Hi there. I’m Janice Duke and I’m an illustrator, philosopher and nature lover, with a purrticular fondness for cats. I’m based in Scotland and studied both art and philosophy at the University of Dundee. My favourite artists are: Salvador Dali, Auguste Rodin, and Leonardo da Vinci. My favourite philosophers are: Friedrich Nietzsche, Baruch Spinoza, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. These are probably the strongest influences on my personal work, as well as my interests in wildlife and mythology, along with a fondness for Carl Jung and Robert Anton Wilson. My main philosophical and artistic interest is perception; how and why we perceive our world as we do, and what this tells us about epistemology, ethics and metaphysics. I believe it is aesthetics – above all other branches of philosophy – that has the most to tell us about the meaning of life.
Professionally I specialise in book covers and illustrations for books and articles. I am also working on a number of my own books, illustrating and publishing as an author myself. I have one book published, co-authored with my brother: Post-Britannia. My first solo book, Hawk Divine, is due out later this year. Look out for some art and excerpts from that here in future.
Huge thanks to @antonchanning and @dana-varahi for letting me know about Steemit and encouraging me to share some of my thoughts and creations here; I would appreciate any feedback. To start, here are a few pieces from my portfolio I’m particularly pleased with. I’ll talk some more about them in future posts. Let me know what you think, and feel free to say hi and tell me a little about you too :)
Athena © Janice Duke. Illustration of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. Personal work.
Artemis © Janice Duke. Illustration of the ancient Greek goddess Artemis. Personal work.
Hades © Janice Duke. Illustration of the ancient Greek god Hades. Personal work.
Daedalus © Janice Duke. Illustration of the ancient Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus. Personal work.
Sol Invictus © Janice Duke. Book cover art for Hawk Divine.
Welcome to Steemit! You nailed your introductory post! Loving your illustrations.
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Upvoted and Following you
Hi! Cheers! Also, thank you very much for the really helpful links :)
Very impressive!!!! Love the details in artworks. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Need more talented artists on Steemit. Just one thing. You need to update your links on your website to include your Steemit address;) .
Hey there :) Really glad you like my work. Feeling very welcome after my first two posts; impressed by the community here so far. Will definitely be sharing more.
Good point on the links. Done: https://janiceduke.wordpress.com/links/ Cheers!
Welcome to STEEMIT, Janice! Really beautiful illustrations, and you love cats, I'm in! :)
Hello there, Alex! Thank you, glad you like! And yes, yes I do :3
WOW! A fellow Scot to duel with in the #philosophy tag! Happy days are here again Janice ;) Welcome to Steemit! Anyone that mentions Wittgenstein in a post is an instant RS, but a Scot especially! :) Here is one of my Wittgenstein posts for you to consume. Enjoy your stay at Hotel Steemit, and if you need anything just shout "Oi @mindhunter! Get ower here noo!" :) Steem on!
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@mindhunter/the-evolution-of-ludwig-wittgenstein-s-elusive-politics
Thanks so much for the lovely welcome :) 'All philosophy looks to destroy its idols.' Oh, yes! I can tell we're going to get along fabulously :)
Wittgenstein: one of those wonderfully enigmatic geniuses. His lack of clearly defined politics makes a certain amount of sense from what I know of him. Dogma seemed anathema to him, in his later years especially; yet he also seemed to feel so strongly about personal duty. Not tied to being a leader or a follower, but passionately individual. I admire that. I really struggled to get my head around his work in my last year of uni, but the effort was profoundly worth it; an excellent system smasher.
I’m really enjoying the sense of community on Steemit so far, so I think I shall be making myself comfortable and may take you up on that shout offer. Have watched a couple of your videos and found them really helpful and will be looking out for more from you. Cheers :)
Ha ha! I loved that sentence Janice. Look how many I follow on Steemit ;)
Thank you for following my videos. If there's anything you'd like me to cover then please drop me a line anytime :) I'll leave you with another of my philosophical nuggets. Do drop me one of yours soon! @mindhunter
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@mindhunter/time-for-moral-philosophy-on-steemit-good-vs-bad-expectations-vs-reality-get-ready-to-be-plugged-into-the-matrix
Welcome! Yes! Someone who reads Nietzsche! Wicked. Followed for that reason!
Want to have your mind destroyed in wonderful ways? Read Nietzsche!
Thanks for the welcome :)
So awesome! I upvoted you. Welcome to steemit. You passed the gates of odin.
Thank you! :)
Welcome to Steemit Janice. Great artwork!! Following and upped your post. Will be looking forward to reading more of your posts. see you around. :)
Thank you! See you around :)
Good to see you get a warm welcome. I knew you're talents would be greatly appreciated here! :D
A very warm welcome! So glad you recommended this and pestered me to come here :) It's been years since I encountered a social media platform that was actually social! I'm a little overwhelmed (in a good way); so used to basically shouting into a kind of tornado that's equal parts popularity contest, spam, hate and apathy :P Will have to get organised to do some regular posting :)
Great artwork!! Welcome to Steemit!
Cheers! :)
Welcome to the steemit community! I suggest checking one of my friends' art marketplace; hope you find there interesting artworks >> http://www.my-webart.com/
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Hey, Janice! Welcome to the Steemit Community! I wish you a great time on the platform, hope you'll make many friends and I can't wait to see your content. I have followed your blog, you can check mine as well and if you like my content don't forget to drop a follow. Have a nice day & Steem on!
Absolutely stunning! Can't quite think of any other adjective that describes your artwork, you are truly a very gifted artist and I would certainly appreciate viewing more of it. My names is Chris and like you, I am also new to the Steemit community, hopefully, I've found my first friend here as I'm very much looking forward to seeing more from you in the near future :)
Hello Chris! Thank you and welcome :)
Welcome to Steem @janiceduke I have sent you a tip
Thank you!
Welcome to family :) Follow me back and I will surprised you on August 1 ;)
Welcome to Steemit @janiceduke!
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Welcome to this incredible platform, hope everything will work out for you. Being here it’s not easy but not difficult neither only an extra effort will go a long way, engagement is the key good luck I’m @tinashe Start by Following ,Upvoting &Resteeming people and they will do the same.
Check the contest for newbies-https://steemit.com/steemit/@tinashe/600-followers-feeling-the-love-milestone-contest-of-sbd-inside-post-follow-upvote-and-resteemWelcome Janice ^.^
Thanks Emely! :)
Welcome to steemit @janiceduke :)
I upvoted you and will follow, i want to see more of your drawings, they really nice!
Thanks Carlos, glad you like :)
Welcome to steemit community @janiceduke. You have amazing illustration
Thank you very much Cris :)
Welcome to Steemit Janice. I wish you the best of luck and look forward to seeing more of your artwork. I am from California, but live in Thailand and like to post about my travels around Asia.
Following you now
Hi Macky, thanks for the welcome. Glad you like my work. I hope you're enjoying your travels :)
Very nice illustrations, and welcome to steemit! I followed for more!
Thank you! Glad you like. Am admiring some of your work just now :)
Welcome to the Steemit community @janiceduke! You do some awesome stuff! I love Scotland! I've been there years ago, travelled all around the island and was in love with that country from the beginning. Perhaps I was a Highlander in a former live?! I'm also interested in art, music and performance, and my literary interests cover on the fiction side Tolkien and King but I mostly read books on self-empowerment, mind work, spirituality and health. I am very much looking forward to your contributions!
Steem on!
Holger
Hi Holger! There's something about Scotland, isn't there? It's a wonderful place to live and to travel - I am a particular fan of the west and north coast. Glad you like my work. Those are some very healthy interests you have. See you around :)
I'm a fan of Speyside, the highlands and the far north! CU and Stay Steemed!
Welcome aboard 😂 always happy to follow a fellow philosopher.
I'm looking forward to seeing your blogs.
Have a great time here
Hello! Thank you for the welcome. I shall post more soon!
Your illustrations are breathtaking! Welcome to Steemit. Following you now for sure, I am excited to see more!
Hi there. Thank you very much for the welcome and kind words! More soon :)
I'm a writer and I'm always in awe of illustrators!! Your work is amazing, I love it. Looking forward to reading your future posts :)
Hi Jen. Lovely to meet you. Glad you like my work! I reckon its easier to catch people's attention with a pretty picture than with even the most well crafted words (and a shame). Writers have it hard! One of the reasons I enjoy illustrating is being able to get people to pay attention to those well crafted words with a pretty picture. People seem to judge a book by its cover now more than ever!
Hey janice welcome to steemit my fellow artist! We met before and i added you a week ago. Awesome art. Hope you follow me too
Hello again, Errymil! Followed you back. Always like to keep an eye on my fellow artists :)
Thank you @janiceduke. Same here
Great work! Very impressive.
Welcome to steemit Janice
Thank you! :)
VERY impressive artwork! I'm new to this place to! Good luck in your endeavors!
Hi Tabby. Thank you :) Good luck to you as well!
Welcome to steemit. You are welcome to look at my post.
Welcome to Steemit
Cheers :)
Wow - Awesome work. I am also an artist and just joined stem. UpVoted @offgridlife
Thank you! Followed you back, fellow artist :)
Great talent! Welcome
Cheers! :)
Hello @janiceduke welcome to the family. A right step because you have joined in this great social network platform. I'm impatient to wait for your best posts as illustrator. I believe that we are all going to become a successful blogger with everything that we have. Free yourself to share everything good in here and lets earn money as much as we could. I have Followed you and please visit my page. I have some of my latest post there, hope could be an inspiration for you. Thankyou and lets get the success together ^^
Hello! Thanks :)
Hi Janice. We have various things in common. Welcome to steemit. Nice painting of Athena.
Hi. Thank you, glad you like. See you around :)
A big warm Steemit welcome goes out to you Janice :-D
Upvoted and High Pawed!
Flatrider
Purrrrr!
Cheers! :3
Hey Janice, welcome to Steemit! Loved the post. Looking forward to more content! Hope you have a good time here.
Hello! Thanks for the welcome. Will see what I can do! See you around :)
wow, awesome artwork, i like philosophy and dali is my favourite too, cant wait to see more of your work
you should join us in the esoteric chat, not sure if you been invited yet https://discord.gg/GNNwYGj
i haven't seen you on there yet
Hi. Thank you! I didn't even know there was chat. Will look into that ;)
Great work! Love the same artists and philosophers. Look forward to seeing more. Gw
Hi there. Cheers! Just having a look at some of your great work. Following you, my fellow artist, and looking forward to more from you too :)
Cheers Janice!!!
My pleasure.
JUST WOW!
Thanks! :D
It seems I'm not your only fan @janicejuke! :)
https://steemit.com/steemit/@gordoncole/i-love-them-scottish-girls-their-accent-helps-with-the-mood-saw-a-real-cute-one-today-called-janiceduke-real-peach-she-was
Hahaha!
Did you steem today Janice?? :)
What does it mean 'to steem'? I'm still getting used to the new lingo :)
'to steem' means to write articles, create vids, photos etc. and speak creatively from the soul :) i.e. Did you create a new post today?? :)
Ah! Yes :) https://steemit.com/art/@janiceduke/summer-solstice-thoughts
Am in the middle of a comment on something of yours as well ;)
OK, I'm away for a wee looko :) ....
P.S. This is the last oil painting artwork I did just a few weeks ago in Poland on holiday :)
https://steemit.com/art/@mindhunter/original-artwork-by-mindhunter-the-alternative-mona-lisa---oil-on-canvas---12x10---awaiting-framing--1497182069-246692
I like your illustration style a lot. I try to draw but I'm not as accomplished. Any how, welcome to SteemIt, you will find it's a much better alternative to other platforms. I'm still trying to get my friends to switch over. :D
Hey @janiceduke
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