blog no more..

Unfortunately, this blog has come to an end. I had a need to set my priorities straight, and this was an avenue I could cut....

The artwork has NOT ended, however. I still continue to illustrate the word of the day; please find them on the Brianna Reagan Art facebook page, which has always been the one networking device my art depends on.

educe:::01.24.2012

educe \ih-DOOS\,verb:

1. to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent.

slimsy:::01.23.12

slimsy \SLIM-zee\, adjective:

1. flimsy, frail.


Somehow I turned flimsy and frail into fragile, and fragile conjured shattered glass...

alopecia:::01.22.12

alopecia \al-uh-PEE-shee-uh\, noun:

loss of hair, wool, or feathers: baldness

remora:::01.21.12

remora \REM-er-uh\, noun:

1. An obstacle, hindrance, or obstruction.


I had intended to simply do a mass of thorns, that having been the initial image conjured to illustrate an obstruction. In laying down the first lines of the gnarly mess, however, I thought strands of barbed wire would be a nice addition to the mess, well suited for such an obstacle.

...can you tell I grew up on Disney movies?

deucedly:::01.20.12

deucedly \DOO-sid-lee\, adverb:

1. Devilishly; damnably.

Deucedly is related to the word deuce which refers to the face of a die with one dot, as in "to roll deuces." It comes from the Latin word for two, duos. In the mid-1600s, it became associated with bad luck, probably because it was the lowest score you could get when playing dice.
--dictionary.com


need I say more...?

abdicate:::01.19.12

abdicate \ AB-di-keyt\, verb:

1. to cast off: discard
2 to relinquish formally
3. to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function


I was instantly inspired by the first definition, to cast off and discard, conjuring an image of a mangled coil of snake skin. As I sketched out the lines and form to this illustration, hashing in the scales with simple diagonal lines, I saw diamonds imbedded in the discarded skin. I couldn't resist the implication of a renounced throne. The diamonds were, too, cast aside with the brittle corpse of the old skin, as an act to formally relinquish such fortunes.