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Fyntacie | C.Brice
@fyntacie
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Full time illustrator / artist, crafter and environmentalist
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Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Website
http://www.brice-art.com/
Created
September 26, 2017
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fyntacie
art
2018-03-01 19:04
Low Tech Pokémon Go
Along the lines of the Pokémon designs I posted a while ago, I present Ninetails painted on a rock. I am still involved in hiding and finding pebble art in my community. The process reminded me a bit of
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nature
2018-02-21 08:14
The Cape Town Water Crisis and Me
It has been about 2 weeks since I posted. In that time a lot has happened: sickness, tight deadlines, family responsibilities, neighbourhood watch duties, puppy classes and of course, water-related issues
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fyntacie
art
2018-02-09 10:29
Pokémon Nostalgia
I remember when I first learned about Pokémon, I didn't really collect the cards to trade or play games, I just loved looking at the artworks. Some of the little cat/ dog/ fox creatures were especially
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fyntacie
art
2018-02-02 14:08
Mosaic staircase in progress 2/13
Among my many projects is a long term one: making a mosaic all the way up the staircase. I've just finished the 2nd step, only 11 more to go! Whenever I find enough money to buy more grout and tiles, I
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fyntacie
art
2018-01-26 20:24
Children's Book with a Heart for Conservation
Working with self publishing clients sometimes means waiting a long time before seeing the results in print. It takes a lot of fundraising to create a book. I can understand why clients sometimes hold
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fyntacie
painting
2018-01-20 18:50
Four More Porg Pebbles
I painted some more porg rocks for people who like the little critters. They placed some orders and I got creative with the different themes so we now have a surfing porg and one turning on a lightsaber.
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fyntacie
art
2018-01-15 20:07
Handmade African Penguin Pendants
Around Christmas I was trying out an African penguin speed paint. I didn't continue with that painting but I did make some similar brightly coloured polymer clay pendants. These photos are extreme close-ups.
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fyntacie
art
2018-01-09 20:27
Polymer Clay Cake Toppers
Over the holidays, my cousin got married. He and his bride asked me to make the wedding cake topper so I was glad to help. The couple love tigers and cats so their cake design was inspired on these animals.
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fyntacie
creativity
2018-01-04 19:10
Pebble Porg
As I mentioned in a previous post, I live in a community of creative pebble painters. I keep finding their decorated rocks around the neighbourhood. Today I hid my own pebbles among the others. If you
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fyntacie
painting
2018-01-03 13:35
Dog paintings and the story of my Pom X, Pippin
Last week, on the 27th of December, I brought home my second shelter dog. Incidentally this was the anniversary of Carrie Fisher's death; I loved her honesty and her relationship to her dog, Gary so it
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fyntacie
writing
2017-12-26 08:12
Bottling the Christmas Essence for later
Over Christmas, while good wishes and greetings are popping up all over my timelines, I like to withdraw from screens for a while. I actually love this time of year but sometimes it all seems a bit too
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fyntacie
animals
2017-12-19 07:38
Rescue Dog, Hilton Found a Family
The little dog from my recent post was adopted soon after I handed over his portrait to TEARS (The Emma Animal Rescue Society). He looks as though he will be very loved, he even has a new Jack Russell
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dogs
2017-12-14 20:50
Shelter Dog Christmas Gifts
Having adopted a rescue dog recently, I have been thinking of animal shelters a lot. The Emma Animal Rescue Society (TEARS) is just a kilometer away from my house and they are collecting gift boxes for
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fyntacie
life
2017-12-10 20:42
Working Within and Gently Expanding my Limits
As an introvert and a freelance artist, I experience a tension between indulging in my preference for seclusion and trying to escape it for the sake of my well being. I am grateful that I do not have to
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fyntacie
dogs
2017-12-06 18:07
Delcie's Progress- Week 2
My puppy, Delcie is adjusting to her new routine nicely. She is learning quickly and I am pleased with her progress in socialising with larger dogs. She was very submissive in the beginning but is now
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fyntacie
life
2017-12-04 18:58
Cape Town Rocks
The trend of painting and hiding rocks is quite prevalent all over the world now. My neighbourhood has become quite dedicated to this practice. I have been lucky to find quite a few on my walks with the
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fyntacie
sketch
2017-11-30 19:06
Festive African Penguin
I am brainstorming ideas for South African Christmas cards. It is very difficult to translate the holly, tinsel and snow into our December summers. I recently did a sketch of an African penguin that looks
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christian-trail
2017-11-26 19:32
A Lesson in Freelancing and Faith
In 2010/ 2011, my first years of illustrating for publishers, I was given a brief for a book of children's bible stories. It is always exciting to get a contract for a large number of illustrations because
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teamsouthafrica
2017-11-24 14:06
Character Stickers with Environmental Theme
A few years ago I made these character designs for stickers. They are a reflection of the rainbow nation, proudly South African. I still have many of the stickers in stock as I have been bad at marketing
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fyntacie
design
2017-11-21 19:42
My Fynbos Banner
It has been a while since I shared anything on Steemit. I recently adopted a puppy (the one in my last post) and she has been keeping me awake at night and busy in the day. I complain about the challenges
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