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you guys voted: Mabel! (gravity falls)

Thanks for all the great character recco's everyone!
As it turns out, Gravity Falls ended up winning by a landslide. And after watching a few episodes, I knew I had to draw Mabel with her grappling hook.

If your character wasn't picked this time, hang tight!- I'll be hosting another poll this month. I also take note of all your suggestions if i happen to run out of ideas lol)

2025-03-06 03:34:57 +0000 UTC View Post

art dump 📓

Introducing weekly Art Dumps! In these posts, I'll be dropping an early peek of what I'm working on, along with various sketches, exercises, and studies that I've done. If ur extra interested, you can read my yappings above each image, too.

• Started tackling this painting. I chose two characters for this page to try and challenge myself to keep my design and pa...

  2025-03-03 23:49:26 +0000 UTC View Post

4K mobile + desktop wallpapers V2

I made a buncha new artwork since my last wallpaper drop, so here's a hefty new pack featuring 16 of some fan-favorite pieces from the past few months, formatted to both mobile and desktop displays 😎

Mobile- 1290 x 2796

Desktop- 3840 x 2160

.ZIP file containing the images is attached below! Lmk if you have any questions

2025-02-26 11:54:08 +0000 UTC View Post

11 simple tools i can't live without (photoshop/procreate) 🎙

Guys let me know if the talking avatar is too distracting!

KEY TERMS FOR 🧠:

• Layers - Separate and organize different parts of your artwork.

• Groups - Organize multiple layers for a cleaner workflow.

• Transparency / Alpha Lock - Locks transparency, only letting you paint on existing pixels

• Layer Lock - Prevents any changes to a layer.

  2025-02-22 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

time to vote on a character❗️

Vote for which character you'd like to see me draw this month

Feel free to vote for your own submission + any other options that you'd like to see. I'll be picking the winner in ~2 days or when votes stop coming in. Woo!!

what should i draw?? suggest a character🖍

It's time I officially start drawing a community-picked character every month!!

In the comments, drop a character you'd like to see in my style. It can be from anything- a movie, show, game, fiction, non-fiction etc.
Once there's enough submissions, I'll make a new post with a poll and we can all vote on a winner 🫡 it's like a democracy or something!

Can't wait to see what we end up choosing for this month!

SNEAK-PEEK // Retro Racers

Happy Friday, Patreon Fam 🤙

Just wanted to share a fun little project I’ve been working on. For this series of digital illustrations, I wanted to challenge myself with 3-4 smaller drawing that follow a similar art style, in both anatomy and a simpler level of detail and paint application.

It’s not complete yet, but I think that the challenge here has been making sure that I don’t over detail an individual character, and rather, make sure the overall style is consistent b...

EARLY ACCESS // 512

Happy Sunday, everyone.

After wrapping up some anatomy studies, I wanted to flesh-out this sketch that I've been sitting on for a couple of days. The pose here is a little goofy, but there's a fun and whimsical energy to it that I was really drawn to.
Posing a character isn’t just about standing still. They can be mid-action, leaning, twisting, or even floating. Floating poses are especially fun because they break free from gravity- no need to worry about 2025-02-10 02:19:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Discord server is now LIVE!!

It's finally here, y'alls 🎉

While still a work-in-progress, our discord server is up and ready for you guys to join and post in. We have channels for sharing art, sketches, tutorials, crits, and more. I'll be posting here regularly.

Come and hang out, or stop by and say hi!

How to join:
https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/2120522...

REALTIME DEMO // Wizard Cat 🎙

What's going on everyone! Lets hang out and draw a meme cat in this live drawing demo.

In this sesh, I cover:

• ✏️ Establishing a quick, but effective sketch

• 🎨 Color blocking and refining shapes

• 💡 Lighting decisions and material rendering

• 🖼 Capturing likeness and character-appeal ***

Whether u want to study along, pick up some techniques, or just chill and watch the process, I hope thi...

SNEAK-PEEK // 508

Hey Patreon fam. Just wanted to share some color flats that are in the works. I'm typically not a fan of sitting poses, as they can appear stiff... but this one has a great energy/attitude that I wanted to capture. It's looking good so far, so we'll see once I start getting into shadows and render 😅

Also, I will be flying back home tomorrow- That means I'll have access to my actual tablet and recording gear, so I can get started on some more video content for you guys (I've been work...

PINNED POST // Your Quickstart Guide

Below, you'll find a curated selection of my favorite tutorials, resources, and must-see content that I’m really proud to share -this is your one-stop guide to everything you shouldn't miss!

// STICKERS //

• STICKER Info

// VIDEO TUTORIALS //

• 2025-01-16 22:34:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Access // How I draw SHAPES 🟥🔷🟡

Hey Patreon fam!

I'm back from my short break, and kicking off this new year with a very brief guide on how I approach drawing shapes, and wanted to share it with you all here first.

While there are many more design principles I’d like to explore in the future, this guide focuses on the key principles I rely on most to shape my style, distilled into a quick and easy-to-digest format.

Have any questions? Let me know down in the comments!- I reply to e...

Happy New Year 🍻

As the year comes to a close, I just want to thank you all for your incredible support 🙏 Your generosity has allowed me to create, explore, and teach in ways I never thought possible. From launching a Patreon, learning to record/edit videos, and creating my first brush packs, I fr feel blessed for the opportunity to learn and share cool stuff with you guys.

That being said, I’m stoked to roll out some amazing things next year—like a community Discord, new classes, and more. Here�...

494 Sketch dump ✏️

What's up y'alls. Here's some more of my favorite sketches/pieces from the past few days. I've been better at getting in the habit of practicing my painting techniques just for fun; without having the explicit intention for sharing or using for content.

That being said, I think the two weird floating head people are pretty fun. It's been a while since I've exercised my knowledge on painting/defining the forms of the face, and how skin tone and lighting plays into that for added believa...

Finding Fun: My creative philosophy 🎙

This month, let's take a look at my personal perspective and mindsets around creating art. I think this is a topic that I feel very strongly about, but sometimes can't exactly articulate my thoughts on it completely 😂 So bear with my unhinged rambling about stuff like perfectionism, art-block, mindfulness, and more. 

Thank you to Hugo for reaching out to me with the great question! Let me know if u guys have any more questions ...

483 - Sketch dump ✏️

Sketch dump time!! Heres a lil page of doodles and warmups from the past few days.

For warmups, i like sticking to my comfort zone- that being random car sketches and low-pressure thumbnails. I also have some anatomy and painting studies, serving as refreshers for myself on various techniques and fundamentals.

Also shout out whatever this guy is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Workstation Reveal 🖥 (free post)

What's up everyone!! I wanted to do something a bit different today, and show you a more behind-the-scenes of my art and where I create it.

I recently moved, so my setup atm isn't anything crazy... but it gets the job done. One day I hope to upgrade, and maybe even have my own sort of office/art-room; but for now I'm super thankful to have the space that I have!

TECH/GEAR:

• Computer: It's a 27in. iMac with Retina displa...

  2024-11-10 01:00:38 +0000 UTC View Post

474 WIP

Hey everyone,

Here's some flats that I'm currently working on- I think I'll start blocking in shadows tomorrow. I'm pretty happy with how the sketch developed, since it started out as a really rough concept but became more refined with each sketch-layer overlayed on top.

Here's a lil gif so you can see how many tries it took me to get it looking right 😂

COLOR + WORKFLOW 🎙 A closer look at colors in my process

What's up everyone, check out this new TUTORIAL video 🙌

While talking a bit about my process, this one goes deeper into how and why I pick the colors I do, and why they work. In the future, I'd like to make a vid covering purely color theory, but this one aims to give context with how it ties into my specific workflow. This way, the intention is to give you guys more actionable steps that you can copy and apply in your own paintings.

Belo...

469_2 Landscape - Remember to thumbnail ☝️🤓

Hey everyone! Just taking a break from editing this month's video to show you a little landscape painting I've been working on, and what i've learned from it.

It's been a while since I've tried to build a full scene like this, since they can be pretty pretty tough to get looking "right" when taking into account the level of details and complexities that a landscape often has. Despite that, I'm actually really happy I took a couple minutes to loosely plan out my composition and l...