📖This fantasy novel is my first time ever writing a novel. I have done my very best to outline the story and key plot points, develop characters and make Pinterest boards for the worlds present in the novel. But as a first time novel writer, there is a lot of fabulous surprises and developments that happen during the writing process. ✨️Characters come to life without you planning it, worlds are needing to be created to help the story along and already developed characters decide that they have a different thought process or path than originally decided.

🪄I also love incorporating the little bits of magic in my life and experiences in the novel as much as I can. A key example is the animated stuffed animals that care for the main character, they are based on stuffed animals in my family with all their quirks and oddities. My character design was inspired by them, and it made the writing just flow when it came to their personalities and how they interact as a group. I have introduced them in my blog title, "Celebrate the season with my new art collections!"⬇️

and you can also meet them in the descriptions in the prints and merch with their paintings. ⬇️

Angel Cake, Bengie Cake, and Hal are just a few of the motley crew that cares for the main character. They are led by the leader, Padycake, who is a sassy Bear. 🧸Aside from Padycake, there are even more to their crew who I will introduce in the future. In these illustrations, I wanted to capture their vibrancy and essence and hopefully do them justice. They are just the beginning to the illustrations that will fill the pages of my novel and eventually my hand painted graphic novel. 🎨

Nature has always inspired me and I love capturing its essence through paper and paint. I wasn't always a nature painter though, I decided to get over my trepidation of painting landscapes during my time teaching in South Korea. You can go through the first landscape painting journey with my in my blog: Embrace of Plein Air ⬇️

Once I embraced nature painting, I discovered that it is my favorite way to capture my travels. I now have travel journals that are full of watercolor landscapes, trees and flowers that capture my favorite aspects of my travels. I am excited to share some of these paintings in my most recent collection!

 I am very pleased to share that aside from high quality prints and merch with these paintings, I also have a few originals looking for their new home:

I hope this gave you some insight into these art collections!💕 I hope you take a closer look at the art that tells these stories. Shop my collections here⬇️

 

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