Hello hello,
Tis time for another Daily Doodle batch!
I'm not doing too bad with these so far this year!
I missed a few days this month, particularly last week, obviously, but overall, I'm keeping steady with it. I think.
Anyway.
I'm still staying messy and loose when I need to, and my main priority is to hang onto fun and joy when I draw.
If I fe...
2024-02-21 14:27:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello my dears,
Last week was divided between me being ill and in bed, and going to a funeral, so suffice to say that I feel completely drained and out of steam this week.
But the sun is coming back out, the garden is starting to grow again, and I received a few incredibly sweet and supportive messages from a few of you, so I am building my energy stores back up and working on letting myself breathe and open back up to things.
I'm working on a lot of different floating p...
2024-02-20 18:13:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
I wasn't sure I was going to do this because I've been scrambling to organise anything as it is, but I managed to squeeze it in today, so here goes.
I am currently having a sale in my store (I know, I had one last month, and this one was sort of supposed to be lumped into that one, but I failed to advertise it all properly, so I figured I'd extend it somewhat).
I am retiring a whole bunch of prints at the end of the month...
2024-01-29 18:22:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello my dears,
This month has been car themed, with a significant portion of my time spent on trying to sort out renewing insurances, fixing car problems and updating official documentation, and let me tell you, I am BORED out of my mind with admin!!!
I did try to carve out some times to make art, particularly because I have a few prints to sort out for you lovely peeps, so here are a few pages from my latest sketchbook.
Since I finished my giant one, I have now start...
2024-01-29 17:30:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Man, it's already the middle of January and this is my first post!
How are things so hectic all the time T_T
I am nearly done with the Process Video for this month, and I also have a few sketchbook pages and a 2024 "plans and projects" post to share with you all, and I'm hoping to get a couple of small paintings done before the end of the month so I can ship the rest of your rewards out, but in the meantime, as our send-off into 2024 on here, here are a...
2024-01-18 17:22:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello my dears,
Here is your first idea development video for December, and the November one is following very closely behind.
This video is diving into the development process for this idea, which I first sketched out in my 2023 Doodle Diary.
You can also find the page of notes I took while working on this idea below, if you were interested in reading those more closely, as I don't go into detail about what I wrote in the video or it would have been hours long.
If you...
2023-12-23 19:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post
NOTE : This concept is the subject of this month's "Idea Development Video" for $5 and above patrons. The 10min video is available to watch here.
A while ago, I sketched out this little idea in my Daily Doodle Diary and I was always keen to explore it further, so I spent a while developing it in Procreate.
2023-12-23 19:37:14 +0000 UTC
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Hello my dears,
It has been a (very) hot minute since I last shared a batch of Doodle Diary sketches with you, hasn't it.
And to be completely honest with you, that's because I haven't been doing them for months now. My last drawing dates back to August 4th!
I have been so utterly exhausted this year, that I needed to let go of something for a little while, or I wouldn't be able to keep up with anything at all, so I a...
2023-12-15 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone,
It has been a while since I updated this code, and I also realised I had forgotten to reactivate it on my new store a few months back. Sorry about that!
I have tried to refund the value of the discount to any patron who bought something in that time, but if I missed any of you, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Anyway,
Hello my dears,
Here's your concept deep-dive video for November!
I will add captions tomorrow when I've got a little extra time (I've figured out how to do so on Youtube recently, so I'll do my best to add them from now on).
This video is a slight bit different than my usual deep-dives as I talk mostly about some realisations I came to about myself and my process while working on this piece. I hope it will be interesting nonetheless!
I will have 2 deep-dive vide...
2023-11-30 21:33:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello my dears,
My annual end of year sale is now live for patrons (and will go live tomorrow for the general public), and as always, you get a code for 5% more than the public code :
Here is you patron-only code for 25% off !
And here is the link to my store : https://www.myriamtillson.com/shop
This sale applies to everything except calendars....
2023-11-24 18:44:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Ok, Part 2 of the final pieces for the calendar!
After I sorted out the artwork for the pages, I tackled the cover (and back, since the art is going to be the same this time).
I already had the beginnings of an idea in mind for this one, although it did evolve quite a bit during the sketching process (I detail all of this in this month's video).
It started with an idea I first sketched out years ago in the back of one of my Inktober booklets, that I can't for the life of me ...
2023-11-16 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
My apologies for my silence these past few weeks.
I was away for most of October, first visiting my family and then on my first holiday of the year with my partner. I had grand plans to schedule a bunch of posts for you during my first week off, but I fell ill almost as soon as I stepped off the plane, so that plan crumbled very quickly.
Once I got back, I had to focus on creating the last few pieces for the calendar so...
2023-11-15 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
This file isn't small (22MB+), just fyi.
I did very little editing for most of the pages, so it's pretty much as it is in real-life.
I know this goes without saying, but please don't redistribute this anywhere. This is something I'm excited and happy to share with you all, but it's also quite personal. My sketchbook is not something I curate, and it is an unfilt...
2023-10-04 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
I managed to carve out some time to sit down and work on this big painting last week, so here's an update post with some progress images.
Sitting down to spend some time on a big piece is extra difficult these days as not only does it require I have a few hours to paint to make any dent in it at all, but a lot of the painting process also includes getting both my space and my mind ready to tackle a complex piece, so I ideally like to hav...
2023-09-27 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
Here is your concept deep-dive video for September!
This started as something completely different and then veered in a direction I am really excited about. I hope you will enjoy this process, and as always, if you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to leave them in the comments!
All my love,
M
In light of the artwork in my previous post, here are the updated mock-ups of your reward packages for April, May and June 2023!
I am now printing everything and will try and get the packages sent out asap.
If I manage to get everything ready this month, you should receive your rewards up to June, perhaps July if I manage to fit in another piece in the next couple of weeks.
I am away for 2 weeks in October, so if I don't manage everything before ...
2023-09-14 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
I've been frantically trying to catch up with making artwork for the print rewards I am yet to send out, and while I do feel like I'm drowning in the anxiety of it, I'm slowly working towards it.
I created a few sketches I am quite happy with in the last few days, so here they are!
First off, I was still in dramatic lighting mood after finishing off my BEACON painting, so I worked on a small, simple, lighting concept, in one ...
2023-09-14 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone,
I went to a life-drawing session a few days ago and thought I would share my sketches with you!
I can't afford these very often, but when I do manage, I always love it and feel energised and inspired after. I enjoy the social aspect of them too, and god knows I need more human interaction in my life, reluctant though I am to seek it out.
I used my Prismacolors for this session, which I had never done before, and absolutely...
2023-09-13 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
Look at me holding it barely together and uploading the monthly video halfway through the month instead of last minute. Whoop!
This concept exploration is based on one of my 2018 Inktober drawings :
I always loved the base of this idea but didn't have much time to explore it back then. It has been up on my idea wall since (I've plastered one of my studio w...
2023-08-17 16:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
You might remember that I had the pleasure of participating in a group show with Gallery Nucleus last year, in which I entered 2 5x7 paintings, Entwined and Star Crossed.
Well, the gallery hosts an open call for their yearly iteration of the show every year, and I realised last week that the last day to enter was this passed Saturday.
Since I also need to paint a few pieces for your 8x10 prints, I figured I m...
2023-08-14 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Here are the final WIP images as well as the framed painting of The Beacon!
The last week or so was focused on finishing the piece and then framing it, and it was a surprisingly chaotic process...
The concept of the show this piece is for is that all works are under 12x12 (inches), and I had a moment of panic realising that my painting is almost exactly 12x12 unframed. And since it's on paper, it nee...
2023-08-09 16:25:59 +0000 UTC View Post
NOTE : You can watch me create all these sketches in my July video for $5+ patrons, as part of this month's Concept Development Deep-Dive video, in which I go into more depth about how the idea progressed as I worked.
Hi lovely peeps,
I just finished the monthly video for $5+ patrons and as I was working on a new idea for it, I thought I would share some of the sketches that resulted from that sketching session with you.
2023-07-26 16:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello lovely people,
Here's your video for July!
As promised, this is another concept deep-dive, with an in-depth look at how the concept evolved throughout my drawing session.
I tried to combine both camera and screen-recording footage to keep it a little more dynamic as all this sketching process took place on Procreate.
The sped-up Procreate timelapse is included at the end, as well as stills of each noteworthy step of the sketches.
Enjoy! <...
2023-07-26 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey peeps,
I just finished putting together your stickers for June and July, so here's a preview of what you'll be getting in your next package!
I still need to whip up the artwork for the 8x10 prints for April, May and June (I will have an update soon on that as it's becoming increasingly more difficult for me to keep up with that), but here's the artwork for the mini-print, as wel...
2023-07-18 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
This month, my main focus needs to be this piece, The Beacon, as it is my painting for the Beinart Gallery show, and it will need to ship to Australia in August in time for the September show. So it;s all steam ahead trying to get this baby done in time.
You can see my sketch taped to the wall in the background, and my colour palette next to it.
2023-07-17 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Hi peeps,
This month's video is a timelapse of the little paintings I created for the market, set to music.
I did try to record a voiceover but I was struggling so much that I figured it was better to use music instead of you having to sit through my anxiety fuelled ramblings. I will have another concept deep-dive next month though!
I ran out of time somewhat this month sadly.
I hope you will enjoy this video anyway and if you have any questions at al...
2023-06-30 23:03:22 +0000 UTC View Post
So a little while back, the company ETCHED got in touch and offered to send me one of their sketchbooks.
If you're not familiar with Etched, they are a company whose main USP (Unique Selling Point) is that their paper is made of stone!
That means that it is very smooth, not absorbant (so no bleed-through), and tear-resistant. It is also allegedly more eco-friendly as it uses less water in the manufacturing process, but I am alw...
Hi peeps,
I finished the little paintings I shared the work in progress pictures for a few weeks ago, so here are the final pieces!
These will all be with me at the market on Sunday, and any unsold items will go on my store after that.
I also filmed my process and the video timelapse will go up for $5+ patrons later today. <3
I'm still scrambling to get everything ready for the market, and while I enjoy doing ...
2023-06-30 10:11:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am currently gearing up for a market in July, and much like the last one, I decided to prepare a few mini originals for it.
I again found a few frames I found inspiring, this time in Tkmaxx, and designed a few pieces to go in them.
I'm only doing 3 pieces this time, as I have a few leftover from the last market, which I will be bringing to this next one.
But first, I found a frame for my little Med...
2023-06-17 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post