A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran

I tell people who come to me for private commissions that they may have quite a wait because I will throw them under a bus to meet a publisher deadline. I was almost completely caught up a few months ago, and once again I slipped behind. I chastise me publicly.

Here’s a sketch I did in a copy of a limited edition A Distant Soil hardcover for Alex Borders, who ordered a set of sketches of D’mer in different emotional states. Sad D’mer:

There was such a long lag between sketches that the wild range of drawing styles I used got on my nerves, so I went back and made the set a little more holistic.

I’m going to take the weekend to work on finishing and shipping commissions and ebays, so next week there will be a lot to post – Shade, Element Lad of Two Worlds, more D’mer, etc. I doubt I will be able to finish the major Sandman commission for the very patient Rob, but I may post an in-progress sketch.

There’s a piece for the Live Long N Marry auction winner that is taking forever. It’s based on Ellen Kushner’s Riverside novels. It is going to be hard to let go of this one when it is finished.

A few more ebays will be posted this weekend. Check out my auctions. My last auctions will be posted the last day of September.

I am lagging on shipping, in part, because it’s a long drive to post when you live on a mountain in the middle of nowhere.