Tem's workflows vary, sometimes sketching using Traditional media she loves - pen & ink, watercolor, acrylics, mixed media. Over the years, she developed her own libraries of hand-created textures, palettes, patterns, and other ephemera she utilizes in her art, and she is a Master of her Digital tools.
A self-confessed 'workaholic' and night owl, she thrives on creating fantastic works in experimental ways, and loves incorporating Ethically-trained AI to augment and evolve highly intricate, heartfelt and appealing designs.
As with her other Digital tools, AI allows her to break limitations; for pieces that require many hours of human love and effort. She is thrilled to be able to create as was not humanly possible previously, producing re-imagined works as distant loving echoes of days gone by; as in the Art Nouveau movement and Golden Age of illustration.
This desire to promote the beauty of past times, and personal childhood influences inhabit each piece - colors, treasured objects; natural motifs & symbols. Her passion for colour and light breathes life into her work, but is also a reaction to the cold concrete modern world.
Creating a beautiful world and encouraging others to create joyful things drives her.
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“As the story grew, it put down roots into the past and threw out unexpected branches .” — J.R.R. Tolkien
Tem "T.S." Larking is an Artist & Designer based in the USA, currently creating artwork for licensing.
She grew up in Southern California and the Southwest; has travelled, and lived overseas for over a decade.
In her professional life she has worked as a game designer, teacher, consultant & manager. She enjoys both working with people and solo.
She has been an artist since the mid 2000's, working steadily through many life challenges to hone her craft; and developed her eye for art by training with excellent teachers.
Design and Composition are major passions, along with music, cooking, dance, and books. If she's not working, she's taking care of loved ones (felines included), occasionally creating musical arrangements, or watching a classic film.
She hopes to promote joy, healing, faith, and love for the gift of Creation through her work, her core motive as an artist is to share beauty and inspiration with others.