BIG POST: Finished Bug Band, WIPs, Sketches, COWS! 🐄

AHH!! Hello! Happy Friday! I hope you're staying warm and cozy and smiling wherever you are today!

First things first!

Above, you'll find my finished BUG BAND illustration! I put WAAy too many hours into this one, but I was just so excited about it and couldn't help but adjust and shift colors and adjust and, well...

200 versions later ... yeaaahhh.. I ended up adding some ✨chromatic arberration✨ oooh, and that ended up being just what it needed to finish it up!

OH! I finished this pink whale too hehehe

Then... I started sketching... just a couple as, as we know, I have quite a backlog to work through-

My cousin, who is also an artist as I think I've mentioned, suggested these two be dancing to the Bug Band on the radio on a blanket in the spring time, so! Here's the sketch of just that! Can it be spring yet!?

Another sketch-

I am still trying to figure out exactly how I want to do my little set of fantasy illustrations, but I had an idea to incorporate Thyme and Basil since they fit right in! Plus, I haven't done an animation of them yet, so I thought I could play around with this sketch above, maybe! Hm..

If you have any ideas/thoughts as to things you'd like to see Thyme and Basil get up to next, let me know! I have a little list of ideas, but would love to add more as they're such a fun pair to draw-

• brewing potions (cheesy-ish?)

• making breakfast/coffee

• cooking/board games for fellow wizard friends?

• riding bike? lol

• gardening!

A tiny side note: my partner found these cow pictures from late summer that he had taken the other day, and? These buddies need to be drawn, right?

The next thing on the agenda is VALENTINES! Now, I am only this far-

..but I am still ahead of schedule! Haha! I am hoping to get a lot of the line work for these done over the weekend, so I will keep you posted 💜

Last thing!! In case you missed my Instagram story about this, the rewards for January have finally arrived!

SO: Shipping out first week of February- Goodnight, Thyme postcard with the midnight snail on the back, magical sticker sheets with 25 wizard-y stickers + bonus pink whale sticker! 

Well, I think that's about all I have for you. I've got quite a lot of projects to work through, so I'm going to get back to it. I'm also in the middle of planning out my next print drop. I was hoping to have it done by the end of January, but it might need to be pushed into early February. I'm still waiting on a few supplies to get delivered, but again, I'll keep you posted!

Thanks so, so much for taking the time to read through my giant novel of text here today hehe! I hope you have a truly lovely weekend. Sending big sunshine your way!

Aub + Mush!