Hope you're doing great this morning! This week was my first "calm" one in a while: not sick, no wedding, no convention to prepare, it felt great! I'm enjoy it while it last 😄
Today I have some surprise for you guys, as well as progress on my next illustration :)
It's gonna be a chill one, let's start!
Here’s how you can get my 5 meters long zine! 🎁
Yes! If you remember last week, I told you about the absurdly long zine that I put together at my last convention :)
Well, since I have a copy left, I decided that it would be fun to give this one away! Usually it’s a print I give away, but let’s switch it up this time.
If you’re interested and would want to have a chance to receive it as a gift, please click on this link! This is opt-in only!
This zine is a improved version of my Inktober project that you can find on my website: It's a city tour guide of my fictional city, with a lot of cleanup, corrected and improved descriptions, and a map at the very end!
I don’t think I’ll put it up for sale online any time soon (if ever, those take sooo long to make), so this is the only way to get it for now 😄 Just a little gift to thank you for following this Newsletter!
The giveaway is opt-in for all subscribers to this newsletter, so if you’re interested please feel free to click this link!
That’s it, now let’s go back to the program!
A new fanart is on the way ⛏️
Here is what I’m working on right now! My last illustration was the first one in a series of “fake videogame screenshot”, where I illustrate imaginary games in my style :)
Now the next one I wanted to do actually didn’t really fit this definition already, because it’s clearly a Minecraft fanart as you can tell!
I'm sure like a lot of you this game has a special place in my heart, it's even directly tied to my art growth in many ways :) I'll tell you more about it next week!
I was super excited to finally get to this illustration, here is how the first sketch looked like:
I wanted to have it done for my last convention, but I completely ran out of time with everything I had to prepare… but it’s alright, I wouldn’t want to rush it! Inking took a while here; even tho I always use the same canvas and brush size, I very consistently see that the further you can see the longer it will be to complete 😄 It’s hard packing all the details!
But at long last, I finally managed to push through and finished the lineart! And now I just put together the color blocks, my next step will be to adjust all of it and add the light and shadows :)
I really hope I’ll be able to convey the scale I have in mind for this scene! Can’t wait to show you next time!
Progress on the studio!
In case you’re wondering, here is how our studio is doing so far :)
About a month ago (right before my wedding actually) I announced that with my partner and our friend we are now renting and renovating a studio, in order to store our suplies and host classes.
That's how it was a month ago!
It’s not yet open, but clearly taking shape: after painting the walls we finally have a table, chairs, and even paint!
It’s not finished yet, but there was already one individual lesson there already! Hopefully we should be able to have groups relatively soon.
This weekend we also spray painted some decoration in a legal graffiti zone, super cool place!
Someone asked us if it was some kind of new graffiti technique
Kinda made me want to dabble into making a mural, maybe I’ll have time for it somedays :)
We are not yet officially open but it’s getting close! I’ll let you know next time I have a cool update to share!
Art that inspired me this week
I forgot to mention it last time but I got this very cool print from Papatu at my last convention! I actually found this artwork years ago on Pinterest and even probably redrew it in my sketchbook, without knowing at all who made it :) Now it sits proudly next to my desk!
Julia Tar - The Druid, absolutely astonish work inspired by D&D (there is more than just this one!)
