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Our opening theme was 'Creation', with a cover by Jeliza Patterson. Following the Chopping Blocks of the previous month, I made some hard decisions and ultimatums regarding bits and pieces of EMG in the news. Prime among those decisions was the fact that EMG-Zine needed to move to a self-supporting model or it would be cancelled at the end of the year. (Spoiler: it did so!)

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Columns

EMG News:
January News

Ask an Artist:
Motivation and Inspiration

Behind the Art:
Improvising

Artist Spotlight:
Interview with Angela Sasser

Features

Creation Jenny Heidewald

Fiction

Poem: Creator Shannon Connor Winward

Poem: Emily, Rescue Me from Mediocrity Ruth Sabath Rosenthal

Erm... somehow, this cover art had the December date on it and never got changed. I am leaving it here for posterity, but may correct it in the archives eventually. FEBRUARY's theme was 'Rabbits.' (That Chinese zodiac thing, you'll remember...) Our cover was by Marie E. Bird.

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Columns

EMG News:
News for February

Behind the Art:
Jackalope

Wombat Droppings:
Sick-day Reading, or Sifting Out the Pearls

Artist Spotlight:
Interview with Henning Ludvigsen

Features

Rabbits and Hares Jenny Heidewald

Fiction

Fiction: Filling the Hat Jamie Mason

Following February's cover mishap, I apparently mis-sized the March cover. Brilliant, Ellen! This is why I try to have a support staff to do things right... >.> Sketch Fest turned 1 this month!

Brenda Lyons did our cover, for a March theme of 'Gryphons.'

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Columns

Artist Spotlight:
Interview with Pascal Cambion

EMG News:
News for March

Behind the Art:
Griffin in Watercolor

Features

The Gryphon Jenny Heidewald

Basic Animal Anatomy Erica Liszewski

April's theme was 'Wind,' and our cover was by Destiny Lauritsen.

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Columns

Artist Spotlight:
Interview with Liiga Smilshkalne

EMG News:
News for April

Wombat Droppings:
Finished

Behind the Art:
Using Watercolor Pencils in a Finished Piece

Ask an Artist:
Value in Illustration

Features

Depicting Wind Jenny Heidewald

Blowing Hot Air M. G. Ellington

Fiction

Poem: Huffing and Puffing Brigette Yanes

Poem: Aria's Breath Robert William Shmigelsky

May's theme was 'Dryads,' and the cover was by Susan Schroder. May was also Sea Monster month at Torn World, which turned out to be a wild amount of fun.

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Columns

Artist Spotlight:
Interview with Alexandra Knickel

EMG News:
News for May

Behind the Art:
Dryad in Watercolor

Features

Dryads and Trees Jenny Heidewald

Fiction

Poem: Sylvia J. S. Watts

Poem: Shelter Under a Tree Misty Posey

Poem: The Tree Spirits Changming Yuan

Poem: Moonlight in the Wild Wood R. S. Pyne

June's theme was 'Jewels', our cover by the fabulous Katerina Koukiotis. We made our 6-month goal, so I released the first six months of themes for 2012.

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Columns

Behind the Art:
Jewelry Still Life

EMG News:
News for June!

Artist Spotlight:
Interview with Kelly Chehardy

Features

Introduction to Illustrating Gems and Metals Jenny Heidewald

Fiction

Poem: Jewels of the Ocean Ellen Million