some more sketches I did in the last few weeks, thinking about style and process. I really like the sketchy style I've been trying out, but I struggle applying that to finished images because my brain goes 'oh we're not sketching any more, time to get super perfectionist' so I lose the looseness. but practice makes progress! 😮 I definitely feel like I have no idea what I'm doing with my art anymore but it's all kind of exciting 😏 it's funny to think about how much time I spent last year developing my painting style and now I'm like hahaha never mind. oh the thrilling life I lead!✨
prepare for an onslaught of scrappy sketch pages! I've been writing a script for a graphic novel and thinking about the art style I'd like to use for it. the story is probably going to be super long and so, because I don't want to spend a decade on it, it will probably end up being something sketchy and black and white 😄 all this feels really alien and new to me, but I feel more energised to create than I have in literally years which is so exciting and I'm so grateful for it 👏✨⁠ ⁠ #sketchbookpage #sketches #digitalsketches #digitalsketching #digitaldrawing #comicdrawing #characterdesign #artpractice #drawingpractice
and now he's orange. I prefer it black and white I think but it's nice to have the option for colour as well 🌈 #illustratorsoninstagram #art_gallery #supportartists #drawingoftheday #createeveryday #illustrationartists
this month I'm doing camp nanowrimo which is a month long writing challenge, and I'm aiming to fast draft a story that I've been trying to write for, no exaggeration, almost ten years? I was about 16 when I came up with the characters and I'm now 24 and I'm finally doing it. procrastination is no joke hehe. but I don't think it's a bad thing, I feel like I needed to learn a lot of different things before I was finally able to tell it the way it needs to be told. one day I hope it will (nay, it will!) become a graphic novel (or comic, or visual novel) and this is a possible drawing style for that 😌⁠ #illustrators #carveouttimeforart #illustrationgram #illustragram #artsharing #illustratorsoninstagram #art_gallery #supportartists #createeveryday #illustrationartists⁠ ⁠
this is a new art style I'm playing with, I also tried shading it and adding colour so I'll post those versions over the next few days. I don't know what you think but I like this so much more than most of the art I've made this year ahaha and it only took like an hour ✨
some quick and dirty Ghibli landscape studies for fun 😄 #traditionalpaint #apaintingaday #paintingaday #illustrationaday #landscapepaintings #landscapeartist #ghibliart #ghiblifanart
this is the closest I have ever gotten to a digital painting process I’m happy with yahoooo!✨🧿 I’ve been doing a lotto studies from other artists and breaking down their artwork, experimenting with everything from line quality to colour palettes to hair shapes, in an attempt to get myself out of my comfort zone and open myself up to new ways of working. I’m not settled yet but I think it’s starting to pay off! 💖
I painted this godforsaken hand three times today, once in oils, once in gouache and then digitally 😪 and I’m finally happy!! I am in such a ‘burn it all down and rise like a pheonix from the ashes’ phase with my art right now, if that makes sense 😂 I feel sorry for you following me because my posts will be a jumble of madness for a while I think! enjoy!! 💖
I painted this few weeks ago, I just really wanted to paint an alien abduction 😌 #originalartworks #paintinginprogress #happyartistmovement #womenwhopaint #livewithart #partsofpaintings #paintingtime #ilovepainting #artaday #oilpaintingart #oilpaintingartist #watermixableoils #magicalart ⁠ ⁠
anddd this is what I ended up with! the buildings in her hands are a mess and obviously it's missing a background, but I decided to let it go for now. I played more with lighting in this one and I'm really happy with how that turned out 😇 I'm excited to see what I can do with this working process next 👀  #originalartworks #paintinginprogress #happyartistmovement #womenwhopaint #livewithart #partsofpaintings #paintingtime #ilovepainting #artaday
this is attempt the second at experimenting with a new mish mash style. I learnt from the last one I really love when the sketchy painterly lines stay into the finished product so I'll be doing the same thing for this one! 💗
okay this is what I ended up with! it's not finished but I decided to stop here because I kinda liked it as is. I've been taking inspiration from artists that use a much looser and sketchier style, owning the fact that their paintings are unfinished or not fully rendered. I think that's the direction I want to go in. I always prefer my paintings when they aren't finished anyway 😅 I guess it's about focussing on what really matters and what I really enjoy (storytelling, characters, landscape painting, colours) and letting the rest be what it is 😌  #paintingtime #ilovepainting #artaday #oilpaintingart #oilpaintingartist #watermixableoils #magicalart #whimsicalart #fantasyartwork #narrativeart #storyart #characterdesigns #traditionalpaint #apaintingaday #paintingaday #illustrationaday #illustrators #carveouttimeforart #dailypainting #illustrationgram #illustragram #paintingprocess #artsharing #traditionalpainting #lovepainting #illustration_best #lovetopaint #painteveryday