Marcel and Luna

Custom pet portraits are back. You can find them in my Etsy shop (^・ω・^ )

Here are the latest ones I did for Natasha and Kristin.

(scanner ate all the blues as usual, but as my professor once said - traditional art should be viewed in galleries and on walls, not through a monitor's screen)

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The big ones - custom illustrations

Some time ago I've created a set of 3 big pet portraits (for the same customer as this one; hello Bea!). And it was great. I mean - amazingly great! It's been such a long time since my last big watercolour illustration that I was literally astounded how great they can look. Because of concentrating on small pictures I have almost forgotten how beautiful those big ones can be.

Let me introduce: Chewy, Dexter, Chloe, Emmie and Maggi. Now guess which one is which :)

Take a look:
(warning, there's like 100 photos here - it may take a bit to load) 

 First idea sketches.

Colour and composition sketches.

Black Friday + Cyber Monday 35% off

Everything in my shop is 35% off till Monday! :)

Come and take a look at all my goodies:

Adelaida's Etsy shop

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Personal Thursday #7

I have almost forgotten to show you those cuties! :)

Here you can see sketches for them -- click
And they are available, as a set, in my Etsy shop.

I have so many small pieces of watercolour paper like those ^ that I could draw little sweetnesses every day!

Hmm... I could say 'challenge accepted' but I must get ready for the holiday season. Will accept this challenge in December :D

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From my sketchbook #11

 Here are my newest sketches. This time I have even few from my work to show you ^^

First page: a project for my Personal Thursdays - I did something else this week but the kitty lost in the woods is still waiting for its turn! Second page: Purr on a boat. It could be a short story of how boring fishing can be ;)

 First page: sleepiness! Second page: secret project :3

And here are bits from my work :) Some flowers and cute animals. They will be changed into embroidery or a silkscreen print. We'll see.

 And here's Purr (again; oh Purr, you're everywhere!) explaining how to print printables from my Etsy shop. The final instruction looks super cute :)

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Water - Illustration Friday

Purr is fishing for her breakfast.

I've made few sketches that would be a pretty cute picture story about going fishing. Maybe I will draw them all when I have the time ^^

I will put the original drawing for sale in my Etsy shop later :)

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Doggie postcard

It's a rarely seen thing here - more dogs than cats!

Some time ago I've been asked to create a super cute illustration with plenty of animals for a postcard for District Dog, a pet shop in Brooklyn, NY. I liked the idea and I fell in love with the overall look of the shop - it's so much different from those I see here in Poland.

But let's get back to the illustration! Here's a bit of the process :)

 I've started with finding my way in drawing animals that were supposed to be on the postcard. I have never drew a parrot so it took me a while to 'feel' it. But I skipped the cat and bunny process - I draw them a lot and didn't really want to make them look different than they usually do. They look just fine as they are :)

 Then it was time for few sketches of the composition. I start with the tiny thumbs, then make a bit bigger ones where you can actually see what's there.

 Then I re-make them to look clean and pretty, for everyone to see and understand what I mean. Green and orange areas are the places when text can be put.

 Transferring the sketch.

 Artistic mess :)

 And the finished picture. I like it a lot :) And this paper is superb - so thick!

 And here you can see a colour composition I've made and the final image. I've made only few minor changes along the way (blanket on the left has got a bit different pattern, there is an additional tea cup, a tea towel hanging on a handle is green, not blue). I usually make changes while painting and add details without further consideration :) It's just how I like to do it.

And here's the actual postcard that you can get at the District Dog :)

Super cute, isn't it?

 Hope you like it ^^

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Moleskine Cahier in gold

Some time ago I bought six Moleskine Cahier notebooks, in small size with plain pages. I wanted to see what will come out of them and I had no specific idea of what I want to achieve. And I'm very very glad that they ended up as they did! All those notebooks look fabulous, if you ask me :)

They all are available in my Secret Drawer shop.

How do you like them? Do you have some nice ideas I could use too? :)

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Swamp - Illustration Friday + DS II 48

You can see some progress photos of making this picture on my Facebook page.

I have this feeling that I'm reaching my limits with hair pictures. Well, I've made at least 20 of them + countless sketches - I give myself a permission to feel I have used the theme to the full.

Wonder what will come now ;)

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DS II 22

 Two cats for day 22. With the first one I did not have a specific idea how to cut it out so it's more oval. But I think that the 2nd version looks better. Don't you think? :)

Check out my Etsy shop for more bookmarks.

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DS II 21

 And the last U-cat bookmark :)

Check my Etsy shop, section Bookmarks for more kitty cat cuteness :3

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Illustration Friday - Forward + DS II 20

Do you remember my cat? Well, it's a secret but I'll tell you, she became a super cat lately :) She often disappears and when comes back she wears a cape :P I should tell her that she is supposed to hid it before showing up again.

You can find this picture in my Etsy shop in the Little Pieces section.

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DS II 19

 All those dots and spots remind me of a circus and/or clowns. This cat looks silly with them :)

Find this bookmark in my Etsy shop in the Bookmark section.

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DS II 18 - Misiokot

 This is Misiokot - my Love's cat. He's not a zombie here - he looks like this when I learn him walk on two legs ;P

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DS II 17

Siamese cat for day 17! When I was young we had a Siamese cat named Casper (after the cartoon ghost, I think). He was a silly cat always falling from places and being clumsy :)

Check out Bookmark section in my Etsy shop for more kitty bookmarks.

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DS II 16

A little set of book tags I've made for day 16 :)

Check the Bookmark section in my Etsy shop to find them.

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DS II 15 - Fox

Bookmarks I've promised to do for my friend Kamila.

One goes to her, the rest to my Etsy shop :3

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