Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Illustrations of 2021

 Oh look, another year has flown by. 😆

Only 9 personal paintings this year.
All of the paintings are  4 x 6 inches (10 x 15cm), or smaller.

Materials used: black micron pens (003, 005, 01), black and white waterproof inks, as well as white crayons and salt for some final touches and texture effects.



 

A variety of prints and other items are now available at my shops below.

 
Originals will be available through my Etsy shop.

Thank you so much for looking and till next time!

P.S. My previous series {is here}.


Sunday, November 8, 2020

Artober 2020

Hello,

It's almost been a year since my last blog post, but let's not dwell on that.

In an effort to escape the unpleasant realities of 2020 I decided partake in another Inktober type challenge.

I did not follow the official Inktober daily prompts, but I did take inspiration from Emily Hare's #Strangetober challenge, Maria Dimova's #ImageOfMaiden challenge and various fantasy themes in general.

In order to make work manageable for my schedule, I again worked small. All of the paintings are  4 x 6 inches (10 x 15cm), or smaller.

As is now my personal tradition, I used black micron pens (003, 005, 01), black and white waterproof inks, as well as white crayons and salt for some final touches and texture effects.


In total, I made 30 pieces and used day 31 to rest. View the images bigger by clicking through below. 

 

Day 1


Day 2

Day 3
 
Day 4

 

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8
Day 9



Day 10

Day 11
 
Day 12

Day 13

 

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17
 

Day 18
 

Day 19
 

Day 20

Day 21

Day 22

Day 23

Day 24
 
Day 25

Day 26

Day 27
 
Day 28

Day 29

Day 30
 

A variety of prints and other items are now available at my shops below.

Originals are available through my Etsy shop.

Thank you so much for looking and till next time!

P.S. My previous Inktober series {is here}.

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Happy Holidays & Season's Greetings

Happy December!

Today, I present to you my 2019 holiday art designs.



I was inspired by folk art and cut-out paper snowflakes that I often see around the holidays.



I completed most of the design work in Adobe Illustrator and then added the finishing touches of digital foil effects in Photoshop.


I ended up printing my postcards with Moo and using their gold foil customization option. I printed 5 different colour versions and was very happy with the results!

(In the version I sent in for print, I did not have the digital foil effect on the tree)




If you'd like to try printing with Moo, you can get 20% off your first order with this {referral link}.


Prints are merchandise are available through my online shops below:


Happy Holidays!



Resource Credits

Typeface: "Amazinga": https://creativemarket.com/ianmikraz/66045-Amazinga-Typeface
Textures:
Foil & Glitter Texture: https://creativemarket.com/Imagearea/1662530-Foil-Glitter-Texture
Gold Foil Textures, Gold Backgrounds: https://creativemarket.com/PaperElement/194964-Gold-Foil-Textures-Gold-Backgrounds