Hi peeps,
Here's day 5, fresh off the drawing table :D
My wrist is screaming at me for this one but I did have a lot of fun.
I used a few different techniques to achieve the wide range of value and detail the composition required.
I used various thickness of pen strokes to differentiate between the foreground an...
2021-10-21 13:40:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Here are the mini-print and sticker designs for October!
I picked an older sketch of mine that I really love for the mini-print, do let me know if you already have a print of it however, as I did offer it on my shop temporarily a few years ago.
I will ...
2021-10-20 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning (or whatever it is where you are today) lovely people,
Here's day 4 of Inktober, Heartwood!
I was still a little unsure about this concept up until the point where I started working on the branches. Once I added the wood texture, something fell into place for me and now I am really fond of this image.
It feels a little more whimsical and lig...
2021-10-20 10:24:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoop, well, I'm definitely behind on this, but here's day 3 of my 2021 Inktober series!XD
I had a couple of videos go viral on Tiktok (one has nearly 4 million views now.....goodness...), which brought an influx of orders to my online store. It was very much welcome as I'm struggling a little financially at the moment, but also meant that I had to spend a good 3 days processing everything (and I'm still not done), and has affected my Inktober progress. I'm also trying ...
2021-10-19 10:52:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
I've been sketching away furiously the past few days and have nearly finished the preliminary drawings for days 3, 4 and 5.
Day 3 went through a lot of changes, and was initially supposed to show a person whose tears were turning into stalactites. I started having doubts as to whether I could accurately recreate the effect in ink only, and whether it would be readable enough, so I shifted to having the tears turn into icicles instead.
But even with that ch...
Hi peeps,
Inktober number 2, HUSH, is done. :)
I had a lot of fun with this one, but it was also quite daunting, as I was unsure until the end of how to go about creating enough of a visual distinction between the main two hands and the ones around them.
I considered using my grey pen to use a grayscale, but I prefer the black and white hatching look so I tried to find a way to make it work without introducing ne...
2021-10-10 16:14:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
It's been a little while, but I finally have another Doodle Diary batch to share with you!
I've been constantly trying to pick the habit back up over the last few months, but my health issues have been getting in the way of motivation to do anything beyond the strictly necessary so it was difficult to both remember and gather the energy to build the daily drawing ritual back up.
I did manage a few messy days here and there though so this is what t...
2021-10-09 10:18:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Thought I would share some progress from my second Inktober drawing. :)
As some of you will have already seen on Insta, I chose to revisit this sketch from a few months ago and decided to render it in ink. I will probably also paint it at some stage, and, depending on how th...
2021-10-08 16:23:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi lovely peeps,
Just finished my first Inktober drawing, and as usual, I seem to have gone for as much detail as I could because I have no idea how to pace myself. XD
Here's SOLACE.
You can definitely detect some of my comfort themes in this one, and it is reminiscent of some of my older Inktober pieces in more ways than one.
I do love me some gnarly bark textur...
Hi peeps,
Here's your September Exclusive Video! :)
This one is of this little watercolour piece, TEARS, from a few days ago.
This video includes some voiceover where I talk a little about my experience using watercolour again after a while and some of my challenges with this concept.
I hope you'll enjoy it!
Take care,
M <3
Hi peeps,
As Inktober is fast approaching, I have spent more time in my sketchbook roughly planning out pieces, so here are my pages from the last few days!
I also finished a small painting which will be the Patreon exclusive video timelapse as well as the August print. :)
The above page notes are part of my process while thinking up ideas for my 12 Inktober/Calendar pieces.&n...
2021-09-29 15:24:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps <3
First off, I wanted to thank you for your incredibly kind response to my previous post.
Reading your comments made me quite emotional and I'm not sure how to properly articulate just how grateful I am for your understanding and support. I will be doing my best to honour your trust and appreciation with more art in the coming weeks :)
In the meantime, here are the sticker and small print designs for Sep...
Hello lovely people,
How are you all?
I am sorry for my slowed activity levels in the last few months, here's an update :
Things are a little tough on my side of things, as I have been having some health issues the last 4 or 5 months that have gotten gradually worse and have really come in the way of me creating new work. But I finally managed to get a treatment prescribed last week and I am hoping to feel better...
2021-09-21 15:14:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
I will be releasing a new Youtube video later this week, and I managed to get this one ready a little early so I thought I would give you all early access.
It will be accessible to you until Thursday morning (UK time), at which point I will schedule it for later that day and the early access link will stop working.
I hope you'll enjoy it!
Take care and speak soon,
M <3
Hi peeps,
Here is the timelapse video for August!
Sorry for not uploading it on the week-end as I had said I would, I filmed a lot of it on my iPhone as it was easier to film from above that way but it took absolutely forever for the videos to synch to my iCloud. Will have to keep that in mind for future videos...
I filmed from a couple of different angles for...
2021-08-31 13:25:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
I'm spending today working on the Process Video for this month, and I decided to do a portrait study this time round.
An exercise I enjoy doing from time to time is to work from a direct reference, and add my own small surreal twist to it. This allows me to study an image while also trying to adapt i...
2021-08-27 16:08:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Here are the designs for August mini-print and stickers!
Pending rewards will all go out next week!
Sorry if my photos are a little inconsistent, I have a new phone and I am trying ...
2021-08-26 16:36:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Here's the latest Doodle Diary Batch!
This year, my daily doodles seem to come in bursts, and I go through a few days of being able to be vaguely consistent and feeling like things are picking up, into a period of inertia (daily doodle wise). It's clear to me that my mental health is suffering this year, so I am taking it one day at a time, and learning to not beat myself up over missing a day or even a week here and there.
For this batch, in o...
Hello lovely people,
Sorry for my silence this month so far, I have been really busy but on a bunch of personal issues as well as tasks not directly related to art making but that needed to be done.
Most of those are now settled, so I am looking forward to sitting down to create as much as possible in the coming weeks.
I did manage to paint one piece however, the o...
2021-08-23 16:09:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Here's your exclusive process video for this month!
This video includes a bit of voiceover, it's a little rambly and talks a bit about the painting as well as some of my future projects.
Let me know if you enjoyed that addition or if you prefer the timelapse to be set to music as usual. :) Maybe I can mix it up every so often.
I hope you will enjoy ...
2021-07-30 15:52:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
I filled a few sketchbook pages lately, so here's a little sketchbook dump!
Some of these you'll have seen on social media, but a few are new.
The above painting was an attemp...
2021-07-29 15:55:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi lovely people,
I'm spending this week-end cutting stickers and here are your July designs!
Above is also the mini-print design for July. I like the simplicity of this one, I really enjoy making small prints of my sketches. :)
I am working on
Hello lovely people,
As promised, here is a new batch of Daily Doodles! Finally T_T
I have not been keeping up with it very well lately, but at least I have enough pages to feel comfortable making a full post for you....
I have definitely fallen out of the habit, which is a pity but also isn't entirely surprising given how chaotic 2021 has been so far. I have the firm intention to make up for my neglect of it in the next few months, but intentions are ...
2021-07-23 13:50:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely peeps,
Here's another small piece I finished yesterday.
This one is called "Musings", and was another experiment with muted tones, values, and contrast.
It was inspired by this portrait of Rem Koolhaas, by Stephan Vanfleteren :
I was always really attracted to the very stark values and the mystery, and the ominous feeling projected by the d...
2021-07-16 10:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
Those of you who follow me on Insta will have seen the work in progress pics of this small piece, but here it is all finished, along with said progress images!
This piece was an exercise in muted colours, contrast, and detail.
I wanted to spend some time on a composition that was simple in essence but contained some f...
2021-07-12 13:27:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
Here are the sticker and mini-print designs for June!
I will be packaging and sending out sticker rewards in the next couple of weeks, and will be working on the print designs also so I can get $20 and $35 rewards sent in late July hopefully.
I hope you are all well! 2021-06-30 17:03:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
I'm cutting it pretty close, my apologies, but here is your June Process Timelapse!
This piece didn't take me long to complete if you add all the hours together, but it did take me longer than it should have as I seem to have some kind of sinus infection that is making everything stupidly difficult (and which I can't seem to get proper treatment for), hence why I'm uploading quite a bit of my posts so late in the month. I swear, Ju...
2021-06-29 17:24:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
So I was sure I had shared these with you already but apparently my brain is full of holes...
You'll have seen me draw the first one in my latest Youtube video, but I have also worked further on the second one in the last couple of days.
I was aiming for these to be smallish paintings I could do before jumping into the big pieces I have had on hold since my last video, but the concepts got away from me a little and now they are a bit more com...
2021-06-25 09:51:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps,
I have a video scheduled to go up on Thursday and thought I would give you all early access to it :)
More posts to come this week!
Enjoy! <3
2021-06-21 15:56:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely people,
How are you all?
Personally, things are a little chaotic but moving slowly along.
I am in a research phase at the moment, and I am experimenting with my style and techniques a bit.
Every so often I hit a hard spot where I compare myself heavily to the artists I admire most, and if I starts lending too much credit to my inner critique, it can slow me down to a bit of a self-confidence crawl.
So while I am energised to s...
2021-06-04 15:36:33 +0000 UTC View Post