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Oliver Appropriate – Say Anything
A few months back I had the incredible honor of doing the album cover for Say Anything‘s final album. I’ve been friends with Max Bemis for years, but this was the first time we got to collaborate on a project together. Max is really fun to work with. He has a clear vision for what he wants but gives you tons of freedom to interpret his vision. That’s exactly how I like to work. I’m really happy with the final result. The album’s character, Oliver, is a complicated character dealing with a lot of internal and external conflicts. I wanted him to have a face that draws you in and makes you wonder what he is thinking. I hope you like it. If you want to buy the album or merch, click here I posted the mediums used on this piece below in the “Explore” section.
p.s. Congrats Max on your final Say Anything album, and thank you for letting me be apart of it. ;)
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Katiusha Feofanova – Daily Gesture Sketch
I made this video as an early release/ 4 month exclusive on Patreon at the start of the year. I always love how drawing process videos turn out. Seeing hours of work compacted down into minutes is oddly satifying. Often times I don’t know know what I’m doing as I’m drawing, and I think the videos capture the spontaneity on the whole drawing process. The video documents me doing study sketches of model Katiusha Feofanova. I wanted to pratice drawing people from all angles to improve on my character design. I hope you like the video. The video has been sped up 5000% faster than realtime. The Music is from Akira Kosemura album One Day.
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Renata Gubaeva in Red
This study sketch features model Renata Gubaeva. I saw this photo of her on Instagram, and this drawing was born. The sketch was done with pencil, pastel, and digital color. I’m working on finishing some drawings for this month’s Patreon rewards. If you are not a patron yet, I would love to have you as part of the Patreon Family. You can sign up for as little as $1 a month and get discounts on art, downloads, etc. If you are interested click here 😊
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Sleeping Beauty
I did this drawing a few months ago, when I working alot in charcoal. The Drawing is pencil, Charcoal, and white Charcoal on toned paper. The dress is inspired by a christian lacroix dress from his spring 2004 Collection. The picture turned out alot better than I could have hoped. I’m Still learning how to use charcoal, so you will be seeing alot more charcoal drawings in the near future. Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts :-)
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Thank you to all of you following this blog it means alot.
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Julia Hafstrom – Sleeping Beauty
Coming from an illustration/contour drawing background, I’ve been working on improving more loose shape based drawing and painting. This sketch of Julia Hafstrom is inspired by John Singer Sargent. I used green construction paper and color pencils and lightly scribbled in Julia’s form. I tried to focus on it feeling right, instead of worrying about it being accurate.
P.S. Just a reminder, a few days left till the end of the month. If you want to be eligible for this months’ rewards on Patreon sign up now ;)
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Julia Hafstrom Under Painting
Another underpainting I’m working on this week. This painting is of a photograph I took of the lovely Julia Hafstrom. I was trying something a little different with this one. I wanted to experiment more with technique, so I’m working on channeling my inner John Singer Sargent. I wanted to learn how to be more confident and bold in my brush work. It has been really stretching, but I’m loving how it is coming out so far. I hope you enjoy following along as all these paintings transform.
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The Latri/ Tree Girl – Part 1 Oil Painting
Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on four oil paintings. Yesterday I put in a lot of time on this oil painting, to finish the dead layer. The character is starting to come to life. The Latri is a character from our book series. The inspiration of the look of the Latri came from a doll by a Beijing based doll maker Ksusha Zhang. I can’t wait to start on the >color layer. It will be interesting to start on the next phase.
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A Parting Gift – Digital Painting
For those following my instagram stories over the last few weeks, you have got to see the birth of this piece. It started out as one of my daily gesture sketches of an old editorial of Mona Johannesson. I had made the mistake of using printer paper to do the drawing and as I started to shade it the paper wasn’t holding up. I ended up scanning it and finishing the drawing via Digital Painting. There was something I liked a lot about the sketch so I decided to develop it further. I’ve been really into 1500-1600 century painting and tapestries. Based on those inspirations, I started to concept the piece to be a scene from my brother’s and my up coming book series. There are a lot fun little details in this piece. Also, some guest appearances in the tapestry of Lily Cole, Alexander McQueen, and Simon Ungless. I hope you like it. I’m planning a color version right now, then I will oil paint it.
P.S. I want to thank Mona for letting me use her dog Selma in the painting. It is one of my favorite parts of the piece. :)
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The Blue Eyed Girl
Hello, my friends! Whatcha been up to? Wow, thanks for all the lovely comments on the drawing of Lisa. :) The drawing i’m posting today is one i did for a client, but it wasn’t exactly the art direction they were looking for, so i get to share it with you all. i hope you like it. It was a blend of water color, ink, color pencil, and pen. Are you getting excited for Fashion Week coming up? Anyone going? Well, i’m definitely excited to see what’s coming out. :)