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I’ve been quiet here, keeping my head down a bit while I catch up on Patreon rewards and continue settling in to our new home. Here’s a quick thumbnail sketch for a patron postcard!
I’m trying to sketch a lot and get back into practice a bit at a time. A great way for me to do that, I’ve found, is to try out the styles of other artists and illustrators—it’s almost like putting someone else’s techniques on for size reminds you more of what yours are, and often broadens your horizons as well. Today I took some inspiration from the amazing @rebeccagreenillustration. I absolutely love her work! It took several pages of drawings this morning (lots of awful ones not pictured), but finally out popped good old Tom here, feeling a little less rusty, and a teeny tiny bit more like me. Finding my footing again, one awkward sketch at a time here.
I honestly have no idea what’s happening lately with all these bolder fairy tale-ish pieces, but I like it!
A quick sketch of the budge for a warm up this morning. I’m oh-so-rusty and trying to get some of those thousand bad drawings out and get back in to practice, one day at a time.
I haven’t been able to do much actual painting lately, but it seems like every time I do, very fairy tale-esque things happen...⠀ ⠀ Still working on lighting for better photos. Hopefully that’ll get sorted soon!
Finally getting somewhere with my new office! We turned those hideous beige walls white last weekend and are getting our organization in place bit by bit. It’s starting to feel like a space I can actually create in now!
Happy Potter week! Here’s a little Hagrid sketch for @bridget_parmenter_clp! I’m glad I can share a love of Hagrid with you. 💛 Sorry for the poor photo quality lately. I’m a little limited with my photography at the moment—I’m waiting on a lense attachment for my phone so I can snap a better quick photo of my daily warmup sketches while I’m out of my home studio. Bear with me—it’ll get better!
A quick little Luna Lovegood sketch per @_paigemeredith_ ‘s suggestion! I want to try again to do her a little more justice, but I’ve got to work through the rustiness somehow! It’s a start. :)
A quick little warmup painting I squeezed in today while feeling lots of fairy tale-ish vibes. It’s been such a whirlwind but I’m just barely starting to feel like I’m getting my feet under me in all this newness and chaos! I’m a little overwhelmed by all the difficult things involved in such a big transition, but there’s still beauty and joy to be found.⠀ ⠀ Also, #potterweek starts tomorrow! I’ve never participated before but have always wanted to. I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to do, but I’m going to give it a go! Any favorite Potter characters/moments/concepts you’d like to see me try?