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

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Halloween Cosplay - Aja Tarron

Hi,

Unfortunately, I've not had much time to do any painting, but I did get a chance to be a little creative recently testing out this year's Halloween costume.

I've decided to go as Aja Tarron (in her human form disguise) from the animated series 3Below.

Watching the show was fun and I really liked her outfit so I decided to go for a little cosplay after coming across a similar plaid shirt-dress at a store. I've also wanted a pair of red Converse high tops for a while, so I finally bought those.
I already had a white wig, so I styled and trimmed it to try and match match her bun up-do.
I decided not to get blue contact lenses because I wasn't sure they'd arrive in time and I was worried about them irritating my eyes, so I just made my eyes blue in Photoshop. I also gave the eyes a little (+35%) enlargement in Photoshop, and made some softening adjustments to my facial features to to match the character more.
I wasn't sure how to tackle making my eyebrows white and tried to achieve the effect with foundation and concealer, but that didn't make them light enough. I'll have to watch some tutorials and try something new next time. Though, I do personally prefer for the eyebrows to be a little darker than the hair.

Till next time Internet, and hope you have a lively Halloween!

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Happy Holly Jays!

Evening guys,

Today, I'm stocked to share my 2018 holiday cards!
Happy Holly Jay!







- The painting was completed with drawing inks, watercolor, gouache, and micron pens on vellum bristol paper.
- Size is approximately 7 x 10 inches (17.8cm x 25.4cm) in size.



Prints, cards, and more are available on:



Have a happy holiday season and season's greetings to all!