Khaytier's Nocturne

"Though darkness lay, It will give way, When the dark night, Delivers the day" - snippet from Secret Garden's Nocturne.

I could just see her spinning poi to this song echoing in the distance, with nothing but her breath, her thoughts and the winds through softly cutting through the tallest of redwoods. I wish I had the capacity to picture the scene as I feel it.

Khaytier © Bevin!
Art ©2007 Arphalia.

Kinda sorta out of Arphie's story if the title is taken into consideration. Roughly means 'not yet' insofar as breaking under pressure/stress/whathaveyou. Sketch tinted/colored in photoshop. I'll have prints of this one with me at FC. Art & character ©2005 Arphalia.

"Lavish This." It really really needed a rescan. Now you can see a lot more of the details and there isn't that aweful overall greenish tint going on anymore! :D Colored pencils, metalic gel pens for the curtains, and black ink. Art & characters ©2004 Arphalia. (Drawn in '02.)

"Little Boy Blue." (which I hope didn't just upload twice) Part of Arph's actual storyline/history as opposed the the usual schedule of ANGST. Yes, it is much SAD MILK. ;_; And you'll be Sad Milk if I find this reposted, traced over, used for direct reference, sight-drawn etc. 9_9 Not only is it for a story, it is personal, okay? Please respect. Art & characters © 2004 Arphalia.

Reupload with less bright blue tinting. After redoing it I cannot stand the brighter version so.. Up with this one. Arph and his pappy didn't get along very well. (Story related.) Art & characters ©2005 Arphalia.

"Make me real.." Inspired from The Velveteen Rabbit. Done entirely in Photoshop, save the initial sketch. Art © 2oo4 Arphalia.

Character from Marble Town: Maude LaVelle

Done in colored pencils, black ink. Art & character ©2007 Arphalia.

My Immortal

"I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone. But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along."

Heh, not supposed to be depressing in the slightest.

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.

Regent to the Sky

Roughly (5x7 inches) on cardstock in colored pencils, ink and white gel pen.

Art ©2009 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 Heiress

Roughly (5x7 inches) on cardstock in colored pencil, ink and white gel pen.

Art ©2009 Arphalia.