• Image of an open sketchbook showing lace designs on either side of the page, drawn in pastel fine liners and markers. Cursive text on top of the image reads: Lace & Cloth Studies. To the right of the sketchbook on the table in a ribbon of lace, a few pens, and a pink mechanical pencil.
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    Lace & Cloth Studies

    Friday, December 29, 2023 /

    Hooray for another longer holiday weekend. 😊 Feeling a bit better from the flu. I’ve pretty much just been testing out Procreate brushes, rather than working on any new artwork. It’s certainly a low-key, peaceful art practice. But I’m thinking tonight I might be able to do some more smaller studies, similar to these lace ones I created in late November. And there are a couple cloth studies and lace doodles from this past Wednesday done in Procreate.

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  • A photo of an open sketchbook, with portrait sketches of a girl with short pink hair, half of it up in a pony tail. In most of the sketches her right eye is a flat disk. On the opposite page is the same character with blue iridescent hair and a right dragon eye, wearing a red and white raglan shirt. On the lower half of that page are different eye designs of in the style of dragon, parrot, cybernetic, cat, wolf, fae, and human. Text on top of the image says Sketchbook Share: Rebecca.
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    Sketchbook Share: Rebecca

    Wednesday, December 27, 2023 /

    Here is the last of my November 2023 character sketchbook spreads, this time featuring my OC Rebecca. Whose design I cannot figure out; I cannot seem to draw her face accurately from what I picture in my mind T_T. But an attempt was made! I’m also slogging through a precious vacation day with a sore throat and feeling under the weather generally, boooo.

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  • A photo of an open sketchbook showing a page on the left with multiple face studies of my original character Lore. On the right page is a larger Copic marker drawing of the character in a red doublet. Text on top of the image says Sketchbook Share: Lore.
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    Sketchbook share: Lore

    Friday, December 22, 2023 /

    So I wasn’t as productive as I hoped Wednesday, after posting in here T_T. I felt exhausted around 6:30pm and could just not get moving. So alas, no dance practice. I did manage much later in the evening to work out for like 20 minutes on the simple aerobic step we have (listening to Gundam Wing music ^_^), and that helped cheer me up a little. I think I’m just like a little worn out from the last month or so. But hey! More original character sketches to share from the end of November!

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  • Photo of an open sketchbook, showing a page of gestural ink sketches of a woman with long, wavy, purple hair. On the opposite page is a Copic marker drawing of the same character facing forward; she is wearing jeweled earrings and a necklace. Below that are sketches of little sections of lace designs and a dressing gown design.
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    Sketchbook Share: Ianthenna

    Wednesday, December 20, 2023 /

    This is the third of my November OC sketchbook spreads, featuring Ianthenna, from my In Between series (which… I have not forgotten about, I swear). I still struggle with a consistent look for my characters, where the features are specific and stylized enough. For practicing quick portraits, though, I consider this page a success. Because this character is often wearing fancy dressing gowns and pajama type outfits (living in a type of dream plane of existence), I also wanted to practice frilly lace collars and cuffs, as that’s what I envision them wearing most of the time.

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  • Blog post thumbnail showing a collage of five drawings of my original character Ariennha. They are quick sketches showing an elven woman with curly red hair.
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    Sketchbook Share: Ariennha

    Monday, December 18, 2023 /

    Last post, I mentioned a series of OC sketchbook pages I filled, starting with Reiellasara and now moving on to Ariennha. Ariennha is a character very close to my heart, even if I haven’t drawn her much – I’ve spent many an hour daydreaming stories and world building in my mind over the years. She’s definitely got Mary Sue energy, but I honestly do not care, I love the character. But why haven’t I made very much art of those daydreams? The trick to getting those ideas down as drawings is to just Nike-style “Do It”.

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