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EARLY ACCESS // baobabs

Speedpaint of a landscape with baobab trees. I just love how chunky these trees look so I had to try and capture them! 

PROCESS VIDEO // forest in watercolor

The second process video in watercolor! Again, had to edit out some parts because my head dipped in, but for the most part the full process is on there. I sped it up 2x, and you can adjust the spee...

PROCESS VIDEO // mushrooms in watercolor

I filmed the process for two of the watercolor pieces I did: the mushrooms and the forest sketch! Had to edit out some parts because my head dipped in, but for the most part the full process is on ...

BRUSHTOBER // first attept at acrylics

I sat down to try acrylics this week for Brushtober and it was just awful, haha. After two weeks of using watercolor type paints, I found acrylics to be super blobby and difficult to manage. I used...

BRUSHTOBER // watercolor final pieces

I spent this weekend trying  out watercolors for week 3 of brushtober! The theme was nature in autumn so of course I had to paint a forest and some mushrooms :) I filmed the full process for t...

TUTORIAL VIDEO // my workflow in procreate

Here it is guys, the long-awaited procreate tutorial! I filmed it in 4K quality, for those of you who have 4K screens and wanna see the iPad screen in max detail! Just press on the gear button to a...

EARLY ACCESS // dog studies

I saw a photo of this dog breed called a cane corso, and I was really captivated by the fur. Something about the inky dark fur with these glossy highlights made it look like a living drawing! Also,...

EARLY ACCESS // brushtober week 2

My final drawings for week 2 of brushtober! I did the sunset piece first and I really fought with the drawing. I just couldn't make it work. But then when I did the swirly one, it finally 'clicked'...

BRUSHTOBER // self portrait

Diving deeper into the ink wash & ecoline for #brushtober! I found a box of ecoline inks from my art school years and discovered that they still work after 15 years, so I used some of them for ...

UPDATE // social media talk later today

Hey lovely patrons, just a quick post to let you guys know that I'm going to do a lecture on social media for Playgrounds today! I know a lot of you have questions about using social media, so tune...

PROCESS VIDEO // generating ideas in procreate, part 2

Here’s part 2 of the thumbnailing process for my procreate commission! You can find part 1 here. Hope you find it useful! I’m making a procreate tutorial this month, so if you have any question...

PROCESS VIDEO // generating ideas in procreate, part 1

Here’s a new type of video for you guys! It’s my first time making one of these so I’d love to hear your feedback. Basically I filmed the thumbnailing process of my 2020-10-07 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

BRUSHTOBER // yellow

It’s week two of #brushtober so I’m diving into ink wash and ecoline! For me it’s basically a transitional phase between inktober and full-on painting, a way to dip my toes into the painting ...

BRUSHTOBER // week 1 - gouache & acrylic

Week one of my #brushtober challenge is complete! Over the weekend I tested out gouache and acrylic, and I’m not gonna lie, it was rough. A part of me regrets taking on this challenge because I h...

BRUSHTOBER // week 1 - ecoline & watercolor

I started on Brushtober! This week is just to experiment and play around with the paint and paper. I started by playing around with ecoline ink and watercolor, just testing out the paints and seein...

UPDATE // october is almost here!

It's almost time for the month of drawing challenges! October is one of my favorite months of the year, because I love the autumn and also it's my birthday on the 11th! Bring it on ~ but first I go...

UPDATE // brushtober

I've gotten a lot of questions from you guys about whether I'll be doing Inktober, so I wanted to address that in a post! I won't be doing Inktober this time around because I want to try something ...

EARLY ACCESS // twist

I posted the WIP of this at the beginning of last month, and a lot of you said that they would like to ...

PROCESS VIDEO // underwater sketch 03

One more process video for you guys this month! This one is of another one of the underwater hair sketches 2020-09-28 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

ARTWORK // procreate commission

Someone pointed out that they'd like to see the procreate commission as an image post so they can check out the details, so here's a quick update for you guys! 

STEP BY STEP // procreate commission

Here’s a little step-by-step walkthrough of my recent procreate commission! (I also just posted the process video in a separate post, watch it here: 2020-09-23 14:18:54 +0000 UTC View Post

PROCESS VIDEO // procreate commission

Some of you may have spotted the commission I did for Procreate! They posted this drawing last week to announce the new ...

EARLY ACCESS // skintone studies

I’ve always been a huge fan of the art of J.C Leyendecker, especially how he gets a sculpted look to the faces and how he did the skintones. So I did some loose studies, trying to capture a simil...

PROCESS VIDEO // underwater sketch 02

 Here’s the process video for one of the underwater sketches I posted earlier this month! As usual...

Lightbox Expo 2020 // talks & videos

Some of you may know that Lightbox Expo online was last weekend! It was so fun, I saw some familiar faces in the chatrooms - thanks everyone who joined! For those of you who missed it, the streams ...

EARLY ACCESS // fold studies

I wanted to do some character sketches to explore folds in clothing! I love loose, baggy clothing - not only is it comfy but I always thought it looked great. Some of these are referenced and some ...

EARLY ACCESS // underwater studies

I had some time to sit down and sketch, so I did some more underwater hair studies! I just love the floaty ethereal look that this gives. I filmed some of the process, I’ll put together a video s...

TUTORIAL VIDEO // simple tricks for lighting & mood

It’s time for this month’s tutorial, and this one is on simple tricks for lighting and mood! Basically I’ll show you guys how I add lighting to my art when I’ve already picked the base colo...

PROCESS VIDEO // mountain

Here's the process video for my mountain speedpaint! 

As always:  It’s real-time, and t...

EARLY ACCESS // late summer clouds

Hey patrons! Thanks everyone who is sticking around for this month or who just joined :) 

Here's a new drawing! This was meant to be a speedpaint based on a photo ref I took, but ended u...