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Works in progress

Sat Jun 13, 2009, 12:06 AM


Some of the art on my 'drawing board'. I've got so many, I keep on stumbling across them :)

Silver or Platinum Dragon Sidhe - I keep thinking about Norse dragons, but his clothes and weaponry are more Asian. Will be interesting to see whether he stays one of the Dragon Sidhe boys, or becomes a standalone Elf.


Colour concept of Sophia (Gnostic goddess of wisdom). I've been looking at Byzantine costume but I dont really want that kind of architecture in the background ... hence the kind of nothingness happening around her. It will be a watercolour painting if I ever get around to it, but I'm quite partial to the digital play around version.


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Hi! I'm Nicole, a sometimes artist who works in IT (.NET coder, manager, troubleshooter). In my spare time, I play medieval with the SCA and hang out with my Celtic Household. I have a couple of blogs including [link]

Prints, notecards & commissions available through my website [link]

All of the work in this gallery is © Nicole Cadet. I do not allow tubing, or derivative works. Where possible I've made reference links available.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Australia
  • Interests: Fantasy & sci-fi, computing, SCA, Renaissance Fencing
  • Favourite movie: LOTR, Princess Bride, HP
  • Favourite band or musician: 30 Seconds to Mars, Michelle Branch, Within Temptaion, Dishwalla, Breaking Benjamin
  • Favourite artist: Michael Whelan
  • Favourite poet or writer: Anne McCaffrey, David Eddings
  • Favourite style of art: Fantasy Art
  • Operating System: Vista
  • MP3 player of choice: ipod
  • Tools of the Trade: Photoshop, Painter, watercolours

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*avi-of-scott:iconavi-of-scott: Jun 20, 2009, 2:31:16 PM
I LOVE your gallery! hope i didn't spam you up with favorites lol

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=nixjim13:iconnixjim13: Jun 20, 2009, 3:53:18 PM
Thank you :) I don't mind at all :)

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Nicole Cadet Fantasy Art
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=nixjim13:iconnixjim13: Jun 3, 2009, 12:39:39 AM
Byzantine, awesome! It's on my list of costumes to look at creating!

I'm by no means an expert on digital art, and there are so many ways of working. I started out with a mouse and Photoshop, but I would recommend trying a digital tablet/ stylus such as Wacom as they are more natural for 'drawing' with. You don't need a huge one (mine's 9 x 12" intuous, but I used a cheap 4 x 6" tablet for years without trouble). I tend to use photoshop and painter, flipping between them, but there are a number of cheaper or even free alternatives such as Gimp, ArtRage, Paintshop Pro. Some of the Wacom bundles come with Painter Essential, while photoshop elements comes free with many scanners and printers. These two products have a lot of the base controls of their more expensive cousins. Hope this helps!

[link] - some of my notes on digital painting

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~sempronia84:iconsempronia84: Jun 17, 2009, 6:21:17 PM
Thanks! I'm thinking what I might do, once I finish my MA project, is sign up for an evening class and try my hands on this stuff before actually going out and investing in it. But I'll see if I can access any of the free stuff, and I'll look into more once I've gotten that started. Thank you again!
=nixjim13:iconnixjim13: Jun 17, 2009, 11:56:20 PM
No worries :)

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