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[2006-09-14 04:05:36 +0000 UTC]
"Joanne Renaud"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 435; Deviations: 349; Watchers: 2208
Watching: 179; Pageviews: 175440; Comments Made: 12420; Friends: 179
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Trina Schart Hyman, Sanjulian, Loren Long, Rebecca Guay, Kinuko Craft, Maggi, Owen SmithFavorite movies: Fantasia, Citizen Kane, Fellowship of the Ring, Turn Back the Clock, The Three Musketeers (1973)
Favorite bands / musical artists: Madonna, Chemical Bros., Lou Reed, Orbital, Fatboy Slim, Television, Kate Bush, Way Out West
Favorite writers: Tanith Lee, James M. Cain, Rafael Sabatini, Clark Ashton Smith, Gillian Bradshaw, Jared Diamond
Favorite games: "King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella."
Favorite gaming platform: MS DOS
Tools of the Trade: mechanical pencil, acrylic paints, water, and teeny tiny brushes.
Other Interests: Illustration, writing, fanfiction, travel, history, costume design, psychology, martinis
# About me
Joanne Renaud, who earned a BFA in illustration from Art Center College of Design, has been writing, drawing and painting as long as she can remember. She went to college in a variety of places, including Northern Ireland and Southern California, and enjoys history, comics, children’s books, and cheesy fantasy movies from the ’80s. She currently works as both an author and a freelance illustrator in the Los Angeles area. Her novel "A Question of Time" was released from Champagne Books in November 2012, and her illustration clients include Simon & Schuster, Random House, Houghton Mifflin, Macmillan-McGraw Hill, Harcourt Inc., Zaner Bloser, and GOS Multimedia.# Comments
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Hey, if you need more inspiration for your sketches, I keep a whole folder specifically for that purpose myself that I thought might interest you.
www.deviantart.com/clockworkmu…
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Thank you for sharing-- there's a lot of cool images in that!
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Miss Joanne, I have taken the liberty of sending you a note - please read it and please take heed.
Keep Well, keep up the Good Work.
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I did get your note-- I'll be getting back to you within the next few days. Talk to you soon! 
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I shall look forward to hearing from you.
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No requests or art trades are available at this time, but I have a slot open for commissions if you'd like to grab it.
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Miss Joanne, popping in to send you my Best Wishes and remind you that whenever you feel untalented all you need do is show somebody else your deviantArt Gallery - if they fail to recognise your talent then they must be either visually-impaired, exceptionally foolish or (worst of all) Absolutely Tasteless.
Please be assured that you remain Quality, a Gifted Talent and Inspirational even when the Imp of Inner Cruelty whispers self-deceit in a desperate bid to bottle up your talent - please make sure you treat that unfriendly little voice with the robust dismissal it so richly merits! (or failing that just draw yourself horse-whipping it from pillar to post, in the Regency-approved fashion).
Keep Well, Keep the Faith and most importantly of all Keep Drawing!
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Thank you!! I really appreciate the good wishes. I am currently struggling with the January post-holiday doldrums, so it's particularly nice to read your eloquent letter of appreciation right now! <3
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Thank You for posting your lovely works to be appreciated in the first place.
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Miss Joanne, a concept recently suggested itself to me and I would be very grateful for your opinion - the mental image was of a lady who had modelled for the statue we now know as the "Venus de Milo" and who, after some everyday hardship in later life, walked to the temple where her image was the local Idol and was very happy to contemplate her modest share of immortality (I'm tempted to imagine a child or grandchild in attendance).
Now the reason I would like to seek your opinion is twofold:-
- Firstly, I would like to ask how closely this lady ought to resemble her statuary counterpart; should the resemblance be subtle or blatant after the model has aged & acquired character the Venus will never know?
- Secondly, may I please ask what colouration you think the Living Venus should have? (I'm tempted to steal outright from Botticelli's Birth of Venus, but that might be a little TOO on-the-nose!).
Thank You in advance for your consideration and please allow me to send you my Best Wishes for yourself & your career in illustration.
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That sounds like a great idea! I sent you a note about it.
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Miss Joanne, please pardon me for asking a question out of the blue, but if you were commissioned to illustrate Count Dracula would you prefer a short or a detailed description? (since the character is so famous that Everyone has their own idea of the old bloodsucker).
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Interesting question! I sent you a note.
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Message Received and Replied To!
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Many thanks for the enchanting paintings and drawings from your sale, which arrived safely after all their travels. Darling, beautiful little Max and the other boys are now happily ensconced in the flat (the house was once home to William Etty as a teenaged apprentice!). They will be cherished dearly.
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Yay! It took FOREVER (what with the ridiculous weather) but I'm glad they arrived safely.
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And my version of Maxie wishes to say "Bonsoir!"
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They are all framed and on display, being adorable.
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Ms. Renaud, I hope that you have enjoyed a Very Merry Christmas and that all proceeds well?
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Ms. Joanne, I hope that you are well and that your Muse has been kind to you - Best Wishes and do keep well!
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Hey, i really love your artwork, im glad i came across you. I recently just started to draw and write characters in a pre Victorian time.
Anyways, im happy i found your artwork.
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy the new work that I'll be posting.
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Hi! Waiting to post a video about french revolution. In the meanwhile please check my youtube channel
Patty F
Waiting for you!
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I was able to find your Youtube channel... unfortunately I'm having trouble finding the video in question. Do you have a link? Thanks!
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here it is! You can select the "anime" folder
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This is very belated... (I am TERRIBLE at responding to DA comments now)... but thank you! I hope you had a great year as well.
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