Truth and Beauty Bombs

I painted a little picture of a bison and the northern lights, which I still have no idea how to paint!

beautiful

I'm not always creepy or terrifying, after all.

very rarely creepifying, i would say

new wallpaper re: bisonbro

AMANDA STOP PAINTING AND MAKE ME THAT SOCK CAT YOU OWE ME FROM LAST YEAR >:(

That is really pretty, though

KATIE FYI I pretty much owe you like two sock cats by now because I am that horrible.

Maybe I will make them today!!!

Also, thanks guys. I was a little pleased by it. It's actually a book cover my friend hired me to do, so maybe I'll get to paint book covers for a while.

I really like it!

also sock cats 4evar

'bites i think your octocorn and your tauraurus borealis are both adorable

:3 'brood
i find your drawing to be intriguing

the uh... the continuation of the princess theme is completely coincidental in this case.

ugh cant keep it in my pants for thebrood either

uhhh thanks eidam

mucho appreciated :)

Here are the sock cats I made for kfunque.



I didn't make the one in the middle. I'm not that good yet.

Amanda, what would happen if I wanted to commission you to make manly American animal paintings for my apartment (like that bison)?

What would happen is that you would get manly American animal paintings for your apartment at a reasonable price!

DEAL

For context, how big is that bison one?

Oh it's tiny, it's like.. 5 x 7 or 8 x 11 or something. I did it so small because it's a book cover so I needed to be able to scan it, etc. I can go much larger if you'd rather. The quality is generally about the same, imo

No, I think small is good! Book cover size would be perfect because then I could put like three or four of them instead of one giant one.

What animals can you do? Or can you do ANY animal?

I'm pretty sure I can do any of them. If I can look at it, I should be able to paint it.

Okay, okay, have to think this through. Also I guess I should get pricing from you to see how much one of these bad boys would cost. Here are some possible ideas for me to think over...

Prairie dogs or pikas
Raccoon
Fisher or marten
Red fox
Lynx
Black bear
White-tailed deer
Moose
Bison or musk ox
Bighorn sheep or mountain goat
Pipistrelle bat
Walrus
Loons
Red-tailed hawk
Peregrine falcon
Screech owl
Ruffed grouse
Great blue heron
Sandpipers
Kingfisher
Red-headed woodpecker
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Waxwings
Raven
Hellbender
Red spotted newt
Wood frog
Painted turtle
Five-lined skink
Kingsnake
Ribbon snake
Northern copperhead
Trout or salmon
Bluegill
Fiddler crab
Monarch butterfly
Grasshopper
Wolf spider

dodo!
sugar glider!
momonga!

Are you buying some too, Duck??

Hooray!



Also Boorishly are you honestly considering having me paint a spider? I'll do it but it would be like five times the price of any of the others.

I AM JUST CONSIDERING ALL OPTIONS AMANDA

Right now I am leaning towards moose, fisher, black bear, bighorn sheep, loons, and peregrine falcon as the front runners. Second place would be prairie dogs, pippistrelle bat, great blue heron, red spotted newt, painted turtle, and five-lined skink. So I think you are reasonably safe from any spider requests.

BUT WE NEED TO DISCUSS SO THAT I DO NOT RUN OUT OF MONEY AND/OR PLAUSIBLE WALL SPACE BY COMMISSIONING THESE WORKS

puffin

eyeless cave fish

Boorishly, you'd like my place.

My brother asked why my bathroom has a "hunting" theme, and I was all, "What, no, it just has an animal theme."
I don't know how many people hunt bears, anyway.
My shower curtain is bears and I have a picture of an awesome majestic-looking buck above the toilet.

And one of only two kitchen magnets (these aren't in the bathroom) is loons.

I have painted fish before, but I have to admit that I have never done any pictures of insects. So I am untested in that sort of thing. I'd probably do okay though.