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Welcome to the online home of story artist Marika Purisima — better known as Meeks.
I hope that you'll enjoy your stay. :) Follow the links on the right to browse examples of my art, learn a little about me and my work, and find out how you can get involved in my ongoing projects!
Thank you all!
latest art posts:
update: mother-tongue
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Weird Animals
Duck unicorns from a ficlet by ![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aldersprig. Duck. Unicorns. How could I not draw them? XD
This, I am told, is called a Peabit. It was requested by a good friend of mine from The Basement.
The Fang Deer are a new Torn World species created by ![[livejournal.com profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
ellenmillion for the Amazing Critters of Torn World contest. Look out for an article about them soon!
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story sketch: no evidence
In the latest vignette from robling_t's Hiraeth, Trevor, the youthful looking, but not actually underage vampire attends a stag party for his werewolf roommate's future brother-in-law, and his friends find themselves having to explain why he should not be photographed.
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Update: Chevenga Catching the Fehinnan Weapon
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A pile of puppets
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report from a busy weekend
I spent a busy but enjoyable weekend in NJ, attending my cousin's wedding, and visiting with relatives in the area. Now that I'm back, I can finally share a couple of my big projects from the past couple of months.
This was the painting I made as a wedding present:
It was inspired by the library scene in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, which my cousin and I once watched together over twenty times in a single week, and is set in the Barnes and Noble store where she and her husband met for their first date. Eagle-eyed viewers may notice a bit of subtle advertising on one of the tables in the background ;) I had this printed on the same watercolour paper as the Salt and Pepper painting that I did for my aunt and uncle last year, and presented it to the new couple in a frame 'wrapped' with a translucent overlay that I also decorated with a Beauty and the Beast inspired image, and the words "May you live happily ever after..."
The wedding, of course, presented me with the recurring problem of finding sensory-friendly formalwear...and this time I decided to solve the issue once and for all by sewing my own dress! 
fabric & lace detail:
Unsurprisingly, my sensibilities lie more toward costume design than fashion design, so the pattern was heavily influenced by renaissance gowns and Disney princess movies. In a stroke of pure luck, the fabric I found happened to be an exact colour match for a shirt I already had, so I didn't have to sew the sleeves. I'm quite pleased that the full skirt allowed me to add unobtrusive in-seam pockets, and let me walk without getting tangled around my legs, but the best part is what you can't see in the photo. The bodice is lined with plain cotton cut from a bed sheet that I got at the local thrift store, so I can wear it sleeveless without irritating my skin, and under the skirt is a hybrid petticoat with a skirt made from the same cotton bed sheet attached to the waistline of a pair of short pants! I think this was the first time in my life that I've been able to wear a dress all day without squirming.
In EDST news, we've begun distributing rewards to our Kickstarter backers! I took advantage of my visit to the US to pick up the puppets for those backers who chose them as rewards, and I will be adding eyeglasses to them over the next few weeks. ego_sideways also sent me a few copies of the book to give to my family, and everyone who has seen them so far has been impressed with the quality. :) We are still working on arranging large-scale distribution, but in the meantime, copies can be ordered from Elder Days Story Time (Only US addresses for now, sorry! Still working out the details for international shipping.) My sample set of cards from moo.com arrived as well, and I'm very happy with it, so I'll probably be placing an order with them soon. comments
Story Sketch: Pacifica and Sophie
This is a cute scene from the end of the second volume of wonder_city stories, in which Sophie (aka Brainchild) corners Pacifica (Nereid) to thank her for orchestrating the rescue mission to bring her spirit back from faerie, where she'd been imprisoned by an evil wizard.
This picture is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License, and may be freely used under the terms of that license with a link back to mikaspace.net Please see terms of use for details.
Feedback and contributions of any amount are greatly appreciated :)
Update: The Mirror Crack'd
Also, I realized I had a brain glitch, and forgot to upload the sketch I did of Pacifica and Sophie the other day, so look out for another Wonder City post right after this! comments
crack!art: Require: Pony
This one probably needs some explanation...
A few weeks ago, Stormy made a post about her intention to spend a year writing short stories to complement her series of novels, and used "Taylor adopts a pony" as a joking example of a story topic. My sleep-deprived and over-caffeinated brain thought it would be funny if the pony adopted by the big scary combat agent turned out to be Pinkie Pie — to which Stormy responded "if you draw it, I'll write it."
Well, I totally failed to sleep on Friday night, so I had all these extra hours of wakefulness in which my brain was in no state to let me work on anything serious, so I opened Illustrator, and much silliness ensued.
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EMG Portrait
Another portrait submitted for adoption. This one's still in the queue, but with Ellen on maternity leave, I figured I might as well share it instead of waiting.
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update: teddy's terrific travels
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