Taryn Cozzy Illustration: October 2013

The Monkey's Paw

Month of Fear weekly challenge: Favorite Horror Story

Mine is "The Monkey's Paw" - really made me think hard about what and how I would wish on my eyelashes and birthday candles.

Here is a "before" and "after" of my Monkey process. I was inspired by an artist on DeviantArt from long ago - did a really kickin' Dracula portrait with unnatural colors in the shadows and mid-tones. Check it out: http://jacksparrowsbabe.deviantart.com/#/art/13-Nights-2009-Dracula-141086555?hf=1

Happy Almost-Halloween

Month of Fear weekly challenges so far:

Recurring Nightmare - Being Plunged into an Unknown Abyss

Just for fun - Bloody Delicious Milkshake

Babies Everywhere!

Here's a bit of what I'm working on now - baby portraits in pencil and then I'll be doing one in oil soon. I have to find a way to make the top one less... creepy...?

Sarasvati Painting for Golden Goose

I may have already posted some of these, but here they are now from start to finish :) A couple detail shots as well...

Different Kind of Dragon

This is a dragon I drew and colored with colored pencil for a friend's grandbaby! It was drawn to go with the set of dragon quilts and things she had made for the baby.

Dragonboat Festival Painting

Okay so I didn't take the "final" picture but this is a little bit of the painting I did for the Dragonboat Festival here in VT. It was auctioned off for a good cause :) Maybe you can't see if from the little pictures but it's a dragon in water with golden oars along its body. Really fun to paint!