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i got tagged by @narrativefoiltrope for the OC thing going around! thank u beloved <3 tagging: @masonscig @leondaltons @lavampira @barbiferrari !!

FAVORITE OC: right now probably fiona (bc, chop shop)! faustus (bc, chop shop, others) is usually in the bg too but smtg about a sunshiney girlie whose full of love and light despite the horrors gets me <3

NEWEST OC: probably damasia (way/farer, rss), fiona's older sibling? <:) they aren't super developed and i've only dropped them in way/farer and rss but they have their own themes w/family and self that interest me

OLDEST OC: probably luce (the e/xile) :-) ! i made him all the way back in high school where he was kind of an OC in inuyasha but kind of not! he only got brought out for t/wc but has since been mainly oc shipping bait

MEANEST OC: alin (in/famous, project ha/dea)

SOFTEST OC: luce! he's a guy whose been through A Lot early in his life and as an adult shies away from violence and cruelty and negativity, he really just wants to love and be loved freely.

MOST ALOOF OC: charlie (fog, 180 f/iles) lmao. she keeps a lot of her interactions with people with clinical and clipped. she knows she's not warm hearted and traverses through life with the idea that she can do civil, but not friendly. talin (the e/xile) is a close second because she's extremely shy and prefers to hang back.

DUMBEST OC: probably fiona lmao......... bimbo fr, but luce too tbh, himbo at heart, he does get dumber around his gym bros.

SMARTEST OC: gabi! she's been through law school and is viciously competitive about many things, so being the smartest and most well prepared was a big motivator for her. i also think nesbie to be pretty smart in a practical sense and being able to figure out how things work or how to improve on things.

OC I'D BE FRIENDS WITH: PROBABLY NESBIE (project h/adea)............. they're just a sweet guy (gn) and very funny with an infectious laugh and naturally quite warm spirited, so i'd want to get to know them for that :') fiona maybe but she is bright and bubbly but i think that would make me v tired v easily lmaoooooo

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At the end of each year all the site post their best of lists, Jamie has been collecting that data for a few years now, creating a combined best of!

This years compilation pulls from 194 best of lists, you’ll find them linked to on his page here, and bellow i’ve posted 57 of the best of’s with at least 10 mentions here!

Congratulations to all, to D+Q for having three in the top 10 here, and a special maple flavoured chapstick kiss to all our fellow canucks on the list.

‘Book Title ~ Mention Count ~ Writer ~ Artist ~ Publisher’

The Prince and the Dressmaker ~ 46 ~ Jen Wang ~ Jen Wang ~ First Second

Sabrina ~ 41 ~ Nick Drnaso ~ Nick Drnaso ~ Drawn and Quarterly

On A Sunbeam ~ 39 ~ Tillie Walden ~ Tillie Walden ~ First Second

Mister Miracle ~ 37 ~ Tom King ~ Mitch Gerads ~ DC Comics

Berlin ~ 34 ~ Jason Lutes ~ Jason Lutes ~ Drawn and Quarterly

Immortal Hulk ~ 32 ~ Al Ewing ~ Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Paul Mounts ~ Marvel Comics

Saga ~ 28 ~ Brian K. Vaughan ~ Fiona Staples ~ Image Comics

Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles ~ 26 ~ Mark Russell ~ Mike Feehan, Sean Parsons, Paul Mounts ~ DC Comics

Woman World ~ 24 ~ Aminder Dhaliwal ~ Aminder Dhaliwal ~ Drawn and Quarterly

Why Art? ~ 24 ~ Eleanor Davis ~ Eleanor Davis ~ Fantagraphics

Venom ~ 24 ~ Donny Cates ~ Ryan Stegman ~ Marvel Comics

Infidel ~ 23 ~ Pornsak Pichetshote ~ Aaron Campbell, Jose Villarrubia ~ Image Comics

Be Prepared ~ 23 ~ Vera Brosgol ~ Vera Brosgol ~ First Second

Young Frances ~ 21 ~ Hartley Lin ~ Hartley Lin ~ AdHouse Books

Gideon Falls ~ 21 ~ Jeff Lemire ~ Andrea Sorrentino ~ Image Comics

The Lie and How We Told It ~ 20 ~ Tommi Parrish ~ Tommi Parrish ~ Fantagraphics

My Boyfriend Is A Bear ~ 20 ~ Pamela Ribon ~ Cat Farris ~ Oni Press

Hey, Kiddo ~ 20 ~ Jarrett J. Krosoczka ~ Jarrett J. Krosoczka ~ Scholastic

Upgrade Soul ~ 19 ~ Ezra Claytan Daniels ~ Ezra Claytan Daniels ~ Lion Forge

All the Answers ~ 19 ~ Michael Kupperman ~ Michael Kupperman ~ Simon & Schuster

X-Men: Grand Design ~ 18 ~ Ed Piskor ~ Ed Piskor ~ Marvel Comics

Nancy ~ 18 ~ Olivia Jaimes ~ Olivia Jaimes ~ United Features Syndicate

Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet ~ 17 ~ Julie Doucet ~ Julie Doucet ~ Drawn and Quarterly

Crowded ~ 17 ~ Christopher Sebela ~ Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Triona Farrell ~ Image Comics

Bingo Love ~ 17 ~ Tee Franklin ~ Jenn St-Onge, Joy San ~ Image Comics

Black Hammer: Age of Doom ~ 17 ~ Jeff Lemire ~ Dean Ormston, Rich Tommaso, Dave Stewart ~ Dark Horse Comics

Monstress ~ 16 ~ Marjorie Liu ~ Sana Takeda ~ Image Comics

Prism Stalker ~ 16 ~ Sloane Leong ~ Sloane Leong ~ Image Comics

Abbott ~ 16 ~ Saladin Ahmed ~ Sami Kivelä ~ Boom!

My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies ~ 15 ~ Ed Brubaker ~ Sean Phillips ~ Image Comics

Frontier #17 ~ 15 ~ Lauren Weinstein ~ Lauren Weinstein ~ Youth In Decline

X-Men Red ~ 14 ~ Tom Taylor ~ Mahmud Asrar, Carmen Carnero, Roge Antonio ~ Marvel Comics

Coyote Doggirl ~ 14 ~ Lisa Hanawalt ~ Lisa Hanawalt ~ Drawn and Quarterly

Check, Please!: #Hockey ~ 14 ~ Ngozi Ukazu ~ Ngozi Ukazu ~ First Second

Batman ~ 14 ~ Tom King ~ Lee Weeks, Jorge Fornés, Mikel Janin, Mark Buckingham, Clay Mann, Joëlle Jones, Michael Lark ~ DC Comics

Batman: White Knight ~ 14 ~ Sean Murphy ~ Sean Murphy ~ DC Comics

Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures ~ 13 ~ Yvan Alagbé ~ Yvan Alagbé ~ New York Review Comics

The Mighty Thor ~ 13 ~ Jason Aaron ~ Russell Dauterman, Matt Wilson ~ Marvel Comics

Passing for Human ~ 13 ~ Liana Finck ~ Liana Finck ~ Random House

Runaways ~ 13 ~ Rainbow Rowell ~ Kris Anka, Matthew Wilson ~ Marvel Comics

Parallel Lives ~ 13 ~ Olivier Schrauwen ~ Olivier Schrauwen ~ Fantagraphics

Eternity Girl ~ 13 ~ Magdalene Visaggio ~ Sonny Liew ~ DC Comics

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World ~ 13 ~ Pénélope Bagieu ~ Pénélope Bagieu ~ First Second

Poochytown ~ 12 ~ Jim Woodring ~ Jim Woodring ~ Fantagraphics

Coda ~ 12 ~ Simon Spurrier ~ Matias Bergara ~ Boom!

Skyward ~ 11 ~ Joe Henderson ~ Lee Garbett ~ Image Comics

Ice Cream Man ~ 11 ~ W. Maxwell Prince ~ Martin Morazzo, Chris O’Halloran ~ Image Comics

Girl Town ~ 11 ~ Carolyn Nowak ~ Carolyn Nowak ~ Top Shelf

The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins ~ 10 ~ Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Carey Pietsch ~ Carey Pietsch ~ First Second

The Wild Storm ~ 10 ~ Warren Ellis ~ Jon Davis-Hunt ~ DC Comics

Speak: The Graphic Novel ~ 10 ~ Laurie Halse Anderson ~ Emily Carroll ~ Farrar, Straus and Giroux

One Dirty Tree ~ 10 ~ Noah Van Sciver ~ Noah Van Sciver ~ Fantagraphics

Love That Bunch ~ 10 ~ Aline Kominsky-Crumb ~ Aline Kominsky-Crumb ~ Drawn and Quarterly

Isola ~ 10 ~ Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl ~ Karl Kerschl, Msassyk ~ Image Comics

Fearscape ~ 10 ~ Ryan O’Sullivan ~ Andrea Mutti, Vladimir Popov ~ Vault Comics

Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows ~ 10 ~ Jeff Lemire ~ Max Fiumara, Dave Stewart ~ Dark Horse Comics

Chlorine Gardens ~ 10 ~ Keiler Roberts ~ Keiler Roberts ~ Koyama Press

Jamie Coville's Tabulated Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018! At the end of each year all the site post their best of lists, Jamie has been collecting that…

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Introducing The Top 5 Winners of This Year’s Pastel 100 Competition

The number of entries for the 19th Annual Pastel 100 Competition totaled more than 2,500. That’s a lot of paintings — and a lot of great pastel talent!

Pastel Journal magazine is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Annual Pastel 100 Competition.

We’ll have reproductions of all the prize-winning paintings, and artist interviews and juror comments, in the April 2018 issue of Pastel Journal. Until then, congratulations to all of 2017 winners!

Introducing the Top Winners of the 19th Annual Pastel 100 Competition

From still lifes to entrancing landscapes, here is a sneak peek into some of the remarkable, winning artists from the 19th Annual Pastel 100 Competition.

Pastel Journal Founder’s Award in Memory of Maggie Price ($5,000) — Aurelio Rodriguez López

Painting Old Chinese Pottery by Aurelio Rodriguez Lopez, pastel

  Aurelio Rodriguez López was born in Génave, Spain. He began his art training during his teenage years by taking classes at Baeza Art School in Baeza.

Throughout his career, he has exhibited his work in all corners of the world. From all across Spain, Madrid to China, and New York to London, Rodrigues’s work has been seen and loved by viewers for decades.

Pastel Journal Award of Excellence ($2,500) — Jacob Aguiar

Marsh Complements by Jacob Aguiar, pastel

  “I can remember as a kid staying up until midnight drawing comic book characters with friends, or sitting in the car while my parents had to run errands so I could draw what I saw out the window,” says Jacob Aguiar.

In 2011, Aguiar took a leave from his medical studies to pursue art in the small Northern California town of Sebastopol. Not sure of what medium he wished to work in, he happened upon the landscape pastels of Richard McKinley during an internet search. “Needless to say, I was hooked immediately,” he notes.

He’s since graduated from school. And today, he spends three days a week as a naturopathic doctor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and devotes his time-off to his love of art.

Ruth Richeson Pastel GOLD Award (pastels and surfaces valued over $2,000) — Nancy Nowak

Gallery Street by Nancy Nowak, pastel

  Nancy Nowak earned her B.A. at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1981, where her main interests were enameling and oil painting.

After owning calligraphy and printing businesses, she rededicated herself and her life to her art, striving to evoke an emotional response and awareness to the everyday beauty that surrounds us.

Nowak’s work is representational in style but with an impressionist flair. The artist also offers workshops and classes in pastel, focusing on landscapes.

Richeson Pastel SILVER Award (pastels and surfaces valued over $1,500) — Corey Pitkin

The Golden Apple by Corey Pitkin, pastel

  Corey Pitkin is a predominantly self-taught artist. He won multiple awards from regional and national competitions by the time he graduated high school.

After a “loss of creative drive” in his 20s, the artist renewed his love for art-making and has since gone from a relatively unknown to an award winner in local, national and international competitions.

Richeson Pastel BRONZE Award (pastels and surfaces valued at $1,000) — Colette Odya Smith  

Understory by Colette Odya Smith, pastel

  Colette Odya Smith earned her degree in fine art, humanities and education from Macalester College in St. Paul. She spent about 10 years teaching art at a Wisconsin school while raising two children and “making art around the edges.”

For the last two decades, she has focused on her painting career. “Laying pastels over a watercolor underpainting, I have developed working methods that expand the expressive range of this versatile medium, at times using ripped and layered surfaces, textured elements and gold and copper leaf,” she says.

Category Winners

Below is a list of all the winners per category for the 19th Annual Pastel 100 Competiton.

Abstract & Non-Objective (Juror: Arlene Richman)

First Place: A Passionate Nature by Bre Barnett Crowell

Second Place: Sunny Side Rose by Marcia Holmes

Third Place: Up and Away by Betty Efferson

Fourth Place: Journey Through Egypt by Halla Shafey

Fifth Place: Blue by Cory Goulet

  Animal & Wildlife (Juror: Rita Kirkman)

First Place: Twilight Parallel by Otto Stürcke

Second Place: Nap Time by Andrew Memmelaar

Third Place: Empty Space by Yael Maimon

Fourth Place: The Butterfly by Luying Ye

Fifth Place: Hidden by Denise Vitollo

  Landscape & Interior (Juror: Nancie King Mertz)

First Place: Tilghman Breeze by Maria Marino

Second Place: Top of the Canyon by Stan Bloomfield

Third Place: Morning Light by Wenlin Zhu

Fourth Place: Lily Pads Sur Ciel Bleu by Terri Ford

Fifth Place: Sunday Afternoon by Kathleen Newman

  Portrait & Figure (Juror: William Schneider)

First Place: Yang Hui by Aurelio Rodríguez López

Second Place: Masking by Jinghan Wu

Third Place: Free Spirit by Carolin Fernandez

Fourth Place: Sofia by Svetlana Cameron

Fifth Place: Kyrgyz Hunter by Fabang Pei

  Still Life & Floral (Sarah Blumenschein)

First Place: Once Upon a Time by Theresa Emmett Allison

Second Place: Bolts of Fabric by Diane Rudnick Mann

Third Place: Still Life With Nest by Don Williams

Fourth Place: High and Dry by Amy Sanders

Fifth Place: Just Another Apology by Jennifer Evenhus

  Honorable Mentions

Here is a list of this year’s honorable mentions, per category.

Abstract & Non-Objective

Liyri Art

Elaine Augustine

Barbara Bagan

Cory Goulet

Cynthia Haase

Pirkko Makela-Haapalinna

Karen O’Brien

Mike Ray

Sabrina Stiles

Mira M. White

  Animal & Wildlife

Michelle Bonneville

Mark Brockman

Nikolay Lavetsky

Catherine Lidden

Susan H. Long

Yael Maimon

Steven Oiestad

Aurelio Rodríguez López

Adelle Platt

John Plishka

  Landscape & Interior Jacob Aguiar

David Alldridge

Lyn Asselta

Lana Ballot

Cindy Crimmin

Bethany Fields

Alejandra Gos

Ray Hassard

Marcia Holmes

Amanda Houston

Mike Ishikawa

Barbara Jaenicke

Dave Kaphammer

Helen Kleczynski

Sookyi Lee

Karen Margulis

Paul Murray

Nancy Nowak

Colette Odya Smith

Charles Peer

Jeanne Rosier Smith

Dug Waggoner

Tara Will

Beth Williams

Don Williams

  Portrait & Figure

Daud Akhriev

Mike Beeman

Edgar Carabio

PengYue Chu

Tracy Ference

TaiMeng Lim

Aline Ordman

Sally Strand

Thalia Stratton

Christine Swann

Daggi Wallace

Jia Wei

Tara Will

Trilby Wood

  Still Life & Floral

Theresa Emmett Allison

Jeri Greenberg

Kathy Hildebrandt

Karen Israel

HaiHong Jin

Helen Kleczynski

Zijie Long

Jacqueline Meyerson

Amy Sanders

Vilas Tonape

A special note of thanks to our generous 19th Annual Pastel 100 Competition sponsors: Jack Richeson & Co. for sponsorship of the Ruth Richeson Pastel GOLD Award; Richeson Pastel SILVER Award and Richeson Pastel BRONZE Award; Terry Ludwig Pastels (first place category sponsor); Great American Artworks (second place category sponsor); Holbein (third place category sponsor); PanPastels (fourth place category sponsor); and UART (fifth place category sponsor) for donating wonderful material prizes for all our category winners!

Please note: The number of honorable mentions per category of the 19th Annual Pastel 100 Competition was determined by the number of entries in the category. They were adjusted to reflect similar ratios. For example, the Landscape + Interior category received the most entries. Therefore, it includes the highest number of honorable mentions. In addition, the list doesn’t total 100, because some winners placed twice in honorable mentions.

Did you miss the 19th Annual Pastel 100 Competition? Don’t worry! There is still time to enter your pastel art in this year’s All Media Competition. Don’t delay; deadline is Oct. 16, 2017. Learn more information here.

Ready to Paint Your Award-Winning Art Piece?

It’s not too early to start planning your own award-winning pastel for the 20th Annual Pastel 100 Competition! Need a little help or inspiration? Watch the preview trailer for the video workshop, Composition Secrets: How to Plan a Painting, below for a few of acclaimed pastelist Liz Haywood-Sullivan tips on building a strong painting foundation.

Learn more of Liz’s tips and techniques by streaming the entire instructional video at ArtistsNetwork.tv.

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i saw that kissing picrew going around and made my and @narrativefoiltrope's kids :-)

characters on the left of each pic are mine (faustus, alin)

characters on the right of each pic are erin's (winter, faye)

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wip wednesday

wow i actually have stuff to share this time! thanks for tagging me @lilas UuU

i'll tag: @nerdferatum @gavcowles and @narrativefoiltrope <3

from: something for ockiss24! about my oc charlie and her first valentine's with megan's nagisa.

Valentine’s day descends faster than she would like and the only thing Charlie secures is a decent bouquet of roses and an hour away from work to surprise Nagisa at lunch. Despite the anxiety that this is supremely lame, Charlie did her best to dress herself as nicely as possible. She put on the trousers that accentuates the length of her legs, chose a lip color Nagisa had once commented made her “look very yummy”, and spritzed herself with the nice sandalwood perfume she’d worn for their first date. For a bit of confidence. She does need every ounce she can manage.

quick edit: tumblr just. made the top drabble bit invisible!??? So i took it out rip to faustus and alin i GUESS

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wip wednesday???

thanks for the tag @narrativefoiltrope beloved <3 i do have a little something but it's literally just oc stuff and it's... sad! :) it's valinterverse with my oc Alin and erin's oc Winter making an awkward pair at Faustus's grave (rip idiot)

gonna tagggg: @lilas @feralrosie and @solarisrenbeth |D would love to see literally whatever, i miss writing and seeing what my friends are writing!