Orion Lodubyal's Art and Fiction Blog

I confess that with social media upkeep, I kind of forgot I had a website. I'll be making regular updates from now on, both here and on my Patreon page here:  https://www.patreon.com/orionlodubyal . (My Patreon will have some content that isn't here and vice versa.) This blog is mostly focused on what I'm into lately in terms of fandoms, what's going on behind-the-scenes with my art, etc.  Fandom update: I'm completely into Interview with the Vampire. Completely! I was into the books, and now I'm into the show. The casting has been phenomenal! So of course there is new art for it! Honestly, I'll never get tired of Interview with the Vampire. I'm still, and always, into Hannibal, Star Trek, The Expanse, our Flag Means Death, Good Omens and House of the Dragon. Johnlock, Halloween, Labyrinth and  . . .wow . . .  Might be faster to make a list of what I'm not into.   Yes, I made a disco ball Weyoun and I'm not sorry!  I've also just started Agat...

I've been a bit quiet lately trying to handle a bit of an art business crisis. Every month I have a process where I search for my artworks across platforms to see if anyone is uploading art images stolen from my social media pages or worse, from the stores my artwork is sold on. And every month I have a handful - usually between 5 and 10. Sadly, that's the nature of the business. On February 28th, I found 52 of my artworks taken from Teepublic (I format specifically for that store, so they were easy to identify) and loaded onto Redbubble stores. On March 1st, I found 11 more. On March 5th, 13 more. On March 9th, 32 more. This time with artwork I had only uploaded in the last 2 days. Every few days I find between 10-20 more. I notified Teepublic that it looked like their site had been scraped (bots ripping images from the site - images that had no watermark but still had signatures still intact.) I told them whatever the exposure was, it was still exposed two days previously. ...

  Celebrating my love for Fannibals, Screaming Firehawks, Garashir shippers, Babylon 5 lovers, Trekkies (and Trekkers), and all the other glorious fandoms that keep us going when things get stressed. Just remember: Keep calm, and your ship is valid. For more videos, visit my Vimeo profile: https://vimeo.com/user132204080

 My new project this year is learning animations and video concept art. Some of these will be for commissions, some for patrons of my Patreon  VIP Tier, and some will be for direct sale as digital wall papers and the like. It's a huge amount of fun - so much so that I actually have to set a timer! I blew almost an entire afternoon working on videos when I technically should have been doing my taxes. 😆 Here's an example of one I'm proud of. It's Bobbie Draper's first look at the Protomolecule Hybrid Monster on Ganymede, in The Expanse tv series. This has several elements I tried to recreate from the episode: Glowing eyes in the protomolecule monster, reflected in her helmet Blood snowflakes floating around her the unfocus and refocus as Bobbie tries to see what's around her music that sounds similar to The Expanse soundtrack. I'm going to keep working on these, and on ways to customize them for patrons. I'd love to hear your feedback! What do you think o...

  Just a quick art in Assembly to wish y'all a Happy Halloween Month! And I promise all the candy I just bought it is for the trick-or-treaters, not for me. Really. But you know, I should do some quality control testing just to be sure it's ok. :D

Designs based on Hannibal's Suits and Ties Designs based on Hannibal's Bedroom and Office Hannibal the Cannibal Decor Collection on Society 6 Hannibal the Cannibal Decor Collection on Society 6 Hi all! This project has been months in the works and now, just in time, Society6 has put it all on 30-40% off! An entire art collection based on Hannibal's Bedroom, Office, Suits and Ties - everything from furniture to throw blankets! IMPORTANT NOTE: My Society6 art is under my alternate art profile "InfiniteTango" (because my Orionlodubyal store got deleted for the Avasarala F*ck Mug" incident. The collection can be found here: https://society6.com/infinitetango/collection/hannibal-tv-show-suits-ties-and-decor-inspired-designs -- but there are over 40 products for each design. The collection page only has 1 or 2 pictured, but if you click on one, the bottom of the page will show you the rest of the collection. The designs are also on RedBubble which has slightly...