Fantasy

"Faerie Map"

"Pixie Tree"

"Reverie"

Reverie avatar

"Woe"

"Water Faeries"

drawing of Water Fae

"Adalia sunstreaks"
"Salix Tree"

"Salix on cake"

"Balloon Fun"

"Acorn Pixies"

"Winter Fae"

Plush toys

Progression of a cute stuffed Loch Ness monster toy . Sketch for a stuffed nessie.

Finished test plushie.
Progression of toy, and tutorial: HERE

Tattoos

I've been asked for permission to use my tattoo designs.Yes, please do! If possible, please send me a photo of it when it's healed.

"Tribal Dragon"

"Rose"

"Phoenix"



scorpion ideas for Michelle

"Flame"


"Celtic Cat"

"Black Widow"

The Pixies

Salix the dryad , giggling

Viola the flower pixie

Nierika the pixie lemur

Vik the star sprite

Velvet the night faerie

Pebble the stone gnome

Orion the dragon whelp

Zjórjie the fabulous faerie

Nature

"Save the Forests"

"Taurus Cottage"

"Bird Tree"

"Starry-eyed, Felicity and Smile"

"Mushroom Bag"

"Seed"

"Rose Tattoo"

Animation

Dark

"Wild Dierdre"

"Wild Hunt"

Crazy Stuff

Drawing without thinking.. doodling while conversations ebb and flow..

"Christmas Day 2007". Read the story behind this drawing here.

"Pumpkins"

"Rainbow Tea"

"Johnny can't have candy" Doodling at the table...

"September Conversation"

Visiting my Mom in Holland, as the conversation between my mom Lilo, brother George, daughter Michelle, son Robby and myself flowed... I drew what they were saying, in no particular order.

Fire

Art with fire as subject.

"Wood Witch" for my animated cat film.

"Match" for my animated film "Light"

"Lucy" for my animated film "Light"

"Summer Solstice Sun"

"I Come And Stand"
An illustration of a little Japanese girl's ghost, after the bombing of Hiroshima. This song is the saddest song I have ever heard. If you have a chance, listen to the song on the CD, "this mortal coil, blood".
I have written down the original lyrics by Nazim Hikmet HERE.

various commissions from UO players

Frodo the Scribe

Joker, owner of the shop "Handful of Stars" in Malas, little ways down the road south of the great bridge.

Blitz and his llama.

"Virturi" Warriors Yumiko, Crystal, and wolf Jess get ready to defend the Shrine of Compassion from evil enchantress Aribeth.

Lord Ulysses Shop when it was near the City of Britain. That's Lord Ulysses at the forge, Salix playing the harp, Mythradin the mage and ZurGoth the orc browsing the shop.

A tree in Templewood, in the northern forests.

"Good vs Evil" for ERPA (European Role Players Assosiation)

Magestic and Criminal

Peace Uus Sanct and her pets

Dwellers of Yew

These are portraits of role-players in the land of Sosaria. They live around Stonekeep, in the forests of Yew.

"Evening Fireflies" Markus and Ellyn of the Guards


"Poppies and Bees" Alithyra and John Mclear

"Misty Arduin" Connor, Llemandrell, and Mythradin.

"Alithyra" of the Guards

"Merry Adlorn" of the Guardsmen.

"Drakan" of the Guardsmen

"Isilinde the Elf"

"Manshoon Chembyl" of the Undead.

Severed Heds Orcs

Orcs from the Fort in Yew forest:

"Mojo Orcz" Bagruul & Trelek, Shamans of the Severed Heds.


Zaal'Ug da Feorc frum da Severed Heds.

ZurGoth da Orc frum da Severed Heds.

Fashion

A small sample of fashion for Sims2. See all my outfits at Parsimonious.

Various Works in Color

A stitching I designed of my cat Io.

"Candle Hills"

"AppleTree Cottage"
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Below are some cels from animated ads I did in the past:

"Star Whale"

"LA fish"

"LA sailboat"

"Zipper friends"

Line Drawings

"Celtic Angels"

Miss Nutzi, a character I helped design, and animated for A-Film's feature: Jungledyret Hugo 2.

"Owl" , ink pointalism
"Dragon Smile"
T is for "Trout"
"Kitty Mouse Peace"

"Christmas Tree"

Medals

Imaginaryality

Portfolio of Silvia Hoefnagels / Salix Tree

Resumé / CV

Silvia Hoefnagels (aka SalixTree)

art blog: http://imaginaryality.blogspot.com/
Also at Deviant Art: http://salixtree.deviantart.com/

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Resumé / CV :

2001-2008 Several years of experience with Photoshop.
Skinner/texture artist (as SalixTree) for Parsimonious: http://www.parsimonious.org/
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2001-2008 Freelance Animator (Dublin Ireland) various ads, TV promos, webdesign, and artwork including:

Johnny Fox Pub ad, Surf (washing powder) ad, with Monster Productions
"Katey Baloney" TV promo with Gary O'Neil
"Bunny vs Monkey" TV promo with Kavaleer Animation
"3 Wise Men" Feature Animation with Cartoon Saloon
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1997-2004 Classical Animation Tutor at Ballyfermot College
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1997-2001 TerraGlyph (Dublin Ireland)

Animation on feature "Duck Ugly"

Animation on "Help! I'm a Fish"

Animation on feature "Carnivale"
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1996-1997 Freelance Animator (Dublin Ireland)

Animation on pilot "Tor" (For Monster Productions)

Animation on feature "The Quest For Camelot" (For WB)

Animation for Disney CD-ROM Game "Hercules" (for Creative Capers),

Storyboard, Design, Direction and Animation
on short "The Yellow Man" (for Capstone Productions)

Animation on feature "Anastasia" (for Fox Animation, USA)

Animation on feature "Hugo II" (For A-Film)
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1995-1996 Monster Productions (Dublin)

Animation Director

part of "Wind in the Willows" (for TVC, London)

part of feature "Werner II" (for Trickompany, Hamburg)

Anti-smoking ad (for Uli Meyer, London)
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1994-1995 Screen Animation (Dublin) / MGM

Directing Animator on "All Dogs Go To Heaven II"
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1985-1994 Don Bluth Studios / Sullivan Bluth Studios - Dublin)

Directing Animator : 1992 - 1994 Feature Films

The Pebble and the Penguin


Animator : 1987 - 1992 Feature Films

Land Before Time

All Dogs go to Heaven

Rock a Doodle

Stanley's Secret Garden

Thumbelina


Key Assistant Animator : 1985 - 1987 Feature Films

An American Tail

Land Before Time

All Dogs go to Heaven
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1992 With Gary Goldman

Animation on "The Thief and the Cobbler",

1975 -1985 Dourmashkin Productions, (Los Angeles) :

Childrens Films for Film Fair, Television spots and
commercials
"Isabella and the Magic Brush" for Film Fair
( won the Ruby Slipper Award )

1983 Hallinan Plus Productions, (Los Angeles) :

Animation on "Sound of Sunshine, Sound of Rain" for Film
Fair ( Academy Award Nomination )


1979 - 1982 Robert Story Company, (Los Angeles) :

Television Spots and Commercials.
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Education

School of Visual Arts, New York City : 1971 - 1975
B. A. Degree Media Arts/Animation Major