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Life has been BUSY! Managed to get in a bit of practice today, slowly getting better at facial proportions which has been a real struggle for me. My next challenge is trying to find a pencil sharpener big enough for this Lyra Color Giant pencil I have been using :D

"I think I know how to get my soul back," I said. From “Tacky Goblin” by T. Sean Steele. https://instagram.com/p/B1jOw5OhHNe/

Did a doodle sketch. Didn’t really know where this idea was going when I started it then it grew into a kind of cityscape sunset in the end. I was trying to sort of do a bridge around the buildings in an abstract unidimensional way. Well thought it was creative and different in the end.

Mixed media - watercolor, graphic marker, pen. Artwork is a piece of Hybrid Mythologies stories, to be featured in the book by the same name.

A rererework I finally liked. Opinions are welcome. Done with Kuretake brushes and gel pens. I used a photo from Girli as a reference.

It’s been a crazy summer that’s kept me from posting much, although I’ve kept fairly consistent drawing in my sketchbook. With a cross country move and taking our oldest child to college, we’ve burned about 4,500 miles on the road in the past month. After getting our son settled in his dorm yesterday, my husband and I have become official members of the Empty Nesters Club - giving inspiration to today’s sketchbook entry. • • • #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #sketchbookpage #sketchbookart #sketchaday #dailysketch #ink #penandink #pensketch #illustration #illustrator #watercolor #watercolorsketch #watercolorpainting #emptynesters #nest #birdnest

Various markers in my sketchbook

Sharpie bouquet of warm summer flowers.

Marker on paper

Pencil on paper

Just experimenting. Acrylic paint wash, pen and ink, gouache and Posca pens

The sun is out on my balcony after a rainy two weeks. It was time for a splash of colour.

This is Avengers logo with some colour, it's special.

Trying some new things out. Yay

A few sprawling critters from my sketchbook...

"there are chords in every human heart,if only we know how how to strike the right chord we will bring out the music"M.Gandhi: this art is done on autodesk sketchbook #aristina.z #originals

Visual associative diary reflecting on mythological tales. Mixed media visual journal. watercolor, pen, ink, coffee.

Sketchbook spread. Watercolor, pen, posca

Sketchbook. Ink and marker.

Sketchbook work. Markers, watercolor, pen and coffee.

Kraken! Anybody know how to stop my images rotating after upload? They’re correctly rotated on my camera roll then flip when I upload them!

My kids wanted something for them so I made them this little buddy

Been a busy couple of weeks, school holidays are always a bit tricky to find time. I have been working on some illustrations for a software product that my husband and I are building so I can't share those at this stage but I was back at the gallery today sketching with my new drawing group, I spent most of my time with a bunch of Mesoamerican statues. I am starting to not get so freaked out by people watching me draw :)

This is a drawing I have been working on when I need to slow down and turn my brain off for a little while so it's taking quite a while to finish but I am always happy to see it progress that little bit further every time I sit down with it. This is from my A3 sketchbook, I used to stick to smaller A5 and A4 sizes but I am certainly appreciating the extra space with this drawing.