San Diego Comic Con Print Sale

Back in the late fall I applied for the first time to be juried into the Artist Alley for THE comic con of all...The San Diego Comic Con....and found out not too long later that... I got in! I was and am still blown away that I got in but wasn't sure what was going to be happening with the whole Covid19 situation. SDCC will be doing a Comic-Con@Home Online Exhibit Hall which will be a virtual show which started today and will close on Sunday the 26. You can go to https://comic-con.org click on Exhibit Hall then Artist Alley where you will find my table number BB-11 which you can pull up on the downloadable pdf on the page. All artists in this years show will also be rolled over for next year to be live in San Diego hopefully if the Covid situation has been resolved.

Although I won't be there live this year, the virtual show has given me the incentive to finish my online store for the show instead of using my Etsy shop. My shop is live just in time for SDCC! I now have available premium prints, standard prints, prints on wood, prints on metal and some original drawings and paintings for sale. 

So being in line with SDCC there is a sale going on right now on my premium prints in the shop until SDCC ends on July 26. The sale includes my new title “Along The King’s Road to Avaz”.  And of course, FREE SHIPPING on all domestic orders. If outside the U.S. just contact me and we'll work it out.

Stay safe...stay scareful my friends. 😊😷

Illustratively Yours,

-Fian

Chief Creative Officer And Lead Guitarist

Fian Arroyo Illustration, Inc.

(305)790-6244

"Shroom With A View" New Art

Here’s a peek at my new print release "A Shroom With A View". For this watercolor and ink piece, I went back to using my Pilot Namiki Falcon fountain pen for the line work instead of the crow quill pen I have been using for awhile now. I had forgotten how much more fun and free flowing drawing with the fountain pen is! I switched to the crow quill years ago because I wanted to mix a blackish brown acrylic ink (which drys almost immediately) instead of the waterproof black ink in the fountain pen which I have to wait a day or so to dry before applying the watercolors to it...which is a real drag! And I can’t find a brown fountain pen ink to mix with the black that won’t bleed when the paint is applied. But not having to keep dipping the crow quill pen in the ink continuously is another real plus. I will be going back to my Namiki Falcon more often now. By the way...the original is available.

For signed prints, go to my Etsy shop HERE.

Illustratively yours,

-Fian

Saying Goodbye to A Good Friend

Last Week I said good bye to one of my flagship pieces, "Discovering Truth In Ancient Fables" a watercolor and ink piece that was created in 2014 when I first started this fantasy art journey. It is on my business cards and other marketing materials and was my first piece to be recognized by a fantasy art awards book. It was included in the Spectrum volume 22 book. It was a piece I've never offered for sale and was reluctant to part with, along with a few others, for sentimental reasons. A collector of my work who now owns several of my original paintings, asked a couple months ago if it was available and I replied that I was almost ready to let go but just give me a little more time and to touch base every now and then. Well, persistence works, I finally was ready to let it go because I know it will be going to an awesome home and share the same space as it's siblings where it will be loved very much.

It's always bittersweet to part with a piece that's close to the heart because no matter how accurate a print is...it never quite matches up to an original. That's why they are originals. I do get visitation rights though. :-)

I do have this as prints in my shop, just click HERE to seeto check it out.

Stay safe…stay scareful! 😊😷

Fian Arroyo In Two Group shows At Once

Do you ever wish you could be at two places at once? Yesterday I did. I have my art in two different group art shows in two different parts of the country and I wish I could’ve attended both openings. 

The first is The Monster Project exhibit at the Doris Miller Auditorium in Austin,TX where 134 artists from around the world were given a drawing a child in Austin drew and the artists recreated their version of it. I can’t post the full reveal until after August 5th. I can’t wait to see what everyone else created!

The second is a group show with my amazing art collective Murmur Lodge at Harvest Records here in Asheville, NC titled “Experimental Forest”. Beer was provided by by the legendary Zebulon Ales who provided their Experimental Forest IPA from which the title of our show was inspired by. 

If you could be in two places at once today, where would you want to be?

Here are a couple teasers from both shows.

Prints of these and other pieces in the show will be available soon in my shop.

Check in soon!

Illustratively yours,

-Fian

Artwork Accepted Into GenCon 2016 Art Show and Infected By Art Book

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I started my weekend off on Friday with a double shot of good news. The first was I got accepted to sell my art at Gen Con in Indianapolis in August. Gen Con is one the largest conventions in the country for all things gaming and fantasy. The second shot was that "Gentle Whisper of an Ancient Voice" was accepted into the juried awards book for fantasy art called "Infected By Art" which will be available later this year. I am feeling very honored and blessed to have been chosen to be included among some great art and artists.

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