Hello friends!
2024/2025
This may be a bit late, but goodbye 2024! Welcome 2025!
2024 saw Walking Art: Made By Malissa go on the road with Creation Entertainment's Trek Tour!
It was so wonderful getting to see many of you in person at these particular shows! Thank you for your stories, for the laughs, and all of your support! I appreciate you all more than I can express!
The end of 2024 also brought forth a new Silhouette drawing called, "Undamaged"! It was made available both on the online store, as well as, at the last convention of last year.
Undamaged
"Undamaged" was inspired by the character of Star Trek's Seven of Nine. She had such a rich character arch on Voyager.
I was always particularly fond of the way she would say the word "damaged." She said this word often, for varying reasons. All of which held different meaning and weight, depending on the context of a particular scene.
I chose to call this drawing "Undamaged" because despite all of the pain and hardship she experienced in her life, she rose above all of those challenges and trauma. She became a stronger version of herself.
The Borg may have caused her damage, but she is not and never will be damaged goods. To me, Seven is the opposite of damaged. So, this drawing is an ode, an homage to the Undamaged Seven of Nine.
IDIC
This next piece is the first to be released in 2025 from Walking Art: Made By Malissa. It was started at the end of November during Creation's ST: DAL convention.
It's a bit of a mashup and a reworking of my #ChatPack (still available for purchase) drawing. I decided to play around with putting the caricature designs from that and arranging them in a way that was more universal than the previous drawing allowed.
The acronym "IDIC" encompasses so much! It inspires and reminds us to embrace the beauty that diversity contributes to the tapestry of our world.
So, I drew the outline of IDIC. I took the drawings of different aliens from the #ChatPack piece, along with other aliens I had drawn but never released/used before and arranged them inside of the "IDIC" outline.
It is my hope that when one wears this piece, it brings something positive to, not only the wearer, but also to those who it might inspire upon seeing the design.
"IDIC" is now available on WalkingArtMadeByMalissa.com in the Silhouette collection. It is available in various sizes, colors, and ink coloring. More variations are being created right now!
What's Next?
More drawings are in the works! I also have different kinds of art pieces coming soon. They are being made using different mediums and subject matters.
I am also looking to expand the content included on this website.
Thank you again for coming along this journey with me.
LLAP,
Malissa