cyphercat wrote:
Now, I know fantasy art is not everyone's cuppa, but bear in mind that illustration for kids books is my goal, so I think my style works well for that purpose. Also, I AM capable of realism, and just to prove it, I'll post a couple of those first!
These are seriously GOOD! (and I'm tempted to go for the '!!!!' record!) and whether they are everyones cuppa or not they'd know that
I loved them and would have loved to see really clear images from them - have you got a website? These would make a brilliant start for one if you haven't. There are good free websites out there like sitekreator.
Etching and woodblock would suit your way of working I'd think and you'd get multiple prints then from a piece of work.
It's so nice that you guys like them.
The opening is tomorrow, and since it's a small town, all the local artists have always Taken An Interest in me. So that means tomorrow will be a whole boatload of advice, constructive criticism, and wing-taking-undering. It's really nice of them, but intimidating too, especially since the local Art Crowd (sorry, but these things demand capitalization) is very much about landscape paintings done plein air, and I've heard most of 'em be derogatory regarding things done from imagination... <sigh>
So I expect a bit of patronizing "isn't that nice" type of stuff, and so the bolstering here is helping me prepare for that. Plus I've never had so much of my stuff displayed at once, or been the focus of something like this. I've shown stuff at the county fair and things like that, but this feels a lot scarier.
On top of the nerves, now I've come down with some nasty bug and I can barely talk, and I'm all achey and blah...Thank goodness for the cheering up I get from you all!
They could just tell people if they really want to see me and risk getting sick, they can come knock on my door! 
