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Aurella — Aelita and Jax
Published: 2007-08-16 00:09:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 3804; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 60
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Size: 8 x 10"Medium: Watercolor and Ink
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This painting is based off of a character from one of my much older ACEO cards. Some of you may remember the duo of Aelita and Jax! I decided to do another painting featuring them because I love them so much. Aelita is a very beautiful witch who is part of the high witch and wizard elite. She is constantly concerned with presenting the proper image. Jax is her pink-winged cat who likes to play tricks (especially on Halloween!) which annoys Aelita to no end. But Aelita is never seen without her Jax.
I was influenced by an art style that I admire so much: Art Nouveau. I decided to create a very detailed background almost to mimic a wrought iron gate or fence. Can you find all the hidden images that I placed in the background? Then, also with the Art Nouveau style, I placed a circular border behind Aelita and Jax with a pumpkin patch and a green mosaic frame. Behind them within the circle is a spooky graveyard scene and a beautiful orange and purple sky!
This was probably my all time favorite piece to work on. I really hope that you all enjoy it!
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Aww thank you!! This is a favorite of mine so I'm absolutely thrilled that you like it!
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Thank you so much for all of your comments! I really appreciate them!
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well, you deserve them... you do some of the most beautiful mix of colours i've seen in traditonal (i love traditional art lol)..!
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awesome work on the background!
it seems to have a lot of work behind it..
also, the colors of her clothes are wonderful!
great work
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Thank you so much!! This is definitely the piece that took me the longest to create. It took about a week's worth of work. The border took forever!! I'm glad you like it!
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your welcome! keep up the good work
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Aww thank you! I'm glad you like her.
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Love this one!!! Wonderful detail and composition
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Thank you!! This was the most fun painting to work on!!
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The details in this are just freaking amazing!!! I love your style, and the fact you paint so many witches!!!
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Thank you so much!! They are definitely my favorite to paint.
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You're welcome! I would love to see a children's book or something with your witches as illustrations
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Aww thank you!! I'm flattered that you think they would look good in a children's book. I would really love to do something like that some day.
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It's true!!! They'd be perfect for a children's book. Do you ever make prints bigger than 5 by 7 for any of them? I love Cassia, I'd love to hang her on my wall! Oh, and congrats on the cross stitch designs, that's so cool
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Thank you so much!! I'm really thrilled and excited about the cross stitch site. The artists and the owner over there are all fantastic.
And I tend to do larger prints of my smaller pieces on a case by case basis. I always worry about blowing up smaller pieces because of the quality, so I don't think I'll offer them in my store. But the quality actually isn't that bad. I just recently sold six 5 x 7 prints that were blown up from 2.5 x 3.5." A lady requested them for her daughter's sixth birthday! I think the only difference is that you can see the oopsies a little bit better...like the subtle ink splatters and things like that that aren't noticeable in the smaller versions. But if you are interested in a bigger print, just send me a note or an email or something and I can print one off to see what it looks like and send you a scanned version of the print to see if it's suitable for you!
Thanks so much!
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Well that's really cool, and it's great the artists and owner are so nice. Congrats again!
So how come you always paint ACEO size? I would think that would be so hard, your paintings are more detailed than most!!! Congrats too on that lady wanting 6 prints too! Must feel good to sell them
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Thanks so much Melissa!! And definitely no pressure on Cassia. I totally understand about student loans. I graduated in March and my grace period is over at the end of this month uggggggh. Not looking forward to forking over 400 dollars every month for like...the rest of my life lol. Ridiculous!!
And I only paint in ACEO sometimes. I've been trying to do some bigger pieces as well, but the ACEOs tend to generate the most traffic/views/bids on eBay! Plus they are a little bit faster to do than the bigger pieces. But I'm trying to do a mix right now!
Thanks again for your kind words!
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Ugggh seems like everyone has student loans these days!!! It truly makes it impossible to be a professional artist, since it's hard enough to make a living in art without all those huge loans. Did you get your degree in art, or something else?
It's crazy how ACEOs are the big seller these days, in some ways I understand it, but I like having bigger pictures for myself! I'm just really amazed you can make your paintings so detailed, I would have thought you had to do them huge and then shrink them. I can't wait to see what you do with a big piece! And you're welcome, it's true, I just adore your painting style and characters
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Aww thank you!! I got my degree in Game Art and Design. My initial plan was to be a texture artist, because I started out as a digital artist. But seeing as I live in Georgia and not California or something, that made it really difficult to find a job out of college. So I decided to try my hand at selling my art! What are you majoring in?
And yes, it is crazy how ACEOs are big sellers! I think they're popular with a lot of the big collectors, because I guess you can only have so many big pictures on your walls! And I do cheat a bit with my ACEOs a bit lol. I start out drawing at 5 x 7, because there's no way I can sketch that little. I've always been a big sketcher. Then I ink it on tracing paper, scan it into the computer and shrink it down! But from there everything's done to size like the inking, painting, etc....! I used to be silly and did full characters which was nuts. Like on my Rose piece...that was definitely the hardest one. Her face was so tiny. Now I try to stick to just the thighs up so as not to stress myself out too much lol.
And I'm trying to do a few more bigger pieces here and there! This one "Aelita and Jax" is an 8 x 10. I can't imagine doing this one any smaller with all the detail lol. Kamaria, Malana, Stella, and Edeline are all 5 x 7. And I'm working on a pirate mermaid right now that's going to be an 8 x 10!! It's sort of frustrating though, because I feel they are much better paintings than the ACEOs, but I can't seem to move them as fast or for as much! Oh well lol.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm just thrilled you enjoy my style and characters.
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Wow! That's so funny, I totally started out doing digital art as well, and switched to traditional only recently. Not that I don't REALLY miss the undo button 
Still, it's crazy how much work goes into your ACEOs! I know some artists who do them because they can do them so much faster than other paintings... but yours are so detailed!! I love Aelita and Jax, I can see why that one had to be 8 by 10. I know, I hate how long paintings take! It's so fun, then after a while you just want to imprint what's in your head on the canvas so you can move on to the next one. I can't wait to see the pirate mermaid, that sounds great! I still have to go through my devwatch messages, so hopefully you've got some new ones up
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Hi Melissa!! Wow that's crazy that you started out as a digital artist too. There's something so wonderful about traditional art though that digital art can never replace. I'm happy to see that us watercolor artists aren't being overlooked too much because of digital artists. Traditional art still seems very popular!
And wow! You've only been painting for a little over a year?? You do such excellent work! And being a stay at home mom and a full time artist is my plan at some point too! lol
Thank you for your comments about my ACEOs! I do spend a lot of time on them, but I enjoy doing them. Things have been going well! I have a few more licensing thingys in the works with a couple different companies, so that's exciting. And it still is summer in Georgia! It got a little cooler, but now it's hot again. 
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I know what you mean, I didn't understand why people felt that way until I started doing traditional art... though I really miss that undo button! It frustrates me when photomanipulations always beat out traditional art in DA contests, but I think you're right, people still appreciate traditional art, maybe because it's getting rarer! We can hope, right?
Aw thanks
Oh, and a huge congrats on more licensing thingys in the works!!! That's so exciting!!! Yay!
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Thank you so much!! 
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LOL I loved the missing-arm story, that's so funny. It's true though, you're probably the one person who would notice that! It makes me feel better that all artists seem to feel the same way about their work... though it's frustrating!!! Can't our paintings just be perfect already???
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Lol I wish!! We'll just have to keep working in that direction anyway!!
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i really like how clean and precise the image is. i love all the colors in it and the border is so cool
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Thank you so much! The border was so fun to work on since it's really unlike what I normally do.
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Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words.
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No worries, your artwork is awesome!
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wow that's very impressive! your art is moving in leaps and bounds
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Thank you very much! I'm so glad you think so.
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I LOVE it!
The border is fabulous - and the colors really highlight the witch and kitty bat.
Awesome job!!
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Thank you so much!! I'm so glad that you think the colors highlight the witch. I was struggling a lot when I went to paint in the colors since the border was so bold and striking. I didn't quite know how to make the witch the focal point with all of that darkness around the border. So I'm really happy that she sticks out!
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo i love the coloring job... very nice 
hehee,
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