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Jan 1, 2012

First Post of 2012!

Happy new year to all! I’m still dazed and jetlagged after 2 weeks in the US (Note: traveling for over 27 hours with a 2-year-old in coach class is, to put it mildly, challenging) but I’m looking forward to a new year of new art and projects. Spring Blossoms has been uploaded to the site, though some of you who LIKE my FaceBook page would have seen it already! (Liking my page on FB has perks!) The high-resolution image has also been uploaded to RedBubble and FineArt America so you can purchase prints, and I’ll soon add it to Zazzle as well (along with others I may have missed) in case you’d like it on other products. (The 5” by 7” card will be up on Etsy soon as well.)

With sleepiness and fatique hitting me at odd moments, I’ll be taking it fairly easy for my first painting of 2012. It’s going to be a mermaid ACEO. You’ll see the progress scans or photos on the FaceBook page.

And, there’s an EMG Sketchfest this weekend!

Dec 9, 2011

Last Post of 2011

I’ll be out of the country the last two weeks of December, and Internet access will be limited where I’m going (even if it’s in the US). I will be closing my etsy store after this weekend. If you’ve missed X’mas shopping from me this year, don’t worry! I’ll come back in January with new items and a sale.

I’ve also got a new painting up at my FaceBook page, where I did promise I’d put up my works-in-progress.

And again my best blogging is at Fantastic Portfolios! You’re invited to skip there to read about Paypal, Occupy, and the Little Guy.

Dec 3, 2011

FaceBook Page and December Sketch fest

Illumina: Fantasy Art by Janet Chui is now on FaceBook! Visit the page, hit “LIKE”, and you’ll be able to see my work-in-progress photos, sketches and new art while you’re on FaceBook. Special etsy coupons will be occasionally be released there; If you want to be on top of ALL sales and discounts, make sure you’re signed into my mailing list as well. (Sign-ups are at the bottom of my website’s home page—remember to respond to the confirmation email!)

December Sketch Fest has come and gone, and with all the Christmassy prompts (which were extra inspiring—so much so I didn’t get to sketch as much as I wanted), I did manage four sketches altogether:

And three still available for sale at my Sketch Fest profile page!

Christmas shopping? My etsy store still has some great items, including a custom portrait painting for just $15! This introductory offer will end December 13th, so move fast.

Nov 21, 2011

New Art, New Old Art and Flogging

New art added to the site:

Art that was retouched :

I’ve also been blogging fairly regularly at Fantastic Portfolios (or “F-logging,” as I call it) and for some reason have more stuff to post about there than here. Maybe because it would be hubris to make myself sound like a fantasy art expert on my own blog—but it’s OK on a site I run! So hop over there and enjoy the entries. Lots about art-making, art-improvement and business.

I’ve also been trying to add as much as I can to my etsy shop in time for Christmas shopping. If you don’t see an item there that you want, just send me a note!

Nov 13, 2011

EMG Sketch Fest November 2011

It was a busy weekend, but I managed 2 pieces, “In the Dark Places” and “Raven Steals the Sun”. Both are around 5 by 7 inches in size:

And still available for sale at my Sketch Fest profile page!

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Janet Chui lives in Singapore. The random quotes below come from Blue Green Planet, an environmental e-card site. She also cofounded Two Cranes Press, and edited and illustrated A Field Guide to Surreal Botany, which made her a World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Artist in 2009.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Gandhi