Do you have a commission newsletter or waitlist? I keep missing your openings!
i don’t currently! i’m actually trying to work out a more efficient system of taking on commissions. having a waitlist can be a bit inconvenient for both myself and potential clients since i work on long timelines and often by the time i get to someone on my waitlist, they’re no longer in a place to go through with the commission; while opening a set number of slots every once in a while works perfectly for me, but might be very frustrating for folks that have been trying to get on this here train for months and have simply been missing my announcements. i’m figuring it out! i might do something new for my next opening. thank you for your interest in my art 🫶
Hi! Hello! Big fan of your work. Each aspect of your paintings and sketches seem so thought out and organic. It’s a HUUUGE inspiration for me. I tend to have full on minutes long sessions where I just zoom in and try to observe the little details, understand the process. They’re truly magical in a sense. Especially to colors, oh my god the colors.
Is there any specific reason why some of your sketches use two different tones/colors? What’s your thinking process when it comes to that? Would you recommend trying out this method?
hi hi, thank you so much! so glad to hear you appreciate the details in my work 🥺
the only reason for my two/three tone sketches is cause it looks cool! i like colors 🤭 around a decade ago i tried sketching with a lighter colored pencil + refine the drawing/add weight to the lines with a darker colored pencil, and i really liked the result. here’s one of those drawings:
it looks fairly monochrome, but i did in fact use a warmer light gray & dark navy pencils. i drew it after a year long break from drawing (no longer remember the name of the website that hosted the reference photo, unfortunately; it was an artist ref tool), and it just looked nice. i’ve enjoyed sketching/drawing with two colors ever since; i don’t even have a full rainbow set of colored pencils, just a scattering of various colors i bought for the sake of pairing them into aesthetically pleasing duos 🤭 to be clear, i’m obviously far from the first person to have used two colors in a drawing (duh 🤭), this ask just reminded me of the first time i did it in this way.
i think it’s fun, especially if you get a bit tired of graphite pencil/charcoal sketching (i do recommend sealing the finished drawing so it doesn’t smudge!). same for digital sketching, i like sketching digitally in different styles, and colorful overlays/gradient maps is just one of them.
Hello! I was curious how u picked your canvas color for your different pieces -- i usually see a lot of artists choose it first and then work from there? Do u usually have something in mind before you start, or is it something you choose after that just works with what youve already colored?
hi hi! i choose the canvas color first, based on the color scheme i have in mind for this or that piece. i had to change the background color in a couple of my works as i was working on the rendering/after the rendering was done, but it’s something i do very rarely because it’s a pain in the neck (i render everything on one layer). so i usually try to plan for the future color scheme from the start!
