Hi Folks, I promised more posts and I am keeping my word. But as some of y’all will know mental health can pop up sometimes.
What have I been up to? Acrylic painting commissions mostly. I did 3 in September! Get in touch if you want an awesome gift of original art for a loved one! I often do pet portraits.
Process from digital sketches (bottom right) to final piece (top left) for a recent commissioned acrylic painting
I have upcoming vending next week! I’ll be at Queer Wrestling with House of Danger at Swan Dive September 30th and October 1st. I’ll have small originals for 20 or 40, prints for 20, stickers for 3 and little zines for free! I’m excited to work on some spooky stuff soon. I always love spooky but it’s that time. 🍂💀🎃🔮🫦
Clockwise from top left: Acrylic Skull painting, sketchbook pages and portrait practice
Love y’all! Talk soon! I’m off to find my favorite “Tober” drawing prompts lists… 💖✌️🐸🌈
Events in SouthEast Portland!!!! I tabled at a few events this summer. I’m always down to do events especially things in my neighborhood, queer friendly and low or no fees!!!!
Over the last year I’ve done some art teaching but don’t have any plans for classes right now. But it really has me thinking about what I want to share with other artists. What I had shared with me or figured out myself that led to my ability now. I’ve also done a few workshops in 3d modeling and character design. Thanks to Digital Dabblers in PDX and Wacom online classes!! And Visual Arts Passage too! I’m thinking about my influences and what I want to say in art! I just love to learn new stuff and make new art!
I had a piece in a show and continue to apply. I did a couple acrylic commissions as well. And I’m always petsitting (seriously love to care for peoples pets). Big news is that I have plans to start tattooing again soon!!! No definite date but I’m working on that right now. Flash will be coming soon. Be sure to follow me on Instagram if you’re in Portland and want tattoos. I’m sure I’ll do a little deal to start off 😝
I made a TShirt design that you can order for real here!
It’s a witch with her goat familiar for this Raw Paw design contest!! I had fun designing this very loosely inspired by my favorite Dungeon Crawler Carl character Pony!
Some favorites from my daily drawings. I try to always at least do a doodle and a warm up to get going for the day. Proud of the self portrait using charcoal textured brush in Krista getting used to my new Huion tablet. (Not sponsored but a wonderful gift from a friend! Thanks Ravi!). I really liked using neon paint in the backgrounds of drawings too!
Thanks for checking out my art! More very soon!! Love y’all 🐸😘✌️🎨🌈
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I am a trans and queer artist so a big inspiration for me is telling our stories. I draw fan art of things like Our Flag Means Death and Severence. And I make paintings and mixed media pieces in my personal practice about the way being trans is like being a cycle of nature.
Fantasy and SciFi
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A big inspiration for me is fantasy and sci-fi storytelling. I draw fan art of things like House of the Dragon and Yoda. This includes books, podcasts, tv and film. I also play a lot of Dungeons and Dragons. I have stories I create in this genre. My goal is to tell them through animation or comics.
Nature and Animals
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Another huge inspiration for me is nature animals and plants. I love to create art of any part of the natural world. I paint in acrylic or draw digitally. I create acrylic paintings of commissioned pet portraits.
What sort of things inspire you to make art? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
I’ve started weekly Art dumps on my tumblr and I want to use this blog to share the art I’m currently making too! My hope is to connect with folks this way and phase out some social media (especially insta/meta).
Below are my favorite pieces made in January. I’m continuing weekly drawing meetups, daily art prompts, fan art, portraits, animals and fantasy.
More next week! Stay safe!!
ShrewWillowFloatingVortexTwin Peaks FanArtTransmasc DionysusGolden Lion TamarinAxolotlOkapiCaricature ResolutionFigure DrawingSelf Portrait Stress
I love spooky stuff all year so its not so different!
Monica Belluci in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” from Drawing Hive Art Night
I’ve been staying very busy, making art, looking for more work, pet sitting, playing DND and reading.
‘Kinda Gay” Willow Rosenberg Fan Art from Buffy
I’m rewatching Buffy again and I love it!
Isabella Merced in “Alien: Romulus” from another Drawing Hive practice seshRhaenyra Targaryen kiss from “House of the Dragon”Digital Self Portrait featuring Lightning
What have y’all been excited about lately? Any good books, films, tv, podcasts inspiring you?
Hope y’all are having a wonderful summer. I’ve been keeping very busy with pet sitting but I’m still making art all the time and I have an Art Market tomorrow July 20th!
I will have a table in front of Dye Dye My Darling Salon. Come by and say hey!!I’ll have stickers, original art, patches and prints available. Heres a quick sneak peak of some stuff I will have out!My summer 2024 vibes!!!
Stay safe in the heat and try to enjoy the rest of summer. I will be keeping going.
A recent Acrylic Pet Portrait commission I completed!
Commissions are always available!Email or message for more info. I have done a lot of pet portraits but am open to most subject matter. I work either digitally, in acrylic or mixed media.
May will be my last month tattooing at Studio 72 Tattoo Co. I had such a lovely time there and I really love the space. To be honest I can’t keep up with all of the expenses to continue tattooing. Tattoos really are a luxury item and many people I know can’t afford them lately. I love tattoos and this is definitely not the last I’ll be tattooing. That being said if you’ve been wanting to get in let me know, especially if we have anything in progress.
May Art Update
The other big news this month is that I will be tabling at a Queer Art Market. It’s very local to me in the Lents neighborhood of SE Portland. I will bring originals, prints and other fun stuff!! I hope to see you there. Check my instagram https://www.instagram.com/erin_m_creates/ for updates leading up to this event.
Thank you everyone for always supporting my art and tattoos! There will be more art coming from me soon!!
Top Left- DND party meme! Love to find inspiration in making characters and stories for DND
Top Middle- Me walking in my neighborhood on a summer spring day and waiting for the bus.
Top Right- Fan Art by me of Charlie and Vaggie from Hazbin Hotel
Middle Left- Digital painting by me. I often find inspiration for my art from my experience as a transmasc person.
Next to the right- a still life from art history featuring a moth and a Greek style statue. I love to take inspiration from art history.
Middle Right- This is a drawing I made in weekly Thursday drawing practice. I love to draw figures and portraits. I am always inspired by all the different ways artists look at and create from the same reference.
Bottom Left- More art history inspiration. Especially with witchy themes.
Next to the right- A repeating pattern of snails and mushrooms by me. I love to create patterns like this and you can find them on my Redbubble erin-tattoo
Next- Art engraving. I wanted to use the devil as inspiration for tattoo flash.
Bottom Right- And last I love to play video games on my switch in my down time. I am especially into Hades right now.
Where do I find inspiration? I find it everywhere really but I decided to sit down and go through my photos app. I created these collages out of my photos of things that have been inspiring me.
Top Left is a still life I drew digitally of the tattoo studio I work at. I went through an inspiring still life course from Visual Arts Passage and I spend a bunch of time in the studio. I love the vibes and plants there.
Next going left to right is a Louise Belcher/Ponyo crossover fan art. This is not by me but I saved it because I love Bobs Burgers and Miyazaki. I’m often inspired by animation.
Next is a contemporary sculpture I loved. I’m not much of a sculptor but I love to use them as reference. I love the surrealist elements added to the figure.
Top Right is a screenshot I took of a character I made in a cute app. I didn’t keep the app but liked these two buds.
Middle Row Left is a psychedelic Lisa Simpson. This is also not drawn by me. I love color and psychedelic art.
Next is drawn by me showing how I use some statue references in my art. Being trans is a common theme and always an inspiration to me.
Next is a fan art I drew of Our Flag Means Death. I love those gay pirates.
And on the far right of the middle is another example of reference of statue used. In this case archeological and reconstructed.
And last row on the left is a drawing of one of my cats. I am really inspired by my pets and the pets I get to care for.
Next is a drawing thinking about current global news from Palestine. Current events and news also influence me.
Next is an ai art of Xena as a mosaic. I recently rewatched Xena and I love art history references. Love the mix of campy fantasy sci-fi with myth.
And last on the bottom right is a redraw of an old marker drawing I did. Sometimes I find inspiration by going through my old art and sketchbooks.
