Showing posts with label Aurora Wings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aurora Wings. Show all posts

Thursday, October 17, 2019

New Release Showcase - October

Welcome to our October New Release Showcase!  Today, we have three brand new Sprites joining the ever-growing AW Sprites Collection.


Let's start with the adorable Kitsune Sprite.  "What is a kitsune?", you ask?  Well, kitsune is a mischief-making fox of Japanese folklore.  Sounds innocent enough, but some are quite scary in the stories, having lived for so long and attaining 9 tails and extra psychic powers.


Kitsune, the demon fox of Japanese folklore, usually first appears as a beautiful woman to entice an unsuspecting man, and once he lets his guard down, ... well, I'm sure you can guess how the rest of the story goes.  Other less scary versions of the stories of animal spirits are more about the mischievous young fox and racoon, trying the shape-shifting magic, but giving humans clues as they often forget to hide their tails because their powers are not strong enough and they need more practice.

Here, we have a little young one with just 3 tails.  She is holding a stem of a Chinese Lantern plant.  Check out the lovely samples our Showcase DT has created for you!


Hath Thi
  
 Silvia
 Kitsune Sprite
1650 x 1800 pixels (5.5 x 6 inches / 14 x 15.2 cm at 300 dpi)
Available in JPG or PNG



Next up, we have a little wildflower known as Hepatica (or Liverwort) as a Sprite.  These little flowers can be found in the forest of Europe as well as Northeastern parts of US, and they come in pretty shades of blue, lavender, rose, and white.


Check out the inspirations by the AW designers, and see how versatile this baby is, as you can color her pretty much in any palette you wish.  She'll turn out adorable no matter what.


Hepatica Sprite
1500 x 2100 pixels (5 x 7 inches / 12.7 x 17.8 cm at 300 dpi)
Available in JPG or PNG



And last but not the least, we have a pretty Indian Corn Sprite.  Considered to be the original corn that the Native Americans taught the European settlers to grow, this type of corn (also known as Flint Corn) features gorgeous array of multi-colored kernels that are shiny as if they're glass beads.  Just imagine how fun this image will be to color!


 I have a very fond memory of my grandfather growing a small patch of this corn (much larger patch was dedicated to the sweet yellow corn), and as a child, I loved these pretty ears of corn so much more than the 'boring yellow ones'.   But don't let the title of this Sprite limit your imagination.  This baby will look great as a sweet yellow corn or white corn as well.  Now let's check out what our designers have done with this image!

Indian Corn Sprite
1500 x 2100 pixels (5 x 7 inches / 12.7 x 17.8 cm at 300 dpi)
Available in JPG or PNG


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Our October Challenge at the FB group continues through Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31.  Still plenty of time left to join with new OR old projects.  See you there!


Till next time, happy coloring!






Thursday, September 19, 2019

New Release Showcase - September



Welcome to our September Showcase at Aurora Wings!  We have a lovely set of new images for you today.  I really enjoyed working on these angel images for this new release, and I hope that the DT ladies also felt the same.  I hope that you get to have the same feeling of peace and creative flow when you color these lines.   Let us start with the Angel of Remembrance 1.  In this version, the angel's wings softly frame her as profusion of poppies flows in every direction.

 Jan

 Angel of Remembrance 1
2400 x 3000 pixels / 8 x 10 inches at 300 dpi
JPG

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Next we have Angel of Remembrance 2.  In this version, her wings are open as if to invite you closer to her.  The poppy petals dance around her in gentle swirls.


 Jan
 Angel of Remembrance 2
2400 x 3000 pixels - 8 x 10 inches / 20.3 x 25.4 cm approx. at 300 dpi
JPG

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I didn't think I'd be done in time with this one, but I managed!  I have a surprise addition to today's new release. We literally only had hours, but some of the designers in different time zones managed to get her colored.  Check out the Lotus Mermaid.

Lisbeth

 Jan


Lotus Mermaid
1650 x 2100 pixels - 5.5 x 7 inches / 14 x 17.8 cm approx. at 300 dpi
JPG
Another PDF version of a coloring book is now in the store!  The Zodiac Sprites can now be purchased as a PDF coloring book with all 12 signs.  


You can download a promotional coloring page of the cover at AuroraWings.com.
Please note: As this is a promotional 'sampler' page, relevant info is included in text, exactly as shown in the preview.

I will be bringing more PDF coloring books in the coming months.  For those of you who want to know which titles are available and download sampler pages, please visit the PDF Coloring Books section at my website, AuroraWings.com.

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And of course, no new release showcase is ever complete without the saving codes!


Have fun coloring the new release images or any of my other images!

Be sure to join our monthly ATG challenge (You can join with new OR old projects anytime.) at our FB group.  September's challenge will run through Friday, the 27th.  The winners' blog badges are now customized with your winning entry pic prominently featured.







Saturday, July 6, 2019

Remembering Aletha Blog Hop


Hi, everyone!  Mitzi here.  This post is part of a blog hop happening today in celebration of the life and talent of our designer friend and DT sister,  Aletha J. Williams, who has been a part of the Aurora Wings Challenge Blog and the Showcase Blog, off and on, since 2014.  You can still read the interview that I did with her from when she first joined the DT.

I was one of the digi artists, who were fortunate to have Aletha on their design teams.  She was one of the earliest members of Aurora Wings' FB group, too - all the way back ... since November of 2013!  She was also one of my early customers/supporters through my Etsy shop by commissioning me to design a Petunia Sprite.  She then became the proud owner of my original Petunia Sprite ACEO.

The original ACEO at 2.5 x 3.5 inches or 6.35 x 8.89 cm


Aletha's coloring of the Petunia Sprite
Sprites really came to life with her coloring as Aletha loved using rich, saturated colors.  There definitely was a love of life that came through brilliantly with her use of vibrant palettes.  Many of her projects were done in the signature rich jewel tones, and had a certain inner glow, that showed through the petals, that was distinctly hers - a velvety opulence.

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I was originally just going to create one big collage of Aletha's work, that I was able to find on my computer for this post of mine today, when I first signed up at the FB event page set up by Alison Heikkila.  As days went by (after clicking 'going' and making a commitment), an inspiration came to me that said, "Why don't I create an Aletha Sprite?"

Aletha
One of the first things I noticed when I first saw her profile pic when she came on board the Challenge DT... was her HAIR - an abundance of ringlets!  So when I thought of turning Aletha into a Sprite, I had to start with the ringlets.  My mind went from 'ringlets' to 'tendrils', and before I can say the name, Passion Flower Sprite came out of nowhere and just posed for me in my mind.  I could only wish that all creative sessions of mine were this productive...

I also had this pic from the most recent time she was on our Showcase DT.
You can see how Aletha in this pic and her Sprite are posing kinda same...
This is weird as I did not consciously plan the image this way.
And because she's an artist, I had to properly equip this new Sprite with a brush and a palette.  From there, I kind of had the character just play out the story.  She went ahead and painted her outfit!


I hope you like this little Sprite, Aletha.
Have fun coloring!

If you'd like to own this image in PNG, without the sentiment or copyright text, you can purchase it at this listing at AuroraWings.com shop.


This code is good at both AuroraWings.com and AuroraWings on Etsy for Sat & Sun.


Next stop on the hop is Suzi's post if you're here for the Remembering Aletha Blog Hop.

Below is the master list of the hop.



Mitzi Sato-Wiuff (You are here now.)