Daisy Tribute Fundraiser

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Cynthia Griffith

The namesake pig at Daisy’s Farm Friends Sanctuary recently passed away, so Maybel Arts set up a fundraiser in her memory to help benefit her sanctuary friends.

Available now, a tote bag with Cricut iron-on featuring the design I created this past year for a Bonfire tshirt fundraiser, as well as downloadable art and coloring page. All profits go to the sanctuary!

From the canvas bag description page:

Daisy (the namesake pig of Daisy’s Farm Friends Sanctuary) sadly passed away recently. She was an 800 lb. farm pig with beautiful brown eyes. She loved to chat with people and was a very happy piggie in the sanctuary. She lived with her daughter DJ (Daisy Junior) in their shared space and barn. Daisy was a gentle giant, and she will be missed. We wish that you rest in peace Daisy in a beautiful field in the sky.

Janine, who has volunteered at Daisy’s Farm Friends Sanctuary during the summer and wanted to do more. She wanted Jack who cares for these animals with so much love to feel support from the sanctuary community. Janine used Cricut and ironed Cynthia’s amazing artwork onto the bags one by one with love! Your order will be mailed by her, too. We appreciate your dedication, Janine!

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Final Voicework & Narration of 2021!

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Cynthia Griffith

I can’t believe I nearly forgot to post about this last bit of work I did at the end of the year – then again, it’s been a busy time for me and so many others with holidays and getting things together at the last minute.

I loaned my voice out again for a few segments on my husband Christopher’s audio fiction podcast, Not About Lumberjacks, on the Christmas episode.

I was one of the TV show hosts on “Recipes of Fine Taste,” and the narrator for “Reply All.”

At least I remembered to update my voicework credits page!

See you all in 2022!

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Recent Voicework!

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Cynthia Griffith

I’m still loaning my voice out to podcasts and audio fiction (you can find some of my credits here).

My husband’s Audio Fiction Podcast Not About Lumberjacks released a new story for the 6th anniversary! While he narrated the story he wrote, he wanted to have me narrate two parts for a “news segment.”

You can listen to the entire story here: “In Cypress Slough.”

I also recorded lines for another story that will be in one of the epidsodes of a new Audio Fiction podcast called The Andromeda Factory, that will be coming out soon. I’ll make sure and mention that (plus add it to my credits) when it comes out!

I still need to get some voice reels online! This was never something I actually intended to do, so it’s been difficult getting the time together to organize while doing my artwork too!

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New Fundraiser Drawing – Dancing Fern!

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Cynthia Griffith

I was working on another similar design of my own to help a different sanctuary when I saw The Farm Micro Sanctuary put a call out on Instagram for artists to draw their goat Fern as a ballerina dancer (she was standing up to reach leaves on a tree branch above her). I had stopped working on my dancing goat and decided this might be a fun way to get that project moving again too! They wanted something fun and simple, and it was definitely a blast to draw her!

Money raised from this fundraiser goes to help buy hay for all the animals this winter.

Sketched on regular drawing paper in blue pencil and black pencil, transferred to 9×12 Bristol with blue pencil, then inked with brushed and pen, before finally being colored on computer, with the texts and hearts added in the same program (Adobe Illustrator). The fundraiser can be found here: https://www.bonfire.com/fern-dancing-for-joy/

Hurry! This fundraiser campaign only lasts for two more weeks! There are a variety of styles – such as hoodies, t-shirts, and long sleeved shirts – as well as sizes, like youth!

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Just added my voice work credits page!

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Cynthia Griffith

I’m slowly doing some changes on my old website, and I realized I have never created a list of credits for the voicework (narration, intros/outros, audio fiction, etc) that I’ve done over the years!

I still need to work on my voice reels, but I’m wanting to do something in particular with those… so for now, I figured listing examples along with links to the ones online would be a good start!

I also realized I really don’t have any good photos of me (or even my podcasting husband!!) in front of the microphone! With our tiny home and limited space, things were sometimes a mess when we had to pull out all the recording gear. We’re currently moving the office around, and are hoping to get desk space set up to do recording there. In the meantime, I discovered I actually like plopping down in front of the couch and creating a sound blanket fort for recording (it actually feels like you’re going into a sound booth! Ha!). That doesn’t make for great photos though. So, I’m sure my voice work credits page will also get polished here and there too.

You can see that page listing the podcasts, narration, and audio fiction I’ve been a part of here.

I’m also hoping to eventually reorganize things a little better as well… since my interests have changed SO much over the years, and I ended up rushed or lazy, the categories and tags ended up a bit of a mess!

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Another Sanctuary Fundraiser Design!

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Cynthia Griffith

The fundraiser for my previous design for Sycamore Tree Ranch ended with 55 shirts sold! That means the sanctuary raised about $500 to go towards a new barn for their animals. It was a ton of work to promote the fundraiser – by both myself and the sanctuary (I’m so thankful they had the time to join in promoting with all the hard work they do every day) – as well as family and friends both purchasing shirts and sharing the link! (And if you follow the link above, you can sign up to be notified the next time the shirt is available! There are already folks interested in another round!)

Now it’s time for the next design! This time, it’s for Daisy’s Farm Friends Sanctuary in Maryland!

Daisy’sFFS is named for one of their sweet rescues, Daisy, an 800 lb farm pig who also has a daughter named DJ (Daisy Jr.). There are other pigs and animals as well! They are a smaller sanctuary, and like every sanctuary they need to raise funds to help cover everything from vet bills to feed! That’s what this fundraiser was set up for… feed!

When volunteer Janine approached me, asking if I would do a design for Daisy’sFFS she told me about the sanctuary and showed me photos. I instantly fell in love with a photo of Ms. Daisy sitting in her mud puddle all smiles, and it (plus her flowery name) made me think of Ferdinand the Bull sitting and smelling all the flowers. I instantly knew what I wanted to draw.

This was also the first time I worked with Adobe Illustrator. I did my usual hand drawn work on the actual portrait of Daisy, but brought it into Illustrator where I colored it and created the text and “garden gate scrollwork” design for the frame. It was great practice to learn about paths and Illustrator.

This shirt will only be available for another 12 days, and you can get it here!

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New Fundraiser Art on Shirts!

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Cynthia Griffith

Hello again, everyone! I’ve been keeping busy with art – specifically the fundraiser art I love doing to help animal sanctuaries! I have a new one available for a limited time!

Meet Beatrice and Leonard! They are donkeys living a happy and carefree life at Sycamore Tree Ranch.

Beatrice was pulled off the truck bound for slaughter, and after arriving at her new home… she gave birth to Leonard! Surprise! Now Momma and Baby can be together happily!

This artwork was inspired by their amazing story and will help raise money for a much needed barn for the growing Sycamore Tree Ranch family of animals and their loving humans.

It’s available in a variety of shirt styles and colors, but you only have until July 21st to get yours! Go to STR’s Bonfire Fundraiser Page to order!

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Long Time No Post!

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Cynthia Griffith
One of the recent images I created to help raise funds for the animal sanctuary. It was used for downloadable art, coloring pages, coffee mugs, and a T-shirt!

It’s been quite a few years since I last updated my blog (well, I kept things updated in the background, but never posted or shared anything).

Sadly, I haven’t been sewing in a very long time. I’m not finished with sewing or costuming, but honestly I have very little work space or reason to create things like this right now.

So much has just been “the same,” and other things are quite new! But I don’t want to babble too long here, so I thought I’d at least do a quick “here’s what I’ve been up to!” entry:

  • I’m still recording voice work/narration here and there for podcasts like my husband’s show “Not About Lumberjacks,”
  • My husband and I enjoy hiking, canoeing, and being out in nature,
  • I got a lap harp at the end of 2017 and have been teaching myself how to play it (and recently got a bodhran drum as well),
  • Although the fan art I’d been working on has been gathering dust, I’m back to drawing again creating merchandise with two other artists for sale to help raise funds for our favorite animal sanctuary!

So yes! I’ve been doing art for a great cause! We are unaffiliated fan artists who just happen to have a passion for helping animals. Currently we focus on the Goats of Anarchy sanctuary. You can see the sort of things we’ve been creating for sale here at Maybel Arts!

So that’s the sort of topics you might see from me if I post! Sorry I’ve been so quiet! (Oh wow, and please be patient while I get used to the new-for-me format for posting here… eek!)

Me playing my first harp – a Harpsicle Fullsicle, named Carc (after the raven from Middle-Earth).
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Halloween Special Audio Story

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Cynthia Griffith

As you might remember, my husband does podcasts and also writes. He has a short story fiction podcast, and occasionally he will have me read lines or parts.

This month, he did a Halloween Special story, and yes, I helped out with some voices. 🙂 It was a lot of fun — I’m really enjoying this sort of thing too!

You can listen to the episode here:

Strange Audio

Best Wishes!

 

 

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New Drawing of Bombur Cooking

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Cynthia Griffith

I had a little bit of an interruption (and finished a quick pencil drawing) while working on this one, but I finished yet another drawing. And this time… a new dwarf I haven’t drawn before!

From the dA site:

My husband had a business trip out-of-state for almost a week about a month ago or so. I thought I would draw a new image to help pass the time quickly. The morning he left (Tuesday), I sat down and sketched this in blue pencil directly to Bristol (not my usual small sketching/enlarge/transfer-cleanup). By the next day (Wednesday), I was already starting to ink it.

I still had issues with my eyesight going out quickly on me, so it’s not like I was working for several hours (sadly — I would have finished it within a few days, I think). Some of the blue pencil sketch lines were very loose and vague due to the way I drew this piece, so inking slowed down as I got to those sections. I also had a bit of a brainfart that Thursday (my last day that week to work on it, as I would be away all of Friday and spending time with my husband over the weekend when he got home). For some reason, I couldn’t focus and made stupid mistakes or was sloppy. It was almost like I’d never inked before. Thank goodness for being able to clean up the mess for the most part.

The following week… momentum had been lost. I didn’t want to work on art at all that Monday, and I struggled Tuesday to sketch in some backgrounds. Between allergies driving my eyes nuts again, and the weather getting cooler (and calling me to enjoy it)… well, it took longer than it really should have taken. I finally pushed myself to sit down and finish inking the cooking supplies in the background, and all the landscape in final burst.

I wanted to draw Bombur, because recently I’d been watching the actor’s (Stephen Hunter) video blog and even asking him questions on Twitter about voice acting. He’s such a nice guy, I thought he should be my next drawing. I’m just sorry it took me so long to finish it, much less start it.

Drawn directly onto Bristol using blue pencil, and inked with Black Magic Ink using a Winsor & Newton series 7 #2 brush. Also a few details in size 005 art pen and black pencil. Acrylic white paint for covering up mistakes.

View image here.

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