So I kinda had the holiday blues this year, though without any reason to. Things are going rather well. I think it was just stress catching up with me during a time (the holidays) when I'm typically already stressed out. Thankfully, I had good people around and all is well. Did this during a moment of 'augh' and I like it for sad/cute value. ;p Art & character ©2004 Arphalia.

Nerd Love

Nerdy boys need love too. <3 Art ©2007 Arphalia.

"No price for goodbye." Sketch grayscaled and tinted in photoshop. Art & characters (Norla & Arphalia of my Marble Town story) ©2005 Arphalia.

Oasis

Colored pencils and black pen. Art ©2007 Arphalia.

Arphalia and his creepie things, this time in color! (Got on a tinting kick while printing things out for MFF and hit a few of the grayscales.) Art & character(s) ©2oo4 Arphalia.

"Pearl Necklace." Something I wanted to do to surprise Aya. Sketch with photoshop shoppingshopityshopop. (I have been up for 31 hours straight during a week where I have hardly slept soo..) <3 me. Art & Arphie © 2004 Arphalia. Aya, of course, is © Savannah H (she's lullaby-child on DA) I misses me my sissy-face.

Perfection.. Sketch colored in photoshop. Art & character ©2006 Arphalia.

"Forsaken." I forgot to change the actual file to be the title but its oddly fitting as is. Anyhow, another photoshop'd to hell and back sketch of Arphie. Sad no? Hit 100 deviants on DA with it (username arphalia for those who're curious). Thats almost depressing! ;p Art & character © 2oo4 Arphalia.

Red Death. This one is giving me uploading issues all over the place. Hopefully, it'll work out alright here. Sketch colored in photoshop. Art ©2006 Arphalia.

"He once was a true love of mine.." (As sung by Sarah Brightman. Simply beautiful version of this song, making the lyrics and overall feel just fit to these two somehow. Can't help it, I listened to it a lot while doing the colors.) Sketch run through photoshop for tinting. Art & characters (Norla & Arphalia) ©2005 Arphalia.

"Remember Me" Sketch grayscaled and tinted in photoshop. (Decided against the initial tinting at the very last minute. Sorry about that. c_c;) Art & characters (Norla & Arphalia) ©2005 Arphalia.

"Repose." Sketch of Arphalia after some photoshoping. Light effects were from a photo of a building after it got run through PS. Art & character © 2oo4 Arphalia.

'Rette Break. Art (c) my former coffee-wenching self. All ink pens. "Gotta match?"

Secrets I Could Tell

Sketch digitally colored. Characters are Arphalia and Norla out of Marble Town.

Creepy Tree Shael

I'm about to sell him, so I figured I'd do an newer scan and repost Shael looking up to no good while he sits on an abstract burnt-looking shrubbery. ;p This was done back in 2003, on ink paper with colored pencils and a micron. The micron actually went over the black pencil parts, giving it a neat effect of having a light sheen.

Art ©2003 Arphalia.

Shy Siamese. (Though its been mentioned she looks more Balinese. I'll get it right one day.) Done in colored pencils and black ink as a sort of warm up pic before coloring actual commission stuff. x_x Art © 2oo4 Arphalia.

"Silence me." The sketch went along with another image I had grayscaled, called Breathe Me In. I believe that was uploaded a while ago of anyone was curious. I needed a break from doing badges last night, so took the second part of this little 'sketch series' and message around with it in photoshop. Its something different. I don't play around in photoshop enough. Characters and Art are © 2oo4 Arphalia.

More character work for MT. Sketch rendered in photoshop for grayscales and tinting. Art & character Iona Verleigh ©2005 Arphalia.

Sinner. Art & character © 2004 Arphalia.

Swinger. (c) 2oo2 Arphalia. "Ever wonder what would happen it all moods attacked on creature at once?" Inks, black pencil and water color splattering. Yay.

The String. Arphie needs a hug. Sketch run through photoshop. Arphalia & art ©2004 Arphalia.

Tikki and Victor are O-L-D characters of mine, created while I was writing an insane amount of 'Tale Spin' spin-off fanfiction. The drawing of them here, however, is quite recent due to coming down with a case of nostalgia. I've got a longer description for this image over on DA (username arphalia) that I won't repeat here for the sake of page spam. It would get rather spammy. Just a sketch that got adjusted in photoshop.

Ink doodle to break in a new sketchbook and pull myself out of this cursed art slump. Fleh.

Unruhe. Yeah, I know, its just a different version of the image I uploaded for halloween just last night. Played around with it this morning and came up with something I liked a lot better, at least it suits more to what I was initially aiming for mood-wise, but a little more chilly. Art & character ©2004 Arphalia (Who will not be making a habit out of uploading various versions of the same basic image. Promise.)

Winter. Done in colored pencils and black ink with accents of these teeny glass gems made to look like crystal. This is one of two pix that actually sold at Midwest this weekend. If anyone remembers the Siamese I uploaded a few days ago, that should be up for sale on Furbid sometime soon. I'll make a note on my website when that happens. (Or you can just check my 'just me' page. Username Arphalia (duh).

My art show name sign for MFF (Midwest FurFest) next weekend, thus giving away the fact I'll be there this year. Feel free to come up and say hello, but don't do anything creepy or Minstrel Stan will sing at you. (I'm serious.) Finding me at the con probably won't be too hard. I like cigarettes. Your places to look are limited. ;> Anyhow.. ._. Art ©2004 Arphalia.

Incandescence. Arphalia and Zenithe and art (c) myself. Monochrome in black pencil with photoshop tinting. "Don't go. Not this time."

On the other side of pain. Zenithe and art (c) myself.. durr. Photoshop mess over what was done in marker. Someone told me it had a 2D construction paper effect. I.. kinda liked the idea, but wish I thought of it. Dammit. "Not always how it seems."