#artist information

[rachaelmayo]

Rachael's Art Information

The top illustration is Fields of Gold 2, one of my recent artworks and a personal favorite.

Quick info:

Commissions - closed, likely through 2024, while I work on a large project. You can always ask, though; I may be able to take on small projects here and there. My policies and prices information is posted in a journal entry on DeviantArt, and I will keep this journal up to date.

Art trades - closed.

Requests - I do not accept requests for free art.

Personal info:

I am an art hobbyist. I sell my work at SF/Fantasy conventions in the United States, but I do not make my living through my art. Art is my for-fun-and-relaxation vocation. I make my living as a systems administrator with a mainframe z/OS specialty for SS&C Technologies. I am based in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area in the United States.

I like to draw dragon things, feathery things, buggy things, monstrous things, and other fantasy and SF things. I prefer design-oriented illustration over narrative illustration, and my focus tends to be on pattern and decoration. I am inspired by all kinds of creatures from the natural world, especially fish, insects, reptiles, birds, and flowers.

My artwork is comprised mostly of traditional mediums. I use ink, watercolor, and a variety of colored pencil brands, though I favor Prismacolor pencils over all others. I also use gel pens and acrylics. I like to include elements such as scrapbook paper, fancy rocks (cut/polished cabochons), acrylic rhinestones and Swarovski crystals, metal and glass decorations, and a variety of other 3D objects. Occasionally, I'll get a wild hair and break out the glitter.

I do some work in Photoshop. Usually I use the program for post-processing a hand-drawn artwork, but also I use it to perform color tests and other small projects. I would not consider Photoshop to be one of my primary creative mediums; rather, it is one of my finishing tools.

I share my artwork on a few other platforms, in combination with general short blogging. I know that some people have different platform preferences, so here are the other places I can be found:

Amazon - I have four dragon- and fantasy-themed coloring books available on Amazon. These are all original hand-drawn images that I've reworked in Photoshop to make them colorist-friendly. The current set of books are aimed at advanced colorists. I plan to publish books that are suitable for casual and young colorists soon. Here are links to the individual books:

Dragon Adventure 1 - 2nd edition coming in late 2025.

Dragon Adventure 2 - 2nd edition coming in 2027.

Dragon Adventure 3 - 2nd edition coming in 2028.

Dragon Adventure 4 - no 2nd edition planned.

DeviantArt - a chronological catalogue of artistic endeavors, moderately well-organized. I consider DA to be my "primary" art sharing website.

Print Information - This DeviantArt journal has information about my prints. I sell them ad hoc and make them with my own equipment, rather than using online print services. My prints are matted, signed, and numbered limited editions. I use archival paper and ink.

Facebook - I reveal new art here in parallel with DeviantArt. I post other information and personal achievements as well. I occasionally share music and performance videos that I like, and also terrible puns and other amusements. The vast majority of what I share is public, and SFW.

FurAffinity - I reveal new art here in parallel with DeviantArt.

Instagram - This usually parallels new work posts that are on my other websites, but the formatting may be different due to Instagram's image ratio restrictions.

Twitter/X - I am not posting artwork here any longer. I'm not as engaged on Twitter as I am elsewhere. I may not respond to DMs very quickly, but I do tend to drop by every couple of days.

Email - If you prefer to communicate via email, you are welcome to send me a DM and I will provide my email address. I do not want to post my address publicly on Tumblr.

[moss--dweller]

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[terrichienyiart]

this is not a tutorial this is just me rambling

[canisalbus]

They need a bigger bathtub.

[toothwormfactory]

we finally did it guys. we made yuri in ice

[salamispots]

first 3 rug hooking things I did haha

[kokodrawings]

Master and student ✨

[artharakka]

Beautiful, But Broken

[raegunblastart]

Artist: RaeGunBlast

[eeriethacus]

A second part with Aaron to match next to the Andrew piece

Been listening to July by Noah Cyrus

[winterhawk-olympic-bang]

We’re two thirds of the way through the Posting Month, and there’s been such great fic and art posted already, you guys should all be very proud.

This is a reminder that everything needs to be posted by the 30th and that Artists need to email links for all their art, and a thumbnail for us to add to the masterpost, to us by the 30th as well.

The earlier you can get those to us, the earlier we can get started on making the posts, so if you’re in a position to send now, please do. We will not be chasing any we don’t receive by the 30th so if you’re liable to forget if you leave it, please do get on it now.

Any questions, please do reach out!

[whatsitzface]

Fuck every percy jackson "fan" who is still complaining about percy & annabeths HAIR COLOURS being different then in the books. I hope Nico is blonde so that all of you cry and scream like fucking toddlers

[basketobread]

How does Lunara feel about... Lolth

not good lol

[palipunk]

Some Hasna Hawke outfits - aka the Chantry’s favorite secret bloodmage 

[artronenergy]

Honestly if you're looking at Doctor Who (2005) as a piece of fiction with, you know, themes and intent, it's really necessary to engage with it as actual queer media. At least a little. I think it's status as a fandom show from the mid 2000s means people are quick to dismiss this as some sort of transformative read rather than something that actually informs the storytelling and characters, but it can not be understated how it's fundamentally part of the same body of work as Cucumber and It's a Sin and Queer as Folk

[moeblob]

Anyway I'm still happy to have seen Hrid in FEH recently. Thank you for asking.