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PROCESS VIDEO // molten - part 1

I finally managed to finish the full process of the volcano piece! It was about 12 and a half hours of total painting time, so I split it into three parts. It’s sped up to 300%, because it’s ju...

EARLY ACCESS // Molten - updated

Hey guys! I did a little more work on the Molten piece, and changed the texture of the rocks a little bit. Here is the final, final, REALLY FOR REAL final version! Haha. Thre's also a close-up and ...

PROCESS VIDEO // head studies

A lot of you asked, so here you go ~ the process video for my heads studies from a few weeks ago! It was a bit longer than my usual sketching session so I sped it up 2x. You can slow it down to see...

June is almost over!

The end of the month is already here! I feel like time is flying by so fast in these corona times, it's just so weird. Do you guys have that too?

I really appreciate all of your support this ...

EARLY ACCESS // character sketches

Here are some character sketches I made on my iPad! My backyard has been a great chill spot so I’ve been doodling on the iPad a little more, so that I have an excuse to hang out there :) I was ju...

STEP BY STEP // wave sketch

Here’s a quick step-by-step showing how I made one of the wave studies from the previous post. The main thing I want to show with this is that the overall shape and movement is the most important...

EARLY ACCESS // wave studies

In preparation for a digital painting that I want to start working on soon, I wanted to do some quick wave studies! These were so fun to make. Step-by-step coming up in a separate post!

EARLY ACCESS // ultramarine

Finally finished a WIP that I started back in February! I imported the PSD file onto my iPad and finishe...

EARLY ACCESS // yellow sketches

Some doodles and explorations off of the top of my head! I wanted to explore a yellow / golden color scheme on a few different characters. I did the first part in photoshop and finished rendering i...

POLL // next tutorial video!

Hey guys! I really enjoyed making that last tutorial video and I'm looking forward to making another one! If you haven't seen it yet, 2020-06-18 19:49:57 +0000 UTC View Post

TUTORIAL VIDEO // constructing a pose

Here it is: my first tutorial video! It was intended as a mini-tutorial but I was shocked to find that it was 50 minutes long when I was finished editing it! So I guess that just makes this a prope...

EARLY ACCESS // head studies

Here are some head studies based on stock photos from sketchdaily! I was trying out a more angular approach on the facial features, so that they feel more 3-dimensional. I tend to soften the featur...

PROCESS VIDEO // volcano thumbnails

Here’s another real-time process video, this time for the thumbnails of my recent volcano piece! Again,...

EARLY ACCESS // chicken & hare

Some more animals from the sketchbook! Honestly I found the chickens the most fun to draw! They are so round and fluffy! I hope to own some one day, when I have a larger backyard. Hope you like the...

PROCESS VIDEO // deer studies

I had hoped to post this a lot earlier, but for some reason my computer was having a really rough time rendering this process video! You guys voted for more real-time drawing videos and as a result...

EARLY ACCESS // lion, guinea fowl & kudu

As promised, some of my recent sketches from my sketchbook! I basically went back to some older sketches that I had made during a visit to the zoo, and revisited some of them, adding more definitio...

EARLY ACCESS // molten

Hey everyone! Apologies for fewer posts this week. It’s been chaotic with world events and news of my grandparents falling ill. I have a lot of sketches from my sketchbook to share, but I just ne...

UPDATE // May is over!

Can you believe it? Another month has passed! I feel like time passes a lot quicker in these coronavirus times. Thanks so much for your support in helping me create paintings, sketches and studies ...

STEP BY STEP // drawing objects with brush and lasso

After posting the rock and plant studies, I got a lot of questions about my process for them so I decided to put together a little step-by-step! 

Using these steps really sped up my proc...

POLL // mini-tutorial topic

Hey guys! I'm all out of sketchbooks to make tours of and ready to make some new monthly video content. You guys overwhelmingly voted for mini-tutorials, so this is what I will make! What topic wou...

SKETCHBOOK TOUR // 2005-2007 sketchbook

Wow, I can’t believe I already completed the very last sketchbook tour!! Here’s the tour of my oldest sketchbook, from 2005-2007. It’s really different from my other sketchbooks and I feel li...

EARLY ACCESS // plant studies

My world feels like a tiny little bubble lately with this quarantine lifestyle! I’ve been spending a lot of time hanging out in my backyard, and thus came the inspiration to draw some of the plan...

EARLY ACCESS // Candy Cane Laine & No Girl

 Can’t believe I never drew these two together, they are basically like sisters in their look and style! Here’s a drawing of Candy Cane Laine and No Girl, two random characters I’ve been...

EARLY ACCESS // rock studies

Did some rock studies today! I feel like the visual language of rocks and mountains is the complete opposite of characters. Where I strive for curved, organic lines with characters, these kinds of ...

WIP // volcano

A while back I posted some different thumbnails for a painting with a vulcanic / sulfur rock theme! I got...

EARLY ACCESS // elephant shrew

I once again asked my boyfriend what animal I should draw and he suggested the elephant shrew because of it’s weird little nose. Here’s my attempt at drawing them! Weirdly enough I find round a...

EARLY ACCESS // maned wolf sketches

More animal sketches! I was taking requests from my boyfriend and the first thing he said was “that weird dog with super long legs.” We figured out what the official name was - turned out it’...

EARLY ACCESS // call me by your name sketches

Last week I watched the movie Call Me By Your Name (mainly because the amazing Sufjan Stevens wrote the soundtrack) and I really liked it, especially Timothee Chalamet’s acting. So I drew some sk...

UPDATE // video speed controls

Hey guys! Thanks so much for your feedback on my poll about video speed. I got a mix of different responses and suddenly thought of a solution: upgrading my Vimeo account so that you guys get speed...

POLL // process video speed

Yesterday I posted both a sped-up and normal speed video for my sketching process of the wolves! I usually post faster timelapses, but was getting more and more requests for videos that weren’t s...