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[Art Inside] Chickens of Hawai’i, Spooky Ladies, and Clever Kraken

Published over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Hey there, Reader

I’m doing a ton of traveling right now, but I wanted to say hello and introduce the new format for the Infrequently Updated Newsletter, which I’ve finally decided to name [Art Inside] after the note I write on the envelopes when I ship my prints (“Do Not Bend— Art Inside”).

Do you have anything you’re interested in seeing or hearing about? Let me know! Just reply to this email; it’ll land right in my inbox.

This was started over the Pacific and finished over the Gulf of Mexico

I was very lucky to be able to visit Hawai’i for the first time this fall. What an extraordinary place! I got to experience the infamous feral chickens (and Red Jungle Fowl, of which this guy is a specimen).

Took a while to finish this piece— I was already on another trip by the time he got done. I love painting birds, but not gonna lie, feathers can be pretty complex!

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The Wailing Wraith and the Sacred Spring

In September, my buddy Garrett asked me to illustrate the cover for an RPG adventure he cooked up for the second Knave Game Jam. I was happy to oblige.
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If you’ve never heard of it, Knave is a game system with no character classes, and seems to be well suited for quick design and loose play.

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Clever Diversion Posters got an upgrade

I don’t know if I’ll ever stop tinkering with this image. The depths of the sea got deeper, the ship got a little upgrade (did you know sailing ships are complicated to draw!?). Storm clouds got stormier.

The sock is still as dumb as it is enormous.

And, there’s a t-shirt version now, too

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HUGE Shop Update

I have got all sorts of new goodies on the way in for the holidays, a big redesign and reorganization in the works,

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Hope you enjoyed the new format.

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You’ll get one of these in your inbox about once or twice a month. Let me know what kind of weird animal or fantastical creature you’d like to see and I’ll add it to the Big List!

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Talk soon,

—Veronica

PO Box 146, North Hollywood, CA 91603
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Veronica Guzzardi

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