HOME | DD | Gallery | Favourites | RSS

| brightredrose

brightredrose ♀️ [1684396] [2005-06-08 21:23:45 +0000 UTC] "is a silly sheep" (United States)

# Statistics

Favourites: 1322; Deviations: 187; Watchers: 1836

Watching: 48; Pageviews: 56665; Comments Made: 12474; Friends: 48

# Interests

Favorite visual artist: Ken Hultgren, Michael Hague, Jan Brett, C.W. Anderson, Susan Jeffers, Ruth Sanderson, Jan Brett
Favorite movies: The Prince of Egypt, The Black Stallion, How to Train Your Dragon
Favorite TV shows: Scrubs, M*A*S*H, Elementary, Avatar: The Last Airbender, DC's original animated universe
Favorite bands / musical artists: Mostly 80's and Soundtrack/Instrumental
Favorite books: The Screwtape Letters, HP series, The Hobbit/Lotr/Silmarillion, Padraic Colum's Children of Odin, Watership Down, Out of the Silent Planet. Favorite comics include DC's Kingdom Come, Batman: The Black Mirror, and Marvel's Walt Simonson run of Thor.
Favorite writers: C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Diane Lee Wilson, Elizabeth Letts
Tools of the Trade: Graphite, Pen and Ink, Photoshop
Other Interests: Horseback Riding, Literature, Design

# About me

I am an illustrator, art teacher, horse maniac, and total nerd.
I was fortunate enough to spend many childhood hours in libraries and forests—two settings I highly recommend if you want to grow up drawing talking animals, myth and magic, and mysterious creatures.

The most important tool in my arsenal is a .5 mechanical pencil (2B if I’m feeling frisky). My eyeglass prescription and my affinity for texture and detail are hilariously mismatched.

I balance the hours spent leaning over my desk with time in the saddle. The rest of my free time is spent “exploring” (read, getting lost in) the woods, reading comic books, and writing short stories.

I studied Illustration at both the Delaware College of Art and Design and the Maryland Institute College of Art. Since I can’t shut up about drawing, I teach drawing workshops and middle school art.

# Comments

Comments: 1132

Mitsukishinobi [2019-06-30 22:23:13 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to Mitsukishinobi [2019-07-02 12:56:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks :) (Smile)

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

oAzuLJo [2019-02-05 23:38:01 +0000 UTC]

dragons, deer, horses and birds? sign me up! :>

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to oAzuLJo [2019-02-06 00:17:46 +0000 UTC]

that's a fair summary. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL Thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Nuwer-Arts [2018-07-02 02:15:23 +0000 UTC]

Happy B-Day ^^

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to Nuwer-Arts [2018-07-02 16:54:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! :D (Big Grin)

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

CheetahFalcon [2018-07-01 22:40:15 +0000 UTC]

Happy bday!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to CheetahFalcon [2018-07-02 16:54:08 +0000 UTC]

thank you! :D (Big Grin)

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MechaAshura20 [2018-07-01 18:04:23 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to MechaAshura20 [2018-07-02 16:53:54 +0000 UTC]

thanks :) (Smile)

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Lethal-Lana [2017-08-30 22:04:12 +0000 UTC]

Hello I want to personally thank you for joining my group I am happy to have you as a member and look forward to seeing your excellent artwork and I hope that you will enjoy being a part of this group. Welcome!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to Lethal-Lana [2017-08-31 02:05:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the invite. :) (Smile)

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Lethal-Lana In reply to brightredrose [2017-08-31 04:09:23 +0000 UTC]

The pleasure is all mine.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

evilcrowbar [2017-07-01 18:40:30 +0000 UTC]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! :) (Smile)

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to evilcrowbar [2017-07-03 17:58:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! :D (Big Grin)

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

InkScaled [2017-07-01 17:51:19 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to InkScaled [2017-07-03 17:58:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. :) (Smile)

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

tabithasbooks [2017-03-15 22:53:15 +0000 UTC]

Need to hire an artist for three books! Please contact me at tabithasbooks.com Thank you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Olya19 [2016-11-27 15:40:27 +0000 UTC]

Your style fascinates me

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to Olya19 [2016-11-30 02:52:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. :) (Smile)

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Stygma [2016-07-02 00:07:23 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Matschkuchn [2016-07-01 08:04:23 +0000 UTC]

Happy Birthday :) (Smile)

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to Matschkuchn [2016-07-01 13:09:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Matschkuchn In reply to brightredrose [2016-07-01 13:34:26 +0000 UTC]

Hope you have a good day c:

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Ravetta [2015-10-05 20:15:34 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful art gallery, it is a pleasure looking through your works!
Especially your unicorn paintings mean a lot to me. They remind me of a book I wanted to write years ago and somehow never did ^^

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to Ravetta [2015-10-06 02:07:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! You and me both.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

abimanyudju [2015-08-21 02:12:22 +0000 UTC]

lighting effect on your art are superb. i learn a lot just by watching it. thanks for sharing.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to abimanyudju [2015-08-21 02:51:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I actually had a very good friend helping me with the lighting on this one. :) (Smile) This piece was originally a lot colder, with a pale light. She reminded me that light has color and convinced me to go crazy with it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Meeweeda [2015-07-31 00:08:21 +0000 UTC]

I just discovered your work and am in love with it. Your style makes me nostalgic. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful talent!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to Meeweeda [2015-07-31 01:01:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! :D (Big Grin)

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Liszica [2015-07-26 15:06:09 +0000 UTC]

Can you draw a cat, from fur of lampart, very, very long tail, big ears and colorfull eyes? Please! I need this cat for me book fantasy.. The "cat" name is Iknoen. I'm from Poland.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

brightredrose In reply to Liszica [2015-07-29 23:02:12 +0000 UTC]

It takes me about 40-60 hours to complete a piece, so unfortunately I can't add any projects to my list right now. :( (Sad) I'm already very late sending out my scheduled projects. It's an interesting concept, though! I will tell you that the publishing industry usually doesn't like authors to already have illustrators picked out--they like to do that for you. :) (Smile) So, write your book, and don't worry about the pictures just yet. :D (Big Grin)