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Early Look: Sketching Dress Studies ✏️👗✨ + what I’m currently working on 💭

Hello everyone!! I hope your day is going well so far :) 🧡

Here’s a sneak-peek of some dress studies I sketched yesterday to practice drawing folds and full-body poses ✨ Swipe to see the mood board I made for reference inspiration! 😌 I decided to sketch some dresses because I love how they flow and move, and it’s super great practice for loosening up your line...

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Happy February! 💌 A little newsletter for you + my plans for this month ✏️✨

Hello everyone & welcome to a brand new month! 😍 I hope you’re all having a lovely start to February :)

I’m currently sitting in my favorite coffee shop and I wanted to write a little newsletter-style post for you today to tell you about my plans for this month! 💌  So get cozy and keep reading because there are a few fun & important updates 🥰✨<...

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How to Draw Expressions ✏️ tips, techniques, & process! ✨

Hello everyone! 🥰 I hope you're all enjoying your weekend so far :)

Here is a brand new tutorial video! 😍This month you guys voted for a tutorial about how to draw expressions, so in this video I'll be showing you guys my process and sharing my best tips and techniques! ✨I had sooo much fun making this video and I hope you all find it useful 🧡 ...

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WIP: coloring a sketch 🌟 + tutorial update & feature friday! 💌

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely week 🥰

These past couple days have been busy with lots of video editing and today I finally finished & posted a brand new studio vlog! 🥳 It’s a cozy vlog with lots of drawing ✨ I also filmed my trip to the art museum to see an exhibit of Alphonse Mucha, who is one of my favorite artists ever 😍 You can watch the ...

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STUDIO VLOG ✏️✨ | lots of drawing, going to an art museum, & more 🧡

Happy Friday everyone!! I hope your week has been a lovely one :)✨

Here is a brand new cozy studio vlog! 🥳 In this vlog I'll be taking you with me through my week and showing you the things I'm working on, which includes looots of drawing hehe 🧡 In the video I also go to an art museum to visit an exhibition of Alphonse Mucha who's one of my favorite artists ever a...

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Almost done with the expressions tutorial! 🥳✏️ more progress photos ✨

Happy Thursday everyone!! I hope your week is going well so far :)

I’m officially done filming everything for the expressions tutorial and wanted to show you some more progress! 🧡 Here are a few sketches I made to show how to use certain techniques to capture expressions :)

Now all that’s left to do is record the voiceover ...

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Progress on the expressions tutorial! 🥳✏️✨

Hello everyone and happy new week! 🧡 I hope you all had a restful weekend 🥰

We had a snow day over the weekend (which is pretty rare where I live!) so we spent time outside and enjoyed some hot tea & coffee to warm up all weekend ☺️🧡

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Comfort zone sketch ✏️☁️ + what I’ve been up to this week & Feature Friday! 💌

Happy Friday everyone! I hope your week has been a cozy one 😌

Here’s a little comfort zone sketch I made this morning to warm up for the day 🧡 After this weekend I’m going to officially start filming this month’s tutorial video about how to draw expressions, so I sketched this to work on whenever I take breaks from filming ...

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Draw With Me! ✏️ Studying Alphonse Mucha 🌟✨

Hello everyone and happy Thursday! 🥰

Here is a brand new draw with me video! 💌 I filmed the sketching process of my Alphonse Mucha study and I had soooo much fun with it 🧡Doing studies like this have always helped me grow as an artist and it's also super cozy & relaxing! 🥰 So grab a snack and a blanket or draw along with me and I hope you enjoy! ✨

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Early Look: Mucha Study ⭐️✨ + what I’m working on! ✏️

Hello everyone!! I hope you’re all having a lovely week so far :) 🧡

Here’s a sneak-peek of my colored Alphonse Mucha study! ✨ I might add a few more small details, but I wanted to show you my progress 🥰 I feel like I’ve learned sooo much just from studying his work, and I feel so inspired for future drawings 😍

I filmed the coloring process of this d...

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Sketch WIP: Studying Alphonse Mucha ✏️🌟 + all done filming the draw with me video! 🎞

Happy Monday everyone! 🥰 I hope you all had a happy weekend :)

Here’s a sneak-peek of a sketch I’ve been working on to study an artwork by Alphonse Mucha! Around a week ago I went to the art museum to see his art in an exhibit (which I filmed for this month’s studio vlog! 😍) and I felt inspired to study one of his works!

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Florals 💐 Timelapse Process! ✨

Happy weekend everyone! 🧡

Here is a little timelapse video showing the process of my floral drawing you saw yesterday! 🥳 You’ll get to see how I sketched the drawing and how I rendered it from start to finish ✨

I don’t think I showed you guys my reference inspiration, so here’s the reference I used for this piece! ✏️

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Early Look: Florals 💐 + Tutorial Poll Results & Feature Friday! 💌✨

Happy Friday everyone!! I hope you all had a lovely week :)

Here’s an early look at a drawing I’ve been working on to practice a face angle that I usually find very difficult! 🙈 It was a challenge but also a good reminder to step outside my comfort zone because I learned a lot and enjoyed studying it! 🥰

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Step-by-Step Tutorial: How to Paint Clouds ✏️☁️✨

Happy Thursday everyone! :) How is your day going so far? 🧡

Here is a brand new step-by-step about how to paint clouds! ✨ In this tutorial I’ll be sharing my tips & techniques for drawing clouds plus a walkthrough of my recent cloud study 🥰

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Early Look: Evening Sky Studies 🌅☁️✨ + what I’m currently working on! ✏️

Hello everyone!! I hope you’re all enjoying your Wednesday :) 🧡

Here’s a sneak-peek of my finished cloud studies! I wanted to study color palettes from evening sky scenes because they’re so dreamy 🥰 I’ve always felt like the sky is perfect for gathering color palette inspiration, especially during sunsets and sunrises because of the balance of warm & coo...

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Vote for this month's tutorial video! 📮💌✨

Hello again! 🧡

It's time to vote for this month's tutorial video! 🥳 After going through all your suggestions from this weekend, I put together a poll with the most popular requests for you to vote for what you'd like to study this month 🥰 Thank you so much to everyone wh...

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WIP: Studying Clouds ☁️✨ + what I’m working on this week! ✏️

Hello everyone! 🥰 I hope your weekend was a happy one :)

It’s currently a very cloudy & gloomy day and perfect for staying indoors to draw 😌 I started working on some cloud studies over the weekend and I wanted to show you my progress so far!

This week I’m going to be working on a new step-by-step tutorial about how t...

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Tutorial Suggestions! 💌 + visiting an art museum for inspiration & Feature Friday! ✨

Hello everyone!! I hope you all have had a lovely week :) 🧡

It’s time to get your suggestions for this month’s tutorial video! 💌 Last month you guys voted for a tutorial about how to design an original character and I absolutely loved exploring that t...

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Early Look: Finished Raya Character Sheet 🧡🐉✨

Happy Thursday everyone! 🥰

Here is an early look at my finished Raya sketches!✨ It was sooo much fun to color these and I learned more about expressions, color, and light while working on them! 😍 I love doing Disney fan art because it’s a great way to observe how professional character designers work, and it always helps me to gather ideas & inspiration for ...

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Raya Sketches ✏️ Real-Time Process Video! 🎞✨

Happy Wednesday everyone! 🧡

Here is the real-time process video of my Raya sketches! 🐉 I screen-recorded my sketching process so you guys can see my full screen while I draw and watch how I work with layers, brushes, and more at a nice slow pace ✨ As always, I increased the speed of the video by just a tiny bit so that it wouldn’t be too long! I hope you guys en...

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Early Look: Raya Sketches ✏️🐉 + what I’m working on this week!✨

Happy Monday everyone!! I hope your weekend was a restful one :)

Over the weekend I spent some time working on sketching Raya, since she won the vote in our last poll! 📮 I’ve been having so much fun sketching her because I got the Art Book of Raya and the Last Dragon for Christmas, so I’ve been flipping through the pages and feeling so inspired! ...

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Happy New Year! 🧡 Rewards List + Raya Sketch Progress ✏️✨

Hello everyone and happy new year!! 😍 Welcome to a brand new month

I hope you’ve all been enjoying time with family and friends for the new year :) The holiday season in December is always such a busy time for me — it can be hard to find time to draw all the things I want to, and my schedule gets pretty crazy, but now that we’re in January I...

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Vote for my next drawing! ✏️✨ + Feature Friday! 💌

Hello everyone! :) 🧡

Thank you all so much for all the positive feedback on the tutorial video so ...

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PSD Pack 💌✨ | browse my layers & process! ✏️

Hello again! 🥰 I hope you’re all enjoying your day/night :)

Here is a little pack of PSD files for you guys to enjoy! 🧡 This way you guys can open the files in your program and browse the layers for a closer look at the process of each drawing ✨ I’ve attached the files below as Google Drive links, so once you click on the link...

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How to Design an Original Character ✏️ Tutorial! ✨

Hello everyone! 🥰

After lots of filming and drawing, here is a brand new tutorial video! 😍Thank you all so much for your patience while I was working on it, I love putting lots of detail into these tutorials for you guys so they always take more time to make! 🙈In this video I'll be leading you guys through my whole process when it comes to View Post

Early Look: Character Sheet 🧡 + all done filming the tutorial! 😍✨

Hello everyone! 🥰

Today I finished filming everything for the tutorial video and we have officially started editing! 🥳 There’s going to be a lot of detail in this tutorial which is why it’s taken a little longer to film, but I’m excited for it to be all edited and I can’t wait to share it with you! 😍

So here’s a ...

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More tutorial progress & sneak-peeks 🎥✨ + Feature Friday! 💌

Hello everyone! 🥰 I hope you’ve all been having a happy week so far :)

Here are some more progress photos of the tutorial! 🥳 Today I got a lot of filming done for the video and I’m officially moving on to the next portion of the tutorial which will explore color palette concepts 🥰🖍 It’s been such a fun video to film so ...

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Tutorial Progress! ✏️🎞 sketches + what I’m working on 🧡

Hello everyone! I hope you’re having a lovely week so far 🥰

This week has been a busy one for me with lots of planning, writing, drawing, and filming for the tutorial! ✨ For those of you who are new patrons here, (welcome!! 😍) the tutorial video this month will be about how to design an original character!

So here’s a f...

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STUDIO VLOG ✏️ drawing in coffee shops, traveling, artfol partnership & more 🌼

Hello everyone!! Happy Wednesday :) 💛

Here is a brand new studio vlog! In this video I'll be taking you with me on our little mini roadtrip, showing you the things that I'm drawing and working on, and talking about some exciting things 😍 So get cozy and I hope you enjoy! 

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Photo Study Sketch ✏️☁️ + what I’m up to this week! 💌

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend 🥰

Here’s a little sneak-peek of a sketch I’ve been working on to study a photo I found on Pinterest! 🧡 I’m trying to focus on the lighting and the shadows in this one and it’s been a really fun process so far 😌 The next step is to color her which I’ll start soon! 🖍

I’ve been filming t...

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