Oooo... Shiny!

New look for the blog. I would like to thank inthename-stock at http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/textures/?order=9&q=pretty&offset=24#/d14vyww for the great texture that I used for the background. Gotta love stockers! ;)

The website also got a new name: Holly Arnold Art. I've found that Good, Bad, Ugly Art was cute, but too difficult to remember. Also, the new name identifies with me better for anyone who is trying to locate my work.

And of course, no art blog would be complete without art. Here's a practice portrait I did the other day. Thanks for looking, y'all!

Mail Time!

I'm so excited! York photos was having a sale, and I got 3 bags free (plus cost of shipping) with my art printed on them! They look fabulous! I'm thinking about using them in place of gift bags when I give presents.

Picture Bomb!

I'm sorry, dear blog readers, that I've neglected you. But I have been productive! It's been raining commissions lately, so there's been plenty of work to keep me busy. The following are recently finished commissions:

And I shall add a few sketches. Keep in mind that sketches are somewhat akin to drunken bouts of karaoke. What seems great at that moment may be totally mortifying in hindsight....

Channeling Bob Ross-- happy clouds!

Me experimenting with some Charlie Bowater-ish face paint. (And failing miserably...)

Don't drink and paint-- you end up with still life's like this!

Sheesh, these are embarrassing, but I promised to share!

The Hub Logo

A good friend of mine approached me and asked if I could repaint a logo for him. The above image is the fully rendered logo. I'm excited to announce that this logo is going to be a billboard advertisement for The Hub restaurant (with a few final tweaks). :D

Steps!

Here are the steps to my most recent piece:

Elves!

Oh my goodness! It's been 3 months since I've posted here! Bad Holly! Bad!

I have been working on a painting that I'm going to submit to Ballistic Publishing (a publishing company that specifically prints digital art). In light of the fact that the other entries are mind-blowingly awesome, I don't think I'll get published, but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't TRY! Either way I win-- If I don't get published, I still have a great portfolio piece that I learned a lot from. :) If I do get published, then... we'll cross that bridge if we get there!

I'm proud of myself for being patient and painting detail! Still not as much detail as I should probably put in, but I'm an oil painter at heart. I'm not used to being ABLE to put in this much detail. I still like things loose and stylized.


     

Tribute Series!

I've been doing a tribute series to some of my favorite artists: loish and janaschi from Deviant art. (I will be working on a Charlie Bowater tribute shortly.)