Eigel Studio

July Birthday Bird Art

July is here, which means it's time to share the seventh of my Birthday Bird series!

It features an eagle, holly tree, larkspur flowers, and water lilies, which are popular birth month bird, tree, and flowers for the month of July.

I have a $3 downloadable set of stationary for the July Birthday Month Bird/Flower/Tree on my Patreon.

June is here, which means it's time to share the sixth of my Birthday Bird series and it features a dove, oak tree, honeysuckle flowers, and roses, which are popular birth month bird, tree, and flowers for the month of June.

I have a $3 downloadable set of stationary for the June Birthday Month Bird/Flower/Tree on my Patreon.

May Birthday Bird Art

May is here, though I am a little belated posting. May the fourth be with you!

That means, time to share the fifth of my Birthday Bird series and it features a nightingale, hawthorn tree, hawthorn flowers, and lily of the valley, which are popular birth month bird, tree, and flowers for the month of May.

I have a $3 downloadable set of stationary for the May Birthday Month Bird/Flower/Tree on my Patreon.

Miscria, Dragon of Mischief. 

I had a lot of fun with this commission and a client who wanted me to unleash whatever creative elements I wanted into the piece, which is a lot of power that I clearly ended up channeling into an abundance of details. 

I will admit I was given a lot of fantastic material to work with for this artwork of a tabletop roleplay character named Miscria. I was told that Miscria, in her human form, bears similarities to a medieval succubus. I was given details of her look and most of the details regarding her outfit, along with some sample reference pictures, which you see reflected in her appearance. She is a punk rock princess who has “the kind of smile that makes you think she knows something that's going to get everyone in a lot of trouble. She's Mischief in the classic sense - Chaotic Good to the extreme.”

“[She is] essentially, a punk-rock, bat- winged faerie dragon - with powers of illusion and magic. A two-fisted Johnny Rotten aesthetic if he ate a handful of pixies.”

I also read some of the creator’s short stories about her, which inspired a lot of the elements of her background to fit with the lore of the character. The peanut butter jars, coffee cups, and glitter jars allude to her open mic poetry sessions at a Seattle coffee shop, where she “somehow made a metaphor about peanut butter work, and called for responding to violence with ‘glitter herpes’.” The Black Cauldron elements refer to another of her stories where she dazzled the crowd at a  Midsummer Night’s Faire with illusionary magic and her telling of the Black Cauldron tale. The side panels in the artwork blend that and her anti-authority character with the image of a sword breaking chains (and other chains cracking or breaking, including one with a gold lock) and then Hen Wen and the Cauldron on the other side. The music notes entwined with her fire magic are the opening lines of "Hall of the Mountain King" (my own addition to fit the artwork themes) though if reading top to bottom it is being played in reverse. Allusions to her singing, of course!

I did my best to research punk aesthetics for this piece and tie in a lot of things like chains, studded leather, and safety pins into design elements. 

April is here.

That means, time to share the fourth of my Birthday Bird series and it features a canary, willow tree, daisies, and tulips, which are popular birth month bird, tree, and flowers for the month of April.

I have a $3 downloadable set of stationary for the April Birthday Month Bird/Flower/Tree on my Patreon.

Striving For Our Best Selves

Sometimes unlikely art projects have a way to meet the moment.

March Birthday Bird

March is here. That means, time to share the third of my Birthday Bird series and it features a (European) robin, alder tree, sakura blossoms, and daffodils, which are popular birth month bird, tree, and flowers for the month of March.

February is here. That means, time to share the second of my Birthday Bird series and it features an chickadee, ash tree, irises, and a violet, which are popular birth month bird, tree, and flowers for the month of February.

I have a $3 downloadable set of stationary for the January Birthday Month Bird/Flower/Tree on my Patreon.

Hybrid Animal Artober Day 31: Dracula Batrot

A hybrid animal based on Episode 116 of the Just the Zoo of Us Podcast, which features the Painted Bat and the Dracula Parrot.

It was pure coincidence that, this year, my Halloween post fell right on a spooky themed episode being featured, but I will admit that I was giddily happy about it. 

I also realize this animal may not be deemed the spookiest out of my hybrid critters this year. You can give me a comment about which one you think that was!

Hybrid Animal Artober Day 30: Aardvolly

A hybrid animal based on Episode 114 of the Just the Zoo of Us Podcast, which features the Amazon Molly and the Aardvark.

Hybrid Animal Artober Day 29: Echizard

A hybrid animal based on Episode 112 of the Just the Zoo of Us Podcast, which features the Mexican Mole Lizard and the Echidna.

Hybrid Animal Artober Day 28: Humpback Whagle

A hybrid animal based on Episode 109 of the Just the Zoo of Us Podcast, which features the Philippine Eagle and the Humpback Whale.

Hybrid Animal Artober Day 27: Back-Shark

A hybrid animal based on Episodes 107 & 110 of the Just the Zoo of Us Podcast, which feature the Thresher Shark and the Backswimmer.

Hybrid Animal Artober Day 26: Hoatzin Skipper

A hybrid animal based on Episode 106 of the Just the Zoo of Us Podcast, which features the Mudskipper and the Hoatzin.

Hybrid Animal Artober Day 25: Great Horned Fowl

A hybrid animal based on Episodes 105 & 108 of the Just the Zoo of Us Podcast, which feature the Fossa and the Great Horned Owl.

Hybrid Animal Artober Day 24: Tap-Tick

A hybrid animal based on Episode 103 of the Just the Zoo of Us Podcast, which features the Malayan Tapir and the Lone Star Tick.