Happy Halloween everyone! Yes, I know, there should have been a Writing Thoughts post last week, but that’s still giving me trouble, so instead let’s check out some beautiful seasonal art by Israeli professional artist Taly Reznik, posting as Trollgirl. This first is called Dreaming of Halloween. Then here’s another pair of dragons in a piece called Autumn. …
And now we’re on to the third installment of my feature on dragons at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival! (If you missed any of the earlier posts, you can see them here.) These are dragon ear pieces from the King of the Crowns jewelry shop. The winged dragon curls around the shell of one ear, and…
Glad tidings to my October-born readers! Let’s celebrate by checking out some amazing dragon artwork featuring Opal and Pink Tourmaline, the two stones that represent October. First off we have this amazing dragon-eye/wing pendant called Darahmadar Silver and Ethiopian Opal by the team of Katarzyna Mielnik-Grzybowska and Mariusz Frodyma of Lunarieen Ltd. You can see more awesome…
My dear readers, I hate to make excuses for why I’m late with a post, but this time I’ve got a great reason! You know how I have trouble keeping “short posts” short…? Well, last time I mentioned that I’d be featuring “a few” more Renaissance Festival (“Fest”) artists this week, and hoped to have…
Autumn has officially arrived here in the northern hemisphere as of last Saturday, September 22, which means this upcoming weekend is the end of “Fest,” the Minnesota Renaissance Festival — and this year I will have been lucky (or crazy!) enough to attend every weekend!* I’ve seen a ton of amazing dragon artwork at the…
Couldn’t decide what to do for a short post this week when I discovered today’s featured artist and fell absolutely in love — so with no further ado, this is Earth Dragon Style by French professional artist Lorene Barioz, posting as Dragibuz. The last dragon in her short elemental series from 2016, Lorene writes, “It…
Happy Birthday to all my September-born readers! We have a very blue lineup this month since your birthstone is the sapphire, starting with this gorgeous piece called Wings of Sapphire by U.K. professional artist Joshua Dunlop. He captions this “The Congo Sapphire-Winged Dragon. They live in the thick rainforest of the Congo and are rarely seen. … They…
Funny story — I finished my ‘problematic’ Writing Thoughts article earlier this week while sitting at one of my usual haunts in downtown Minneapolis, and just a few blocks away the megastar rock band Metallica was taking the stage at the Target Center. And as I browsed for ideas for this week’s short post, I happened…
Everything I love is problematic, … no media is perfect. … So what can we do? Love the things we love, but acknowledge room for improvement. — Delilah S. Dawson, Everything I Love is Problematic In November 2015, I read an amazing article by Delilah S. Dawson published on one of my favorite sites, The Mary Sue,…
It’s a short week, so with no further ado please let me introduce you to Australian professional artist John Stone, a freelance illustrator and concept artist, and this first piece above called Dawn Chaser. He writes, “Wandering the eternal thermal winds of the dawn sun, chasing the light, never letting it out of it her…
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