This is Nacre. She is a Claviger in Lodila Valley. I created my first portrait of her a couple years ago, but wanted to take more time and really give her more attention! I used Procreate, and loaded the original drawing to retrieve the color palette, which I stayed loyal to. I did adjust some … Continue reading Nacre, Mother of Pearls
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The search for purpose and opportunity…
Well, here I am! Two months post-graduation, and even though I was technically finished with school in the winter, I have been focusing on finishing up some smaller projects until graduation actually happened in May. I'm in a good place to really look for the best opportunity for myself to not only secure some consistent … Continue reading The search for purpose and opportunity…
Social media update
Just a quick note to say that I have changed my Instagram account, formerly legends_of_lodila , and it is now Creations of Peregrine Starr . I am not removing any of my content, just wanted to cover all of my work, rather than one area - at least for now!
Legends of Lodila
So I have been working on streamlining Pallo’s origin story this semester, making sure to incorporate my personal goals into every project, and my Writing for Visual Media course final was a script treatment for a movie. That one project really helped me figure out how to choose which elements to include in Pallo’s part … Continue reading Legends of Lodila
Characters of Lodila Valley
Lodila Valley is nestled in the center of the Land of Lo, and is home to many creatures. Here are some profiles for some of them. Each of them have developed into much more complex characters as my writing continues, but here are the basics! Characters and short bios
Art (origin of the Cybele)
I am realizing that, while this blog is titled, "The Art of...", I have yet to really share any. So, without further adieu, my first share is the Cybele. In this piece, this extraordinary creature is giving consul to a traveler from another realm. What's a Cybele, you ask? Cybele (si-bill-ee), named for an Anatolian … Continue reading Art (origin of the Cybele)
Acorns, Bees, and Cheddar Cheese
Such is the name of my rhyming book of ABCs. As a professional nanny, I read a shit ton of alphabet books. Lots of them rhymed, and most of them used the same words to represent each letter. A is for apple, B is for ball, and so on, got so monotonous, I started making … Continue reading Acorns, Bees, and Cheddar Cheese
The Golden Pinecone
The Golden Pinecone is a story about a little girl, named Poppet (my own childhood nickname), who finds a pinecone on a walk in the woods, and loves it until magic turns it into gold - just in time for Christmas. I created the illustrations to echo certain simplistic styles of the '50s and '60s, … Continue reading The Golden Pinecone
“Resume”
In eighth grade, I was at Lake Region Middle School, right on the border of Naples & Bridgton, Maine. My art was definitely taking on an identifiable look, when it came to the cartoon-y characters I would draw - specifically, lopsided googly eyes were a "thing". I explored in all kinds of other art forms, … Continue reading “Resume”
The Creations of Peregrine Starr 