Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What is MeadowHaven?

Meadowhaven is Adele Lorienne’s personal art site, focusing primarily on her original fantasy artwork and original characters from her personal fantasy story series: “The Wars of Avenan.” While the stories themselves are private, detailed information on the characters and world can be found by clicking on the “Wars of Avenan” section of this website. Art prints, coloring pages and other products can be purchased from the Meadowhaven Etsy Store.

~DO NOT take, copy, distribute, or use any portion of the work–-art, writing, or otherwise–-featured on this site without written consent. Everything featured on this site is © copyrighted to Adele Lorienne or respective credited others.

Q. Is your artwork available for licensing?
Yes! If you are interested in using the fantasy artwork of Meadowhaven for private or commercial purposes, please contact me (Adele Lorienne at saimain@yahoo.com) and we can discuss details. All inquiries are welcome, and I am always open to new propositions!
You can find a current list of companies who have licensed my artwork here: http://www.meadowhaven.net/commissions/

Q. Do you take requests or commissions?
Commission slots are available to patrons who support me on my Patreon.

Q. Can I use your artwork for my RPG site/avatar?
I do have licenses available for some of my artwork! Non-profit only, and there is a small fee. Please contact me (Adele Lorienne at saimain@yahoo.com) with the title of the image you would like to use, and how you intend to use it, and I will get back to you!

Q. You have so many pencil drawings…can I color some of them?
Please do not color any of my original pencil artwork. However, I have created a coloring book and many, many different coloring linearts especially for colorists! :) There are currently over 60 linearts available to download and color from my Etsy shop, as well as my new MeadowHaven Fantasy Art Coloring Book! You can also find exclusives as a supporter over on my Patreon.

Q. How did you learn to draw?
I am a self-taught artist, and learned to draw over the years by study, observation, and practice. Practice is the key! Never give up, no matter how “bad” you might think you are. Trust me, I’ve been there. All good artists came from “cruddy” artists who refused to give up! I’ve been doodling since I was a child, particularly on cardboard boxes that I’d turn into epic ships to voyage to other worlds, but I started to draw more seriously as a teenager. I’m in my early 40s now, and I’m still at it! Still learning with every new piece.

Q. Can you teach me to draw?
The best advice I can give is to pay attention to the world around you–how light hits objects, how things are put together, how colors change. Memorize shapes and practice them. Sketch everyday, study the way things move, learn how things look from certain angles, find someone to pose for you. Train your brain to reproduce life and then you can bend the rules to fit your whims and develop your own style as an artist as you go.

Q. Where do you find your inspiration?
It finds me! My worlds and characters live out their lives in my head and sometimes allow me to share small glimpses on paper. Sometimes music can inspire me to draw, sometimes just a word, or the world around me, particularly nature and my love for strong lines and contrasting colors. Anything can trigger an image in my mind, and if I feel strongly about it, I’ll do my best to capture it on paper or canvas.

Q. What media do you draw/paint with, and what type of paper do you use?
For my pencil work I use an 0.5 mechanical pencil and acid-free white paper. For digital paintings I use older versions of Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, and a Huion Kamvas 13 tablet. I also occasionally use watercolor, charcoal, and colored pencils for my traditional pieces, or a combination of many different media.

Q. How do you keep your pencil lines so clean?
I use an eraser. Frequently. :) And sometimes I will do all my rough sketching digitally to save wasting paper, then print out the sketch lines I’m happy with and trace them onto a clean page to begin the pencil work proper.

Q. Can I buy some of your artwork?
Absolutely, and thank you for your interest and support! <3 Prints, gift cards, coloring books and other products can be found in my Meadowhaven Etsy Store. They are extremely high photo-quality, each print personally approved by me, and I can hand-sign anything upon request.

Q. Are your characters from a book or game?
The characters in my artwork are all from my own original fantasy stories, or else from an old (no longer active) AU rp called “Not All Kings Wear Gold” that I shared with Kelly Kilbourn. My stories themselves are not public, but you can read about the characters and world and see all the artwork here on my website.

Q. What happened to the “Wars of Avenan” novel series you were writing?
I had been working on the novels for several years, and finished the first two books, but eventually it came to the point where I could no longer continue. There was just so much I wanted to tell, and not enough time and energy and resources in my life to continue supporting the telling of it. My health started to suffer, my family needed me, and I had to let the written portion of my stories go. However, the stories and characters themselves still live on through my art and my imagination! Artwork is my true passion and my livelihood, and it is my hope that it can stand on its own now without several thousand pages of writing behind it.

Q. Is this the end of your FAQ?
Indeed it is! If your question has not been answered here, please leave a comment below and ask! I’m happy to answer. :)