Friday, December 31, 2010

Last Update of the 2010!

And it's full of sculptures! Weee~!

Bulbaaaa~! He stands 2 1/4" tall from bulb-tip to toe.


My fiancée's little brother helped me get my old tablet up and running again, so this little Heartless is for him.


A 3 1/2" keaton mask!


Teenie tiny paintbrush tree ottah! She stands at 1 1/2" tall!


Were-wolvering! My biggest sculpture to-date. 

Happy new year, all!!

Monday, December 20, 2010

Oh Christmas Dump, Oh Christmas Dump

How lovely is your stress levellll~

A gifty for a good friend <3 Both characters belong to her.

Sculpture for my dad of a little screech owl.

Sculpture for my mom of a bunny :3


Sculpture for my brother, of Majora's Mask!

And now for the few commissions:



See you next time <3

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

New Art as of 12/9/10

After Christmas I'll have more to upload, since I don't anyone finding their gifts here by accident!

A little sculpture for a friend of his little kitten character. Sculpey and acrylic.


A gift for a friend of her character. Watercolors, colored pencil and ink. 


"Out Into the Wild Blue", watercolors and ink.


A gift for a friend of her and her fiancée. Watercolors, colored pencil and ink. 

A sculpture of my character Spencer. Sculpey.

That's all I can indulge for now!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

New stuff, 11/18/10

"The First Dream Catcher"; acrylic on 12"x16" canvas. 
Will be in a local show in December.

"Firefly Swamp"; acrylics on 5"x8" canvas.


Colored pencil and ink. My character, Spencer, enjoying some warmth from one of my candles. <3 
I'm going to try to keep Spen off of here since she's for a project.

Colored pencil and ink. My favorite panel of a comic page I did between me and a friend. Featuring Red being snarky.


A small spiderweb styled dream catcher. Found the stick and feather outside, The little spider lady is a character of mine named Astel, and I painted her with acrylics on bristol board.

That's all for now ! <3
~Melissa Benzinger

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Last Flood... for now!

This time we've got the commissions and trades I've done for others :3 All characters are property of their owners!

A commission for Flea of my friends and my characters having fun. All colored pencil.


An acrylic painting for a good friend of her two canine characters.


Screech owl and fishing cat on the hunt. Watercolors, ink, and colored pencil.

Colored pencil.


Ink

Colored pencil

Colored pencil.

Colored pencil and watercolors.

A huuuuge acrylic painting <3

Colored pencil. Still bummed about how much the scanner washed out the background! I assure you this is horribly blinding in real life.

Colored pencil and watercolors.

My first ever painting commission. Another huge one!

Well we're all caught up on the backlog now! Everything from this point on is fresh stuff.
~Melissa Benzinger

Monday, November 15, 2010

Even MORE arts! Have some paintings~!

All of my paintings are done in acrylic or watercolors.

Twitch's birthday present. "The Highwayman's a-Wanderin'"


"Celebrate!"

"Lonely Winter" Painted on a small fungus.

"Autumn Sunset" Painted on wood.

"Eye in the Mind's Wasteland" 

"A Portrait of Summer" Painted on wood

"Grass is Greener"

"Gone Fishin'" on a table

"Luna Moth" on wood


"In Spring" painted on a rock

"Snake Woods"

"River Night" on a fungus

"The Void"

"Under the Surface"

"Up Through the Canopy" on wood

"Winter Woods" on wood

"Woolly Bears"

"At the River" on a sawblade


That's all for now! Next round: Art that I've done for others :3

~Melissa Benzinger