d.e.y.

don't give up on me yet...

2012-01-14T00:06:00.004-05:00

I know it has been a while, but I have something in the works... more to come. soon

anatomy & physiology: notes

2011-10-21T21:31:00.006-04:00

I noticed that I've acquired a few new followers- thank you! I love to know that people are visiting my humble little blog. Please come back! All the time! Lately I haven't been posting very consistently, but I have some works-in-progress that will make their way into this space sooner or later.

in the meantime:

my life for the past two months.

le fin.

Tundra Dear on Etsy

2011-09-15T13:55:00.001-04:00

It has been a while since my last post, and while I have a few projects near completion, I don't have anything ready for viewing quite yet...

Instead, I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite shops on Etsy: Tundra Dear.

Here you will find truly unique, hand made jewelry. The mastermind behind Tundra Dear create beautiful and individualist work. Elegant and rustic, botanical and metalic- please take a browse around her shop on Etsy.

tundradear.etsy.com

(These photographs are from her site- I had a difficult time selecting which ones to use because everything she makes is so beautiful!)

I actually discovered this shop when she requested that I design a banner for it. I have a pair of earrings from Tundra Dear and I wear them all the time!

Also, the maker of Tundra Dear on blogger:

http://kaleprimitifs.blogspot.com/

badknight - album artwork

2011-08-01T22:41:00.014-04:00

the following artwork was produced for Badknight's debut, "It's Alright", which is set to be released this fall. Badknight is an acoustic duo- Emily Lenae and Devin McKnight- from Boston.

you can find them here (Badknight on facebook)

and listen to one of their songs- Sweet Daffodil - here

I will let you know when the album is available.

the cover:

(the cover prior to editing)
and some of the images for the interior (there are more! but you should buy the music to see them....)

tapestry menagerie

2011-07-18T10:58:00.003-04:00

animals- referenced from renaissance tapestries

play it louder

2011-06-23T14:37:00.002-04:00

that's right.

iris and the rats

2011-06-21T18:41:00.005-04:00

When I began this drawing, I didn't have a specific concept in mind. Somehow it became this girl sitting in a chair framed by rats and flowers. I don't recall intending to create something morbid, but that is what happened.

felidae

2011-06-18T17:56:00.003-04:00

carnivora

kitty cats

whatever

2011-06-08T18:34:00.002-04:00

seriously whatever

news, I suppose

2011-06-05T00:38:00.002-04:00

my website is back from the cyber-dead:

www.darceyyoung.com

it could probably use some work, but everything could, so there it is.

I made it myself! html, css, and all. I hope you like it.

menacing charm

2011-05-20T15:33:00.002-04:00

jasperkat is back

2011-05-18T19:22:00.002-04:00

des animaux

2011-05-08T16:10:00.004-04:00

...mangent des fruits.

little things

2011-04-17T10:51:00.001-04:00

tiny strings

lancaster & friends: volume I

2011-04-03T23:49:00.003-04:00

Lancaster & Friends: Volume I

a compilation of songs from 20 different artists who live in, have lived in, or who have some connection either familial or friendly to: Lancaster.

bipolar greetings

2011-03-22T00:39:00.002-04:00

oh, geeky valentine...

2011-02-13T21:55:00.006-05:00

... won't you be mine?

ETSY

2011-02-07T23:19:00.003-05:00

just a reminder...

that you need more art in your life.

and on your walls.

{darcey young on ETSY}

darceyyoung.etsy.com

click on the link to visit my online store... new work added frequently!

ghosts

2011-02-01T15:23:00.004-05:00

spook

2011-01-31T08:50:00.002-05:00

three sheets to the wind

2011-01-24T21:23:00.002-05:00

splice the main brace and batten down the hatches!

lost at sea

2011-01-11T19:42:00.009-05:00

I do not exist, but faithfully insist

Sailing in our separate ships

and from each tiny caravelle

Tiring and trying there's unnecessary dying

like the horseshoe crab in its proper seasons sheds its shell

Such distance from our friends

like a scratch across a lens,

made everything look wrong from anywhere we stood

and our paper blew away before we'd left the bay,

so half-blind we wrote these songs on sheets of salty wood.

-mwY

oak

2011-01-08T21:43:00.003-05:00

blue

2011-01-07T07:30:00.002-05:00

birds.

protista

2011-01-02T22:19:00.001-05:00

Introducing the Stentor Brothers

The 13th Day of Christmas

2010-12-27T02:47:00.005-05:00

No one ever talks about that one.

must be a Canadian holiday

merry merry

2010-12-24T20:25:00.000-05:00

christmas

running in the dark

2010-12-14T21:00:00.002-05:00

systems and cells

2010-12-05T22:38:00.007-05:00

wisdom in wells.

everybody:

2010-11-11T16:41:00.004-05:00

my Etsy store is back and well stocked:

darceyyoung.etsy.com

***new things soon.

drifting away.

2010-10-24T21:44:00.002-04:00

biology > art .

The City of Promise

2010-09-27T02:36:00.000-04:00

artifacts

2010-09-17T21:08:00.000-04:00

time

2010-09-15T17:16:00.001-04:00

take time, make time.

Florence

2010-09-03T21:47:00.001-04:00

August

Return to The Historic

2010-08-16T14:02:00.002-04:00

Sketches for a new project. Artwork for The Historic's new album "City of Promise"

The Great Big Maybe

2010-05-19T13:28:00.006-04:00

Anyway, this is for an event to be held every last Saturday of the month at Folklore Coffee and Company, a coffee shop and cafe in Elizabethtown, PA.

p.s.- Will some one please teach me how to use textures in photoshop? I will mail baked goods to your doorstep in exchange.

creeping in the eaves

2010-05-16T20:39:00.000-04:00

like a rose, all thorns and leaves.

drawings on the way

2010-05-11T23:45:00.000-04:00

believe it, or nay.

Preview, Potatoes

2010-04-22T15:47:00.002-04:00

preview...

...potatoes

A new post, it has been a little while longer than I would have liked..

2010-04-08T00:13:00.005-04:00

I haven't taken enough time in the past months to do any observational work... this is a step in that direction, though not quite where it should be. Skulls on loan from the collection of Mark Horst, followed by some notes from biology class.

Belated Valentines - v1.0

2010-03-05T10:52:00.002-05:00

So there you have it...

I'm considering this a sketch, or version (1.0) because I can see, now that it is finished, the things that need to change in order to make a really strong image of this concept. I'll have to do something about the poorly considered designs in the lower third, perhaps accentuate the gore just a little bit and in the most elegant manner possible, of course. Most importantly, and I didn't see this until I had begun inking, the image here contradicts the saying "head over heels", as his heels are, in fact over his head. I will be sure the correct this in the next image by displaying his severed head* in mid-fall somewhere below his knees and, indeed, over his heels.

Also, the colors aren't really at all what I want them to be, so I'll take another shot at that as well.

*St. Valentine became a martyr upon his beheading.

Mumbling Mirrors

2010-02-19T22:43:00.002-05:00

This is all I have for now. I forget how to draw.

Gallery Opening -

2010-02-04T20:59:00.002-05:00

Feb. 5th marks the opening night of a gallery showing of Alpha Disastra, my illustrative alphabet series... the show will be held for the month of February at Chestnut House in the Hager Arcade Building, next to Central Market in Lancaster. The address is 25 W. King Street, Lancaster PA 17603.

four and twenty.

2009-12-28T22:45:00.008-05:00

This is from the summer of 2006 (?) I think.

December 2007... I sewed that pony together, and I miss those shelves

This one is from April 2009.

Sparky the Cat

2009-12-26T18:10:00.003-05:00

also called Pinky, Bunny Buttons, Punky Fatz, and Sparkle.

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T07:25:00.001-05:00

yeah!!!

Dear Artichoke,

2009-12-15T00:05:00.001-05:00

My heart is broke.

White Blank Page

2009-11-29T23:01:00.004-05:00

here are some lions

And my brother Nate.

A little lamb.

Sparky the cat...

Lindsey the dog.

A donkey...

And this man... with his donkey.

Interlude

2009-11-03T23:27:00.004-05:00

Home in July

Grimsley Cat is back.

2009-10-31T22:12:00.007-04:00

Click on the link to see Grimsley's Halloween adventure...

Grimsley Cat - the Halloween Special

Birds of Lore

2009-10-26T18:43:00.002-04:00

My daydream screams, 'bitter till the end'.

2009-10-20T20:17:00.006-04:00

...looking forward to snow.

cats, owls.

2009-10-03T00:40:00.003-04:00

It's been a long time.

So it goes.

2009-08-12T11:55:00.001-04:00

Limited access to a scanner has meant less frequent posting; but here, see, I've found one: Ask me about William and Pigeon someday.

The appropriately dubbed "bratwurst kitties".

kitty cats and onions.

A long time ago, Jen Brown gave me this deer skull.

Cat skull found in the woods one day.

le fin.

Do you miss me?

2009-08-04T21:12:00.000-04:00

As always, it's been a while. Hang in there; new work coming soon. All I need is a scanner.

The Forgotten Post

2009-07-20T18:47:00.001-04:00

This collection, I believe, never made its way onto the blog.
Images to accompany Walt Whitman's Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Rocking. A beautiful poem about love, life, and death. A mother bird missing from her nest. Her mate, in a state of unrest, ever searching.

There was one more image, but while attempting to perfect it with some final touches, I spilled ink on it. Probably the best one of the collection, too. I might draw it again someday...

Grimsley update

2009-07-11T16:33:00.000-04:00

New work up at the Grimsley Cat blog!
Shuffle over there.

grimsleycat.blogspot.com

Once again, after so long...

2009-06-19T14:16:00.000-04:00

Current project, on the verge of completion:

Album art for the band Ruby Street's next release, The Incredible Heat Machine. This should be done really soon- and hopefully in print before long!

Meanwhile, I'm still looking for a job. Help?

A preview, and dreams.

2009-05-22T23:53:00.000-04:00

This is a sketch for the future cover of Ruby Street's new album The Incredible Heat Machine:
These three drawings were inspired by dreams that I had. I may be inclined to provide context upon request. For now, the mystery is sustenance.

2009-05-05T04:31:00.000-04:00

I finished these two a week ago... still working on the text for the back image, but sooner or later they will be in print! I'll keep you posted. In the meantime... go to www.thehistoricband.com to listen to the music.

IMPORTANT v2.0

2009-04-28T04:48:00.000-04:00

http://grimsleycat.blogspot.com/

Grimsley the Cat is a side project of mine. Feel free to pay him a visit!

and oh! how I've missed you so.

2009-04-16T21:33:00.000-04:00

It has been a long time. I will be posting again soon, as my final works progress towards completion. In the meantime, I'll throw you a bone. Here is a sketch. The finished pieces should be posted within the coming week. As always... this is tentative.

frightfully yours.

2009-03-23T00:58:00.000-04:00

a promotional piece I'm working on... which version do you prefer?

clasp

2009-03-11T16:48:00.000-04:00

Ink and gouache.

Tell me what you think... should I do anything with the hands?

growing in the ground

2009-03-02T00:55:00.000-05:00

lily of the valley

2009-02-25T19:25:00.001-05:00

...causes digestive upset and mental confusion. Contains cardiac glycosides. The name means "you will find happiness".

nervousness

2009-02-24T03:21:00.000-05:00

fatal foliage v2.1

2009-02-19T18:58:00.000-05:00

fatal foliage v2.0

2009-02-17T23:26:00.000-05:00

album art...

2009-02-15T03:20:00.000-05:00

This current project is a CD cover for Mark Horst, a musician and friend of mine. It needs some work, but I'm not sure what to do with it right now... any thoughts?

this is the cover...

design for the CD... or should this be the cover instead?

edit, 7:57am - new cover composition. this one instead?

additionally, here is the back cover:

Fatal Foliage v1.0

2009-02-12T11:45:00.000-05:00

These poisonous pretties are part of a collection I'm working on.

I'm not sure how 'complete' they should be.. I like the slightly unfinished look, but can't decide if that is really acceptable. I'll add more details and post the update soon.

edit: as with most water colors, these look so so much better in person. come visit me and I'll show you!

cupid is on the move

2009-02-03T11:33:00.001-05:00

On a path long and lonely, onward to the end of time, we meet again.

2009-01-25T15:39:00.000-05:00

Presently I am struggling to constitute a substantial plan for the semester. Any help is appreciated. Give me inspiration.

seven times three plus two.

2008-12-28T09:51:00.000-05:00

My birthday is.. today.

Les Oignons de Noël

2008-12-25T10:28:00.001-05:00

J'ai des oignons pour vous! Joyeux Noël!

Grimsley!

2008-12-22T12:57:00.001-05:00

Special feature. Go here!

http://grimsleycat.blogspot.com

sorry.

2008-12-19T00:25:00.000-05:00

I have been way too busy lately to keep updating this site on a regular basis. I am almost done with finals... and I will try to be more consistent when I have the time. In the mean time, I don't really sleep anymore.

interlude

2008-12-11T23:05:00.001-05:00

Here are a few drawings from the archive...

alpha disastra

2008-12-08T03:42:00.000-05:00

the beginning.

more to come.

get out, go home

2008-11-16T16:18:00.001-05:00

yikkity

2008-11-12T00:04:00.000-05:00

So, tell me...

what is your favorite beverage?