akikotree

This journal is mostly public posts, but sometimes I friends-lock art that I'm not yet ready for the whole world to see, or other random things. If you are interested in friending me, please PLEASE leave a comment here, so I know you are a real person and not a fake robot journal trying to sell me watches. (I've been having some problems with this). If you friend me, I'll likely friend you back.

You can also find me on deviantart at ---> http://alex-tree.deviantart.com/
And on tumblr ---> http://redgoldsparks.tumblr.com/

I am also one of the co-moderators of the community potterclippings.

Title: Heartstrings
Artist: Akikotree
Rating: G
Spoilers: None in the drawing, but some in the story which inspired it.

Under the cut :)
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The last few weeks I have been working on putting together a store on Society 6 to sell prints of some of my artwork, mainly my watercolor teacup paintings. All of the pages from my tea-themed "Hug in a Cup" calendar are now available as prints on Society 6, as well as many other pieces!

You can find my store here: http://society6.com/MaiaKobabe

New Years, Valentines day... slowly I am catching up with posting my letterpress projects! For those of you haven't already seen them, here is a batch of pictures about the crazy valentines we made this year at the letterpress shop <3

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One of my last projects at the print shop before our winter break was business cards. Process shots under the cut :)
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Lots of pictures under the cut about another letterpress project I did, creating rainbow prints for New Years.
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Title: Mechanical Heart
Artist: Akikotree
Rating: G
Spoilers: None in the drawing, but some in the story which inspired it.

Under the cut :)
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Below the cut:
A watercolor painting of Irene Adler (note: artistic nudity)
and a bunch of random sketches of Sherlock and John, at various levels of finished-ness.
:D
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Last fall I made a few posts about projects I did in a letterpress class that I took in my hometown. Well, after that class ended I was invited to become part of the co-op, basically a group of people who love letterpress and work in the shop on their own projects. I have been a part of the co-op since November, and I've been trying to take pictures of all the projects I work on there. I always intended to post about some of the more interesting projects, but obviously I am pretty far behind... so today I will try and catch up a little :)

Here are some pictures and explanations about a postcard I printed for potterclippings. This was something I made last fall, when I was still learning the basics of the press work. In the picture above you can see a close-up of the type with a draft of the postcard, including some of my errors circled in pencil :) Those got fixed before I printed the final draft.

More pictures under the cut.
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So, here are my answers to the two memes which have been floating around the book-obsessed portion of my f-list... I got the prompts for both of these from trishtrash. She was kind enough to gift me with the letter H and seven delightful questions :)

Onto the memes! The rules for the One Letter meme run thus:
1. Leave a comment to this post!
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.
But, since I prefer drawing my thought to writing them, I went ahead and drew my five characters instead :)

The Seven Questions meme is just how it sounds... someone gives you seven questions and you answer them! My answers and my sketches under the cut :)

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