out, and pick up some other excellent Shroud of the Avatar merchandise while you're there!
Now, the mountains are calling, and we must go.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
April Showers & Growers
Alright, LOTS of things currently happening, so skipping right to the bullet list.
- Shroud of the Avatar: New Beginnings is NOW AVAILABLE to everyone! Head to IndyPlanet to pick up your unsigned print and/or digital copies, or we have signed copies available on our Etsy store ! Check out Portalarium's feature on us HERE! :D **UPDATE** We are currently sold out of the signed comics on our Etsy store - we have more on order, so once they arrive, we sign 'em and bag and board 'em, we'll renew the listing. Apologies for the delay!***
- Completed the first of four geocaching-themed pinups, "Autumn." Available for purchase at our Etsy store.
- Next piece for the Dark Unknown Bestiary Project is done - meet the Ettin:
- The GeoPunk broadcast is BACK! What is GeoPunk, I hear you ask? Listen and find out! If you enjoy geocaching, olde tyme radio(e) programmes, and general badassery, then definitely give it a shot.
- Thank you to our Patreon Supporters, who just pushed us over our first monthly milestone! Join up today!
- GoCache Expansion! We will have a limited expansion of 6 Maryland-specific cards to celebrate this year's Maryland GeoWoodstock, they are done and in our hot little hands and ready to sell. They'll debut at GeoWoodstock, and we'll have a small number of them that we can sell online as well, for the collectors out there! (Not sure what GoCache is? Click here! Want to pick up a copy? Click here!) Here's the first of a few we'll share before GW:
- Upcoming Convention Appearances:
- 4/17-4/19: 1d4Con - Martinsburg, WV
- 4/25: Creator Con - Silver Spring, MD
- 5/15-5/17: SciFi in the Valley Con - Altoona, PA
- 5/22-5/23: GeoWoodstock - Boonsboro, MD
- 5/29-5/31: AwesomeCon - Washington, DC
- Reminder! May is MUSHROOM MONTH! Keep an eye on this space for lots of Morel & morel (the heroine and the fungus) information. :)
That's it! We'll be setting up our Patreon hangout in the next week or so, it's likely to be a mid-week hangout this time.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Bits & Pieces from March
Hey, everybody! Wanted to take a moment to catch the ol' website up on a lot of the work going on behind the THC doors.
- Gina Harwood Book 3: Into Dreams
- The final first draft was completed on March 13th, and numbered 516 pages (136,710 words). I've been working nonstop since then on editing, and am on through my second runthrough. My alpha editor is 80% through his read, and once I get and evaluate/apply his feedback, it'll be sent to the beta readers for their reads.
- Into Dreams Giveaway:
- Like with Descending, we'll be giving away two advance copies of Into Dreams through the fabulous GoodReads Giveaway system. We'll post here (and everywhere!) as soon as that contest opens.
- Shroud of the Avatar: New Beginnings:
- The proof came back perfect, and now we're just waiting on the full order to get printed and come in!
- Dark Unknown Bestiary: New Piece - Giant Insect
- Patreon pledge drive rewards! All Patrons who were signed up to support us by March 20th, 2015 receive an original watercolor & ink sketch card. I had the idea to do a series called "Windows," where they had an overall connected theme, but each piece was interesting enough that a patron would want to own it. These got mailed out yesterday, so patrons should be receiving them soon.
- New Red Ink blog post: The Pros & Cons of Self-Publishing
- Upcoming Convention Appearances!
- Mar 27-29: (Re)Generation Who - Cockeysville, MD
- Apr 10-12: Steel City Con - Monroeville, PA
- Apr 17-19: 1d4Con - Martinsburg, WV
- Apr 25: Creator Con - Silver Spring, MD
I believe that's all for now! Happy Spring!
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Come on, Convention Season!
This weekend marks our first 2015 convention, and we're excited to be returning to Harrisonburg, VA for the excellent, chill Madicon. We enjoyed the hell out of it last year, so we're looking forward to breaking in the season with such a laid-back con. Come and see us if you're in the Harrisonburg area!
Our display is prepped for this year's stock, now including GoCache. Also, we've begun work on the Maryland expansion that we'll have available for purchase at and after GeoWoodstock, and I don't mind saying they look pretty good so far. I had a dream about painting the caching-themed pinups last night and woke up excited to get started on them - but there's several other things that have to come first, so I'm chomping at the bit to get everything done.
I finished another bestiary piece for the Dark Unknown, loving this project. I have a soft spot for true b/w linework pieces, so these are a lot of fun to do. :)
We are still posting several exclusive items per week to our Patreon stream, and we're running our quarterly pledge drive at the moment - we have until Sunday to achieve nine more patrons and every patron at ANY level gets a special birthday package from THC for my birthday! Come on in, the water is glorious.
We'll be drawing the 1st quarter winner of a piece of original art this Sunday (possibly Monday depending on how late we return from VA), so watch for that news! All patrons are automatically entered into the quarterly drawing, so sign up today to get eligible!
See you in Harrisonburg!
Our display is prepped for this year's stock, now including GoCache. Also, we've begun work on the Maryland expansion that we'll have available for purchase at and after GeoWoodstock, and I don't mind saying they look pretty good so far. I had a dream about painting the caching-themed pinups last night and woke up excited to get started on them - but there's several other things that have to come first, so I'm chomping at the bit to get everything done.
I finished another bestiary piece for the Dark Unknown, loving this project. I have a soft spot for true b/w linework pieces, so these are a lot of fun to do. :)
We are still posting several exclusive items per week to our Patreon stream, and we're running our quarterly pledge drive at the moment - we have until Sunday to achieve nine more patrons and every patron at ANY level gets a special birthday package from THC for my birthday! Come on in, the water is glorious.
We'll be drawing the 1st quarter winner of a piece of original art this Sunday (possibly Monday depending on how late we return from VA), so watch for that news! All patrons are automatically entered into the quarterly drawing, so sign up today to get eligible!
See you in Harrisonburg!
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Birthday Presents for Everyone!
Hey everyone! We're doing a pledge drive for the end of our first quarter on Patreon, culminating in my birthday on March 15th! Why is this a special day for anyone but me? Well, my hope was to hit 10 patrons, and we've blasted past that in the last few days, so it's stretch goal time! If we can hit 20 patrons - at ANY level - by March 15th, then everyone gets birthday presents! We'll send a package stuffed with THC loot and gifts to every single patron we have, regardless of their pledge level. So, check out our levels now and jump on! www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations
A few other things of interest:
As always, thank you for your support and your interest! - Indi
A few other things of interest:
- I'm so close to the end of my first draft of GH3 that I know how many chapters are left, exactly. SOON! I expect to be finished by the end of next week if I keep buckled down.
- I finished "Seven" - Sylvester McCoy as Doctor Who. It's also available on our Patron stream as a high-res, watermark-free file.
- The proof has been ordered for Shroud of the Avatar: New Beginnings! Assuming it comes back with no errors or changes required, we should have that available for sale by the end of March.
- We're putting the final touches on our new form anthology comic, as yet untitled. Stay tuned for more information there!
As always, thank you for your support and your interest! - Indi
Monday, February 23, 2015
February Wrap-up - and how not to record a Hangout video
Well, the second part of that title is easy. How not to record a Hangout video: Accidentally choose "Hangout" instead of "Hangout on Air." For some reason, I've found the Hangout apps notoriously difficult to navigate. I have some sort of strange block in that area. Anyhow, my apologies - I shared the link and we started well before I realized that I'd never clicked "On Air," (or go live, or whatever it's called) because it didn't exist.
So, here's a synopsis of what we discussed on the video, which is essentially a wrap-up of the month of February and a look forward to what's coming next.
So, here's a synopsis of what we discussed on the video, which is essentially a wrap-up of the month of February and a look forward to what's coming next.
- Gina Harwood Book Three
- I know I've let slip the working title for this book, which is "Into Dreams," but while I'm 90% sure this will be the final title, I continue to mostly refer to it as GH3 for ease of reference. It's sitting at a hefty 425 pages at the moment with about 100 pages of rough story to get through, but have no fear. I will be making my best efforts to edit it down as far as I possibly can - I know it will be larger than the previous two, but I'm hoping to distill it down to around 400 pages for the final. February saw a massive jump on the page total, though our house was down with the plague for two weeks, so the first draft should be finished up around mid-March.
- I'm not yet to the point where I feel comfortable providing a solid release date, but my estimation looking at the current state is late April to early May for the first proofs. I'll be releasing it to my beta readers for feedback following the first major edit, which I'm hoping to have complete by the end of March.
- GoCache News
- Will has written up a 6 card expansion that will be released at GeoWoodstock. We're super excited about this and will make it available to our online customers briefly, but it will be a limited release that won't be reprinted after this year's GW, so watch for it and be ready to place your order! In addition, we're expecting to have a special bonus card for those of you at GeoWoodstock that will be a giveaway with purchase, so if you've been on the fence about attending the largest geocaching festival in the world, get off the fence! It's going to be an awesome weekend!
- In addition, one of my art goals for 2015 was to do some model shoots for painting reference, which dovetailed nicely with my goal to have four geocaching pinup paintings ready by GeoWoodstock. I'm ecstatic to say that I had my first shoot yesterday with a lovely 19-year-old woman named Kylee - she was inexperienced, but patient and had a great feel for her angles and limbs, so a lot of the shots turned out really well. The camera loved her and so did I, and I'd love to work with her again in the future. I'm excited to get started on those pinups soon!
- Other Assorted News
- Convention season starts in earnest in March, and we're busily getting prepared for this year's shows. Besides the table placement having to be rethought to showcase GoCache and our new comics (news on that in a moment), I'm also working on completing several new fan art prints for our returning convention customers. Already completed are "Four" (Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor), and "Xena, Warrior Princess" (which is self-explanatory). I'm likely to complete "Seven" (Sylvester McCoy as the seventh Doctor) this week, and I believe I have Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones (played by the fabulous Peter Dinklage) slated next.
- We're changing the format of our existing comics slightly, and will be releasing a 2015 anthology comic that will collect several of our stories together and present them alongside new material. This is best for everyone - not only will you be able to follow all of our in-house stories in one place (our licensed titles will continue to be their own separate books), but it gives us a centralized product to include things like standalone art and short stories with our comics. We both are excited about this change and think it'll allow us to focus on putting out the highest quality stories.
That's it! You're caught up! Thank you for following us, and please check out our Patreon page - I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge and thank each of our patrons for their support. Having the Patreon has actually really lit a fire under me to multitask better - we started the Patreon just as my professional focus necessarily shifted to writing, but usually my art suffers from a few months to a half-year of inactivity when that happens, and I really wanted to avoid that by maintaining less-deadline-y art projects in my "afterhours" time. Having the patron-stream is a lovely reminder, and hearing feedback on my works in progress or what the patrons would like to see more of is really nice and keeps me feeling more connected to those who are viewing our works. So, thank you - you're not just giving us a few bucks a month, you're also keeping me creatively on fire. :)
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Join us! www.patreon.com/tortoiseharecreations
Thursday, February 5, 2015
New SpeedPaint Video - Xena, Part One
Hey everyone, a few things...
For my next speedpaint video, I'm approaching it from a different angle. Portraits take me a long time - many, many, many hours. Usually if I convince my computer to record my screen, I have to speed up the video by 20x or even more. At that point people can't even really see what I'm doing - so it loses any use that it might have had to anyone curious to understand my process.
So! What I'm doing for my next speedpaint, Xena the Warrior Princess, is splitting it into parts. I'm recording whenever I paint, but I'm not stitching the videos together, I'm just speeding them up 8x and releasing whatever snippit I managed to get done. Please, let me know which way you all prefer and I'll certainly take that to heart.
I <3 Lucy Lawless. I grew up pretending I was Xena, and I loved her in BSG. I'm actually a bit surprised it's taken me so long to get to her. Will I eventually do a Gabrielle? Yeah, probably, even if it's just for me. :)
Without further adieu, here is Part One of Xena, the Warrior Princess. I hope you enjoy!
ALSO! I've designed a set of 12 Valentine's Day cards as a giant thank you to our Patrons for our first month on Patreon. You can get in on this too! Support our creations on Patreon (for as little as ONE dollar a month!) and get access to the full set, as well as all of our works in progress, high resolution files and downloads, and ALL KINDS of awesome things. Please pledge and help spread the word!
Also, Patrons, we've posted the Director's Cut for Morel page 3 on the stream as well, check it out!
Plus, for all you collector types out there, our patron-stream is the ONLY way you can get all 12 of the cards. Can you forgive yourself if you let such a fantastic bargain pass you by??
For my next speedpaint video, I'm approaching it from a different angle. Portraits take me a long time - many, many, many hours. Usually if I convince my computer to record my screen, I have to speed up the video by 20x or even more. At that point people can't even really see what I'm doing - so it loses any use that it might have had to anyone curious to understand my process.
So! What I'm doing for my next speedpaint, Xena the Warrior Princess, is splitting it into parts. I'm recording whenever I paint, but I'm not stitching the videos together, I'm just speeding them up 8x and releasing whatever snippit I managed to get done. Please, let me know which way you all prefer and I'll certainly take that to heart.
I <3 Lucy Lawless. I grew up pretending I was Xena, and I loved her in BSG. I'm actually a bit surprised it's taken me so long to get to her. Will I eventually do a Gabrielle? Yeah, probably, even if it's just for me. :)
Without further adieu, here is Part One of Xena, the Warrior Princess. I hope you enjoy!

Also, Patrons, we've posted the Director's Cut for Morel page 3 on the stream as well, check it out!
Plus, for all you collector types out there, our patron-stream is the ONLY way you can get all 12 of the cards. Can you forgive yourself if you let such a fantastic bargain pass you by??
Monday, January 26, 2015
January Hangout Video
Hey guys! Every month we have a hangout for our Patreon subscribers to see sneak peeks of art or writing and give us feedback on what they would like to see. We recorded the public portion of the Hangout, below. It's going to be an exciting year!
Saturday, January 10, 2015
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