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Sketchbook Post ✏️✨

Sketchbook Post ✏️✨

Hey everyone! I hope you’re all having a lovely week so far 💖

Here are some scribbles I made while waiting for my iPad to charge 😌 My iPad always chooses to die when I’m in the middle of working on something — in this case it was the tutorial! 😂 Thankfully I made some good progress though and I’ll get back to it as soon a...

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Feature Friday & Patron Portrait 009! ✏️💖

Feature Friday & Patron Portrait 009! ✏️💖

Happy Friday everyone! ✨

Here is yet another patron portrait! I've included the original selfie so you guys can see the reference I used 😊 This one was so much fun! I think my favorite part to draw was her hair because I've never drawn this type of hair before, and now I really want to make a character with this hairstyle! 💖 Drawin...

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Process Video! | #DTIYS Piece ✏️💖

Process Video! | #DTIYS Piece ✏️💖

Happy Thursday everyone! I hope you're all having a lovely day so far 😊✨

Here is the full process video of my newest drawing for you guys! I decided to participate in @kurayami_reiji's #drawthisinyourstyle challenge on Instagram and I had so much fun with the magical theme. It felt like I was drawing a fairy! ✨ I ho...

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Sneak-Peak! 🌸✨

Sneak-Peak! 🌸✨

Hello everyone! 💖

Here is this week’s sneak-peak! I’ve been working on this piece for like 8 hours straight 🙈 I’m not sure if it’s finished yet, but my plan is to get it done so I can post a process video & PSD file for $5 and $10 patrons before I get started on this month’s tutorial! A...

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Video Critique & Draw-Over! (004) ✏️💖

Video Critique & Draw-Over! (004) ✏️💖

Hey there Dragonflies! I hope you're all having a beautiful Saturday 💖 

Here is another video critique for you all to enjoy! 😊✨A patron submitted an artwork they're struggling with and in the video I do my best to offer tips and constructive criticism to help them out. The purpose of the draw-over View Post

Feature Friday & Patron Portrait! ✏️💖

Feature Friday & Patron Portrait! ✏️💖

Happy Friday everyone! How was your week? ✨

Here is another patron portrait you may have already seen on my Instagram! I've included the original selfie so you can see how I stylized her 😌 I created a colored version as well, which was totally unplanned! I wanted to see if I could take the finished grayscale portrait and turn it into ...

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September Tutorial Poll! ✏️✨

Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope you're all doing well✨

It's time to vote on the September tutorial! 💖 I got so many amazing suggestions from you guys, and I managed to condense them into five options to choose from 😊✨ Here you guys have the power to decide what you would like to see this month, ...

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Process Video! | Patron Portrait 006 ✏️💖

Process Video! | Patron Portrait 006 ✏️💖

Hello lovelies! Hope you're all having a wonderful Tuesday so far 😊✨

Here is a little process video of a patron portrait! These are so much fun to do and actually great exercises to keep myself drawing and thinking creatively 😊 I can't believe this is #6! Some day I'll have to put together a little book of them all or something ...

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Sketchbook: Pencil Doodles ✏️✨

Sketchbook: Pencil Doodles ✏️✨

Happy Monday everyone! 😊✨

Here are some warmup sketches I drew while sitting in a cozy quiet library this weekend. I won't be posting these on Instagram, so they'll have a home here in the sketchbook feed! For new patrons here, you can check out the sketchbook tag and see all my sketches that I've posted exclusively here on Patreon ...

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Feature Friday & Patron Portrait! ✏️💖

Feature Friday & Patron Portrait! ✏️💖

Happy Friday everyone!! I'm so happy the weekend is here 😊✨

Here is the first finished patron portrait for the Draw Me event! 💖And as requested, I've included the original patron selfie along with the portrait 😊 I really enjoyed this one; the coat, beanie, and glasses were such adorable features...

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Zombie Girl | Time Lapse Process!

Zombie Girl | Time Lapse Process!

Hello my loves! 💖

Here is the process video of my recent drawing for Max Grecke's zombie girl challenge! This drawing took so many different directions as I made it, so you'll get to see some of that when you watch 😊💖 My main struggle initially was actually with color, because I had never painted green skin before and it took a li...

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Layered PSD: Zombie Girl! 💖

Layered PSD: Zombie Girl! 💖

Hello lovely Dragonflies! Here is the first layered PSD of this month! :D

As most of you may know, this drawing was a challenge for me for several reasons and when you check out the layers in the file, it's pretty obvious I struggled in a few places! I've also kept all the layers of an alternate colored version of this pie...

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September Rewards! 🌻✨

September Rewards! 🌻✨

Hello lovely people! 💖

Here is the Rewards List for September! This is here so you all know what to expect during this month 😊 I’ve color coded your tiers so they’re easy to see, and every tier gets all the rewards of the tiers below it! So for example, Big-Hearted Butterflies will get their own tier rewards plus...

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Digital Sketch WIP!

Digital Sketch WIP!

Happy September everyone!! 

Here's a rough work in progress of a new piece I'm working on! You might recognize her as the #drawthisiyourstyle piece made by @maxgrecke on Instagram; he's a super talented artist and I absolutely love his character design! Anywho, the character is supposed to be a zombie girl and since I've never drawn a...

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"Draw Me" Event Info & Feature Friday! ✨

"Draw Me" Event Info & Feature Friday! ✨

Happy Friday everybody! I’m so happy it’s the weekend 💖

This is an info post about our special bi-monthly event that is starting up again in September for the Big-hearted Butterfly tier ($5) and up! For this reward, you can send me a selfie and I will draw a View Post

Video Critique & Draw-Over! (003)

Video Critique & Draw-Over! (003)

Hello again Dragonflies! :)

I'm posting another video critique and draw-over for you all to enjoy! A patron submitted an artwork they're struggling with and in the video I do my best to offer tips and constructive criticism to help them out. The purpose of the draw-over is to illustrate a ...

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Layered PSD: Gold Leaf ~

Layered PSD: Gold Leaf ~

Hey there Dragonflies! :)

Here is the PSD file for my newest drawing, which I'm calling Gold Leaf! I spent a lot of time on this piece and used several techniques I don't normally use, so I hope that you guys enjoy having an exclusive look at how I made it :) Feel free to download it into your program, che...

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How to Create a Color Palette!

How to Create a Color Palette!

Hello lovely patrons! :)

I'm so excited to be sharing my very first color tutorial with you all!! :) In this video I talk about a couple techniques you can use to create a unique color palette, and I've found that these techniques actually help me a lot whenever I'm in an art block. You'll also get to see my painting proce...

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Feature Friday, Sneak Peak, & Updates! ✨

Feature Friday, Sneak Peak, & Updates! ✨

Hello lovely patrons! 💖

Here’s a rough WIP I’m currently working on for a DTIYS challenge by Will Murai on insta 💕 This is ALSO the piece that will be a part of this month’s tutorial, which is... Choosing a Color Palette!! If you’ve been keeping up with my stories then you’ve probably seen a little sneak pe...

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Feature Monday & WIP! ✏️✨

Feature Monday & WIP! ✏️✨

Happy Monday everyone! 😌

Here’s some rough sketchy progress on a Patron’s portrait I’m working on from a submission last month! This is usually what the piece looks like when I’ve roughed in some values and haven’t yet added details or effects 💖 For all you new Patrons who might not know what this is for, I host a ...

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Plant Girl | Time Lapse Process!

Plant Girl | Time Lapse Process!

Hello lovely patrons! :)

Here is the process video for my most recent drawing of a really fun #drawthisinyourstyle! I spent sooo much time on this drawing, working and re-working color schemes, fiddling with textures, and painting all those little strands of hair. The green and yellow color palette was a challenge for me a...

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August Tutorial Poll!

Happy Friday everyone! Did you guys have a good week? :)

As promised, here is the poll for this month's tutorial! I took all the suggestions from you guys and condensed them into these three. Normally I have around 5 options to choose from, but I decided to keep it simple for this one! Here you have the power to decide wha...

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August Tutorial Suggestions & Sneak Peak! ✨

August Tutorial Suggestions & Sneak Peak! ✨

Happy Wednesday everyone! 💛✨

Here’s this week’s sneak peak! Not finished yet, but getting close 😌 This piece has definitely been a challenge so far because yellow isn’t a comfort-zone color for me. But I gotta say, I’m really enjoying working with warm colors again! I will probably be changing a lot of this piece as I conti...

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Draw With Me | Ohuhu Marker Art!

Draw With Me | Ohuhu Marker Art!

Hey everybody! 

I'm excited to share my very first traditional art video with you guys, which happens to be a Draw With Me! In this video I show you guys my process as I draw with the new Ohuhu marker set, while answering a few questions that were asked on my Instagram story! My amazing husband helped...

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Feature Friday & Messy Sketch! 🖍✨

Feature Friday & Messy Sketch! 🖍✨

Happy Friday everybody!! I hope everyone’s week went well 💖

It’s the weekend which means it’s time to feature your lovely artwork on my Instagram story! Drop your username in the comments if you would like to have a feature ✨

About the sketch: This drawing actually starte...

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Sneak-Peak! | Jellyfish Girl

Sneak-Peak! | Jellyfish Girl

Hello lovely Patrons! I hope you’re all having a wonderful week so far 💖

Here’s this week’s sneak-peak of my current drawing! I’m not sure if I feel like it’s quite finished yet, I feel like there’s something that needs to be added but I haven’t figured it out yet... we’ll see what happens! 😌

This piece has bee...

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Sketchbook Post | Marker Doodle 🖍✨

Sketchbook Post | Marker Doodle 🖍✨

Happy Monday everyone! ❤️

Here’s our first sketchbook post of the month! This is an experimental piece I’ll only be posting here for you guys 💖 This was made using the Ohuhu markers which I’ve been really enjoying lately 😌 I have the chisel tip ones but I wish I had the brush marker versions because it is SOO hard to blend!...

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August Rewards & Feature Friday!

August Rewards & Feature Friday!

Happy August everybody!!

It's a new month which means it's time for all new rewards :D I'm excited to dive into everything and make this month a truly artsy one! 

One quick note I'd like to get out there: I've received so much interest in our "Draw Me" event and I just wanted to remind everyone that the event is...

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How to Achieve a Painterly Style!

How to Achieve a Painterly Style!

Hello lovely Patrons! :)

Here is our tutorial for the month of July!! I had so much fun creating this painting and I'm so excited to share my process and some painting tips with you all :) I hope you guys enjoy watching the video! 

You guys really liked the idea of downloading the line art for this piece and pai...

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Layered PSD: Male Portrait!

Layered PSD: Male Portrait!

Hey Dragonflies! :)

Some people really wanted to see the layers of this male portrait because I used a lot of textures and different techniques, so I'm sharing the layered PSD with you guys! Hope you guys enjoy it :) Feel free to download it into your program, check out the layers & process, draw all o...

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