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Base Colours for new illustration & Leigh concepts
Hello friends!I spent today colouring sketches of my character Leigh, as well as putting down the base colours for the illustration I'm currently working on. I decided to go with pistacchio and matcha for the ice cream!Btw, Germany will go into a partial lockdown again on Monday, so I'm ment...
Children Part III Sketch
Hello friends!I hope you're doing well. I just finished this sketch for the third part in my little series. I'm looking forward to painting the cherry tree choosing flavours for the ice cream. Which one is your favourite? I personally love matcha.
Girls Sketches in Colour
Hello friends!I've been doodling some girls over the last couple of days and coloured them today. It's nothing complex, but I'll include the PSD file with the next round of rewards. I hope you like them!
Seaside Town prints are here!
Hello friends!I'm just dropping in to let you know that the prints for Seaside Town I - III are available now and until 2 November, 10 AM EST in the store. For more info about the prints, shipping and the release schedule for upcoming prints, check out the listing and faq page.And don't forg...
Alleyway - Concept
Hello friends!This is the second concept I threw together today. It's another scene I've had floating around in my head for a while. The textures are extremely rough and not well blended, the cat is looking extremely wonky, but at least the idea and lighting are there.I think I've never ...
Giant Torii Gate - Concept
Hello friends!I've created another one of these quick photobash concepts. Also a scene that I've had in mind for a while.I know that some of you have said that you'd like to the the process for these. But to be honest, when I try to record it, it takes me out of the flow, I get worried a...
Overgrown Tokyo - Concept
Hello friends!This is a little (or a lot) different from what I usually do.I dusted off my rusty photobashing skills to cobble together this scene. With detailed pictures like this I find it hard to bring it together simply by drawing it out. But using photo elements was extremely helpful. I might d...
Leigh's Tree House - Concept Sketch
Hello friends!I've been wanting to sketch this out forever, and it's nice to finally get it out! It's part of my personal project Phantasma. And this is Leigh's tree house.I created a weird photobash collage first to capture the giant tree I envisioned and then I drew the line sketch...
New Illustration - Early Access
This is part II of the little series I'm working on at the moment. I hope you like it!The colours came together pretty quickly because I was able to refer to the first piece. Working in these mini series is a lot of fun and allows me to explore the same characters and story a bit more. And it al...
New work in progress!
Hello friends!You're the first to see the new illustration I'm working on. It's part two to the other one I just posted. I made good progress with the colours today. I managed to nail the whole scheme down within a few hours today. Yay! I hope you like it so far.Have a wonderful day/nigh...
Children's Day - Early Access
Hello friends!I just finished this piece and I decided to keep the shading rather simple. I already liked a lot of what was going on in the base colour stage. I just brought in more threedimensionality and bumped up the overall contrast and saturation. I don't think I need to force myself to ren...
Children's Day - Work in Progress
Hello friends!I hope you're doing well. I know that it is fall season, but I just wanted to paint something fresh with lots of pastel colours. So this new piece is inspired by Children's Day in Japan that features lots of these Koi streamers (koinobori). I think it's safe to say that thi...
Patreon-only livestream on Thursday
Hello friends! When? Thursday, 1 Oct, 7 PM Berlin timeWhere? https://youtu.be/9esJbEly6p4It's time for our monthly Patreon livestream! Unfortunately, Chantal won't be joining us becausr she suspended her Patreon for now and is taking a break from art. I should probably edit the banner at som...
More faces!
Hello friends!Thank you all so much for the positive response yesterday. They encouraged me to keep going into this direction and I sat down today to draw some more characters and expressions. These are Hope and Leigh from my Phantasma project. I think this looser style allows me to be a lot more sp...
Ramblings and experiments
Hello friends!On this gloomy autumn day I'm continuing my ramblings from earlier this month. I guess I'm experiencing what some people might call art block, but I'm just perceiving it as general frustration and "What is this crap, why is nothing working??" It's not like I don...
I abandoned my painting and started something new
Hello friends! I've been in a bit of a funk lately since I wasn't really feeling that last painting I started (the one with the little boy, the shiba and the old lady) and after long consideration, decided to scrap it. I would still love to return to that theme and make a series out of it, b...
Victorian Houses
Hello friends! I hope you're well. I've been having more fun working in Procreate!And since I've been wanting to paint an illustration featuring a Victorian house for quite some time, I figured I'd do a couple of studies first to figure out the shapes and all that. And then I'm g...
Lightbox Expo Livestreams!
Hello friends!LBX Online is here and I'm doing two livestreams for it. The first one starts very soon. In two hours. 😂"Going Independent: Making a Living off of Personal Art" in collaboration with my pals Chantal, Lorena and Kim. 11 September, 6 PM Berlin link: https://t.co/LmAJ9XvVCM...
Shirakawa-go drawing
Hello friends! I just did another digital "pencil drawing" and oh my god, they're so much fun! I also really love studying real places. So this is a sketch of Shirakawa-go, Japan. It has these beautiful traditional houses and such a peaceful vibe.I'd love to visit one day and see it ...
Some rambling
Hello friends! Today is the day when it finally clicked and I realised that I do like using Procreate. I've always avoided it since I feel more comfortable in Photoshop - especially for finished work. Buuut turns out that sketching feels super nice on the iPad. I tweaked one of the pencil brushe...
August Reward
I just sent out last month's reward via private message. I actually made it happen and finished three illustrations in August!! Despite the heat and weirdness of the world. I hope you like how they turned out.And as always, the bundle includes the layered PSD, some step-by-step images, brushes, ...
Work in progress - Base colours
Hello friends! I'm a little bit tired today, so I don't have a lot to say. But I'm just continuing to work on this new mini series. Lots of fun to explore the story and surroundings from different angles! Here is the sketch:
Patreon-Exclusive Livestream on Thursday
The gang is back together to do another one of these! When? Thursday, 3 September, 7 PM Berlin timeWhere? https://youtu.be/VGWx-CkAc2sWho? Lorena Lammer, Chantal Horeis, Kim Myatt and I _______________We don't have a fixed topic yet, so if you have suggestions, specific questions, artwork that y...
New Artwork - Early Access ✨
Hello friends, how are you doing? I just finished a new painting (which puts me at 3 this month, yay) and I must say I loved working on it so much! I went absolutely crazy with all the details but they didn't feel like a chore at all. I painted everything as lovingly as I could. The scene is hea...
Seaside Town I - III
Hello friends! I just finished the third illustration in this mini series and I absolutely LOVED working on it! I already have ideas for more and I'm excited to get started on those.I hope you like it. 💛
Seaside Town II
Hello friends!I finished a new illustration this morning. It's the second in the series that I'm currently working on that includes the same character, setting and colour scheme (roughly). The third installment will be a bit more of a close-up of the girl. Working this way is a lot of fun an...
Livestream on Thursday
When? - Thursday, 6 August, 7 PM Berlin timeWhere?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GDpq0CEtrU (please don't share this link anywhere since it's Patreon-only)______Hello friends! The "art gang" (Lorena Lammer, Chantal Horeis, Kim Myatt and I) have decided to pick up where we left of...
July Reward
I just sent out last month's reward via private message. In July, I managed to finish two illustrations: Lost Within and Seaside I. I'm hoping to increase my productivity a bit in the months to come because I have so many paintings planned!And as always, the bundle includes the layered PSD, ...
Seaside Town I
Hello friends!It's been 10 days since I posted the sketch for this one and I really took my time with it. I had too much fun rendering all those little details! I also ended up bringing in a lot more colour than I had originally planned. This was the basic palette I started out with: I like it ...
Seaside Town - Sketch
Hello friends!I just completed the sketch for a new piece. It's the first one in a mini series of three illustrations that explore different aspects of this same theme/setting and character. I really enjoy seeing small collections of paintings or photos on Twitter that all go together. So that&#...
