Savannah hearts custom orders!

Hi, all! In between working on the graphic novel, I've been working on custom, handpainted jewelry orders. These cuties, which I'm making for a wonderful woman in New Jersey, who bakes red velvet cakes, will ship out tomorrow! I want to make sure their protective sealant is 100% rock hard before I send them off. They are a red velvet variation on my "Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too" art earrings.


A custom variation on my "Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too!" art earrings.
These are "Have Your (Red Velvet) Cake and Eat It, Too!"

These sparkle thanks to glitter and iridescent acrylics.





The process of page inking....

I'm old school. While I do use Photoshop (and will use this for touch-ups and putting in professional fonts inside the narrative squares and thought balloons...'cause let's face it, my handwritten script looks a bit sloppy), I cling to the ever-sharp pencils and ballpoint pen for the actual drafting and inking. All drawing is done by hand.
Here is what I'm working on right now. These were taken with my cell phone, so the picture sharpness is not as stellar as it should be. Proper scans will come later....


Working on a page from _The Color of Silence is Radium Green_ graphic novel.



Detail from page in progress

Beverly, Mistress of the Dark...



(in progress) "Beverly, Mistress of the Dark"
a page being inked from the graphic novel
The Color of Silence is Radium Green

 This one is still in progress, although it should be completed shortly. What's slowed things down is the fact that our dogs' Frontline flea medicine apparently has ceased working, and to combat any fleas that might have had designs on our home, I have been cleaning, vacuuming, and doing laundry like a woman possessed. I can't tell you how many loads of laundry I've done, or the number of times I have wiped the floor with disinfectant, vacuumed, replaced vacuum bags, wiped baseboards, or sprayed flea spray over the last two weeks. Thankfully, Michael does all the shampooing and dog shaving. Last night at 4 p.m., I dosed our young squires with Advantage II. Let's keep our fingers crossed that it works. So far, no scratching. Thank goodness. It was enough to drive me to drink. And actually, I had considered buying a large bottle of bourbon when I got the new flea medicine yesterday, but I wanted to be sober enough to vacuum their sleeping area, their crates, and the basement once more when I got home. Just kidding. Or am I? Anyway, I can reclaim my life and other responsibilities now and that is a wonderful thing.

Happy Thanksgiving! New Page and inspiration found in Coeur Fidele...

The character 'Marie' in a film still from Jean Epstein's1923 French
drama, Coeur fidèle

She Turned Out the Light....and Edward Steichen's Influence

"She Turned Out the Light..." from The Color of Silence is Radium Green graphic novel
(in progress)

Remember that picture of the drawing started in the previous post. Here is the entire inked page, completed!
Onto the next page.
Where did I get at least some of my inspiration for the close up images of a glowing Beverly? Edward Steichen's 1924 portrait of Gloria Swanson behind Venetian lace:

Edward Steichen, "Gloria Swanson" 1924

She sat there glowing....



"She Sat there Glowing..." from The Color of Silence is Radium Green graphic novel
(in progress)



Working on a new page....

Another page...the project continues

More Radium Girls...the project continues

"Doreen Challenges Ursula" from The Color of Silence
is Radium Green graphic novel.

 "Beverly Exhales Radium" cell from The Color of Silence is
Radium Green graphic novel.

"Her Bones and Cells glow with Radium" three cells from The Color of
Silence is Radium Green graphic novel.

To be continued....

Radium Girls Graphic Novel continues....

The graphic novel project continues! The project now has its own page on my website, which you can view here:
http://savannahschrollguz.com/radiumgirlsgraphicnovel.html

"Beverly Under her Quilt" from
The Color of Silence is Radium Greengraphic novel (in progress)

"Doreen challenges Ursula" from The Color of Silence is Radium Greengraphic novel (in progress).

Radium Girls Comic Book Pages....

So the radium girls comic book is moving along. Here are the second and third pages. The pages below are different sizes because I realized that causing myself to go blind when drawing was entirely unnecessary, and I increased the size of page 3 (on the right). I can alter the size of page 2 in Photoshop....