Hi peeps,
Here's another Daily Doodle Diary batch for you :)
I'm prepping for another market in July so have been a little busy with creating products and recording inventory for it, and I'll show you some of the small paintings I will be bringing in my next post, but here are some doodles I have managed to squeeze in in the meantime.
2023-06-16 16:00:13 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hi peeps,
I realised I hadn't been sharing Patreon reward mock-ups with you for a little while, my apologies!
I've finally getting back on top of things slowly after the move, but I apologise for my brain being a bit of a sieve.
Here are the rewards for the past few months!
All stickers rewards up to May have shipped already, so keep an eye for those if you are in the sticker tier!
$20 and $35 rewards up to March are ready to ship 2023-05-30 16:55:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Cutting it so short again with this upload, I am so sorry.
I am filming a small video to explain some life stuff that I will share with you soonish, but in the meantime, I apologise for how late in the month this video was uploaded.
This video is a little different to previous monthly Patreon vids, as I won't be focusing on one idea and developing it further. Instead, I compiled all my drawing from one of my favourite themes and will be using those images to ...
2023-05-30 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT : Thank you so much for your input everyone!
I re-filmed the page flipping and went a little slower. I'm sure it would have been fine as is, as many of you weren't bothered by the speed, but it also gave me the opportunity to film in a slightly nicer setting, and talk a little more about some of the topics. You were all super helpful, thank you!
Hi peeps,
I've finally finished editing the tour of my 2022 Daily Doodle Diary, so I thought I wou...
2023-05-19 18:23:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
I'm not doing great with daily doodles at the moment, but I finally had enough for another batch :)
I'm doing a lot of couple pose studies at the moment, as one of my weak points is character interactions and multi-people compositions, so I'm trying to improve on that.
2023-05-16 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hey peeps,
I attended a life-drawing session in a lovely little cafe last week, my first in a long time, and it was wonderful.
I thought I'd share the drawings with you!
The session was 2 hours long, and we started with a few 5min poses.
I felt hella rusty XD
You can even see me warm up as the sketches progress, haha. I was s...
2023-05-15 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Do you remember this sketch ?
I always liked it, but something felt...stiff...about it.
The proportions were also off on the right-hand character, and the angle of the face for the character on the left felt weird.
So I revisited it recently, and here's what it became :
2023-05-04 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
View Post
NOTE : This concept is the subject of the April Idea Development video for $5 patrons and up, which include commentary on my thought process and decision making.
You can watch the video here : https://www.patreon.com/posts/82102231
This concept riffs on 2 of my favourite themes ; fire, and hollow people.&nb...
2023-04-27 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Here's the Idea Development video for April!
I will have a full post with scans of all the sketches up tomorrow.
I am looking into ways I can structure these videos to make them more engaging while also streamlining the process for me, so these will probably look a little different while I experiment, and I'd love some feedback whenever you can/want.
Which parts of my process are you most interested in/would like me to elaborate on the most?<...
2023-04-27 10:05:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Desiderium: an ardent desire or longing; especially: a feeling of loss or grief for something lost.
Hi peeps,
I finally started on this long-time-in-the-making piece so here are a few progress pictures.
First off, here's my rough hodge-podge ref made in Procreate :
I have been excited about painting this piece ever since I sketched it out, and...
2023-04-25 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello peeps,
It's little Daily Doodle Diary batch time :)
I like this little tent and bandages idea.
I'm not sure if I want the atmosphere around it to be sad or comforting yet.
Hi peeps,
How are you all?
My partner and I just got back for a little week-end away, just 3 days, but it was very needed.
I also collaborated on some packaging design for a friend's candle business last week, which is why I have been a little quiet. I have needed to take on some external jobs this year as things are very quiet on the other fronts.
Hello lovely peeps,
I'm starting to plan next month's Idea Development video and I am hesitating between a few different ideas, could you help me choose by telling me which you prefer from the above?
It is likely I will get round to exploring all of them at some point, but I need one to start with.
Thank you! :)
2023-03-27 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
NOTE : The sketches in this post feature in the March Idea Development video for $5 patrons and up, which include commentary on my thought process and decision making when designing this new piece.
Back in 2019, I created this drawing as part of my Inktober series, and the concept has been one of the many that kept floating in my brain waiting for me to want to pick it up again one day. And so here we are! 2023-03-25 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh hello there.
Fancy seeing you here!
I made some doodles, figured I would share them with you, since you're all so nice to me all the time.
It was going pretty well until mid-march, at which time I got hired for a small illustration job by my partner's company, which took over for a short period of time, and also overlapped with a childhood friend coming to visit for a week. So I fell off the wagon a little with daily doodles, but we are back on the horse now :...
2023-03-24 17:25:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Look at me being sort of on top of things and getting the video done before the last day of the month XD
The concept I explored this time was one I first sketched out in 2019 for my Inktober series. I liked it enough to store it in a corner of my brain until such a day as I felt inspired to pick it up again, and here we are.
I hope you will enjoy this deep-dive!
I will do a post with all the sketches after I upload this video so you can see them a...
2023-03-13 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been feeling the need to work in my sketchbook lately, and I also need to put together your prints for January, February and March, so I've been tinkering with a few rough ideas.
I always liked the textural feeling of this painting :
And the narrative ...
2023-03-10 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
I explore a new concept in a monthly deep-dive video for $5 patrons, and for this month's video, I worked on this idea I had almost exactly a year ago.
It started as a sketch in my 2022 Daily Doodle Diary :
Which I then picked up again in thumbnails in my 2023 Doodle Diary :
2023-02-27 17:24:37 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hello everyone,
Here's your deep-dive video for February!
I was on track to upload this last week and then, as luck would have it, I fell ill. So please forgive my very nasally voice in this XD
I have already started working on the next deep-dive video, so that one will be available to you early to mid-March instead of one day before the month ends...T_T
I hope you'll enjoy the process for this new piece, and make sure you vote in 2023-02-27 15:54:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
I've been working on a new concept (which is the subject of this month's Deep-Dive video, if you'd like to hear more about it), and I find myself in a bit of a self-inflicted bind.
I created 2 sketches of this concept, both with very, very different atmospheres, and I find myself really loving BOTH. Damn.
Usually, one would stand out to me significantly more than the others. This time however, I am stuck.
Hello lovely people,
Just a quick post to share the January and February sticker designs with you.
The January stickers will be of The Judges and Ripples.
And the Febru...
2023-02-17 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
As you can imagine, keeping up with Daily Doodles this year has been challenging so far, but now that we are settled into our new home, I am keen to get back to it.
I need to build more healthy habits this year, especially with regards to my mental health, so a routine I would like to implement regularly is taking the time first thing every day for a daily doodle, away from my computer and phone.
I have been sitting on our window bench in th...
2023-02-17 16:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
Do you prefer watching/listening to videos or reading posts when it comes to me talking about my process? (particularly the deep-dive videos)
I was thinking of perhaps making posts with clear "pros and cons" slides for each of the sketches I do when I research a new illustration, so that you can easily see my thought process for every drawing, instead of having to listen to me ramble about it in videos.
The posts would show each s...
2023-02-17 16:16:24 +0000 UTC View Post
NOTE : The sketches in this post feature in the January deep-dive video for $5 patrons and up, which include commentary on my thought process and decision making when designing a new piece.
Hello everyone,
I didn't manage much art the last few weeks, for obvious reasons, but the little I did manage was to do with this concept :
I had gotten t...
2023-02-16 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello dears,
I am finally getting to a settled state in our house moving endeavour and my studio is almost fit to purpose again!
The floorplans for our new home were wrong and made me think my new space would be bigger than my old one, so I was somewhat disgruntled to discover it is actually quite a bit smaller. However, the shape of the room and the amount of light it gets make it ultimately a much nicer environment to work in than my old studio, so all is well.
I still nee...
2023-02-15 16:16:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
We are moving tomorrow, so I am neck deep in boxes and admin at the moment (so many places I need to change my address on, oh my god), but I managed to edit this video by the skin of my teeth.
This deep-dive focuses on a concept I have been working on for a while, so you will probably be familiar with many of the sketches in it, but I started revisiting it recently because something always felt off.
I tried something a bit different with this vide...
2023-01-31 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
I am not entirely sure how I feel about this little one, but here's a newly finished small painting!
I used myself as a reference by collating a few photos of my own hands together (above), and then did a colour breakdown of a skin tone reference to get an idea of my base tones for the hands.
2023-01-21 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
My future studio! (Our vendors were using it as their kid's room, it most definitely won't look like this when I'll use it, haha)
Okay, so I was avoiding talking about this too much for fear of jinxing it, but since we are 1 week away from officially moving...
My partner and I bought a flat!
Up until a year or two ago, this is not something I even dared hop...
2023-01-21 12:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone and Happy New Year!
I'm finally back in the UK, after 3 weeks in my parents' home in France. :)
So far, this month has been a whirlwind of admin and papers to sign as our completion date on our house is fast approaching.
Did I mention that my partner and I were buying our first home? More on that later!
First, I want to look back on 2022, more specifically the art I created and the projects I completed, all with your precious hel...
2023-01-20 11:55:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
I just uploaded a deep-dive video into my exploration of a new concept yesterday for $5+ peeps, so I wanted to share the sketches from that video with everyone here.
I also will post the last doodles from my 2022 Daily Doodle Diary at the end, as there aren’t enough to warrant a full post but I do want to make sure I share them all with you before I start a new diary.
So first, the sketches from the deep-dive video 2022-12-31 13:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post