From my sketchbook #14

Wow, that was quite a long time since my last post! But although nothing new appeared on blogger, lots of new things appeared in my sketchbook (or rather on those thousands of sheets of paper stuffed in every possible free space on my working desk :P).

Just kidding, in reality I'm a very tidy person so those sketches are quite organized. At least in my point of view!

Here are just a few of my sketches done at work:

 This one is already changed into a silkscreen print. I think I have shown some snapshots of a finished vector illustration on my Twitter or my Facebook.

 This little skater boy is also a silkscreen print already ^^

 Mr. Unicorn will be my upcoming week project.

 Hanging doggie is a remake of something I did earlier, but this one turned out super cute ^^

 And there's also a fishing fox, of course :)

 All those projects were made while I was looking for an idea of a simple print on toddlers' clothes and onesies. It still hasn't hit me.

 Victorian fox. It seems that those two on the left are begging for something; don't remember for what though..

I have a ton of drawings like this - warm up sketches made before drawing something which actually presents an idea. Almost all those warm-ups are cats ;P

That's all for now :) But I still have photos of some custom illustrations I did during this holiday season.

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From my sketchbook #9

It's hard to scan from this spiralled notebook, so photos will have to do ;)

 Snot the mini cat :) Comic about her is on the way and will appear soon on The Meow Blog

 You will see more of those tea cup animals soon :D Oh yes, you will! And maybe some dachshunds too!

 Custom gift on the way. I think it will be a bookmark. The cat on the top is my Purr :)

 Sketches for this illustration. Of course I didn't do any colour sketches and really hated myself for that later on...

 In the past I was drawing fashion illustrations quite often. Now I make them only on rare occasions, don't really know why.

 I've written a short story about a bouncing bunny - to commemorate my topic being chosen by Illustration Friday as a weekly topic ('bounce'). The text is ready, now I only need to work a bit on the thumb illustrations. And then you'll see a mini dummy book, I suppose :)

That's all for now. My new sketchbook really gets me going with all my ideas. I just want to draw all the time.

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From my sketchbook #5

In this part of sketches most of them were made for my DS II works - just jotted some ideas down.

 The first idea for a 'relationship' picture were girls making braids to each other. Oh, and on the top of the page you can also see a hedgehog with his favourite brush :)

 Working on the look of the girls in 'relationship' illustration. Then suddenly a faerie appears! She looks like some kind of a warrior faerie here.

 But here she does not look like that anymore ;) As you can see, at the beginning she was holding a sword - I have no idea from where that match came..

 Here someone is getting prepared for a party. Firstly I wanted her to paint her lips but I thought that adding mascara on lashes is more silly - especially with a mouth always open ;) The cats you can see are first sketches for 2 commissioned cat pictures I'll be making today.

And here are the ideas for the last 4 Daily Sketches. The 'leaf' one I had already clearly pictured in my mind so I just had to decide on the composition. As for 'arcade' I wanted to make something that looked like from an arcade game. And since I already had Faceless Faeries in my mind, then here's what came out of it :) Silly thing, when I got to 'chewing' I thought of chewing a cat ^_^" Some weird stuff is living in my head! The lady at the bottom will be a Daily Sketch II 9 - 'geography'.

Enough for today :) With DSII I make a lot of sketches everyday so soon enough I will show a new bunch of them.

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From my sketchbook #4

This is what happens when I watch a movie for a second time and I'm not really into watching it and there is a paper and a pen somewhere near :)

There are mostly MEs and MY LOVEs there. But you can also find My Love's cat and my dog :)

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From my sketchbook #3

Sometimes there's no time to even take out my notebook during work and sometimes it's like the best day and moment for drawing (and all those customers are so not welcome :P). Here's what appeared in my notebook lately:

Sketch for the 'perennial' IF topic. Usually I don't make sketches because the idea is clear in my head. Well, I can make more of them but they would look exactly the same.

Started drawing girls again, it's such a pleasant subject. Girls with tattoos especially :)

 And sexy girls.

 And of course beautiful and romantic-looking girls. Dreamers. Oh yes, that's what I like the most *nods*

 Here's a sketch for the newest IF picture (look at the previous blog post). Again - I had the idea in my mind and no matter how many sketches I would do the concept would not change. So I've done only one sketch. Plus a mood scene of a parent and a child ;)

Oh, that's a very important thing because those are sketches of my earrings-to-be. For sell on Etsy of course :) cats cats cats *__*

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Obsession - Illustration Friday

I have this little obsession..
I'm in love with soft wooden pencils, the ones that smell of pure inspiration (hope anyone understands what I'm saying ;P). I have got masses and masses of them and I like to sharp them till they become kill weapons :) Super sharp! Every day!
Because of that obsession they tend to end up quickly but, well.... it can't be helped ;)

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Swell - Illustration Friday

Oh, gosh... I've missed a few!

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From my sketchbook #2

 Enjoy :)

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Journey - Illustration Friday

I'm trying to do all those missed IFs. Wonder if I'll manage to achieve it till the end of this month... That would be great :)

Faceless Faeries are always my companion during travelling. They are sometimes too loud but mostly it's just pure fun and enjoyment to share a journey with them.

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From my sketchbook #1

I think I have not shown some of the sketches I've made recently and ideas I have had. I love to use my sketchbook all the time so maybe I should systematically show you what new appeared in it :)

 My cat :) I would love to draw her more often but she always sleeps in the same position..

 Two ideas I've done for a publisher some time ago. But it wasn't the thing they were looking for. Well, you can't be the right person for everything ;)

 Sketches for commissioned ACEOs.

 First book cover concept. I wanted to leave space for the title and all that text that usually is on covers but the publisher said it's not necessary. So the idea changed only a bit, but the whole background was also to be done.

And few ideas I will probably use someday :)

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Stroll in a park

I like parks. As soon as the snow will disappear I will go there almost every day just to walk to and fro. Sometimes it feels the best to go alone with a sketchbook and a pencil and sometimes it's better to take someone with me and talk, feed pigeons or have a little picnic. When it comes to picnics the more is the better! :)

This illustration was also made in my watercolour Moleskine while playing Heroes of Might & Magic V with my Love. Even now when I think of the game my minds turns on to creative mode :) Lovely feeling.

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Warrior shaman

I have invited my Love to my place so we could be ill together :) We have spent whole days on watching movies, sleeping and playing Heroes of Might & Magic V. We are great fans of this game and we can't wait for a next part to appear.

Some games can inspire me so much. I just need a bit of fantasy, an elf or two, a lot of magic and beer+snacks :D My inspiration always comes out in a form of game related pictures and this is how they can look.

I've made this illustration in my little watercolour Moleskine and I must say - it's just great to paint in her (her name is Elaina and she's one of my comrades :3). The paper acts a bit differently than one of my favourite papers by Canson and Arches but I like its heaviness and slightly textured surface. It goes well with that lot of water I usually use. I should get a bigger sized watercolour Moleskine, too!

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Let's dance

I have this need to create something little. I have been ill lately and I had no power to do anything - but with small steps getting back to my normal art mode will be surely easier :)

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Sweater - Illustration Friday

It's been a while since I used a bunny in my paintings. So I thought it's hight time to change it and even had an idea of a bunny wearing a sweeter in a windy and cold day. But then it occurred to me that four bunnies are better than only one.. and a sweater has precisely 4 places to put bunnies into! What a coincidence! :D

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Finnish mouse

I've started learning Finnish some time ago and it's been a pain since. Maybe if I concentrate on it more then I could see some real effects ;) However, I have a Finnish mascot to accompany me in the process and here it is:

This mouse have no name yet. But he surely will get one! (Now I only know that he is a he-mouse ;P). I have a bad feeling that I will have to ask him in Finnish.

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