Flynn_the_Cat's Art: where to find me
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My Art Online: About Flynn the Cat.
Welcome to my Profile lens. this page lists all my art sites, blogs and shops, for my own convenience and for anyone who wants to contact me.
See my fantasy art, my nature paintings and my photography. Get free wallpapers and earn a commission by promoting my Zazzle store.
For more about ArtRage (my painting program) see the All About ArtRage Lens
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Awards and Recognition
Significant successes with my art
Creation by =Flynn-the-cat on deviantART
First place in the Youthline Art contest for 2009, in the over 18 category, for the theme of 'Identity'.
My Daily Deviation on DeviantART
Foam: Stock by =Flynn-the-cat
Daily Deviation, 2009-03-30
TimeFalcon said Foam: Stock by =Flynn-the-cat This image is not only a beautiful photograph, but generously offered as free stock by the artist! It really gets the imagination flowing, and creates the perfect background/setting for fantasy artists. (Suggested by =TimeFalcon and Featured by ^Hanratty-Stock)My Homepage Feature on RedBubble
Careless by Flynnthecat
Today's Best Awards on Zazzle
My Traditional Art
Pencils, pastels and paint artworks from my DeviantART gallery
I don't have many traditional works from the last three years, but I've recently begun drawing and painting again. One downside is that pencils take time!Traditional Pencil Drawings
Prismacolor pencils
Since quite recently (December 2008 onwards) I have been drawing on black paper, using prismacolour pencils.
Graphite pencils
A birthday card for my brother ^_^
I don't sketch much with 'plain' pencil, because I'm too messy a drawer.
Pastels
An experiment, to see if I still could, and how they worked on black paper. I think I'll do more...
Acrylics and watercolours
These two are quite old - pre-DeviantART gallery, to be exact. The first is watercolour paint, and watercolour Faber Castell pencils; the second is acrylics and a tint added in some basic photo-editor...
I have a lot more old acrylics to scan, some of them are even worth it.
Why do people expect artists to be able to write?
A little background on myself. I promise no honesty.
Began plotting world takeover around age 5, but soon realised that the number of competitors made this unfeasible and ostensibly changed future goals to being Robin Hood, in order to pick off my rivals while undercover.Part of this plot involved moving to New Zealand, when I was ten, and then I utilised my super-secret skills to completely fail to lose my English Accent (insert Men In Tights quote here).
Spent my school years covered in paint, buried in a book, occasionally at different times and was thereafter known as 'that one with the book and the hair' (see the brilliance of my disguise? You all thought I was sane.)
At some point I failed to achieve anything higher than a very rare 'Merit' in art and completely failed to get into a Fine Arts degree, so I gave up on life and did a BSc as filler, in hope of one day getting a job in Burger King. Halfway through my first year, I discovered I could do Marine Biology and seized on this excuse for scuba diving. Concurrently with this, I set out to actually learn to draw properly. This was stalled when I ran out of floor space and leftover acrylics around the same time... at which point I turned to an obscure and little known painting program known as ArtRage and spent every night for the next two years painting on my computer (and putting it all online - DeviantART was a huge boost here; see Flynn-the-cat on DeviantART. Actually, just search 'flynn-the-cat' and every art site it brings up is probably me)
I mostly draw fantasy things, females, dragons, animals, abstract stuff, and have a lot of trouble NOT painting with lots of colours. More recently, I've started painting a lot more realism (animals, people) as gifts. Occasionally get blackmailed into creating Amnesty posters (you may have seen them around this and last year - yes, I like the candles.) Actively trying different subjects and art styles and work almost entirely on whim - if I get bored, that's it, painting is finished, and initial sketch bears NO resemblance to the finished work. Also, I cannot sketch for the life of me - I am the original messy drawer).
And now? Now I can draw faces, so I finally consider myself an artist. An artist on the prowl... for minions in my future rule. Oh, and illustration jobs. And just, generally money. I sell prints and cards and things.
New Zealand based? Most of the printing sites are based overseas and I doubt anyone wants to pay US dollars at the moment (...not that I object, mark you), so if you want any prints or posters from me, send me a request.
Awards and Recognition
Free Wallpapers
Download some of my art to keep your desktop company!
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Not for commercial use.Click through to the DeviantART page, then click 'Download' up on the left.
Light: Wallpaper
Over The Storm: wallpaper
Wanderer Wallpaper by *Flynn-the-cat on deviantART
Woodland Wallpaper 1 by *Flynn-the-cat on deviantART
Woodland Wallpaper 2 by *Flynn-the-cat on deviantART
Places To Find Me
My art sites, shop and other places
- Flynn_the_Cat on Zazzle
- My shop! Fantasy art, nature paintings, nature photography and a great deal of colour. I sell postage stamps, postcards, greeting cards, posters, bookmarks, button badges, ties, mugs and even shoes of my original art (And yes, it is all mine ^_^). All fully customizable - add your name, or someone else's, write your own greetings, add silly captions, change the borders and backgrounds... or just buy them as is; whatever you like.
This is where I gently point out to the Non-US customers, Flynn the Cat's RedBubble Gallery. I don't offer as many paintings, but the ones that are there are my best. The reason I mention it is that, depending on where you are, and the current exchange rate, you might find them easier on your purse - especially for shipping. - Flynn-the-Cat on Deviantart
- My Deviantart gallery - come see all my paintings, from the old and dreadful sketches in scraps the newest random inspirations. All in ArtRage - except for the odd nature photo.
- Imagery: My Livejournal Art and Icon Blog
- My art blog is Ashuriel_le_Mad on Livejournal - I crosspost from Deviantart, track random progress across the web, keep track of other artists and... upload lots of Livejournal icons!
- Flynnthecat - RedBubble
- My RedBubble Gallery.
If you're on RedBubble, my profile page - Please visit! - Ashariel on Elfwood
- My Elfwood profile - again, not overly developed yet, but I intend to explore it further.
- Flynn the Cat: Fantasy, life, art, and Randomness
- My Blogspot - where I compile random reviews and notes of interest. A place to put writeups that I wish to keep. It does not update often - quality over quantity!
- the_cat_icons - Live Journal Icon Community
- Icons I've made.
Free to use with credit, on Livejournal. - Flynn the Cat on the ArtRage Artist Network
- ArtRage Artist Network profile and gallery
Biology and Writing
(insert 'science' for 'biology' at will)
My Lenses: ArtRage Tutorials and Reviews
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ArtRage Painting - the real paint of digital art
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Heard of ArtRage and wondering about it? Looking for a cheap and fun computer art program? Want to take up serious digital painting? Love the flow of traditional media but want the convenience of digital? Never even heard of ArtRage but easily seduce...
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ArtRage Tutorials and Resources
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The more advanced/painting orientated lens about ArtRage. This is very, very much in progress, I'm publishing it now because the original lens is simply too big, and because I don't want the tutorials and other information below to be unavailable for...
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Graphics Tablets and ArtRage
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If you're a traditional artist, or you'd like to be, or you have kids, or you just want to play with messy paint... and NOT cover the room with newspaper and splatters... then you'll probably enjoy ArtRage. And to do that properly, you need a tablet....
My Lenses: ArtRage Artists
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ArtRage Artists On DeviantART: L-S
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A list of all the ArtRage artists on Deviant art - that I know about. Know of one? ARE one? Drop me a comment in the Add Your Gallery guest box. Some of these artists work solely with ArtRage; some split it with traditional oils and charcoal and oth...
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ArtRage Artists on DeviantART: A-F
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A list of all the ArtRage artists on Deviant art - that I know about. Know of one? ARE one? Drop me a comment in the Add Your Gallery guest box. Some of these artists work solely with ArtRage; some split it with traditional oils and charcoal and oth...
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ArtRage Artists on DeviantArt: T-Z
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This series of lenses was created to display all the ArtRage artists on DeviantART - that I know about. Know of one? ARE one? Drop me a comment in the Add Your Gallery guest box. Some of these artists work solely with ArtRage; some split it with tra...
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DeviantART ArtRage Artists: The index page
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I've adored Artrage - a digital painting program - since the moment I got my graphics tablet. Actually, no, that's a lie - I bought my tablet because of ArtRage. It's always been quite special finding other painters using it - and there seem not be...
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ArtRage Artists On DeviantART: G-K
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A list of all the ArtRage artists on Deviant art - that I know about. Know of one? ARE one? Drop me a comment in the Add Your Gallery guest box. Some of these artists work solely with ArtRage; some split it with traditional oils and charcoal and oth...
My Lenses: My Reviews and Recommendations
Books and comics and things I want people to look at!
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Webcomic Artists on Deviantart
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If you enjoy reading webcomics, and want to find out more, if you admire the artists and want to see more of their work, or if you simply want to find some beautiful artwork on DeviantART... read on. I am an avid webcomic reader, and a passionate ar...
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My Favourite Authors - From Bujold to Pratchett
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This lens began as a quick writeup of Lois McMaster Bujold's DeviantArt fanart (that page is still coming) and promptly sprawled out from the recommended artists into a fullblown favourite authors list. I first knew I was in trouble when I tried to q...
My Lenses Made for Others: Cosplay Lenses
(NOT my costumes, and most of the writing isn't mine either)-
Princess Leia - Gentle Giant's Maquette Cosplay
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As soon as I saw the Maquette figure of Leia, I knew this was the next costume I wanted to do! The figure is based on the ANH dress, but it has a more modern look, and is done in the 'Clone Wars' cartoon style. (Disclaimer/notice The text and images...
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Cosplaying Anna Valerious from Van Helsing
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This costume was made for the Armageddon Convention's Cosplay event of October 2006, and won the 'Best Skit' award. Below is the tutorial for how I constructed this costume. Larger versions of the photos can be found in the gallery! Disclaimer/noti...
My Lenses: Miscellaneous and needing work!
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Scurvy
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Ah, scruvy, that charming and debilitating, and so-easily-cured disease. Scurvy is the term for vitamin C deficiency and the gruesome symptoms caused by this condition. It has had a vital role to play throughout human history and has strongly influen...
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ArtRage Artists on Zazzle
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ArtRage is an intuitive digital painting program that's a wonderful match for any 'traditional' painter armed with a tablet. It's always been quite special finding other painters using it - and there seem not be that many of us (compared to Photosho...
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- Awards and Recognition
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- Why do people expect artists to be able to write?
- Free Wallpapers
- Places To Find Me
- Biology and Writing
- My Lenses: ArtRage Tutorials and Reviews
- My Lenses: ArtRage Artists
- My Lenses: My Reviews and Recommendations
- My Lenses Made for Others: Cosplay Lenses
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- Flynn the Cat in the News
- Flynn the Cat on Twitter
- Recent Submissions from Flynn-the-Cat on Deviantart
- Reviews, Interviews and Random Appearances
- Flynn the Cat's Fantasy Art Store
- Earn a Commission!
- Follow my trail! Tagfoot links.
- Drop me a comment!
Flynn the Cat on Twitter
Updates on my lens and art.
- Flynn_the_Cat
- aka Flynn the Cat
- 100 followers
- 67 following
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- RT @Brukhar 33 Spectacular Black and White Photographs | Presidia Creative http://is.gd/1sqfF
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- BIG update on webcomic page- kagerou, artwork, the Dreamer, youtube videos, more pictures, webcomic reviews, links http://tinyurl.com/p9gf6t
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- I just updated my Squidoo page: Webcomic Artists on Deviantart / http://tinyurl.com/p9gf6t
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- YES! Arena & Daggerfall downloads http://p27gb.tk
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- I just updated my Squidoo page: Webcomic Artists on Deviantart / http://tinyurl.com/p9gf6t
Recent Submissions from Flynn-the-Cat on Deviantart
A daily update from my gallery: my featured deviations
...not my most recent, unless I feature them. Need to find the correct RSS for that.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byReviews, Interviews and Random Appearances
- Tat2 T's: Interview with designer Flynn the cat
- A short interview, in which I daresay I rambled and wrote too much, at 2am in the morning.
Interview with Flynn the cat
What inspired you to start designing tee shirts?
T-Shirts aren't my main product - I started off simply painting pictures. I started painting because I've always drawn, I've always had too many ideas and wanted to capture sweeps of line and curves of colour - and because I see things, and they give me ideas... - The Zazzle Reviewer: Flynn the cat
- Another Zazzle Reviewing Blog I managed to be first to reply to! (there's now ten or so waiting on each, I believe)
This is more of a review, with a short, mad introduction from yours truly, and some brief discussion of three of my most popular (at the time) products.
A short read, worth investigating.
Earn a Commission!
Promote my Zazzle store!
Promote My Gallery: If you like my products and store, feel free to feature them on your Facebook page, or blog and earn 7% commission. Promote My Gallery: User Name: flynn_the_catYou can promote as many artists as you like - although I'd obviously appreciate you including me!
Follow my trail! Tagfoot links.
Tagfoot is a bookmarks/Twitter/Stumbleupon-style integration, that allows you to keep track of bookmarks, videos, wishlists and post news to the world, yourself, and Twittter. It's quite handy.
This feed shows my latest news articles, bookmarks, pictures and wishlisted things that I chose to share.
Click here to follow my footsteps
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Praise, questions, random comments, feedback ... leave it all here! Or keep scrolling down for more.
grannysage wrote...
In my next life I am going to come back as an artist, no wait, I was going to be a musician, well maybe I can combine the two. Anyway, I am envious of your talent and love your writing style. Going to lensroll this to my Art of Copper Enameling. And Wiley thanks you for visiting White Cats.
Posted June 28, 2009
LotusPetalYoga wrote...
Your art work is fabulous! I loved seeing this site, thanks!
Posted June 23, 2009
AnnaleeBlysse wrote...
Thanks for dropping by my mermaids lens awhile back. Great artwork showcased on this lens and over at Zazzle!
Posted January 05, 2009
by Flynn_the_Cat
follow my footstepsI'm a Ruler of the World in training - I hope to create a world of slave-minions, all buying my Fantasy art. I'm trying to set... (more)
