Hello everyone,

Please see all the new blog entries directly here http://drakaina.com/themuse

Yes I redesigned the website and the blog so I will not be writting anything new on this one

See you soon

Drak’

La nouvelle version du blog en francais uniquement a cette adresse http://drakaina.com/etremuse

Au plaisir de vous y retrouver prochaienement

Xos

Drak

2008 is just beginning but already I can tell you it’s going to be a year to remember!! At least I know I will remember it

And you might ask why this year more than any other?

Well to start I have 2 artbooks coming out this year :

The first one is called “Drakaina Fantasy art Muse” and is published by SQP publishing, due out this late spring/early summer

The other one is “Drakaina Fantasy of Desires”, published in Europe by les editions spootnik (the publisher of the fantasy art mag Khimaira), due out later on this year.
Then, there is the Drakaina comic book “Drakaina Origins”, which is being drawn by my dear friend Fabrizio Pasini. The story (written by me ;)) has caught the attention of a publisher so expect it out soon too

And last but not least the Novel “Drakaina, tear of Blood” due out in 2009

So yeah I might not show you much new artworks right now, but it’s to leave you the pleasure of discovering them all in the artbooks, and trust me there will be many never seen before Drakaina artworks

In both books you will find most of the artists that became my friends along the past 7 years: Lorenzo Sperlonga, Matt Hughes, Michael Calandra, Popeye Wong, Mike Ratera, Christophe Henin, Alex Tuis, Fabrizio Pasini, Lorenzo Di Mauro, Gina King, Wilmaury, Ood Serrière, as well as some new collaborations by Sandra Chang, Sonia Roji, Frostland, Akae, Gracjana Zielinska, Eacone, Aurore L and many many more… Not to mention Ariock, with whom it all began

I’ve been truly blessed to inspire so many great artists along the years and these artbooks are to me the perfect occasion to thank them (and please you with kick ass artworks too ;))

Love you all
Xoxs
Drak’

Please watch full video, as sick as this may be… I found it on the STATIC webpage, unfortunately there was no email or contact link for me to get in touch with them… But since we have the same fight I do not think they will mind a little more exposure for their website

It’s disturbing isn’t it. It’s like a bad dream or a scary movie, with the only difference being that this is very much real. As your reading this, it’s happening right now. These animals are being raised in cages until they are ready to be beaten, strangled and skinned alive. Did you happen to notice the collars on some of those animals? Those were actual pets that belonged to someone who loved them, and would be devastated to see the fate a member of their family met. It’s not uncommon in China to steal pets and sell them to fur farms for a couple of bucks.

Now you see how some of these animals are treated. Raccoons are beaten with sticks until dead, or they are slammed to the ground until they are paralyzed, and then hung upside down and skinned alive. Dogs have their necks stomped on while they are cut from end to end. Cats have their paws nailed down to keep them from scratching, the lucky ones die before the knife ever touches them. Remember that last creature? The one that had all of it’s skin butchered off with the exception of it’s eyelids? Was that a Dog?A cat? It is only certain that it lived for 15 minutes after the butcher claimed his prize.

What you have just seen is by no means the worst of what is going on. This is a mild view of the horror that takes place in china everyday. STATIC needs your help, and desperately. You have the power to change this, and we are not asking you for money, just your time. We suggest you view the Video and Picture Library; as hard as it is to watch, to get the full effect of whats happening.