Bethy Williams

Update: Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Bethy Williams — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:21:13 +0000

1. Sunday the 9th was my brother Andrew’s birthday.

I got him a jar of black truffle salt as a gift. Later, we went to Pizza Hut and got a large Veggie Lovers (no cheese, add jalapenos). Then we sprinkled truffle salt on the pizza. Oh, yeah…I’m sure Brillat-Savarin would have been proud.

2. I think I am going to do a series of portraits of pulsars or nebulae. Or both!

3. Here’s some new work:

Update: Friday, May 7th, 2010

Bethy Williams — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:46:23 +0000

1. I’m kind of in a hurry, so some of this stuff might need some filling in later.

2. It’s true that I don’t have the printer I was coveting, but I do have a compact photo printer. Maybe there’s something I could do with this…mini-prints? I will have to do some experimentation…

3. I received a very nice piece of fan art the other day. You can see it now on my website.

4. I’ve been working on building and perfecting my Zazzle shop, where I’m offering stickers, magnets, and postcards with some of my favorite works on them. I like this a lot because these kinds of items are a fun and inexpensive way to put some art into your life. I myself have magnets made by some of my favorite artists and it makes me smile every time I open my fridge. Okay, sometimes I smile when I open my fridge because there’s pudding in there, but still…If there are some pieces you want to see on a sticker or a magnet let me know, I’d be happy to feature everyone’s favorites.

5. Alright, here’s some new work:

Update: Sunday, May 2, 2010

Bethy Williams — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:14:24 +0000

1. I need to get myself a quality printer. Not just some piece of crap, something like this: Epson Stylus Pro 4880. All I need to do is put two thousand extra dollars in the bank. Pfft…I can do that. In fact, maybe it will be magically drawn to me just because I talked about it.

2. Here’s another preview of a work in progress:

Yes, another work in progress…I know what you are thinking, “Well, Bethy, it’s really nice that you apparently have a bunch of half-finished artwork lying around…have you by any chance completed anything lately?” Yes, yes, of course…I have some finished work to go up later.

Update: Monday, April 26, 2010

Bethy Williams — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:17 +0000

1. I have an EBSQ account, at last, from now until such time as I can’t afford it anymore, I guess. Here: Bethy on EBSQ. Progress on that is slowly but surely creeping along, just like progress on everything else I’m trying to do. If anyone with more EBSQ experience has tips, I’d be happy to hear them.
2. I am updating on multiple platforms: Livejournal, deviantart, Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr (my username on all platforms is bethywilliams, except on Livejournal, where it’s bethymania). If you think that seems silly and absurd, well so do I. The fact is I got so tired and frustrated with trying to pick one that would be most effective that just doing it this way is actually easier. Now you can use whatever platform you like best and never lose sleep over possibly missing one of my amazing updates.
3. Here’s a tiny peek at what I’m working on right now (taken with my phone camera, I’m afraid):

4. I am really psyched about this and the related series. It premiered last night but I missed it…I heard it was amazing, though. I am a huge fan of Stephen Hawking and after this I love him even more.

Don’t talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking

New work: Friday, April 9th, 2010

Bethy Williams — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:57:17 +0000

Two new pieces. The second one is NSFW.

Updates, recent work

Bethy Williams — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:29:05 +0000

I’ve been updating my deviantART account (bethywilliams.deviantart.com) with new art frequently. It’s easy and it brings almost instant satisfaction. However, I’m slowly building my regular gallery on my website, so you can see all my work in all its uncensored glory and not have to sign up for anything. I don’t want to jinx it but I think I’m finally getting the hang of co-ordinating all these different networking nonsense things.

So, for those of you who don’t use deviantART, here’s a quick update on some recent art. Remember the skeleton girl drawing I previewed around Halloween? She’s finished at last:

And here’s another one I like a lot, it was probably the last piece I did in 2009. It’s called “Network Broadcast”.

You’ll be able to see everything soon on bethywilliams.com. I’m getting there slowly but surely.

Early Works, including Protists: A Coloring Book

Bethy Williams — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:09:11 +0000

Heya, want to see some art I made when I was a teenager? Of course you do.

Most of the work I did when I was younger is no longer in my possession, but I do have a few pieces and I love them. I’m thinking of making a whole section dedicated to them on my website, a museum of Bethy: The Early Years.

I couldn’t tell you exactly when I made this, but was probably about fourteen years old. The first one is a painting on a cardboard panel; you may have seen it used by me as an icon. I don’t reckon I ever completely finished it, but the face is finished and, as far as I’m concerned, as perfect as anything I’ve ever made. The second is actually the back cover to a comic book I started drawing and publishing when I was thirteen.

Another item I recently uncovered from my “files” (my which I mean a pile of junk in the attic) is Protists: A Coloring Book. I was probably fifteen or so when I made this one. It featured drawings of various protists, incredibly corny jokes and text that began:

“Like children, PROTISTS may be small but they’re infecting everything!”

I’ve been thinking of re-releasing this one…

workspace, October 2009

Bethy Williams — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:52:50 +0000

I didn’t draw the picture of H.P. Lovecraft, it’s a book catalog my friend Bob sent me. I just keep it there so I can look into Howard’s mesmerizing gaze for inspiration.img

what I’m working on: Tuesday, Oct 20th 2009

Bethy Williams — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:50:34 +0000