astrilohne

I'm quitting Patreon (for now)

Hey everyone! As I'm sure you've noticed, there hasn't been any rewards for the past two months.
In October, I was promoted to Lead 2D Character Artist at Vela - something I'm extremely excited about and grateful for. With this change I now have a lot more responsibilities, and I've been finding it more and more difficult to keep up with the demands of running a Patreon on the side.
This is nothing new, but with the past couple of months I've really felt that I needed to make ...

Art Box 10 Sent!

Art Box 10 has just been sent out to all patrons who joined before or on October31st, please check your Patreon inbox for a link to it <3 If you have any issues at all, message me here or on Discord and we'll sort it.

Art Box 10

Art Box 10 rewards will be sent out in roughly a weeks time! Thank you so much for your support  <3

The real time video this time around is for an environment painting (!!) to complement the rest of this portrait heavy art box, and there will be steps for that painting, along with many many others. PSDs for a few of them will be included, as well as full resolution files of all the included artwork. Depending on your tier, you can expect all this to be sent your way by the end o...

Art Box 9 sent!

Art Box 9 has just been sent out to all patrons who joined before or on August 31st, please check your Patreon inbox for a link to it <3 If you have any issues at all, message me here or on Discord and we'll sort it.

Art Box 9

Art Box 9 rewards will be sent out in roughly a weeks time! Thank you so much for your support  <3

As you might have noticed, I haven't sent out any rewards for a couple of months now. I decided to take June and July off Patreon to get some much needed rest, and also to focus on some great things going on in my personal life. It's been really nice to be able to take a step back and focus on not being productive for once - But now I'm back, with a big package of all the things I ...

Art Box 8 Sent!

Art Box 8 has just been sent out, please check your Patreon inbox for a link to it <3 If you have any issues at all, message me here or on Discord and we'll sort it.

Art Box 8

Art Box 8 rewards will be sent out in roughly a weeks time! Thank you so much for your support  <3

So I had to take a month off for my wrist, but now the term rewards are back! This is going to be a huge one with loooots of sketches and small paintings, as well as a redrawing of my old thief painting. This feels really special to me - the first time I painted her was one of my first bigger illustrations, and the first redraw I did (in 2016) got me my first ever concept art gig. ...

Update and Thief WIP!

Hello <3 It's the last day of the month, which would usually mean a new patreon box is on it's way, but this month I wanted to avoid the crazy rush-to-finish I had last month, which means Art Box 8 is slated for next month instead.
I'm working on something special - another redraw of my old thief painting - and I don't want to compromise my arm nor the quality of the painting to rush it out for a patreon box. On the side I've also been doing a ton of small sketches and studies (second ...

Art Box 7 Sent!

Helloo! Art Box 7 has just been sent out, please check your Patreon inbox for a link to it <3 If you have any issues at all, message me here or on Discord and we'll sort it. 

Art Box 7

Art Box 7 rewards will be sent out in roughly a weeks time! Thank you so much for your support  <3

So this month just flew by. I'm sure some of you are also experiencing the lockdown time-warp, where it feels like time is passing super slow but somehow every week also feels like it's only 2 days long? That's been my life the past few weeks at least. In spite of this, I've been able to make a lot more time for personal art! I'm really excited to finally have finished my Zagreus p...

Final RUNIC character! (for now)

I finally finished the last main squad character for RUNIC! This guy still doesn't have a name nor a backview, but that'll come eventually. For now, you can look forward to Art Box 6, which will contain the full painting process for him - and it will also include a partial process for the Zagreus painting. 

Now that I can cross this character design off my list, I'm really excited to start doing more illustrations for RUNIC! I have a lot of fun painting ideas I haven't gotten aroun...

Zagreus

More Hades fanart! I really wanted to push myself with this one, experimenting with more vibrant color + light and also seeing if I would be able to do a set of two paintings instead of the usual one. Don't think I'll do it again anytime soon because OH BOY that was a lot of work, but it felt great to get it done :D 

I started the main illustration in Procreate so like last time the real time process will be incomplete, but with many hours of Photoshop polishing. You'll get a doubl...

Art Box 6 Sent

Art Box 6 has just been sent out, please check your patreon inbox! Thanks for your support again, I hope you enjoy the rewards. I've seen a few people in exit surveys say they had difficulty accessing the rewards, but they never messaged me about it - if you do have any problems, please do reach out here or on discord so I can help you <3

Art Box 6

Art Box 6 rewards will be sent out next week! Thank you so much for your support  <3

Wowie, a lot has happened since that last art box. I'm not one to typically share a lot of my personal life online, but I want to share where my mind has been at the past months. Me and my partner of many years split up at the end of 2020, and ever since then things have been a bit of a rollercoaster - a lot of hurt and sadness, compounded by an endless lockdown which has left me with a lot of t...

Dying Light

Another Runic painting done! This one will be the big piece for the February term rewards -

The results of my poll on what software you prefer for videos showed that most of you are ok with Procreate, but that some of you still only prefer Photoshop. I don't want anyone to feel like they're not getting anything out of the rewards, so for this process the first few hours will be in Procreate, and then it'll transition to Photoshop for rendering. I hope that's an ok compromise for those o...

Procreate vs Photoshop Process videos

Hi Saplings! I bought myself an iPad last weekend after eyeing it for ages - and so far I really enjoy working on it. I'll definitely keep using PS and my computer for a lot of my art, but a large part of it will now probably be made in Procreate. 

So I'm wondering - would you all be ok with real time videos from the iPad instead of Photoshop some terms? I'm asking because the lack of an interface and zooming in Procreate recordings might make things less informative, and I'm assum...

Frozen Shore + January Update

Hi all, happy new year!! I hope January has treated you well so far.

As you all know, I took December off Patreon to make sure I got a relaxing break - I originally planned to make an Art Box for January, but due to unforeseen life circumstances and Covid circumstances I'm having to stay in Norway for a bit longer, which means I'm away from my recording equipment. I'm still painting stuff, but because I'm a big dummy I didn't bring stuff to record video processes, so that'll have to wai...

Art Box 5 Sent + Art Box 6 info

Art Box 5 has just been sent out, please check your patreon inbox! Thanks for your support again, and please reach out to me if you have any issues with the rewards. <3

I also wanted to let you all know that there will not be an art box this month. I have a bit too much on my plate already, and I really need to relax over the holidays instead of worrying about completing the rewards! Hopefully that'll just translate to an extra big one in January :) 

PROJECT-V Key Art

I’m veeeeeeeeeeeeeery excited to share the first published art from Vela Games’ first IP, codenamed Project-V! Most of you probably know that I work full time at Vela as a concept artist and illustrator - I’ve been working on this project for the past year and a half, developing the artstyle, characters and world with the team - and I can’t wait until we can share even more of the art we’ve been creating. For now everything is still pretty secret, but if you sign up...

Art Box 5

Art Box 5 rewards will be sent out within the next week! Thank you so much for your support  <3

This month was a particularly hectic one at work, with more than a handful of (self imposed) 10 hour+ work days eating up most of my energy (hopefully you'll all get to see the results of that work pretty soon!!). There was also the time vortex of the american elections, and I spent my weekends putting the final nail in some administrative stuff that's been taking up my time and brain...

Nyx

Final painting of Nyx!! Ideally I would want to spend a few more hours rendering her, but that's always how I feel hahah. In spite of that I am happy with how I was able to push materials and values a bit more than usual - hopefully soon I'll have time to really dive deep into a personal painting to push even more, but right now work is too much OTL 

Total time for this one ended up at 18 hours, and the process timelapse will be up on youtube tomorrow! The full process will also be...

Nyx WIP

Nyx is starting to come along! So much fun to paint a character that wasn't designed by me for once x) This painting and the process video will be included in the next rewards package - aiming for November 30th, but we'll see! 

Art Box 4 Sent

Art Box 4 has just been sent out, please check your patreon inbox! Thanks for your support again, and please reach out to me if you have any issues with the rewards. <3

What HADES Character Should I Paint?

I finally started playing Hades after drooling over the art for ages and I really want to do fanart - But all the characters are so great I don't know who to draw! Help me decide; 

EDIT; Nyx won by a huge margin! Thanks for voting all :D

Art Box 4

Art Box 4 rewards will be sent out in the coming days! This box contains a lot of personal art; Paintings of Axyl, Sonya, and Kei. Steps for all of these will be sent to Sprouts and higher. Saplings will get the full video process for Kei, as well as the PSD file. Smaller sketches/concept art and studies will also be included for all tiers. Thank you so much for your support <3

Rewards will be sent out within 4-6 days, after Patreon has finished processing your pledges. Please make s...

Early Access; Painting Process w/Commentary

Hey! Hope you're all doing well and staying safe <3 

This weekend I was finally able to sit down and make a process tutorial, and as my patrons you'll get access to it a day early. The painting is another one of Kei, this time a more illustrative one. I had a ton of fun painting them, and I hope you enjoy the video!

https://youtu.be/38Jg3w14ziM

-Astri

Kei!

Finally finished the concept and illustration of Kei, another character for my personal project. After sitting on it for a while I have also finally landed on a name for the project; RUNIC. I have a ton more ideas for characters and paintings but we'll see how quickly I'm able to get them out :'D

This month has been full of getting things in order and readjusting to life in Dublin, so I'm not going to be charging you guys this month. I've done a bit of art but not as much as I'd like ...

Art Box 3 Sent

Art Box 3 has just been sent out, please check your patreon inbox! Thanks for your support again, and please reach out to me if you have any issues with the rewards. <3 

Art Box 3

Art Box 3 rewards will be sent out in the coming days! This box contains a lot of concept art for once, and my Breath of the Wild painting! Thank you so much for your support <3

Rewards will be sent out within 5-8 days, after Patreon has finished processing your pledges. Please make sure you have an active card registered to Patreon, or you will not get the rewards. If you were not pledged at the time I made this post, you will not be eligible for this months rewards, but they'll be ...

AXYL Redesign + Project update

I redesigned Axyl! Some of you might remember this character from last years character design tutorial, or even from way back at the start of my Patreon when I abandoned an illustration of her. WELL, I finally got around to giving her design another rework, and this time I have a lot more ideas and motivation to actually make this project what I want it to be. If you're confused there's not much you've missed out on - I basically briefly worked on a personal project last year that I just sort...