(Some of) My Favourite Moons

It's as difficult as picking a favourite child, but if I had to showcase a few of my favourite moons to work on, they'd be these ones ...

ARI'S MOON: 

This was my first neon moon as well as my first 50% illuminated moon. As soon as I finished painting this commission, I fell in love with this phase. To me, it is perfect. You get equal parts light and dark sides of the moon, and the highlights along the centre are just chef's kiss.

Ari's mom, Shannon, commissioned this moon from Ari's birth date. I've only done two neon moons so far, and trust me when I say the photos do neon zero justice. 

I love this phase so much that I used it in my logo (and as it happens, the phase from my birth date is this one too). 

LUNA'S MOON: 

This moon gave me all the feels. This moon was commissioned by Madison, for her friend, who had lost her dear cat Luna. This is the moon phase from Luna's birth date, and painted in the same colour as Luna's eyes. I'm not crying, you're crying. 

Madison had been the recipient of a custom moon the Christmas before. Her mom, Cynthia, had commissioned four moons for Christmas, one being for Madison. I love that full-circle moment. 

You can watch a reel of me painting Luna's moon here. 

SAHIBA'S MOON: 

This is a moon I was so excited to work on. I had been wondering if anyone would ask for a multi-coloured moon, and Sahiba came through with the first order of this kind. 

This is the moon she ordered to gift her sister of her wedding date moon phase, and Sahiba requested it be in her sister's wedding colours; burgundy and golden yellow. We worked a lot on how the two colours would work, and decided on the illuminated sliver be yellow and keep the earthshine all burgundy. It looks so sharp.  

You can watch a reel of me painting this moon here. 

MR. AND MRS. CHAPMAN'S MOON:

I love how this moon turned out, and it wasn't without a bit of sorcery. Jenna commissioned this moon for her parent's wedding anniversary, of the date they got married. She asked that the moon be in their quintessential 70's marigold and dandelion wedding colours. Round one of this moon was looking very orange, which I wanted to avoid, so after some testing, I added green of all colours to dull and help darken the yellow without making it too orange or red. 

Jenna has commissioned five moons from me, which just totally blows my mind and needs special mention. 

You can watch a reel of me painting this moon here, and you can also purchase this moon as a moon sticker here.

KRIS AND JONES'S MOON:

This is Kris's wedding moon and the story behind it is pretty aspirational, as far as goth's go: Jones and Kris got married on Halloween in 2003. Their friend officiated the ceremony, whilst dressed as a fairy, and Kris's mother-in-law dressed as the devil. Talk about amazing. 

This is also Kris's sixth moon she's ordered from me! I can't with these people. My heart. 

You can watch a reel of me painting this moon here, and you can also purchase this moon as a moon sticker here.

I'm hoping to update this post regularly with my new favourite moons, so check back again to see more!

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(Some of) My Favourite Moons
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