I want to say thank you to everyone who came out to the open house this past weekend at the Western Avenue Studios. I had a great weekend and made a lot of new contacts. I practically ran out of business cards and promo bookmarks, and I am very grateful… Read More »A Successful Open House.
I just added a boat-load of new pictures to the crafts gallery at Shaunart.net. In preparation for the fourth quarter (the holiday season, crafting season, and an artist’s most profitable time of the year), I have completed a big round of crafting, making fall accessories from vegetable tanned leather. There are… Read More »HUGE Update in the Crafts Gallery.
The craft gallery at Shaunart.net has been updated with ten new leather pieces. All medium to large jewelry and accessories, each item was made from vegetable tanned leather: hand-cut, carved, and painted by me. You can find all of my leather items currently for sale in my Etsy shop, but… Read More »Leather Crafts
I like how this necklace came out so much that I am going to write a feature on it. You can view the listing for this one-of-a-kind item here. This is the first of what I am sure will be many maple leaf leather pendants. I cut this leaf from a… Read More »Featured Etsy Item: Fall Maple Leaf Necklace
I am now accepting commissions on wig styling, costume design, & costume construction, and I have added a special new page to my website with details and rates. I have been cosplaying for nine years, and always make my own costumes, wigs, and props. Now that I am out of… Read More »Costume Design & Wig Commissions Accepted
Part of my senior thesis project was to do a series of three. I chose to do a series of three portraits, of three women, in three different modes of costume, interacting with three different classifications of animals. The first portrait is of a woman in a tradition costume. A… Read More »Portraiture
Hey! You know what’s cool and exciting? I am helping to design the costumes for CONNetic Dance’s upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream! CONNetic Dance is a ballet company based in Hartford, CT and their show this June is a steampunk rendition of the Shakespearean classic. The set designer… Read More »Costume Consultant for Connetic Dance!
Our newly formed cosplay group, Meta Cosplay, had a wonderful time being interviewed by Nerd Caliber . Watch the video below or follow the link to their site. To see more on my Sophie costume, visit the page!
Here is the first assignment from my oil painting class. Our task was to define an alter-ego for ourselves, and to paint our likeness on this fantasy identity. I decided that my alter-ego would be an exotic snake charmer, hiding from the dessert sun in her lavish arabian, or maybe… Read More »Alter-ego: The Snake Charmer
I finally have enough pictures of my Sheik costume where I feel I am ready for a critique. I plan to fix up this costume for Connecticon and future cons to come. If you have any suggestions for me on how I can improve, please Critique my costume on the Cosplay.com… Read More »Costume Critique
Anime Boston is over and I have finally been able to update the costume page for Sheik (Super Smash Brothers: Brawl) with new pictures and information. You can take a look at: http://shaunartcosplay.wordpress.com/completed-costumes/video-game-original-design-cosplay/sheik-super-smash-brother-brawl/ Look foreword to my upcoming review of Anime Boston 2010.