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Vote: What Should I Draw Next? 💌📝✨

Hello again! 🥰

It’s been a while since the last time I asked you guys to help me choose what to draw! 💌 Here are two references I really like at the moment and I want to turn one of them into a mermaid! ✨ Which one should I draw??
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Studying Waves 🌊 + Tutorial Suggestions & Feature Friday! ✨

Good morning everyone & happy Friday!! ☺️

I’ve been drawing some studies of the ocean and having so much fun learning about the way that water moves! 😍 I filmed & screen-recorded the process of my wave studies for this month’s studio vlog, so you’ll get to see me draw them in the video 🥰

In other news, it’s time to get your...

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Mermaid Poses 🌼 Real-Time Drawing Process! 🎞

Hello everyone! ☺️ I hope you've all been having a lovely day/night 💛

Here is the real-time process video of my recent mermaid sketches! ✨ I screen-recorded the whole coloring & rendering process so you can see my full screen while I draw, which includes how I use my layers, brushes, effects, and more! I increased the speed of the video by ju...

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Step-by-Step: Upper Body Anatomy 💌✨

Hello everyone! 🌼 Happy Wednesday 🥰

Since many of us are drawing mermaids for Mermay, I thought it would be fun to create a little step-by-step tutorial about upper body anatomy since that’s one of the major focuses of mermaids! 🥰 This tutorial will cover the essential shapes of the upper body, how to sketch it, and how to color & render it! ✨I hope you g...

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Early Look: Mermaid Sketches 🌼 + what I’m up to this week! ✨

Hello everyone & happy Monday! 🥰 I hope you all had a restful weekend 💌

Last night I stayed up really late sketching because I felt inspired to practice drawing some mermaid poses 😌🌙 and I decided to screen-record the full coloring & rendering process for a real-time process video for you guys! 🥳✨...

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A Little Newsletter to You 💌 + Things I want to do this month & May Rewards! 📝

Happy Saturday everyone and welcome to May! 😍 

It’s a beautiful sunny day where I live and the weather is nice and cool, so I’m sitting beside an open window at my desk while I write this to you 😌🌼 I always feel so inspired and ready to jump into new projects at the beginning of the month so I wanted to share some things that are inspiring me right now a...

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WIP: Lavender Mermaid 🍬✨ + my sketch & feature Friday! 💌

Hello & happy Friday everyone! ☺️✏️

Here’s a drawing I’m currently working on that will be my first drawing for Mermay this year! 🥰 I have sooo many concept ideas of different mermaids to draw throughout the month 😍 For this one I wanted to try out a lavender color palette since I rarely use that color in my work, and I also wanted to experiment with...

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Open PSD + Procreate File: Zelda 💌✨

Hello everyone! 😌✨

Tonight I finally finished labeling and organizing the layers of my Zelda drawing and here are the files! 🥳✨ I’ve also included a little layer guide to show you how to navigate the layers of the file if you’re new to the process 🥰 This way you guys can see all the layers of the process from sketch to finish! ✏️

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Drawing Process: Princess Zelda 👑✨

Hello again! ☺️ I hope your day is going well ✨
Here is the full process video of my recent Zelda drawing! 🥳 The lighting was one of my main focuses in this drawing so you’ll get to see me play with the light quite a bit 😌 Overall I loved drawing Zelda so much, especially because I’m in love with the Legend of Zelda games, so this drawing felt close to my hea...

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Early Look: Modern Mermaid DTIYS Challenge! 🧜‍♀️✨

Good morning everyone & happy Thursday! 🥰🌻

I finished coloring my mermaid sketch from the other day and here is the result! ✨ Since Mermay is going to be starting (super soon!! 😍) I wanted to make something fun to celebrate the month 🥰

This will be a draw this in your style challenge lasting until the end of May and I’m brainsto...

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How to Render Simple Backgrounds ✏️ 🎞 April Tutorial! ✨

Hello again! ☺️

After lots of planning, filming, and editing, here is this month's tutorial video! 🥳 This month you guys voted for a tutorial about how to create simple backgrounds, so that's what I will be covering in this video! ✨  I'll be showing my favorite techniques to create backgrounds that are easy to paint but give your drawings a more detailed &am...

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Iced Coffee Mermaid Sketch 🌼+ an update! 🥳💌✨

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday! 😍 I hope you all had a restful weekend

I’m excited to announce that I will be posting this month’s tutorial video TODAY 🥳✨ I put a lot of love and detail into the video which is why it took a little while!! 🙈 For those of you who saw this month’s 2021-04-27 14:40:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Studio Vlog #4 💌 // drawing at an art museum, showing you my workflow, & playing with cats 🌼✨

Good morning everyone and happy Saturday!! ✨

After lots and lots of filming and editing, the April studio vlog is finally here! 😍 In this video I take you with me through the first week of April while I work on Patreon rewards, work on some drawings, visit an art musuem to draw, and more 🌼 I hope you guys enjoy it!! So grab a blanket and a snack and let's chill to...

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Early Look: Princess Zelda 👑✨ + an Update & Feature Friday! 💌

Hello everyone and happy Friday! 🌼✨

Here’s an early look at the colored version of my Zelda sketch! ☺️ There are still a couple things I want to add to it, like a little extra detail and adjusting the colors a little bit, but I’m happy with how it’s going so far! ✨ There will be a process video and a PSD file coming your ...

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Princess Zelda sketch 👑✨ with steps + a little update!

Good morning everyone! ☺️🌼

The past couple days we’ve been in full editing mode, so that’s why I’ve been a little quieter with my posting this week! 🙈 But I’m happy to say that today we’re going to finish editing the studio vlog! 😍 all I need to do is create a couple more animated gifs for the video, make a thumbnai...

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Early Look: Shades of Blue 🦋✨ + what I’m up to this week! 💌

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a restful weekend ☺️🌟

Now that it’s a new week it’s time to get back to work and that means lots of drawing, filming, and editing! 📝 Here’s a little sneak-peek at some sketches I made today while exploring different shades of blue hair 🦋 This drawing will also be included in this month’s tutorial video View Post

"Underwater" 🐠 // Timelapse Process! ✨

Happy Saturday everyone! 🥰

I hope you're all having a lovely day so far 💛 Here's a timelapse video of my recent underwater drawing! You'll get to see the process from sketch to finish ✨It was such a relaxing drawing to work on and I've always loved the calmness of blue palettes 😌 I hope you all enjoy!! 🥰

Alright now I'm gonna get back to some drawing a...

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Early Look: Hermione WIP 🌼✨ + what I’m working on & Feature Friday! 💌

Hello everyone and happy Friday! 🥰💌

Here is an early look at my drawing of Hermione that I’m almost finished with! 🥳 Today I visited my favorite coffee shop to color her and I also screen-recorded the whole process of rendering the background for this month’s tutorial video on simple backgrounds! I’ll be covering several di...

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Step-by-Step Tutorial: How to Draw Bubbles! ✏️🐟💭

Good morning everyone! ☺️ I hope you’re all having a lovely day today 🌼

I decided to create a little bonus step-by-step tutorial for you guys because I had some extra time in between all the video editing to make one! 🥰 I think it will be a useful one for those of you who might be participating in Mermay (which is coming up so...

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Sketch With Me! ✏️ drawing Hermione & chatting about fan art 🌼

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday! 😌

Here is this month's draw with me video!! 🥳 In this video I'll be sketching Hermione Granger while chatting with you about how creating fan art can help you grow as an artist 💛 It's a topic I've been thinking about a lot recently and I thought I would share what's been on my mind! ☺️ I hope you enjoy :) So grab a blanket ...

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Early Look: Water 🌊🦋✨ + what I’m up to this week! 💌

Hello everyone & happy Tuesday! 😌✨

Here’s a sneak-peek of a drawing I’ve been working on inspired by water ✨ I think I’ll add some more detail to it but I wanted to show you guys some progress! ☺️

It feels like it’s been so long since I talked to you guys even though it’s only been a couple days! 🙈 We’ve been super busy video editing th...

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“Pink” 🌷 | Open PSD + Procreate File! 💌✨

Hello again! 🥰

As promised, here is the open PSD and the Procreate file of my recent portrait drawing! 💌 I’ve grouped the layers and organized them to make it more simple for you to see the process 😌 Below are the links to the files! 💌

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Hermione Sketch ✏️💭✨ + all done filming the draw with me video! 🎞

Hello everyone! I hope you’ve all been having a lovely Saturday 😌

Today I finished filming this month’s draw with me video and this is the result! 🥳 I’ve gotten a lot of messages recently about my sketches and so I decided to show you guys a closer look at the process for the video 🥰📸 and the process is going to be ...

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Pink Hair 🌷✨ // full process video from sketch to finish! ✏️

Hello again everyone! ☺️ I hope you're all enjoying your Friday so far ✨

Here is the full process video of my pink hair girl from sketch to finish! 🥳 I had so much fun drawing this one and playing around with a pink palette 🌷Stay tuned for the PSD and Procreate file of this drawing that I'll be posting very soon so you can see...

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New Tier Images! 🌼🌷✨ refreshing my Patreon page + Feature Friday 💌

Hello & happy Friday everyone!

If you saw last month’s studio vlog you’ll know that I’ve been working on some new tier images to refresh my Patreon page! 😍 I’ve had the same tier images for a long time (ever since I started my Patreon! 🙈) and I felt like d...

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Little Sneak-Peek: Colored Sketch 🌷✨ + what I’m working on today 💌

Hello everyone! 🌼✨

I wanted to show you a quick sneak-peek of the colored version of my sketch! 💛 I started coloring this one in an art museum for the studio vlog (sooo excited to show that to you guys! 🥰), and I just finished it! I’m currently uploading a process video of the sketching & coloring process and I’m also p...

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Luna Lovegood Real-time Process! 🦋✨

Hello everyone and happy Thursday! 🥰

Here is the drawing process of my recent fanart of Luna Lovegood! I screen-recorded the process in real-time so you can see my full screen with all my layers, tools, and references! ✨  We sped up the video just a tiny bit so that it isn't too slow, but still slow enough for you to see what I'm doing 😌 and of course I added...

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Early Look: Luna Lovegood 🦋✨ + my sketch & references! 💌

Hello everyone & happy Wednesday! 🥰

Finally, I made some Harry Potter fan art! 🙈 Today I was filming the studio vlog for this month and felt inspired to sketch Luna Lovegood for the video, (one of my favorite HP characters!) and then I decided to screen-record the entire process from sketch to finish! 🥳 I took my iPad and my camera with me to...

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Early Look: Skater Sketches + what I’m up to this week! 🌼✨

Good morning everyone! 🥰 I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far 💛

Here’s a little sneak-peek of some skater sketches I finished today! 🥳 it was a fun exercise to stay loose and practice some movement & full body poses ✨ I also really love drawing long ponytails lately, especially with full body poses because I love the extra moveme...

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Step-by-Step: How to Draw Bangs! 💌🖍✨

Hello again everyone! 😌

I finally finished this step-by-step tutorial on how to draw bangs! 😍 In this step-by-step sheet I’ll show you my tips & techniques for drawing bangs in a way that isn’t stiff and creates movement & life ✨ Like all my other step-by-steps, it’s a lot of detail on a really big canvas! 🙈 so make sure you zoom in View Post