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PROCESS // pink fish, part 1

Time for a process video! Or to be more precise: three of them! I put together the process for my veiltail painting, which started off as the final result of my Procreate painting tutorial and was overhauled completely into this painting:

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EARLY ACCESS // yellow

A yellow girl. Just for fun! It’s been a while since I did some simple character sketches!

EARLY ACCESS // nouveau mermaids

I fused together two of my biggest inspirations: art nouveau and mermaids! My number one artistic inspiration is Alfonse Mucha, and I stumbled upon some of his sketches and rough work which is even more beautiful than his finished posters in my opinion. You can see them here: http://w...

UPDATE // the winter months have passed!

February is amost over! I'm overjoyed, because this means that SPRING is coming!!! I truly can't wait to watch the world blossom around me and to spend more time in my backyard. I've been counting down the days! Here's a little review of how this month has gone for me: 

STUDIES

Making sketches and studies has been my comfort zone lately. For some reason I’m f...

LECTURE // how to market yourself on social media

Yesterday was the online version of Vertex! Vertex is an artist conference that usually takes place in London, and I was there last year to give a talk about building a career from your passion. It was actually the last event that I was able to go to before everything locked down due to covid. It’s sad that we’re still in this pickle, but I’m glad that we’ve been able to keep sharing kn...

EARLY ACCESS // jump

I wanted to do some super dynamic jumping sketches, and try some brushes and a painting style that further enhanced the movement. Reference from the awesome Adorkastock (formerly senshistock), I am so grateful to stock models that post pics of dynamic movements like this!

TUTORIAL // Warmups & exercises for improving your skills

Allright, here’s the tutorial that got the most votes in the poll: Warmups & exercises to improve your skills! It was such a totally different topic from the previous ones which made it really fun to do, even if I created some really bad art for it. Hope y’all can forgive me for the weird donkey sketch. If you want captions, be sure to click “CC” in the play bar!

I go through ...

EARLY ACCESS // neon light

Some studies of neon lighting and how it hits the face. I used two separate references for each sketch: a reference for the light, and a reference for the face. So basically I challenged myself to imagine the lighting setup on a different face, which was a fun exercise :) 

POLL // february tutorial

Hey guys! I'm gonna get started on this month's tutorial this week, and you guys gave me some awesome ideas in last month's review post! Here's my favorite ones, which one would you like to see? 

PROCESS VIDEO // Neon girl

Time for a process video! This one is for my Neon Girl drawing from last month. This video is in real time, but you can slow it down or speed it up using the gear button! I used photoshop for the majority of the process but finished it off in procreate (mainly out of convenience, since I finished it the next morning at home and the iPad was the easiest tool to use at that moment). So at the end...

EARLY ACCESS // snow nymph

A snow nymph wandering through her forest. It snowed here last weekend and it’s so cold that the snow isn’t even melting! That’s really rare for around here in the Netherlands! Because of that I enjoy snowy landscapes even more because they are so special to me. Hope you enjoy this quick snowy scene!

STEP-BY-STEP // speedpainting interiors

You guys might have noticed that I’ve been drawing more interiors lately! I always struggled with interiors in the past because I’m not great with perspective and scale. I still have a long way to go but I find that doing quick speedpaint studies helps me learn the most! The hardest part for me was setting it up, because I was using a technique that was more suitable for character art. ...

EARLY ACCESS // moon

Finally managed to finish one of the WIPs I posted at the beginning of last month! I’m craving spring, still a month or so left before we get to see more flowers around here. I made the sketch for this one back in 2018, so this one has been a looooong time in the making! I added some of the early versions of it to this post as well. Hope you like it!

UPDATE // first month of 2021 down.

One more full month of winter left to go! How are you guys feeling about 2021 so far? For me it's been a rollercoaster, and at the same time incredibly boring :') Here's a quick review of how this month went for me: 

BRIGHT COLORS

I noticed that I’ve been working with super bright colors this month: bright pink flamingos, neon hair, and intensely red fish! I ...

EARLY ACCESS // pink fish

You guys might recognize this one! It’s the pink fish drawing from my painting & rendering tutorial in procreate. You can watch the process of creating the original sketch here, and the process of painting & rendering it 2021-01-29 10:25:38 +0000 UTC View Post

PROCESS VIDEO // rising - part 3

Here's part 3 of the process for Rising! If you want to watch the previous parts, here is Part 1 and here is Part 2. This video has a black screen for the first few seconds, don't fret through, the video beg...

PROCESS VIDEO // rising - part 2

Here's part 2 of my process for Rising! Click here to see part 1.

This is the one where I flesh out the details to prep the image for the final stage of rendering and detailing. I fix any mistakes from the previous steps and start working out the amount of detail I want in my painting. The pain...

PROCESS VIDEO // rising - part 1

I started putting together the process video for a painting I finished last month: Rising! Here's the final result: 

The total process took like 15 hours, so I’m dividing the process into separate ...

EARLY ACCESS // snow

A quick study that I turned into a scene with a character in it :) I worked on this while it was snowing outside! It all melted away by now though. We don't get a lot of snow here in the netherlands anymore sadly! 

EARLY ACCESS // flamingo studies

I was feeling an urge to draw some birds, and realized that I’ve never drawn these majestic creatures before. It was finally time to draw my favorite pink bird!

EARLY ACCESS // neon girl

I was going through my old art and spotted a drawing from 2003 that I made with a permanent marker and highlighters! I wanted to see how she would look with my current skillset. It was fun working with these neon colors… and in general just seeing how my style and work has evolved since 2003, when I started drawing these types of female characters for the first time!

TUTORIAL // painting hair

Hey patrons, here’s this month’s tutorial! It’s the topic that kept being overshadowed by other topics in the polls: painting (and drawing) hair! I broadened the topic a bit to make it about leading the eye and using hair as a decorative element, so hopefully it’s useful to those of you who don’t focus as much on hair in their artwork as I do :)

For the sketching, I always used ...

PROCESS VIDEO // colorful heads

Here’s the process video for the colorful heads I drew last month! It’s sped up twice the original speed, and as always, you can slow it down or speed it up by clicking on the gear button! The original drawing took about 2 and a half hours to make.

The process is more or less what’s described in this step-by-step, except with more vibrant colors: 2021-01-07 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

WIPs // January paintings

New year, new ideas! Here are some work-in-progress paintings I’ve been working on that I want to start finalizing this month! Which one do you think I should finish first?

UPDATE // happy new years!

In the last few hours of 2020, I’m thinking about how grateful I am for all the support you’ve given me this year. It was rough, but connecting with you guys was always made me happy. From sharing coronavirus memes, to chatting in the comments, to seeing feedback on my art, to even just getting a simple like or follow: the fact that you guys are here and continue to follow my work warmed my...

UPDATE // the year is almost over!

I can't believe the end has finally come! I'll be sending out google drive links with this month's contentl later today, so keep an eye on your inbox!

Even though it was objectively the worst year I’ve ever had (thanks, pandemic), it was so fulfilling creatively. This is because of your support!! This patreon made it possible for me to commit time into my personal work, and gave me the ...

EARLY ACCESS // rise

Hey patreon buddies, hope you guys had some amazing holidays! I finally got around to finishing this painting ~ If you haven’t seen it yet, check out my earlier post to see the steps that went into creating it. I love old photos and the way they can spark the imagination, which was the inspiration for th...

PROCESS VIDEO // after the rain

Hey guys! Hope you had an awesome christmas! I was going through my screen recordings and saw that I had recorded the full process for my After the Rain painting, so here’s a process video for it! Here’s the painting:

I sped it up 3 times the original speed, and in real time this painting too...

EARLY ACCESS // kitchen interior

Here’s my last interior practice drawing for this month. It’s been a while since I painted a nice run-down kitchen :) 

Hope you guys are having a good week and enjoy the holidays coming up, despite everything going on in the world! I’ll be celebrating with just Arjen and we’re looking forward to just eating a lot of food and watching christmas movies. What are you guys gonna ...

TALKTHROUGH // procreate environments

Hey everyone, here’s a quick video talking you through my process for speedpainting environments in Procreate! Last month’s environment speedpainting tutorial was more about my Photoshop process, so I wanted to quickly discuss how I create similar art on the iPad. It’s more or less the same process, except I do more with the brush and less with the lasso tool! I hope it's helpful and as a...