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Alexander Stanton

@thewormling.bsky.social

Freelance artist available for commission. https://linktr.ee/wouwouandthewormling

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Found these old continuous-line animations collecting dust on my hard-drive.

I made them just after going freelance, roughly four years ago. They were a hassle to scan in, clean and arranged but see all my lines rotate was so addictive.

Should do more of these one day.

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Pentel colour brush

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Fisherman (NR):

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Some past self-portraits:

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Not really, I’m sorry to say. The Pentel Fude/Colour Brushes can be juicy if you push enough ink out the barrel, but I reckon it’d still be pretty streaky. I feel that tend to slow down when using brushes (pen or traditional) to keep things sharp - unless I’m after an effect.

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(NR):

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Moving Sale! Get ya some discounted refs!

Code: Moving

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Totally, and I’m kinda zen about it not being perfectly close too. It’s more fun to have it be inspired by what I can see than what it actually see. Exaggerated even. Still, might be fun to get all scientific with it all one day (probably not with watercolour though).

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Thank you! It’s so fun mixing colours and seeing those subtle hints of blue/green/etc in things. Have dabbled with it in Photoshop, but paint feels so much more tactical and enjoyable.

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Thank you! I guess I’m always chasing where I could be and not where I am. I rarely (if ever) like what I do, but I’m happy when people like it. Appreciate it.

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Refs from The Croquis Cafe.

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Some of today’s watercolour studies. I finally feel like I’m getting somewhere with it all, even if every page still feels like a fluke.

I think that I prefer creating more abstract/colourful pages, but these naturalistic studies have been useful in getting my head around colour and what not.

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(NR) grey brush:

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NR:

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Thank you!

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Thank you very much!

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Thank you! I’m happy you think so.

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Thank you! I’m always my worst critic, haha. Appreciate it!

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Thank you very much! Very kind of you to say.

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MENTORING - I’m opening things up for some 1-to-1 drawing sessions starting early March.

Feel free to get in touch if you’re interested. Thanks!

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This week’s blog post: www.wouwouandthewormling.com/blog/sunday-...

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Thank you!

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Thank you!

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NR:

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Thanks! Bit wonky in places, but it’s all good fun. Definitely looks better from far away (but isn’t that always the case).

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I’m doing some Mucha studies in this week’s YouTube video: youtu.be/2hOlDoKnmTM?...

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NR:

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(NR) character doodle:

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NR portrait:

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Crowd scene:

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