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Sophia Kelly Shultz

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About badgersoph

Artist // Professional // Varied

July 3
United States
Deviant for 17 years
badgersoph.deviantart.com
She / Her

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My Bio

"Holy-sh*t-Madame-the sky-is touching-your-nose" trippy!

I hadn't realized that it's been YEARS since I'd written that profile!

I guess that's because I've been kept very busy for those years. However, a long-awaited update:

I've been published: The Stone Circle Oracle, which can be found here-- www.schifferbooks.com/the-ston...

I will be published again! This time you can find the art in the slide show to your left. The deck will be all male energies, with characters drawn (literally) from Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern traditions.

I have had three paintings published in the We'moon on the Wall calendar, which is nationally distributed. They are "I Rise Up, Not Without Help," "Badger Knows All in the Earth, Hawk Knows All in the Sky," and "Figure THIS One Out!"

Despite all this, I'm still not famous. LOL

The Springer Spaniels are still springy.

I'm still camping at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary, and am on the Board of Directors, the gods help me.

My daughter is now about to turn 22, the gods help me even more!

Current Residence: Pennsylvania USA
Print preference: Giclee
Favourite genre of music: Hmmmmm
Favourite photographer: Annie Leibowitz
Favourite style of art: Do I have to answer this?
Operating System: OSX
MP3 player of choice: iPod
Favourite cartoon character: Snoopy
Personal Quote: Did I dream this belief, or did I believe this dream?

Favourite Visual Artist

Neolithic Cave Painters

Favourite Movies

Star Wars

Favourite TV Shows

Star Trek, Blakes 7, Dr. Who, Life on Mars (UK Version) and its sequel Ashes to Ashes, Burn Notice; Streaming: Arcane, K Dramas, particularly the supernatural stuff, just finished "The Law According to Lydia Poet" and loved it.

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, REM, Imagine Dragons. If it's Progressive Rock of the 80s, I'm there.

Favourite Books

Currently: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Favourite Writers

Paolo Coehlo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, David Brin, Arthur C. Clarke

Favourite Games

pyramid solitaire, scrabble, sudoku

Favourite Gaming Platform

Would rather have a platform for my tent (except I don't camp in that place anymore)

Tools of the Trade

Digital: XPen tablet + Adobe Photoshop elements/Pixelmator Pro. Embroidery/quilting: floss, yarn, buttons, cotton fabric, needles, VERY sharp scissors. Drawing: Prismacolor pencils. Painting: Gouache, Derwent Inktense pencils, or Daniel Smith watercolors

Other Interests

Writing and editing. Rock & Mineral collecting, Latin American authors, sewing, costuming

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badgersoph

Nov 24, 2024

About Those Drawings

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Young aspiring artists, let this old Badger convey a lesson: My daughter and I were vending at Shore Leave, a Star Trek convention. On Sunday morning, we were walking the dealers' room and came upon a lady selling, among others this book, King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court. (link at the bottom of this entry.) Like most indie authors, the author had defaulted to a person who was able to arrange a series of stock photos into cover art which, while at least a step above many of these covers, was still generated in this fashion. The hardcover, which is what comes up in the Amazon search, is a different story. We got to talking about cover art. Because of the way it's rendered, it's dirt cheap. Every time I think about this, I die a little inside. i have always been reasonable, but I can't go to the level of dirt cheap without losing my self respect. I may have a diatribe, or even a slight temper tantrum, about this, but it will be later. Then, she said, "What I need isn't cover

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Dec 28, 2020

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badgersoph

Oct 2, 2019

Oracle Decks!

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You may not realize this, but I'm also a published author! This is the Stone Circle Oracle, my first publication, which includes 50 GORGEOUS cards (with another nod to the graphics department at Schiffer Books!) and a book with journal space so that you can write down what you see in the images. Many of the paintings in the "Major Paintings" Gallery are featured in this publication. It's a great way to own a whole lot of my art, even if you don't have room on your walls! You can order directly from my publisher, Schiffer Publishing https://www.schifferbooks.com/the-stone-circle-oracle-transformation-through-meditation-5354.html You can also find it on Amazon or Barnes & Noble. My second publication, the Promethean Oracle, which is co-authored with my dear friend Mark Cogan, was nominated for ORACLE DECK OF THE YEAR two years ago. The artwork for this deck was done in colored pencil on black paper, and features male entities from Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, and Biblical

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WolfGlitter

Aug 8, 2023

Absolutely love your cloth/sewing/bead works! You have such creative & neat ideas in your gallery! Thank you for posting your pieces here! 😊🌼🌷

badgersoph

Aug 9, 2023

What a nice comment to awaken to! Thank you!

WolfGlitter

Aug 10, 2023

You are most very welcome. It is refreshing to come across actual human beings still using this site and sharing/ continuing to create art. Continue doing what you do~

bifishiar

Mar 18, 2018

Thanks a lot for the watch, it is highly appreciated! Hope I live up to it

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Feb 12, 2018

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Feb 10, 2018

Ahoy mate, welcome to the stitchingpirates crew! We be a friendly bunch of pirates and are happy to see yer stitched goodies make its way into our treasure hoard. We run contests four times a year and often have events on the side. If ye have any questions at all feel free to ask.

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MilesyART

Dec 28, 2017

Thank you so much! Good luck to whatever you choose to do in 2018!