Greater Eastern Dragon

Hi folks. There were a lot of digital art commissions on my schedule this week and I just finished a batch of them yesterday. Here's one from this group--a greater eastern dragon done for Boojum. If you remember from my blog posts a few months ago, I did an eastern dragon for Boojum earlier. He commissioned me to do this follow up piece, which I like quite a bit. The two together look very cool--you can see the progression. For those of you who are DS players, this form and the male Penglai character should be available on the DS web page in the next week or so.

Web Site News

Hi folks. I've got two pieces of good news about my web site. First, Mark has completely rebuilt it and it looks great. Check it out by clicking on the link below.


Art by Susan Van Camp


Next, I've switched to Etsy as my method of online shopping. If you're not familiar with Etsy, it's a terrific new site that includes all sorts of wonderful art. You can get to my etsy site by clicking on my link below.

Sue's Etsy Link

Project for David

Hi people. This week I've got a pencil sketch I'm working on for David S., showing piece based on a 1960's era comic. David has commissioned me to do a number of pieces like this and they are a great deal of fun. In the past, he has had me do whole pages, replacing human figures with furries. This time he has had me take some panels that showed only the faces and upper bodies of figures and create completed, full figure images. It's a very cool challenge and I've enjoyed doing this one quite a bit. Thanks David!

Mysterious Minion Take Two

As much as I enjoyed creating the original Mysterious Minion design, I decided I could do better. Have a look at a truly shady character. This revision was originally intended to take a three color piece of art and turn it into a two color piece, which is more suitable for a simple t-shirt design. Once I started, I found more to like about this revision than it's simpler color scheme. Dropping grays and depending on blacks to carry the mood produced a sharper, more menacing image. Or, in less artsy jargon, he looks cooler in this version.

First of Spring Part Two

Here's something completely different--a design I created for a Mark's Mysteries t-shirt. If you are not listening to the Mark Mysteries podcast, go directly to the Dragonstorm.com website, follow the links to Mark's Mysteries and give it a listen. Mark of Mark's Mysteries is my husband, Mark Ellis Harmon, and his stories reflect his personality: Weird, Wonderful and not to be missed.

First of Spring

Spring has sprung, the fever has broken and life is fine. I have a number of pieces I've been working on this week. I'll put up two of them now and the rest next week; I am going to take a week off, so if I am slow on email you know why. I've already got my eyes on some bushes near the porch. They need a crewcut in the worst way....

The first piece here is a piece I did for a friend, Gary Bishop, who has recently moved out west and was looking for an inspirational piece as he coped with changes in his life. He plans to have it used as a reference for a tattoo. Though it's simple, I thought it a strong piece, especially color wise.

March Madness--Jason it's for You!

And finally, I'm concluding this week's March Madness with a scan of Jason's 12" x 16" pencil sketch of Kor's Wedding. The detail on this one was amazing. I'm posting this one fairly large so that it's possible to see everything that is going on. Check out the candle holder on the alter. That is a carving of Kor in gargoyle form! Thanks again for this commission Jason. I will be shipping it to you soon.