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Tag Archives: Cards
Year of the Dog
Happy Chinese New Year! They’re a few days late, but here are some of these best of animals to wish you a very good lunar new year. These were done in straight-to-paper watercolour and pen (no pencil sketching beforehand) – … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Critters!, Illustration, painting
Tagged animals, art, arts, card, Cards, chinese new year, dog, dogs, drawing, hond, Illustration, pets, stars, watercolour, year of the dog
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Forest explorations
A card I made for my sister, who’s the best at exploring and picking out that hitherto unseen path of creativity, beauty and unique inspiration. Happy birthday Saartchi! ❤ I’ve been following Inktober, for which you make an ink … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Illustration, painting
Tagged art, arts, birthdays, card, Cards, cat, Cats, creativity, deep, drawing, fantasy, forest, Illustration, ink, inktober, light, magic, nature, outdoors, painting, path, plants, portrait, portraits, river, sketching, stepping stones, tekening, trees, watercolour
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Tanuki time
Drew this tanuki for a friend’s birthday 🎉🍃🍶🌿🌰✨ I loved seeing these often gormless looking guardians while in Japan, statues ranging in size from ankle to waist height, keeping watch by home, storefront and restaurant doors. Chingodo shrine in Tokyo … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Critters!, Illustration, Sketchbook, travel
Tagged art, arts, Asakusa, たぬき, Cards, Chingodo Shrine, 狸, drawing, 酒, folklore, Happy birthday George!, Illustration, japan, Japanese folklore, post-it notes, raccoon, raccoon dogs, raccoons, sketchbook, tanuki, Tokyo, travel, watercolour
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In-East Exhibition
My Messenger Birds over Seoul illustration is also on show elsewhere: there’s a small exhibition of my drawings up in the East Asian departmental hall of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany! Featured are dozens of sketchbook drawings, paintings, journal comics,and … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Comics, Illustration, painting, Sketchbook, Taiwan journal, travel
Tagged art, arts, Birds, Cards, comics, dogs, drawing, Drawings, Duisburg, exhibition, Hong Kong, hourly comics, Illustration, japan, journal, riyue tan, sketchbook, sketchbook drawings, sun moon lake, Taipei, Taiwan, travel, University of Duisburg-Essen, 日月潭
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Reality check cat knights
Two scruffy cats with a message. I remember feeling a stab of recognition when I learned about ‘impostor syndrome’ and the huge number of people who have a recurring, discomfiting sensation that at some point people will see through you and realise you … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Illustration
Tagged animals, art, arts, Cards, cat, Cats, critters, drawing, Drawings, flowers, humour, Illustration, impostor syndrome, ink, pen, positivity, you are enough
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Show visitors & princesses
Recently I had a small and very impromptu show of some of my illustrations, cards and sketchbooks at some wonderful friends’ house, as part of an open house / studio art route in town. It was a first for me, … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Comics, Critters!, Doodling, Illustration, Sketchbook
Tagged art, art show, arts, Cards, children, comic, comics, critters, digital drawing, doodles, drawing, exposition, fun, Game of Thrones, girls, humour, Illustration, ink, Jikke van Loon, journal, kids, kunst kiezel klei, kunst route, painting, pen, plants, princess, princesses, prinses, prinsessen, Sansa Stark, show, sketchbook, stress, stress beast, Zaltbommel
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Norwegian Forest Princess Cat
A card full of ink & watercolour Iyo-chans to wish you a very happy weekend! For Naoko, based on her most beautiful cat ❤ Here are some sketchbook pages … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Doodling, Illustration, Sketchbook
Tagged animals, arts, card, Cards, cat, Cats, cute, 猫, dip pen, drawing, fluffy, gifts, Illustration, ink, japan, neko, Norwegian forest cat, pet portraits, pets, thank you, Tokyo, watercolours
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Messenger Birds over Seoul
A few months ago I spent a beautiful, delicious, and supremely relaxed week in South Korea with one of my besties. This drawing is based on the view from our hostel room, with its vista of leafy streets, mixed traditional and … Continue reading
Posted in BIRDS and their secrets, Illustration, travel
Tagged art, arts, bird, Birds, Cards, cities, city, cityskape, drawing, Illustration, landscape, Nobrow Press, painting, print, seoul, south korea, travel
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Evening evidence
An evening game of cards, plus investigating canine, was quickly documented as digital drawing practice. There are so many colour and texture options to explore on this programme..! Flinky made sure he was involved.
Posted in Doodling, Sketchbook
Tagged animals, art, arts, Cards, digital art, dog, dogs, doodles, drawing, family, figure drawing, Flinky, hearts, Illustration, life drawing, mangastudio, pets, pyjamas, sketchbook, sketching
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