THE CREATION OF THE CALENDAR ILLUSTRATIONS

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To make life easier for all of us, I decided to put all the work-in-progress pictures of the calendar illustrations into the same blog post. These illustrations were a lot of fun for me to paint, especially for the reason that they were very simple (considering my usual creations). Finishing one of these illustrations took me approximately 4-7...

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IT TURNED OUT EVEN CUTER THAN I EXPECTED!

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Sure, my plan was to make this commission a cute one. That's what the client wanted after all. But somehow, the way this little fellow turned out has even more of cuteness than I intended. Needless to say, I'm very happy with this painting of mine and I hope the client is going to like it as much as I do. Then, of course, the work-in-progress pictu...

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A SONG TO THE MOON - COMMISSION PROGRESS

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One of the most pleasant commissions I've ever received! Honestly, I've enjoyed every single commission I've had a chance to create so far, but the subject of this particular painting was something that I can imagine myself painting just for the fun of it. The instructions I got from the client for this painting were: wolf, forest, full moon, blue ...

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IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE SEE SEBASTIAN'S MOM!

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I'm not even sure why I'm so excited about it. Must be because moms are amazing. Sebastian's story will definitely not be the last story I create where the role (and the importance) of a mother is on the spotlight.Now I'm officially too tempted to talk about the story plot and need to change the subject. Let's talk about the change that is happenin...

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CHARACTER DESIGN - COMMISSION PROGRESS

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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." by ― Maya Angelou Here you can find work-in progress pictures of a commission I finished a few weeks ago. My job was to design a character according to the client's wishes. In the pictures below you find the fi...

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UNICORN - COMMISSION PROGRESS

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 This commission was finished in one single day. I did work on it all day long but it was still nice to get it done so swiftly (I'm used to spending several days on my paintings). I guess I was overly excited to paint the unicorn since I forgot to take the picture of the sketch before starting the coloring. Click on the picture on the lef...

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Watercolor Portrait Painting

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On this blog post there are pictures from the process of the creation of a commissioned watercolor portrait that I just finished. When it comes to portraits, I enjoy the challenge of making the artwork look like the original photo, so that the person is easily recognized. With this particular painting it was fun to make the surroundings more fantas...

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Formed by Water - Commissioned Watercolor Painting

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Before Christmas I received a commission of an A1 sized watercolor painting. The client wanted to have a front view of the head of a stag and a transformation effect I often use on my paintings, meaning that the living creatures smoothly transform into water, plants or other elements. That was basically all the instructions I got and the rest was u...

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