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EARLY ACCESS // obi & chewie

I want to make a cat-themed painting at some point in the future, so I've been practicing my cat drawing skills! These are sketches of my own kitties, Obi and Chewie. It started as a page in my sketchbook and I brought it into Photoshop and added ...

I just updated my tutorial shop ✨

Did you know that you can purchase my tutorials from the Patreon shop? This is ...

TUTORIAL // elevating your sketch by adding color

Have you ever wanted to boost your paper sketches with some digital color? This is the tutorial for you! In this video, I run you through how I scan my sketches, modify them in Photoshop, and add some color and magic to them. I talk about how you can...

PROCESS VIDEO // valentines DTIYS

For this month’s process video, I wanted to share the process of my Valentine’s DTIYS! I feel like it might help those of you who participate in the...

Q&A // February 2025

For those who missed it, here's the full Q&A session for this month! It was a great session full of conversations about coming up with ideas, feeling more confident in sketching from the imagination, and portfolio advice.

Some of the to...

REMINDER // Q&A session this weekend

Hello flame members! This is just a friendly reminder that this month's Q&A session is this weekend, on Sunday February 16 at 5PM CET.  Visit 2025-02-14 10:21:36 +0000 UTC View Post

CHALLENGE // 2025 DTIYS for patrons! 🖤

Some of you have been asking whether I'd be launching a new DTIYS challenge soon! Since it's almost Valentine's day, I figured now is a great time to launch a new challenge that is all about love and appreciation 🖤

Feel free to draw this ...

Here's a free process video! ✨

I'm so grateful that you're signed up to my free tier! As a token of my thanks, I've made the process video for my 2025-02-12 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post

I just posted a new tutorial on stylizing studies!

Have you ever painted something from reference, but found the result to be boring or predictable? I just created a tutorial on 2025-02-11 11:49:28 +0000 UTC View Post

TUTORIAL // 6 simple tricks for stylizing your studies

This month's tutorial is finally here ✨it's on 6 simple tricks for stylizing your studies, and runs you through some techniques that you can use to make your studies more exciting and eye-catching! It's especially helpful for th...

COMING SOON // 6 simple tricks for stylizing your studies

Hello lovely patrons! I've been working hard on the new tutorial. I didn't manage to finish it in time to post today - but it's 80% done, so I wanted to give you guys a little update and let you know that you can expect it on Monday! I can't wait ...

What's coming up // February 2025

A new month is upon us! Last month was full of unexpected twists and turns, so I'm excited for a fresh start ✨ Here's what you can expect from me this month:

2025-02-03 19:34:27 +0000 UTC View Post

MONTHLY CHALLENGE // statue studies

It's time for a new monthly challenge! This month we'll be doing statue studies, which is basically a type of master study focused specifically on sculptures. This is a great exercise for studying volume and lighting, and also for understanding th...

What I created this month // January 2025

It's the last day of the month! I somehow feel like this month went by really quicky and really slowly at the same time. 2024 feels like years ago! Here's an overview of everything I created this month ✨

2025-01-31 10:39:27 +0000 UTC View Post

RESOURCE // backlighting & subsurface scattering

Here's a little resource video about this month’s challenge! In this video, I do a quick review of the artwork posted in the discord, walk you through my pro...

PROCESS VIDEO // subsurface scattering

Here's the process video for my subsurface scattering studies!

Some info about this process:

• This was sped up by 250%, so 2.5 times the original speed.

• The drawing session took me about 2 hours aned 45 minutes i...

  2025-01-29 10:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post

EARLY ACCESS // subsurface scattering

This month's challenge was on subsurface scattering, a lighting phenomenon that creates a bright glow from within! I couldn't decide if a dark or light backgro...

PROCESS VIDEO // morning glory

For this month’s process video, I put together my drawing process for my morning glory flower painting! I feel like I use a lot of techniques here which...

Q&A // January 2025

Here's the first Q&A session of the year! I'm so excited because I finally got my new setup up and running. There are still some minor technical issues to smooth out but I feel this is a huge upgrade from the webcam I was using before!

S...

REMINDER // Q&A session tomorrow

Hello flame members! This is just a friendly reminder that this month's Q&A session is tomorrow, on Sunday January 26 at 5PM CET.  Visit 2025-01-25 13:46:46 +0000 UTC View Post

EARLY ACCESS // sketches

I came down with the flu, so I haven’t been as productive as I would have liked! I did have time to sit down and make some sketches, though. Just getting back into the flow of drawing with hands, feet, and some anatomy / face practice. I backed ...

Last chance to get the 2025 Calendar and Gallery In A Box!

I got a few messages saying some of you had issues signing up to the shop newsletter, and it looks like some of you missed the announcement email as a result. That's why I wanted to make one last post about this!

We are selling our ...