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mocha

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:56:59 PDT

fingers crossed that everyone gets this one in their messages :b a commission i finished recently, in which i was asked to draw a girl sipping coffee. process here: [link]

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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testing - please respond

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:31:11 PDT

hello all! as you might have heard, there've been some technical problems with my account here on dA lately. one of them is that my submissions are not appearing in many of my watchers' inboxes. i've contacted dA about it but it's been a week now and i haven't heard anything back. so i decided to just upload something as a test to see how many people receive it and contact dA about it once more. it's pretty important to me and i've decided to put off uploading any finished pieces until the problem is solved, so if you could please comment and let me know if this appeared in your message center, that would be great and very helpful! thanks so much.

since this is a test, i might end up re-submitting it a few times to see if the problem has been fixed. my apologies in advance for those of you who DO receive my uploads and may find this submission in their message center more than once! i hope you understand my reasons.

hoodie

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:23:59 PDT

just a spontaneous speedpaint! decided to upload since i haven't been able to make many finished pieces lately. skintone and palette very much leyendecker inspired.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. time taken - about 2 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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bus stop

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:19:06 PST

started as a quick doodle but i got carried away with polishing it up, so i figured why not post it! wanted to get a faded 70's picturebook kind of look, not sure if that worked out, but yeah.. woohoo textures and fake-bad-printing effects!

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. time taken - about 4 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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belle

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 06:37:59 PST

a while back i did one of those disney coloring page things - [link] - and yesterday evening i felt like doing one again just for practice! the coloring page i used was this - [link] - and the painting that i used as inspiration for the palette and lighting is this - [link] .

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with an intuos4 A6 size. time taken - about 4 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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ID thirteen

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:06:18 PST

time for a new self portrait! drawn from a mirror reflection. i'm not completely satisfied with the likeness - the angle from below + constantly changing lighting made it pretty tough! - but it is leaps and bounds better than my other self portraits! and i'm kind of sick of picking at this :b

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. time taken - about 4 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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windy

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:38:14 PST

just a quick illustration that i had a sudden impulse to draw! i'm craving spring in holland, where you can just hop on your bike and find a nice place to have a picnic. it can still be darn windy though.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD in 4 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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pale

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:06:33 PST

i saw this photo by ~DeviantRoze on the front page a while back and was struck by how beautiful it was! it looked like a painting. so when i found myself feeling quite stressed today i decided to paint this portrait as a way to relax. it's not intended as a photorealistic duplication, just a digital painting that captures what i felt was the essence of the photograph.

process here - [link]

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD in 3 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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three sisters

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:00:14 PST

me and my sisters, drawn as an x-mas gift for my mom! left one is Suey, my big sister who is a biologist and lives in canada at the moment. the middle one is me, and the right one is Kaitlin (~kitleen), my little sister who is studying anthropology in belgium.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 from a scanned sketch with a cintiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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minimalists

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:52:50 PST

something i had in my head for a while!

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. took about 10 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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happy holidays!

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:57:22 PST

what it says! only relevant if the end of the world does not come before the holidays, tho.

_{scanned pencil linework, colored in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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home entertainment system

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:52:19 PST

finally managed to finish off a drawing i had lying around since august! inspired by koji morimoto (one of my all-time favs) and 70's kitchen appliances.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. didn't keep track of time! for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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punks

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:08:21 PST

a remake of sorts - [link] ! gave her an attitude and a companion.

process here - [link]

_{scanned pencil linework, colored in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. time taken - about 10 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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pinup

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:17:32 PST

a sketch from my sketchbook which i painted up a bit in photoshop! just for fun/relaxation. be sure to keep an eye on my art blog for more sketches!

_{drawn with a mechanical pencil on moleskine paper, edited in photoshop cs5 with a cinitiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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captive 03

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:09:48 PST

A third (and final) illustration from the captive project. this one is based on the final scene of disney's 'snow white'. first one here - [link] - and second one here - [link] .

Copy/paste of description from last deviation:

Here's what I worked on for most of October/November - animation sequences for Bearkatt Productions, who made a Channel 4 (U.K) documentary about Tanya Kach's life (warning: the documentary deals with very shocking subject matter). 14-year-old Tanya Kach was held captive by an older man, phsyically as well as emotionally, for 10 years of her life - a truly heartbreaking story. The animations were intended to illustrate her emotions when she met her captor at a young age. She rationalized the situation by believing that she was in love and had found someone to take care of her for the rest of her life, something she longed for as a result of not feeling loved or wanted anywhere else. Of course, this was far from the truth.

The animation sequences are basically romantic fairy tale scenes with a 'dark' edge, showing a princess falling in love with her prince. They were edited into the interviews that were conducted with Tanya. What you see above is some artwork which was integrated into the final sequences, to which my awesome boyfriend Arjen Klaverstijn contributed animation and effects.

For more artwork, storyboards and concept art from this project, check out [link] .

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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cafe presse

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:29:17 PST

decided to color a small sketch from my sketchbook!

you can check out some step-by-step process shots here - [link]

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. time taken - about 12 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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captive 02

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:37:49 PST

A second illustration from the captive project. first is here - [link] - and third is here - [link]

Copy/paste of description from last deviation:

Here's what I worked on for most of October/November - animation sequences for Bearkatt Productions, who made a Channel 4 (U.K) documentary about Tanya Kach's life (warning: the documentary deals with very shocking subject matter). 14-year-old Tanya Kach was held captive by an older man, phsyically as well as emotionally, for 10 years of her life - a truly heartbreaking story. The animations were intended to illustrate her emotions when she met her captor at a young age. She rationalized the situation by believing that she was in love and had found someone to take care of her for the rest of her life, something she longed for as a result of not feeling loved or wanted anywhere else. Of course, this was far from the truth.

The animation sequences are basically romantic fairy tale scenes with a 'dark' edge, showing a princess falling in love with her prince. They were edited into the interviews that were conducted with Tanya. What you see above is some artwork which was integrated into the final sequences, to which my awesome boyfriend Arjen Klaverstijn contributed animation and effects.

For more artwork, storyboards and concept art from this project, check out [link] .

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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meeting

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:29:15 PST

revisiting one of my favorite themes: super tall apartment buildings! i've been checking all these random city streets in google streetview lately and it inspired me to paint this today.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. time spent - 7 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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captive 01

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:05:31 PST

An illustration from the captive project. check out a second here - [link] - and third here - [link] .

Here's what I worked on for most of October/November - animation sequences for Bearkatt Productions, who made a Channel 4 (U.K) documentary about Tanya Kach's life (warning: the documentary deals with very shocking subject matter). 14-year-old Tanya Kach was held captive by an older man, phsyically as well as emotionally, for 10 years of her life - a truly heartbreaking story. The animations were intended to illustrate her emotions when she met her captor at a young age. She rationalized the situation by believing that she was in love and had found someone to take care of her for the rest of her life, something she longed for as a result of not feeling loved or wanted anywhere else. Of course, this was far from the truth.

The animation sequences are basically romantic fairy tale scenes with a 'dark' edge, showing a princess falling in love with her prince. They were edited into the interviews that were conducted with Tanya. What you see above is some artwork which was integrated into the final sequences, to which my awesome boyfriend Arjen Klaverstijn contributed animation and effects.

For more artwork, storyboards and concept art from this project, check out [link] .

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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2013 calendar

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:27:44 PST

woohoo! the 2013 calendar has arrived. for the first time in three years, the cover is not overwhelmingly pink! as usual it features close-ups of works i've made throughout 2012. enjoy!

for a link to the print and an overview of the images for each month, check out [link] :]

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seastorm

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:20:45 PST

finished version of a sketch i started a while back and wasn't able to finish until now!

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. didn't keep track of time spent. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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20,000

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:51:00 PST

a drawing to celebrate reaching 20,000 likes on my facebook fan page! so exciting WOOHOO!

so this started out as a small doodle in my sketchbook, which i scanned into photoshop and then modified the lineart at high resolution to add more details. it was really cool to work on lineart this way, usually i paint over it at some point and it disappears!

_{drawn on moleskine paper with a mechanical pencil, scanned into photoshop cs5 and modified with a cintiq 24HD. total time spent - about 10 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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snickerdoodle

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:08:42 PST

a drawing from my sketchbook with coloring and textures added in photoshop. be sure to keep an eye on my art blog for more sketches!

_{drawn with a mechanical pencil on moleskine paper, edited in photoshop cs5 with a cinitiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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d'artiste fashion design 02

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:31:25 PST

another illustration from ballistic publishing's d'artiste fashion design which I made around this time last year! the book features three detailed tutorials, for a preview of the content check out [link] and [link] !

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom intuos3. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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wrapped

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:54:38 PDT

one of those drawings that starts as a rough doodle and then just keeps going and going until it morphs into something 'finished' :]

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD in about 6-7 hours. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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a message about messages

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:09:10 PDT

Uploading this as a deviation to grab everyone's attention! I'm signed up to a number of social network sites (facebook, twitter, tumblr, vimeo, linkedin, behance), which I try my best to keep up with but it isn't always easy!

Lately i've noticed that I've been getting more and more private messages on all these different websites. Some of these messages contain important questions, information about my art being stolen, or even job offers. The problem is, I just can't keep up with my private messages on all these sites. I usually end up reading them way too late or never get around to checking them.

So my reason for uploading this is: PLEASE, if you have any important questions or basically any kind of message that requires a quick answer, send it to my e-mail (info@loish.net)! If you send me a tumblr PM, deviantart note, private message on facebook, or anything else besides an e-mail, I just can't guarantee a reply within a reasonable time frame. i do check my comments more often than i check notes, so don't hesitate to leave one on my art/journals/etc!

Thanks for reading!

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD, about 3 hours. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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leonardo: level 2

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:51:55 PDT

some of the artwork from level 2 of the CBBC Leonardo game. the middle section shows leo and his friend lisa attending a ball in order to catch the bad guys who are trying to sabotage the party. leo is preoccupied with finding a way to the roof while lisa only wants to party and dance! it was really fun to draw. some level 3 stuff coming up tomorrow.

for more Leonardo artwork, including WIPs, concept art and sketches, check out [link] !

level 1 artwork here - [link]
level 3 artwork here - [link]

project credits: this artwork is for The Leonardo Game, an online game created by Plug-in Media. Based on the television series 'Leonardo', produced by Kindle Entertainment for the CBBC.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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frozen lemons

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:42:18 PDT

result of me getting to draw whatever i want for the first time in four months? bright colors, striped scarves, floating shapes and other lois-art-clichés! an ode to oncoming fall and winter and all of the lovely drapey stuff we get to wear again.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD, not sure how much time in total since i've had a rejected version of this drawing lying around on my HD for more than a year. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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chatter

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:53:08 PDT

some girls in pseudo-futuristic attire gossiping about someone, or something like that. pretty inspired by ~Brosa's brilliant artwork! it's a bit rough which i usually wouldn't post on deviantart, but if i don't start posting more of my rough artwork here, my account will soon be on the verge of complete inactivity ;___; sad but true.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD in about four hours. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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Leonardo: the game

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:28:09 PDT

Finally, I get to share this project with you guys! I've been making comic sequences for CBBC's Leonardo: the game since May and just finished last month. This is the promo image I made for it.

Leonardo is a Children's BBC television show, aired in the U.K, about the adventures of a teenage Leonardo da Vinci (warning: in no way historically accurate). The second season of the show is being released around now, together with an online game for kids on the CBBC website. It's a mix of a race game with storytelling sequences throughout, which is what I contributed. You can play it here - [link] .

It was great fun to work on this! I got to work in my own style and help out a little bit with the concept art as well. I did not write the storyline/script or come up with the characters though - these already existed! I'll post some of the comic sequences up sooner or later as well, but if you want to see them already you can play the game :]

Credits go to:
Plug-in Media ( [link] ), who made and directed the game. It was so much fun to work with them!
Kindle Entertainment ( [link] ), who produced the TV Show and also worked on the game.
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_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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escape

Mon, 21 May 2012 02:38:20 PDT

a commission for Pro Se Productions, intended as a cover for their pulp fiction magazine. it refers to a story that will be published in the magazine. exact publishing date of the issue is unknown right now but i will update the description with the specs once i have them!

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet, did not keep track of the hours. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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well connected

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:24:58 PDT

a sort of companion piece to [link] . i started this piece a few weeks back, but had to take a break from it because of problems with my arm. (what a coincidence considering the subject matter...) anyways, my arm is doing perfectly fine now and i resumed this picture on my new cintiq 24HD. what an incredible experience!!! it really changes the way i draw, in the most positive way possible. i enjoyed drawing this so much because of the intuitive way the tablet works.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet in about 12 hours. textures from [link] . for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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Centre National du Jeu

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:23:31 PDT

A commission for the Centre National du Jeu, a French organisation promoting all types of games (boardgames, roleplaying games, etc). A very fun commission to do!

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. textures from [link] . for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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handygirl

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:48:51 PDT

just a fun drawing which i made as an excuse to play around with whacky, nonsensical machinery :]

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet, not sure how much time as i didn't keep track! textures from [link] . for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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abduzeedo in space

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:58:56 PST

i actually made this a while back but haven't gotten around to posting it yet! this is a digital painting i made for a poster giveaway at abduzeedo, hence the reason their logo is in it.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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d'artiste fashion design

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:09:21 PST

a cropped version of artwork i made for ballistic publishing's newest book, d'artiste fashion design. full artwork, plus more artwork (by the other contributing artists Alessia Zambonin (*fuchsiart), Annie Stegg (*PinkParasol), and Anne Pogoda (*Azurelle)) plus three detailed tutorials can all be found in [link] :]

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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commission trio

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:15:22 PST

a combination of some commissions i recently finished! from left to right: a commission for ~CamisadoKid, a commission for *Zabalou of *Algesiras's OC Kate, and a commission for ~The-Lost-Ghost of his OC Claire.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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think pink

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:23:59 PST

someone recently asked me to draw no girl again, so i did! it was fun. but wow. i think pink is becoming my favorite color judging by my latest artwork.

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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sketch mashup

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:55:08 PST

a combination of some sketches i did over the last few days. i post sketches on my blog, so follow me there to keep up to date!

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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OUAM: Agent Red Velvet

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:08:57 PDT

one of four illustrations for Once Upon a Milkshake, a milkshake brand located in singapore. this brand personifies its milkshake and ice cream flavors in characters, and i was asked to illustrate the characters they had conceptualized for four premium flavors.

for the other flavors check out: [link] [link] [link]

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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OUAM: Honey Nougat

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:08:18 PDT

OUAM: bailey's irish cream

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:05:57 PDT

id eleven

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:31:16 PDT

it's been (almost) a year! i'm updating the I.D with a new self portrait. i realized after finishing that the expression and lighting are practically the exact same as the old one, but this one has slightly more depth and i like it more, so whatever, here it is!

edit: wow, i wasn't aware that this was a DD. i've been overwhelmed with work so haven't had much time for deviantart in the last weeks, sorry about that! thanks so much for the DD <3

_{drawn from life (mirror reflection) in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet in about 3 or so hours. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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surfaces

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:18:14 PDT

it's nice to spend some time on a digital painting again!

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet in about 8 or so hours. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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solace

Wed, 04 May 2011 14:17:58 PDT

phew! finally done with this one.
[edit] - now updated with a lighter version + changed foot.

_{drawn in photoshop cs3 with a wacom tablet in about 16 or so hours. textures from lost and taken. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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subaqueous rose

Mon, 02 May 2011 06:55:39 PDT

a modified version of a commission i finished recently for ~CarcinogenCali, where i was asked to make a tattoo design consisting of fish circling a peony rose.

_{drawn in photoshop cs3 with a wacom tablet. textures from lost and taken. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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atomic lollipop

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:05:51 PDT

mascot artwork for atomic lollipop, an upcoming event in Toronto, described by its makers as "part anime and art convention, part carnival, part circus, and part weekend-long music festival." the website for the event is [link] . the design was thought up by the festival creators and drawn by me. and more atomic lollipop artwork by `j3concepts can be found at [link] !

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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caliginosity

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:08:00 PDT

finally got a moment to do some good old fashioned drawing. feels good!

_{drawn in photoshop cs3 with a wacom tablet, in about 2 and a half hours. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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youbaba

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:44:09 PST

a portrait/drawing inspired by youbaba creation (check out the facebook page and website). i really liked the things she made so we decided to make a trade, she got this and i got an awesome looking bag.

skirt, bag and legwarmers reffed from the youbaba clothing line, character directly inspired by their maker, marion!

_{drawn in photoshop cs3 with a wacom tablet, in about 12 hours. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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oneirology

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:19:09 PST

album artwork for the upcoming album "oneirology" by the hip hop group the cunninlynguists - [link] , [link] , check them out!

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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mint jellies

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:47:42 PST

an illustration i made for imagineFX, where i was asked to make a tutorial on drawing female portraits loish-style, hence the reason why this is very much same-old-same-old :] the tutorial has step-by-steps of the illustration with text, as well as progress vids on the DVD. more about the magazine here - [link]

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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merel

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:36:59 PST

a pencil drawing for *lolila! her name is merel which means blackbird, hence the reason this drawing has one in it :]

_{drawn with a variety of mechanical pencils on standard A4 printing paper, colors added in photoshop cs5. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

5 million: thank you

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:20:47 PDT

a drawing to thank all of you for 5 million pageviews! i'm taking it as a symbol of your support and interest in my work :] thank you guys soooo much!

i wanted to draw a picture inspired by my first ever submission to dA to celebrate, but i actually cannot for the life of me remember what that was (i've cleaned out my gallery so many times). so instead i decided to make something inspired by this illustration: [link] it was my first DTF. back in the day i think it meant 'daily top favorite' and if your picture got a lot of favs, it appeared on the front page for a few hours! it was very exciting for me, i remember being ecstatic as the number of favorites climbed to 100. that was a lot at the time for a DTF! i guess that was my first 'big moment' here on dA, and the first time i ever had so many people excited about my artwork :]

so anyway, thanks everyone for your tremendous support! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a wacom tablet. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

poison ivy

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:27:38 PDT

a commission for Gareth Southwell a.k.a *Woodpig! it's a sketch of poison ivy (drawn with a mechanical pencil on standard a4 paper), which, for web showcasing purposes, has been colorized digitally in photoshop cs5 :]

for more info on my art check out [link]

id ten

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:27:46 PDT

felt like uploading a new ID. self portrait drawn from life in about 2 hrs.

drawn in photoshop CS5 with an intuos3 tablet. for info and tips check out my f.a.q - [link]

bettas and flowers in muro

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:06:25 PDT

more playing around in muro! this isn't finished, but i just don't have the time to finish it and i'm not gonna leave my browser open until i finally get time again :b maybe i'll touch it up in photoshop some time.

my only complaints about muro after playing around with it a second time are that the color picker goes berserk when you're zoomed in, and it crashed when i tried to export the image, but luckily i took a screenshot before trying that :]

drawn in muro (deviantart.com/muro) using the basic brush and a wacom tablet, and of course chrome as my browser.

velvet

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:53:57 PDT

a therapeutic drawing - been way too busy and unfocused lately and felt like relaxing a bit.

drawn in photoshop CS3 with an intuos3 tablet in about 6 hours. for info about textures, brushes, painting techniques and tons of other things, please check out my f.a.q - [link]

it's coming...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:10:00 PDT

just a random doodle because...

it's coming :]

[link]

update: drawn in muro, a new drawing application on deviantart! go check it out.

toasterbot ride

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:16:29 PDT

robot drawing time! suddenly decided to draw this after looking through my old art and stumbling upon this - [link]

drawn in photoshop CS3 with an intuos3 tablet in about 18 hours (3 long sittings). for info about textures, brushes, painting techniques and tons of other things, please check out my f.a.q - [link]

some process pics on my blog: [link]

commission mix 2

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:54:16 PDT

a selection of commissions i've done lately, just to keep you guys up to date with what i've been doing.

top row from left to right: cendre who belongs to *orpheelin, soochi scratch who belongs to *Shwann, and a character belonging to ~cigamerisedi.
bottom row from left to right: grace black who belongs to *Cae-sar, lydia who belongs to *Audley and Evan who belongs to ~JMSpies.

drawn with a mechanical pencil and colored in photoshop cs3 with a wacom intuos3 tablet.