#kelp!

“It looks like it's a card.”

When I opened up the brown craft paper envelope, I started internally screaming in excitement.

It was not a card. It was the print that I had given up on ever receiving: the print of @ekbelsher promotional art for the book “Bring Me Your Midnight” by Rachel Griffin.

In a misunderstanding of my own making, I had pre-ordered the book in order to get the print, only to miss the deadline to fill out the form with my receipt information by a few hours.

It's so much more beautiful in reality than the online image! The timing is pretty incredible too: not only was it Saint Nicholas Day, but I'm moving next week. I'll have fresh, empty walls in my new bedroom in which to find the best place to hang it alongside my other art! I even got a “I helped restore a kelp forest” sticker!

Thank you @ekbelsher ! Thank you Rachel Griffin!

Here's a really terrible picture of my unexpected gift:

I’ve donated to food drives and stuff, but I then decided I another way to help is to commission some amazing artists who could use the help!

But my next question was “What do I want to commission these artists to do?”

So I decided I am going to hire a variety of Artists to help illustrate Leomarrius’ (my D&D character) backstory.

This first piece is actually from the wife of an old friend of mine from High School. Her name is Carmen and here is a link to her art page! https://www.instagram.com/karumen_art/

This piece illustrates when Leomarrius got his nickname “Kelp” by his sister. One night he woke up the entire house screaming because a piece of Kelp drifted into his bedroom through his window and he thought it was a sea monster. So now he’s all embarrassed and his sister is having a laugh at his expense, and he’s never gonna live this down. I present to you “KELP!” by Carmen!

I have a second piece in the works as we speak. I have a rough sketch of it from the artist, but I won’t share anything just yet. I’ll post it here when it’s completed! It’s a piece we have titled “Sealing the Deal”

A band of four seaponies from Liverpool that washed up on the shores of Equestria.  Soon Seapony music became a craze.  Seapony Mania had hit the mainland.

KELP!