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SECRET SKETCH - Quick digital sketch with colour

UPDATE - Physical rewards for June are ready for journey to my Patrons! :)

EARLY ACCESS - Girl with star earrings - /Procreate drawing/

Welcome in July! 😊

Here’s a quick drawing I made today after going back from work. I feel very inspired so maybe I’ll draw even more - the day isn’t over! 😄

Sketch was made in Procreate app with these 3 brushes:

• ‘Eaglehawk’ - for first 2 layers and searchin...

DIGITAL PAINTING TUTORIAL - based on my new artwork

In this tutorial you can find: list of brushes (for painting and blending), explanation about easy way to paint light spots, tips about reference photos and whole step by step process of my artwork.

(This is not the only proper way of digital painting - this is how I do it ☺️)

STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL - How to take & edit photos of your sketches

WORK AS A DESIGNER - running collection for women (AW18)

I got a suggestion from my Patron that I can show you my work as a sport apparel designer. I think it’s a great idea because it’s a huge part of my creative work.

This is running collection for women from AW18 season designed for the biggest Polish sport brand - 4F. 

If you’ll be interested I can show you more of my work ...

STEP BY STEP: "Breathe", digital sketch

PATREON UPDATE: Physical rewards

Hi everyone!

I decided to celebrate my first wonderful month on Patreon so I created two packs of physical rewards for June! 

Remember that these tiers are limited (only 15 of each).

Shipping is included. ✉️ 

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LEVEL 3 ($9):

• “Ocean eyes” mirror sticker of...

EARLY ACCESS - “how to hold chopsticks” sketchbook page

SECRET SKETCH - floral lady, pencil drawing

ART TIPS - My 1st serious experiences with watercolors

Here are some stuff that I’ve learned so far about watercolors. (Before I was painting with them in childhood and I didn’t know any rules).

You can see reference photos I used to make some simple sketches, few useful techniques and list of my art supplies 😊

EARLY ACCESS - new tier icons/ field flowers

As you can see I’ve changed names of the tiers to levels (there will be 4 because from June 1st I’m adding physical rewards!). 

I decided to make icons with my favorite field flowers 🌸 . They are painted in Procreate with the same rules as the rock studies from last post 🤗

STEP BY STEP - environment elements in Procreate

I’ve been practicing a lot of very quick environment studies lately. I want to be able to draw whole sceneries for my stories in the future. I‘m trying to catch the impression of each object, not the realistic side of a picture.

First I started with whole landscapes but I found it too difficult. Then I saw rock studies of Lois van Baar...

SECRET SKETCH - Face study, pencil on paper

I don’t usually draw frontal view portraits - I think they’re less interesting to look at. Also they remind me criminal records 😂 This was a sketch made just for practice. Symmetry was especially tricky because the face on reference photo wasn’t perfectly symmetrical 🤷‍♀️ Paper is with delicate structure so not my favorite but ...

STEP BY STEP - Pencil portrait of Natalia Vodianova

I found piece of bristol paper and realized I missed it a lot. This smooth surface is great for precise crosshatching with mechanical pencil. I forgot about it because my current sketchbook is mixed media so it’s better for shading. 

I took pictures of the whole process so you can see it step by ste.

I added also a tip about 7...

TUTORIAL - How to practice and improve at figure drawing

Next tutorial, especially for you guys 😊🧡

STEP BY STEP - Crosshatching tutorial (+ picture to practice on)

Here’s the explanation of crosshatching based on my way of drawing. Attached you’ll find also line art drawing on which you can practice your hatching (or shading, or coloring if you prefer 😊). Let me know if it’s helpful and if you would like me to add more posts like this one.

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Sales tax update

Hello Patrons,

I want to give you an update on some changes that we’ll be seeing which may affect some of your pledges.

Due to new laws passing in several countries and US states, Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax on some pledges starting July 1st.

Less than half of all patrons will be cha...

TIMELAPSE VIDEO - Toon style Billie sketches, full process

(Be sure to chose the highest video resolution) 🧡

QUICK ART TIP - important color rule with good example

This rule is essential for every type of color art, no matter if it’s traditional or digital, with pencil crayons, Photoshop or watercolor. Your art will be more professional and dimensional when you’ll learn to see this way 🧡

WIP - Billie Eilish sketches /new style + color

Billie Eilish drawings in my new style. I couldn’t help myself, I had to try 😄

WIP - Tribe girl, digital illustration in progress

I have a feeling that I change something in my art on daily basis. I’m trying so many things right now that I feel kinda lost. It gives me a lot of fun and I learn many things but I also have some inner pressure & desire to make everything perfect. (Even though I do these things for the first time! So how can they be perfect?!) 

TIME LAPSE VIDEO: Full process of drawing each stylized portrait

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WIP - development of new style

For a few last days I’m drawing a lot but in different way that I used to.

I realized that drawing everything in realistic manner takes too much time that I would normally use for character development, environment study and whole illustration around it. Realistic style is time consuming and very specific - if you do any...

EASY TIP that changed my digital art

Here’s a very quick and very helpful tip about digital art (no matter what software you’re using). It‘s probably a tip for the beginners but I didn’t know about it for a long time so maybe it will be helpful for you too 😊🍀

SECRET SKETCHES: Drawings of cats from my sketchbooks (2019-2020)

Cats are one of my favorite themes to draw 🐈
They’re very elegant and flexible, they have unique characters and beautiful calmness that can be shown in artworks.

In this post you can see some of my cat sketches from 2019-20. All made with pencil.

I can see improvement compared to last year. I think now my sketches are less ...

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Process and explanation of how I draw noses.

Here’s the promised time lapse video with explanation of how I draw noses 👃 

I’ve never thought that I’ll say "noses" so many times in just one day 😂

Also sorry for my English - it’s not my first language but I hope you can understand me 😅

SECRET SKETCHES: How I draw face features – noses

Here’s something suggested by my Patron (thank you Anna Gamez) 😊

In next post I’ll show you a time lapse video of these sketches with some tips how to draw noses (or at least how I do it) 😊 

EARLY ACCESS/ EXCLUSIVE CONTENT: Digital painting

I decided to try something new and I made a painting in Procreate but with brushes that I‘ve never used before:

★ Calligraphy brush called "Odeon" – for all the water/smoke lines

★ Luminance brush called "Flare" – for all the tiny lights 

★ Painting brush called "Salamanca" – for the shading (I tried it befor...

PROCESS VIDEO: Portrait drawing, sketchbook practice

It’s the very first edited video with explanation of my drawing process!

With my voice, music, captions and everything 😅 

(Thank you Kyle Cesar for suggestion about the video! 😊)

I’m so happy and nervous at the same time!

I’m always stressed when I draw under a camera and...