Welcome, Intro and Art

Hello, hello! This is the new private art blog for Courtney Young, or Shara as I'm known by most.

I am on Deviant Art but I've decided to make my own page to showcase my art.

I will still use DA, keep what I have already up there but I doubt I'll be posting selected things there so if you like my art this will be the place to come for all updates.

I'll post works in progress as well. And I don't finish art I work on a regular basis, so posts may be sporatic; I tend to draw something, move on to something else then go back to the first thing when I feel like it. It's just the way I work and frankly don't apologize for, art is supposed to be fun and for me, when it's forced, it loses that appeal.

A little info on me for those that don't know:

I am a 27 year old self taught artist living in Ohio, married for one year so far to the man of my dreams. I'm a Pagan and have been for nearly 13 years, with eclectic tastes and an even more eclectic way of following that Path. I'm also what is called an Otherkin, if you don't know what that or Pagan means, google it. I love reading and have thousands of books on all sorts of subjects but the majority are fantasy/science fiction. I pretty much draw what I want but I love making up new critters that look like they could be real, Speculative Biology heavily influences those peices. I'm a huge animal fan and have had many pets during my life, so nature is also a heavy influence for me, as is Cryptozoology which I follow with a voracious apetite.

That's all I can think of right now...but feel free to ask questions in the comments, I'll be glad to answer them!

SO! For the first entry, I present to you a picture of my husband and I in our Otherkin forms:

I'm the black Unicorn and my husband is the Kitsune. Just a nice relaxed pic of the two of us I felt like doing one day.

I drew the pic in pencil then inked it using a Pilot Precise V5 extra fine pen. I then colored and shaded it with colored pencils and went over that with marker, adding highlights with a white colored pencil once it dried. I use this process with most of my art, just an FYI.

So, that's my first entry on my very own gallery blog, hooray for me! *chuckles*

More to come, stay tuned and subscribe if you like my art please?

~Shara