😀 geniuses

Like what for example? What can be diagnosed from a cat picture??

Agreed!!!

Happy birthday!
I have always loved your playful drawings and the interesting stories from your life! Wish you a happy year ❤️

They love each other so much! My heart!

Marvelous, amazing. The linework is so beautiful and the negative space of the flash/light is done so masterfully. The message is great, it's just such an amazing piece!

Absulutely stunning. Is this watercolor and ink?

This is just masterful!

Dang, how you draw so well??

Where

YES, THANK YOU!!!

Watercolor painting of 5 boston terriers, laying in the sun on a pillow.

Bostons on my mind.
Oh, sweet beasts, I wish you endless sun spots to sunbathe. You know no evil.

I held my breath, trying to contour the shadows correctly. Uff.

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Watercolor sketch of a sun filled room.

Your uncle's cat is not OK.

Quick color and shadow/light study. I added the creature.

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Watercolor and pencil sketch of a cafe, there is a large beast laying down in front of it.

Imagine, you just came in to get a coffee to-go, and on your way outside, you gotta step over this.
Would you? Or would you call cops?
They hate it when you bother them over these things, though... you just hope the creature won't mind.

Watercolor+pencil sketch.

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Watercolor sketch of a fictitious beast

Getting a better feel for this creature. I am getting a slight moomins-like vibe, which I can only appreciate.

Feeing blue?
Moping?
It's just a natural state of things.

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🤘

Robot gladiator butt??

watercolor sketch of a fictitious beast

A watercolor sketch of a fictitious beast

New beast came out today.
She's very mopey.

I never managed to create a fictitious world, but I think it's one of the best things in art/illustration. Maybe with time all my beasts might exist somewhere. It's a good long-term project to have.

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Thank you! 🤘

An experiment with toned paper with watercolor. Idea was that areas I left lighter would already have a tone, and just a light wash of color would create a fresh, non-overworked look.

Papers' texture was not worth the effort, I had to get back to my old paper midway.

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watercolor picture in black and white of a street with a beast standing in it

I put so much effort into colors, but sometimes it can be helpful to convert a sketch or a finished piece into black and white. Check if the values work without colors.

I would have made it more varied if I were to paint in black and white, but it's not bad at all!

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Watercolor painting of a staircase leading down to a street, where a creature stands

The next step to proper illustration is thinking about what to depict and what sort of experience or mood it brings to the viewer.

I will continue honing my skills in chosen media, but what I also need to do..critically.. is to learn to tell a story with my picture.

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Bill Murray portrait in colored pencils

Bill Murray portrait in watercolor

A Bill Murrays.

A portrait study assignment for my online illustration course. Out of 5 portraits, made in different media, these ones are the least bad. I quite like the technique, as for the resemblance...it's fine. It's an elusive face.

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I'd like to see the blobs!

Watercolor study of a busted building

Continuing with more loose, less precise painting.

I really liked how it started out, but adding some level of detail sometimes ruins it for me. The monkey, too, it's not his fault, though.

Wellp, not every day is a blessing, but I never regret trying.

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After a pause due to being busy, painting felt fresh again. I decided not to focus on details and precision too much, and it landed a more relaxed and stylised look. Great!

Time to start deciding what sort of elements I'd like to have within this fictitious world.

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You're a life saver, thank you. Those c*nts, seriously, not a moment of piece for artists.

A thoughtful beats looks out a window. Watercolor painting. Illustration

The complexity and occasional need to emphasize lighter details is bringing me to consider goache in the future.

It's often hard not to overwork some areas, too. I like the table still life at least.

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Nostalgia.

I thought painting a simple old-game screenshot would be easy—wrong! Capturing its nuance and specific awkwardness is impossible. Probably better for gouache or acrylics.

I will try to render some more just to lose some time I suppose.

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A beast on a stairway.

I still cheat with some linework. It's not simple to work with areas on a small format, as watercolor flows and pools into neighboring areas. Next time, I will use masking gum, hope it helps the character to stand out against the background.

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