Sketching small magic

 A very small update on the Mapcrunch Gamzigrad study, mostly on the left hand side. I didnt have a lot of time to commit to it, Ive got book boards in production, color rough mockups and final file formatting!

 Im hoping my production pipeline slows down at least mid may so I can participate in Mermay. I took the first half of this year off to focus solely on well being and art, and Ill be damned if I miss another Mermay!

 I figured I'd like to study film grabs , value and do some digital plein air paintings. This has more work on it, but I sent this over to me earlier and never updated. 

It was suggested to use mapcrunch. It gives you a random location in the world and I was very fortunate to get this shot here. Love the natural color palette, so much life ! 

Also , a snap of my bunny Kaori having breakfast . A natural composition and geometric lighting ✨️ 

 

 Quick update before bed - played around to get a 80s Japanese anime watercolor look

 Oftentimes I find any delays in my production are my lack of thinking ahead. Im trying to remedy this, but sometimes a happy accident can be a solution to a problem.

Posting a couple of before/afters. The more tedious one was the city-scape. I realized the illustrations were progressing into more loose quality then I originally anticipated (I started this book at the tail end of 2024). I had gone back over the cleaner lines with a more loose/texture feel and I LOVE it. It adds so much more life to the comp.

Another shot of a page where a tourist is taking a snip of the cityscape view. I had removed the line on accident and really like the glow the city seemed to be giving off. This one might be more of a 50/50 but thought Id discuss it.

And just posting a small snippet of the magical book page - I added in some fairytale creatures due to context and the book spines/covers were a lot of fun to design and decorate

 

 My portfolio is now live but I am still adding more and changing up a few things. Check it out in the top navigation bar 

And some stuff that I hopped around in, these little characters are updated from a book I worked on about 5 years ago. These are much more stylized, expressive and frankly just fun. The black + accent colors have a nice contrast - I believe Im moving more into this technique everyday

 Trying to get away from the social media machine, Ive turned to blogging! This IS a form of social media, but I feel a bit more control and no pressure to supply the masses a dose of doomscroll but rather to provide a leisurely stroll through my mind.

Im a fan of the process of art over its end result, you could call me a post minimalist if youre so inclined. One of the many joys I have in life is sharing this process with student and non student alike, and so I created this blog. I have many irons in the fire right now and I wanted to use this space to showcase and share any contributions Ive been making to these endeavors!