Contest winner!

Hannah guessed I was wearing blue nail polish with sparkles on top –that’s one tick over on the color wheel from the actual color, which is purple. But it did have the all-important element of “sparkles,” so she was the first to get the closest answer and she wins! The color is this one, It’s Bouquet With Me . My nails aren’t that long, though.

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Contest winner!

 A short update!

Hello everyone! Thank you for your patience during my move. Things have been going very well so far — the cats were fine on the plane, all of our stuff made it across the country and we’ve already found an apartment. So far, the worst that has happened is that I packed my shampoo in my suitcase without closing the top properly, but even the annoyance from that was very well contained; with something like that as our biggest problem, I think we’ve been extraordinarily lucky indeed! We are still getting the new apartment set up, and I have a hard time concentrating on anything while I feel so unsettled, but as things come together, I find myself wondering which box I packed my pencil sharpener in… Be patient with me a little while longer, and I hope to be drawing again by next week!

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A short update!

 Black and Blue Medieval Gown with Purple Roses and Silver Underskirt

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Black and Blue Medieval Gown with Purple Roses and Silver Underskirt

 Two Mermaids from Liana’s Paper Doll Boutique

Click for the doll. Here are two mermaid outfits from my site back from when I was in high school, Liana’s Paper Doll Boutique. Sorry there’s nothing new today… I tried, I really did, but there are just some days where everything I do goes wrong

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Two Mermaids from Liana’s Paper Doll Boutique

 More Recolored Sequined Gowns in Red, Gold and Purple

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More Recolored Sequined Gowns in Red, Gold and Purple

 Recolored Sequined Gown in Black, Purple and Green

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Recolored Sequined Gown in Black, Purple and Green

 Green Evening Gown with Embroidered White Underskirt and Gold and Emerald Necklace

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Green Evening Gown with Embroidered White Underskirt and Gold and Emerald Necklace

 January Birthday Dress with Red Arabeque Patterned Tunic and Long-Sleeved Underdress with Snowdrops

Click for larger version (PNG) ; click for PDF version. Click here for the list of dolls. And, for my last post of June, we have… the January birthday dress

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January Birthday Dress with Red Arabeque Patterned Tunic and Long-Sleeved Underdress with Snowdrops

 Sprite from Fantasia 2000’s Firebird Suite, from Liana’s Paper Doll Boutique

Click for the doll. Today I probably won’t have time to create a dress, so I’m just posting an old Boutique ouftit

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Sprite from Fantasia 2000’s Firebird Suite, from Liana’s Paper Doll Boutique

 1950s Tea Length Wedding Dress with Scalloped Lace and Apple Blossoms

Click for larger version (PNG) ; click for PDF version. Click here for the list of dolls. I do love 1950s dresses, and wedding dresses are no exception! This is just a white, tea length one with lots of lace.

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1950s Tea Length Wedding Dress with Scalloped Lace and Apple Blossoms

 White Medieval Wedding Gown with Long Sleeves and Gold and Silver Embroidery

Click for larger version (PNG) ; click for PDF version. Click here for the list of dolls. “This may or may not influence what I end up drawing,” I wrote when I put up the wedding dress poll, but then “flowing, fantasy” gowns got over 50% of the vote, and, well, allow me to shamelessly pander for a night

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White Medieval Wedding Gown with Long Sleeves and Gold and Silver Embroidery

 1915 Afternoon Dress in Blue and White Lace with Pink Rose Inspired By Uneasy Money By P.G. Wodehouse

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 Retro Yellow and Black Ms. Pac-Man Dress with Fruit Pattern and Pink Bow

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Retro Yellow and Black Ms. Pac-Man Dress with Fruit Pattern and Pink Bow

 Mermaid Monday #17: Layered Wedding Gown with Pink Pearls, For A Mermaid-Human Wedding

Click for larger version (PNG) ; click for PDF version. Click here for the list of dolls. It happens, sometimes, that a mermaid falls in love with a human: maybe with a sailor, a brave seventh son, or maybe a shipwrecked prince.

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Mermaid Monday #17: Layered Wedding Gown with Pink Pearls, For A Mermaid-Human Wedding

 Women Airforce Service Pilot in Leather Jacket and Flying Suit with Goggles for Memorial Day

Click for larger version (PNG) ; click for PDF version. Click here for the list of dolls. Today is Memorial Day here in the states, honoring the men and women who gave their lives for our country

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Women Airforce Service Pilot in Leather Jacket and Flying Suit with Goggles for Memorial Day

 Contest Conclusion!

As of May 18, I owned 403 Prismacolor pencils. That means that Ophelia’s guess of 400 from the very first day was the closest one. Congratulations Ophelia — pick out a black and white dress (any of them, not just the most recent) and tell me how you want me to color it! Thanks to everyone else for guessing! I’m sorry I made it go on so long, though… Brian made this chart of what the votes looked like

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Contest Conclusion!

 Mermaid Monday #16: Blue Strapless Gown with Silver Sash and Ocean Pattern

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Mermaid Monday #16: Blue Strapless Gown with Silver Sash and Ocean Pattern

 Help me search for art theft!

So I wrote earlier about how some instances of people stealing my art had made me feel unmotivated and unhappy, which contributed to my long absence. Most of those incidents are settled now, but there’s one site that so far hasn’t replied to my message about (I hate to drive traffic to them, but oh well) this Flash dress-up game which has uncredited, modified versions of four of my dresses. (Technically, one of them is ripped straight from Freyja’s colored version of a black-and-white dress I drew.) To my surprise, the very next one I clicked on also had uncredited and modified versions of seven of my dresses

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Help me search for art theft!

 May Birthday Dress in Green and White with Emerald Brooch and Lilies of the Valley

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 Alice in Wonderland Creature Battle: White Rabbits, Cheshire Cats, & Caterpillars Through The Ages

More than anything else, the zany details are what really put the “wonder” in “Wonderland.” The much-dissected, much-analyzed spectacle known as Tim Burton’s film is almost here. How will Bu…

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Alice in Wonderland Creature Battle: White Rabbits, Cheshire Cats, & Caterpillars Through The Ages