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SECRET SKETCH - Quick digital sketch with colour

UPDATE - Physical rewards for June are ready for journey to my Patrons! :)

EARLY ACCESS - Girl with star earrings - /Procreate drawing/

Welcome in July! 😊

Here’s a quick drawing I made today after going back from work. I feel very inspired so maybe I’ll draw even more - the day isn’t over! 😄

DIGITAL PAINTING TUTORIAL - based on my new artwork

In this tutorial you can find: list of brushes (for painting and blending), explanation about easy way to paint light spots, tips about reference photos and whole step by step process of my artwork...

STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL - How to take & edit photos of your sketches

WORK AS A DESIGNER - running collection for women (AW18)

I got a suggestion from my Patron that I can show you my work as a sport apparel designer. I think it’s a great idea because it’s a huge part of my creative work.

This is running collect...

STEP BY STEP: "Breathe", digital sketch

PATREON UPDATE: Physical rewards

Hi everyone!

I decided to celebrate my first wonderful month on Patreon so I created two packs of physical rewards for June! 

Remember that these tiers are limited (only...

EARLY ACCESS - “how to hold chopsticks” sketchbook page

SECRET SKETCH - floral lady, pencil drawing

ART TIPS - My 1st serious experiences with watercolors

Here are some stuff that I’ve learned so far about watercolors. (Before I was painting with them in childhood and I didn’t know any rules).

You can see reference pho...

EARLY ACCESS - new tier icons/ field flowers

As you can see I’ve changed names of the tiers to levels (there will be 4 because from June 1st I’m adding physical rewards!). 

I decided to make icons with my favorite field flowers...

STEP BY STEP - environment elements in Procreate

I’ve been practicing a lot of very quick environment studies lately. I want to be able to draw whole sceneries for my stories in the future. I‘m trying to catch the impression of each object, n...

SECRET SKETCH - Face study, pencil on paper

I don’t usually draw frontal view portraits - I think they’re less interesting to look at. Also they remind me criminal records 😂 This was a sketch made just for practice. Symmetry was espec...

STEP BY STEP - Pencil portrait of Natalia Vodianova

I found piece of bristol paper and realized I missed it a lot. This smooth surface is great for precise crosshatching with mechanical pencil. I forgot about it because my current sketchbook is mixe...

TUTORIAL - How to practice and improve at figure drawing

Next tutorial, especially for you guys 😊🧡

STEP BY STEP - Crosshatching tutorial (+ picture to practice on)

Here’s the explanation of crosshatching based on my way of drawing. Attached you’ll find also line art drawing on which you can practice your hatching (or shading, or coloring if you prefer �...

Sales tax update

Hello Patrons,

I want to give you an update on some changes that we’ll be seeing which may affect some of your pledges.

Due to new laws passing in several countries and US states, Pa...

TIMELAPSE VIDEO - Toon style Billie sketches, full process

(Be sure to chose the highest video resolution) 🧡

QUICK ART TIP - important color rule with good example

This rule is essential for every type of color art, no matter if it’s traditional or digital, with pencil crayons, Photoshop or watercolor. Your art will be more professional and dimensional when...

WIP - Billie Eilish sketches /new style + color

Billie Eilish drawings in my new style. I couldn’t help myself, I had to try 😄

WIP - Tribe girl, digital illustration in progress

I have a feeling that I change something in my art on daily basis. I’m trying so many things right now that I feel kinda lost. It gives me a lot of fun and I learn many things but I also have som...

TIME LAPSE VIDEO: Full process of drawing each stylized portrait

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WIP - development of new style

For a few last days I’m drawing a lot but in different way that I used to.

I realized that drawing everything in realistic manner takes too much time that I would normally use for c...