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Upcoming changes to my Patreon
Hey everyone!I hope you all had/have great winter holidays and a nice final days of 2025!A while ago I already wrote a post about my growing uncertainty about how to continue my Patreon. I've had some quiet quality time to reflect on a couple things during the holidays, including that matter.I&#...
The Electric Bazaar Zine
Hey dear Patrons!I’ve wanted to make an art book for ages, but in the spirit of making something with a little faster turnaround time, I turned some of my existing art into a Zine. The result: The Electric Bazaar Crazy Vending Machine Art Zine!I recorded my process while working on it, you can wat...
The Hearts: Playing Cards Making Of
Hey guys, I made a new video in the last couple days. As you know I've been working on my custom cards deck "Suits of Life" for the last ~1.5 years. Now I took some of the footage from along the way, and turned it into a making-of video. Here's an early sneak peek for you! Feedback w...
Why I haven't been posting on Patreon
Hey everyone,this is my first post on Patreon in months. I actually have a whole notebook full of post ideas, but I just never took the time to make, write, and publish them. So instead of finally forcing those out, I think it’s time to talk about the reasons for the silence.This one’s going to ...
The Democratizer
Hey everyone!First of all, sorry for not posting anything in here! Less time spent online, and some lovely spring weather caused a bit of a timeout for me.I have been making some art as well though, and I'm going to share it bit by bit in the upcoming weeks. We'll start with the very most co...
The Democratizer - PSD/high res files
Hey everyone,here's the premium addition to my latest walkthrough. You can download the files below :)Thanks & CheersStefan
Suits of Life: Tasty Treats
Hey guys,I'm back drawing playing cards for my Suits of Lifedeck! The next suit will be the Diamonds, and it's all about tasty treats. I love drawing food, especially the unhealthy ones 😅 so I'm having a lot of fun with these. So far I made the 2 and the 3:My goal for the colors of ev...
Nostalgia Refuge
Some new and unreleased art for you guys today!Serif, the team behind Affinity Designer, asked me if I could create an isometric artwork in the app. I've tested and used Affinity already a while ago, and it was cool to work with it again for another drawing.I thought it was a good opportunity to...
Making my first comic - Vlog #1
Hey friends!I just finished producing a little Vlog styled video about making my first ever comic for "Mirrored Dreams".I've tried a little different direction for this video, and I really liked it a lot! Less direct tutorial, more like just documenting and commenting my progress. I'...
Pen Tales Episode 3: Chester Holme
Hey everyone,episode 3 of Pen Taleswith Chester Holme is just out! Listen in if you'd like to learn more about Chester's work, illustration style and the two comics he contributed to Mirrored Dreams.I was particularly impressed by how he sees restrictions and limits as fuel for creativity. W...
Mirrored Dreams is live on Kickstarter!
Hey everyone!Mirrored Dreams is now live on Kickstarter!You’ll find all the info, available rewards and limited print offers on the page. Now it’s up to you - help us turn this book from a dream into reality!If you can’t or don’t want to use Kickstarter, we set up a Shopify shopwith alternat...
The Seed print & Kickstarter sneak peek
Hey guys,I'd like to reveal a new artwork for you that I just finished yesterday! It's a page from my comic the seedwhich will be part of the Mirrored Dreamsbook.I put a little extra effort into this page though, because this will also be a limited A3 size Risography print. We're going t...
Pen Tales Episode 2: with Dimi Pantazis
Hey guys, the second episode of Pen Tales is here: this time I had Dimi Pantazis as a guest, a greek comic artist with a really interesting background!The episode is on early access for you Patrons again, before it goes public in a couple days.I hope you don't mind the missing video from Dimi, h...
Pen Tales Episode 1
Hey friends,one of my goals for 2025 is building a stronger and more consistent artist brandaround my work and person online. This includes experimenting with new formats, Podcasts being one.Maybe some of you remember my announcement of the Pen TalesPodcast from September. I kept working in the back...
Electric Bazaar 5
Hey guys,I'd like to give you a sneak peek to a brand new artwork: the fifth part of my Electric Bazaarseries! And this one's going to become a part of the 6529 Meme Collection next week! I'm very proud to finally be a part of that art movement.Would you be interested in another post loo...
Huion Kamvas 22 Plus Review
Hello & Happy New Year everyone!If one of your New Year's resolutions is getting a new drawing display, you may want to check out my new video that I just finished! 😄 I wanted to give you early access, before I'll officially release it soon!Enjoy & CheersStefan
Jimbō-chō Bookshop, Part 2: Working out multiple light sources
As I recently finished the Jimbō-chō Bookshopartwork, here's a second process insights post focusing on colors and lighting tricks.Hey dear Patrons,as I recently finished the Jimbō-chō Bookshopartwork, here's a second process insights post. After explaining my approach to composition and...
Mirrored Dreams Cover Reveal
Hey everyone,I'd like to reveal the cover for the Mirrored Dreams booktoday! It's a co-production between my co-founder and friend Dominik Gümbel and me, and we had lots of fun making this :)We also have a release datefor the Kickstarter campaign: February 5, 2025! We're still working o...
Japan & Japan
Hi dear Patrons,it's been a while - unfortunately I've been having some health issues lately and needed to take things slower. Nothing serious, but being sick isn't really compatible with freelancing, and I want to change the habit of "just pulling through" with work as I've ...
Jimbō-chō Bookshop - Mixing Reference and Imagination
Hey everyone,I’ve just wrapped up the outlines for the scribbled scene I shared on Monday. Today, I’ll be sharing insights about the inspirations and decisions that shaped this new work.The ideaMy street scenes often begin with real-life references (like my Japan Daysseries that also inspired th...
A good old Art Update!
Hey everyone,I've got lots of new art to share with you - first of all, the scene for my client Chegg is colored (that's the image in the header). Next, I'm going to turn this room into three more day times: morning, evening and night. I'd like to break down my process and show you h...
Outlines, Outlines, Outlines
Hey guys,I continue to be busy with commission work, unfortunately lots of deadlines were squeezed into a short period of time. I took a couple slow weeks during summer and traveled a lot. Then I panicked a bit, thinking I wouldn't make enough money this year, and accepted too many offers at onc...
Fresh cards in the deck
Hey dear Patrons,I've been trying to find time here and there to work on my playing cards project. Not so easy lately, as work and life stress were both a bit up. But I think I made my favorite card so far, the Jack of Clubs:I once again went live when I colored this one, here's the stream: ...
Suits of Life Cards Update
Hey guys,I'm working on new Playing Cards, next up are the Clubs! And these will be Gaming themed, with a little focus on 90s gaming as that's what I grew up with :)Here's three finished ones (2, 3 and 8), and also a WIP for the Jack of Clubs:Here's the livestream recording if you...
Initial Clip Timelapse & Animation Insights
Hey guys,I've already shared my animation for Initial Clipwith you some weeks ago. Today I'd like to give you a deeper look behind the scenes, as it's been one of the most complex animations I ever made so far.First of all, there's a full length replayof the drawing part. Then I atta...
Plastober 2024 prompt list
Hey friends,saying hello from my summer holidays in Greece - plus I wanted to share this year's Plastober prompts with you! There's daily and weekly prompts again, everything is in the images of the post :)Also here's just a few thoughts on Inktober/Plastober and the creative community:I...
The Pen Tales Podcast is coming!
Hey everyone,a short one today, with a nice little announcement! It's been one of my "personal brand" mid term goals to start a Podcast at some point for a while now.I love listening to creative Podcasts, and there's lots of them already. I've been in doubt about adding another o...
"The Seed" pages 5-8, and a little general update!
Hey everyone,it's been a while - August started so stressful for me, with some unexpected work coming my way. I had the pleasure to make a cool animation for Google, can't wait to share it with you guys once I'm allowed to! It had a tough deadline though, so I couldn't write any upda...
"The Seed" Pages 1-4
Hey guys,I'm back from my trip to Austria, it's been so great to hike the mountains and enjoy the nature for a couple days! Now I'm directly diving into a very hot August, and I don't just mean the weather! 🥵 My todo-list has been filling up quite a lot, with some interesting offe...
Initial Clip Animation
Hey guys,I'm on the way to Austria right now, for some days off in the Alps. But before I check out, I wanted to share my latest commission work. 😉 I made this animation for the Initial Clipnetwork, they're going to add some nice JDM cars to it later on.This was a nice challenge, with so ...
