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TUTORIAL // creating interesting & flowy shapes

Here it is: this month’s tutorial! It’s about shape design, or more specifically, creating interesting and flowy shapes. Basically, it covers how I approach shapes, and how I use them to enhanc...

EARLY ACCESS // portrait sketches

One thing that I’ve kind of missed doing lately was some quick stylized portraits. I’ve been doing a lot of studies lately, but I kind of lost my flow when it comes to rougher portraits in my o...

EARLY ACCESS // forest

It’s been a while since I’ve drawn a scene that isn’t a photo study! The first leaves of spring are starting to appear here, so I felt an urge to draw a lush, dense, green setting. And of cou...

UPDATE // video issues solved!

Hey patrons! Just a quick update about the vimeo problems I posted about earlier this week. I knew tha...

EARLY ACCESS // anatomy sketches

More sketchbook stuff! This time some pose and anatomy studies, as always using the amazing Senshistock as a reference...

EARLY ACCESS // breeze

Finally got around to finishing this cloud painting I’ve been working on for a while! My aim with this o...

UPDATE // problems with Vimeo

Hey lovely patrons! I have some frustrating news. Today I received an e-mail from Vimeo saying that I have to upgrade to a $3500/year plan or find a different place to post my videos within 7 days,...

EARLY ACCESS // sketchbook session

It’s been really sunny weather here lately, even warm enough to spend the afternoon in the backyard! So I sat down to have a drawing session in the sun for the first time this year. I missed thes...

EARLY ACCESS // poppies

Finally got around to finishing the WIP I posted last month! It’s heavily inspired by the art of Leyende...

EARLY ACCESS // head studies

Diving back into Procreate for this one! I love using textured brushes with this app, so here are some head studies with some nice, gritty, traditional-feeling brushes. They are mostly Maxpacks bru...

WIP // March WIPs

Hey lovely patrons! Just like in January, I’ve been working on some rough setups for some digital paintings that I hope to finalize soon! I’ve been wanting to make an icy environment piece and ...

UPDATE // March is around the corner

The shortest month of the year is almost over! Here's a little review of how this month has gone for me:

FOCUS ON ARCHITECTURE

Drawing buildings and architecture has al...

TUTORIAL // Finalizing a painting without over-rendering

It’s time for this month’s tutorial! It’s on finalizing a painting without over-rendering it. This is something many of you have requested, and it’s a very common struggle for any digital a...

WIP // poppies

Here’s the current state of a painting I’m working on right now! It’s heavily inspired by one of my favorite artists, J.C Leyendecker. I just felt his urge to channel the aesthetic of his art...

EARLY ACCESS // more buildings!

More building sketches, this time in Photoshop, which instantly felt more natural and intuitive to me than drawing in Procreate. One of these is based on a town in the South of France, taken by me:...

EARLY ACCESS // whisper

Here’s a new digital painting that I created pretty spontaneously! I was working on other stuff and had a sudden idea for a sketch, so I started sketching it out on my laptop with my intuos pro. ...

PROCESS VIDEO // abundance, part 3

Here's part 3 of the process for abundance! Part 1 is 2022-02-11 09:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post

PROCESS VIDEO // abundance, part 2

Here's part 2 of the process for abundance! Part 1 is 2022-02-11 09:24:03 +0000 UTC View Post

PROCESS VIDEO // abundance, part 1

Here’s the process video for the Abundance painting I made last year! This is how the painting turned out:

2022-02-11 09:20:25 +0000 UTC View Post

PROCESS VIDEO // procreate buildings

I threw together a quick video with the exported timelapses from my recent sketch sessions! Hope it's helpful in some way.

Here are the reference images in order of appearance in the process ...

EARLY ACCESS // more buildings in procreate

Back to drawing buildings in Procreate! Still struggling to make them expressive and dynamic. These studies are based on a picture I took in Annecy:

2022-02-07 11:24:56 +0000 UTC View Post

EARLY ACCESS // buildings in procreate

Drew these sketches to try and tackle two of my biggest art frustrations! The first of which is my (in)ability to draw buildings. I have a really hard time capturing the detail, perspective, and se...

UPDATE // first month of 2022 down!

We're already on the last day of January! Here's a little overview of how this month has gone for me:

SETTING NEW GOALS

It’s the start of a new year! In 2021, I finis...

WIPS // winter painting ideas

I was out of ideas for new digital paintings, so I sat down to conceptualize a few new ones! I like to sit down and brainstorm a few different ones in one sitting, so that I have them on hand to fi...

EARLY ACCESS // tree studies

Here are some studies that match the topic of this month’s tutorial! Here in the Netherlands, we have a tree called a “knotwilg” which literally means “knot willow.” It’s a kind of will...

TUTORIAL // stylizing trees & plants

Happy Monday everyone! It’s time for the monthly tutorial! This one is on drawing stylized plants & trees, and the main reason I chose this topic was because it touches on a few other subject...

PROCESS VIDEO // red robin

Here’s the process for the Red Robin drawing that I made earlier this month! It was a fairly short ...

EARLY ACCESS // winter landscapes

Sat down to do some quick landscape studies! I’ve really been enjoying the winter this year. I usually dread it because I always feel cold and depressed in the winter time, but lately I’ve been...

EARLY ACCESS // stone portraits

I wanted to try some portrait studies where I took the color / surface texture of an iridescent stone, and applied this treatment to a face. The left one is inspired by reference photos of moonston...

EARLY ACCESS // red

My first drawing of 2022! Gotta get back into it after taking a few weeks off for the holidays and doing a bunch of boring tasks that I needed to get out of the way. Here’s a very red drawing, tr...