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Summer Witch postcard WIP<3

This is going to be a redraw of a super old painting I did in 2017^^ 

I know its kinda similar to the cottage core girl pose haha but I just rediscovered the reference I used for it and wanted to give it another try! 

I'm changing it up to fit the summer witch theme as well and am recording the process for you (and also to use as an example for my Class101 course hehe):3

Also: Thank you all so much for your support<3 I have all the parcels packed and ready and w...

First witch?:3

Hmmmmmmm I'm not 100% sure yet lol, but its a first try! This is definitely the direction I want to go in style and color wise but I'll do a bunch more witches hehe and then decide!

The plan for July is to make a sticker sheet with StickerApp again to have some nice and juicy effects but also to lift my workload a little haha since making two sheets for everyone this month took quite some time:D 

July theme??

The rewards are all printed, cut and ready to ship out and I'm so excited to send them to you!^^ 

Thank you all so much for the interest and positivity for this months theme!

Of course I already have an idea for July as well! I still want to feature plants and fit the season we are in but change it up a little so I thought it would be fun to draw summer witches? What do you think?<3

"Drawing clothes" drawing

Heres the drawing I made or make during the video this month where I show you how I draw clothing!^^

The illustration from earlier^^ +references

I had to finish this one pretty quickly to be able to post the video but I'm thinking of refining it even further with some more shading and colored lines:3

Stream Link

YouTube first told me the stream was lost but you can still watch it if you weren't able to join!^^ Sorry this is so late but I am still pretty shy about my stream performance and also super busy right now >_<

https://youtu.be/TA6XRrdUl34

WIP WIP WIP

Hehe this one is for a YouTube video^^ 

I'm testing a new background drawing technique!

Discord chat<3

Hi and welcome to everyone who is new to our family!!<3

I'm overwhelmed by all of your support, thank you!! I recently made a Discord so we can chat more easily, share art and now also to support each other!

Heres the invitation link: vgAM8Q6 

don't be shy, everyone is super sweet and we love to have you there^^

The stream<3

Thank you so much to everyone who watched!!<3 Ad thank you for being so active in the chat! 

I just read on YouTube that there were some issues with some people not being able to watch the stream? Did you copy the link I posted here or on Discord? And did you refresh? I really want to solve that issue until next time so everyone can join!!

The second sheet, final look at the rewards^^

Hehe I couldn't help myself! There will be two sheets full of planer sticker goodness! I also added a soft matte sticker of one of the girls as well as the regular post card print!<3

Also: we figured out how to do the stream, it will go live at 8pm my time on Saturday, so 2 PM ET but I will announce it a few minutes or so beforehand here as well and will be sharing the link here and on Discord! I'll be taking requests etc mostly over discord so you can send images so anyone who hasn'...

New cottage girl WIP, stream, mini me progress

Hey guys! I've been struggling with the weather over here, it suddenly got super hot and I had to just lay down for a bit:D 

But I'm making progress and am working on a second sheet hehe! I'm not sure if that's reasonable at all but we'll see haha! Heres a WIP of another cottage core girl I'm working on!

Also: I really want to make a Patreon exclusive stream this weekend! Possibly on Saturday evening? 1pm ET which is 7 pm here in Germany, would that work for you? It would be ...

Mini me:D and also mini you??

First: welcome to all the new people here!! Thank you for joining and I hope you'll be having a great time!!<3

I've been thinking about making an avatar like this for a while! I want to use it for speaking parts in tutorial videos and make a few different expressions so they are more interesting and fun to look at!^^ And yeah I made a first version/ draft and would love your feedback! 

The idea also is: We are nearly meeting the one year anniversary of this Patreon!! (in J...

The Sheet??

What do you guys think??^^ Is it cottage core and cute enough? I'll make a test print and cut tomorrow hehe!

Next cottage core sticker^^

This one really made me want to redo my plant lovers series!! Now I'll start working on the filling stickers and maybe add one or two more girls, we'll see! 

Do you have any wishes for the filling stickers? I was thinking some teacups, a picnic basket, a bunny, flowers etc!

Yay finished! And my painting process^^

Lol I know this step by step isn't super helpful but a huge breakthrough to me was to just do my regular shading process (all the layers just more sketchy) under the rough sketch layer and then paint over it! 

I also mainly start by using the lasso and adding the main gradient and then refine it by adding a harsher edge:) Once I know what I'm doing I'll definitely film a video<3

digital painting WIP

I'm redrawing one of my super old drawings from three years ago and thought it would be fun to use it to practice digital painting a bit more! Its getting more and more easy each time which is so nice:D 

Cottage print^^

I'm currently uploading some drawing clips and the speedpaint on YouTube and will link that video for you as soon as its up<3

There will also be a step by step hehe

Lines are done!!^^

... I think haha! But I wanted to update you and post them here for everyone who wanted to use the lines as a coloring page<3

I've been getting more and more comfortable with drawing backgrounds and having a lot of fun! I'm also working on a special tutorial that also goes into drawing them and am super excited to be able to tell you more soon!!

Cottage window WIP

I've been seeing so many beautiful and cute cottage windows and really wanted to draw one!!^^ And I also really want to push my backgrounds more so here we are:D 

Discord Server?

So some of you may know how bad I am with stuff like this but I think I managed to make a Discord server for us to connect in!^^ The invitation code is vgAM8Q6 and its called Milas cat condo for now haha:3 

I think it would be super fun to be able to share pictures, memes, art and just chat so please join if you want and let me know what you think!^^ (and if its working lol)

New studio vlog | early access

I already have this one edited and uploaded and will publish it tomorrow^^ But maybe you guys want to get early access to it?

There is some Mila footage as well as a preview to the sketchbook I started for you<3

First cottage core drawings^^

What do you think so far?^^
I'm having so much fun with all the romantic details and ruffles!! Maybe I should make that video about clothes and focus specifically on ruffles and folds!

I also attached the speedpaints of both of the girls as well as my reference board for you<3

If you want to see more of my references I also have a whole Pinterest board that I made for this month:3

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The scanner is here hehe

Heres a scanned high res version of the Ramen mermaid for you<3

Its the Epson Perfection V39 Scanner if any of you are looking for a good one to scan your artworks^^

I'm working on the mermaid sketches for the zine right now and will post them here as well as soon as they are finished! Thank you all for being so patient with me! I'll also start posting some cottage core sticker ideas soon as well!<3

Yay parcels are all shipped!^^

I hope you guys are doing well with everything happening right now<3 

I packed and shipped the parcels all day today and they also already got picked up so the German patrons should be getting their letters as early as tomorrow or the day after!^^

I also added extra safety add ons to the AU and CH letters to make sure they go via air mail and are priority! Its normal for international letters to take a month right now but if its taking much longer please let me know so I c...

Thank you!! And plans for June?✨

Wow thank you all so much for an incredible month! Mays theme was so much fun to work on and you all were so sweet with your feedback☺️ also we grew quite a bit and have so many beautiful people here now!! Again welcome and thank you all for joining!💕

The May rewards are all packed up and ready to go and I‘m already thinking about all the fun stuff I want to do for June hehe! I want to start posting regular weekly sketches again and have already started working on them! And of ...

Raspberry and Mermay zine cover?

Okay I think this is it so far!^^ This took a while to draw but also was a lot of fun<3

I hope you guys also like it! 

I also want to redraw the mini mermaid Mila and me for the zine and a cute little pattern as well which I'm excited about!

Raspberry WIP + coloring page?

Hey I'm still alive!<3 Welcome to everyone who is new, thank you so much for joining!^^

Here's my WIP for Raspberry and hopefully also the cover for the Mermay zine hehe! (That's why she's posed like that, to hopefully work as a cover!) I still want to add some tattoos and color tomorrow but thought it would be fun to share my current progress with you<3 And since this has a lot of lines also add her as a possible coloring page:3

Dusty Lavender + references

Hey<3 I wish I was more active rn but I'm dealing with a light burn out because I took on too many commissions during mermay right now and then hurt my hand >_<

Thank you so much for sticking around and being so sweet<33 I'll take things slow and get back on track!^^

The stickers are here!!!!!!

Omg they are even more pretty than I thought!^^ I cant wait to send them to you!

Cactus or Lily Pond redraw!^^

Haha well I've been loving the redraws lately:D This one took me all day but I'm really happy with the result so a step by step and the PSD are coming in my next post!:3