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PROCESS VIDEO // hibiscus

Here’s the process video for my Hibiscus painting! This is a remake of an older work:Here’s some more information about this video:The process has been sped up by 300% - so 3 times the original speed.This painting took me about 3 hours and 15 minutes to make in total.I used the Macalabs HB Penci...

UPDATE // June Q&A session

Hello Flame members! This month's Q&A session is taking place a bit earlier in the month, because I am going on vacation in the second half of June. It will be taking place on Saturday, June 15th at 5PM CEST. That's coming Saturday! Visit this time zone converterto see what time that is in y...

EARLY ACCESS // hibiscus

I decided to do another remake! It’s been such a long time since I made the original painting back in 2009:I wanted to revisit it with this quick speedpainting to see how I would approach the colors and anatomy differently. My approach to drawing figures has changed a lot because I am much less af...

TUTORIAL // giving your digital art a traditional feel

New month, new tutorial! ✨ This one is on giving your digital art a traditional feel, and talks about the different qualities that traditional art has that we can channel into our digital work. It’s about how we can give our digital art charm, appeal and warmth and avoid common mistakes like ove...

MONTHLY CHALLENGE // value studies

This month we are ditching color and jumping into greyscale! We will be making value studiestogether. The goal is to block in the lighting gradually and learn more about how the highlights and shadows interact!Visit this linkto find all essential info about the challenge, including:an overview of th...

UPDATE // it's not gonna be may anymore

Summer is almost here! It's been a warm month, so I definitely feel like it's just around the corner. Here's a little review of how this month has gone for me: PLAYGROUNDS BERLINI had such an amazing time at Playgrounds Berlin! I really enjoyed being able to give my talk together with Ir...

RESOURCE // fish and aquatic creatures

Here's a little resource video about this month’s challenge! In this video, I do a quick review of the artwork posted in the discord, walk you through my process for creating the artwork for this challenge,and discuss common mistakes and tips for tackling studies like these in the future!I hop...

PROCESS VIDEO // fish tank

Here’s the full process video of my fish tank study! I didn't get to finish this one but I might do so at some point in the future. Some info about this process:It has been sped up by 200%, so 2 times the original speed.The painting took a little over an hour to make.I also made a resource vid...

PROCESS VIDEO // goldfish - phone recording

Here’s another process video of my goldifsh studies! This one was filmed with my phone. It's not the full process, but consists of some shorter snippets stitched together. Some info about this process:It has been sped up by 200%, so 2 times the original speed.The drawing took me around 2.5 hou...

PROCESS VIDEO // goldfish

Here’s the full process video of my goldifsh studies! Some info about this process:It has been sped up by 250%, so 2.5 times the original speed.The drawing took me around 2.5 hours to make.I also made a resource video about my process for creating these studies, which will be uploaded in a few min...

EARLY ACCESS // fish

This month’s challenge for flame members was on drawing fish and aquatic creatures! This is one of my favorite things to draw, and also happens to be compatible with those of you who participated in MerMay. I didn’t draw any mermaids this year but I had a lot of fun drawing these cute little cho...

UPDATE // I will be at Playgrounds Berlin!

Hello lovely patrons! I'm going to be at Playgrounds in Berlinthis weekend - packing my stuff to head over there as we speak! If you're gonna be there too, don't hesitate to come over and say hi! Here's my schedule so you know where I'll be ❤

PROCESS VIDEO // growth - phone video

Here is a process video of my growth paintingwhich I filmed with my phone! It’s not the full process, but just some shorter bits edited together.Some basic information about this process video:The process has been sped up by 200% - so 2 times the original speed.I’m mainly using the hard round br...

PROCESS // growth - part 3

Here is part 3 of the process for my growth painting!Part 1 is here, and part 2 is here.Some basic information about this process video:This is part 3 of 3 parts in total - so the final part of the process.The process has been sped up by 400% - so 4 times the original speed.This painting took me a t...

PROCESS // growth - part 2

Here is part 2 of the process for my growth painting! Part 1 is here.Some basic information about this process video:This is part 2 of 3 parts in total.The process has been sped up by 350% - so 3.5 times the original speed.This painting took me a total of 10 hours to make.At this stage, I mainly use...

PROCESS VIDEO // growth - part 1

I finally put together the process for my growth painting! I’m really pleased with this illustration - I feel like it brought together my ideas and stylistic choices in a way that feels unified and consistent. I really liked my original sketch and it was definitely challenging to make sure that my...

Q&A // May 2024

Here is a recording of today's Q&A session! Thanks so much to everyone who came to hang out wth me. Together with the sound of rain in the background, it was so cozy and such a lovely way to spend my evening! Some of the topics covered in this session are:Comments I've received on my work th...

REMINDER // Q&A session tomorrow

Hello flame members! This is just a friendly reminder that this month's Q&A session is tomorrow, at 5PM CEST. Visit this time zone converterto see what time that will be in your area!I hope some of you can make it, and as always, feel free to drop any questions you have into the #ask-loish chann...

EARLY ACCESS // growth

I finally got around to finishing this WIP that I had posted back in March! This was the one that appealed to me the most out of the series, and I think it stood out to most of you as well. I had so much fun making this painting - it felt like it came straight from the heart! I’m working on the pr...

UPDATE // backup payments

Hey lovely patrons! I know that in the past some of you have had issues with payments that get rejected. Sometimes you don't even find out until you notice that you're locked out of the content! Either way, it's super annoying and inconvenient. Patreon has introduced a new feature called...

EARLY ACCESS // random sketches

Here’s the latest update from my sketchbook! The first ones are some loosely referenced study and the No Girl was drawn during a meeting with my discord mods. Doodling while talking works really well for me, it’s always been a great way to draw more loosely and freely!

TUTORIAL // lighting as a design tool - subtitled

Here's the subtitled version of my tutorial on using lighting as a design tool. Be sure to read the description of the first video postfor more information about the tutorial, as well as a cheat sheet that summarizes a lot of the info from the video. Hope you enjoy it ❤

TUTORIAL // lighting as a design tool

The May tutorial is here! This one is about using lighting as a design tool. By that, I mean that you use lighting in a way that serves your own creative goals, rather than feeling like you have to capture it accurately! It's a more flexible approach that is all about letting go and just doing w...

UPDATE // May Q&A session

Hello hello! This month's Q&A session for flame members is taking place on Saturday, May 18th at 5pm CEST. Time for a weekend session once again! Visit this time zone converterto see what time that is in your area. As always, I'll be answering questions from the ⁠#ask-loishchannel and stre...

MONTHLY CHALLENGE // fish & aquatic creatures

It's May! Many of you are participating in the MerMay challenge, so this month's challenge is compatible with all things underwater and mermaids . This month we will be drawing fish and aquatic creaturestogether!Visit this linkto find all essential info about the challenge, including:an over...

UPDATE // it's gonna be...

...MAY!!! Long time patrons know that every April overview post will include this meme:Now that we got that out of the way, here's a short overview of how April has been for me! PLAYGROUNDS: THE ART DEPARTMENTLast year I wasn’t able to make it to Playgrounds: The Art Department in Eindhoven, b...

RESOURCE // drawing plants

PROCESS VIDEO // roses

Here’s the full process video of my rose painting, which I made for this month's challenge! It's a bit of a chaotic process in which I made multiple versions.Some info about this process:It has been sped up by 350%, so 3.5 times the original speed.The drawing took me around 4.5 hours to ma...

EARLY ACCESS // roses

NOTE: You may have received an e-mail about this post on Monday; what happened was that I tried to schedule this post and it ended up posting right away instead of going into the schedule queue! This is due to a glitch on Patreon's end. I deleted the post as soon as it went up, but many of you w...

Q&A // April 2024

Here is the recording of this month’s Q&A session! Thank you so much to everyone who showed up - it was such a nice time! When I was done, I went straight home to my bed and watched tiktoks with Obi next to me :)Some of the topics covered in this session are:Social media - planning posts and prior...