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A sketchbook page featuring four sketches of a knight at different points of his life.

Alone and palely loitering...

【 #sketch #medieval #illustration #knight 】

A sketchbook page featuring four sketches of a knight at different points of his life.

Alone and palely loitering...

【 #sketch #medieval #illustration #knight 】

Glad to hear that, Alex! ☺️

Having hand pain these past few months gave me an opportunity to have a think about my art vs just making it, so I spent some time bringing together a personal essay I wrote on some of the struggles I experienced last year with making art in general. Looking forward to sharing it soon!

Sketch of a person working on a manuscript over a scriptorium desk.

The artist struggles in the scriptorium...

I love the feeling of these – they're so delicate and sombre

Definitely agree with needing some time before posting a big piece—posting it immediately makes everything feel raw, if that makes sense. I have a couple of sketches lined up before I go about posting something bigger and I think this gave me the kick I needed to share them. Thanks for the insight!

Re: not going into hermit mode, that makes a lot of sense! I imagine it's easier to keep up sharing regularly vs getting back into it after a long time. Even if the main purpose of your acc is to be a digital sketchbook, I'm really happy you share your stuff with us online; it's always great to see☺️

That warms my heart to hear! Thank you for telling me 💛

I try my best to ignore the feeling, but after going into hermit mode and doing just art for long periods of time it’s like I forget how to present it to others. Is there anything you do in specific to help you get through feeling this way?

The pieces to post exist, but the song and dance of sharing them are one I forget the rhythm of so quickly if I don’t do it consistently.

Props to everyone who manages to share their work regularly; hopefully I will learn these arcane arts too one day 🙇

Sometimes when I don’t post for so long I feel the need to reacclimatise myself to posting by posting smaller, inconsequential things, because posting art starts to feel daunting after a lot of inactivity.

The solution I feel is posting sketches regularly, really, but I always seem to forget.

as the first star would come alight | to rival this time of day

[ #art #illustration #landscape ]

At the same time, the sheer amount of work complicated compositions require can be intimidating… but if I break it down mentally section by section (‘today I’ll work on X; tomorrow I’ll work on Y’) it feels much more manageable 🙂

I really get that! I find that when a piece has a lot of different elements I have to solve/figure out or that are interesting to render, I’m kept more engaged and it’s easier for me to stick with it for longer, since it feels like I’m doing something new when I pass onto a different section of it

For etching, since it’s such a multi-stage endeavour, do you feel it’s easier/less intimidating to spend more time on a piece since that time is inevitably broken up in easily segmented stages by the demands of the etching process?

Thanks for replying, Alex! I have a couple of follow-up questions, if you don’t mind. For crocheting, do you think the fact that you can do it while still paying attention to something else helps you be able to do it for longer in one sitting?

That makes a lot of sense — doing art can sometimes be difficult to juggle with one’s daily commitments. I really understand you when it comes to big paintings: the amount of time it takes for them to be completed can make it daunting for me to stick with them until the end. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing! I’ve found 3-4 hours to be my sweet spot too when drawing in one sitting.

Also, I’m not surprised some of your pieces can take up to 30-40 hours to completion considering how atmospheric they are — you always put great care in the lighting and it shows!

Artists, how long do you tend to draw for in one sitting? And how many sittings or hours does it take on average for you to complete a piece? #artsky

The process behind the piece I'm currently working on has made me very curious about what other people's workflow is like. I'm always amazed at how quick and prolific some artists out there are!

Artists, how long do you tend to draw for in one sitting? And how many sittings or hours does it take on average for you to complete a piece? #artsky

Happy Birthday Lena!! 🎉✨

✦ Today is my birthday! ✦

I’d love if you guys could share my art around💫

Thank you so much to those who follow me, like, and/or engage with my work — your support means the world to me❤️

Thank you so much!! ☺️

✦ Today is my birthday! ✦

I’d love if you guys could share my art around💫

Thank you so much to those who follow me, like, and/or engage with my work — your support means the world to me❤️

This ends up with my procreate gallery having sometimes 20+ file iterations of one piece before I manage to get it fully done, and I never have the heart to get rid of any of the files that came before the final version 🥲

What's your "artist red flag"? 🚩

Constantly duplicating a procreate file to fool myself into believing I'm getting away from the layer limit problem but – 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 – this never works, and I always hit the limit again, regardless of how much I flatten my layers from the file before...

A work-in-progress shot that shows the trunk, leaves, fruit, and branches of an apple tree at different stages of rendering.

apple tree in the making

【 #wip #illustration #art】

after spending so much time on coloured pieces, it's time to go back to my monochrome roots

A work-in-progress shot that shows the trunk, leaves, fruit, and branches of an apple tree at different stages of rendering.

apple tree in the making

【 #wip #illustration #art】