Today’s artwork is of Tigerstar! “Tigerstar was a super fun cat to paint, we tried to emphasize a strong and muscular stance, clearly a different build to the other cats.” - @johannatarkela.com www.instagram.com/reel/DYvrGWU...

Today’s artwork is of Scourge! “I love painting the contrast of shiny black fur, and Scourge’s icy blue eyes made the contrast even cooler to work on.” - @johannatarkela.com instagram.com/p/DYtGTrYE81I/

Today’s artwork is of Squirrelflight! “You can never have too big or fluffy of a tail when it comes to Squirrelflight 😀” - @johannatarkela.com www.instagram.com/reel/DYrTMHJ...

Today’s artwork is of Tawnypelt! “Fun fact, Tawnypelt has the special role of having her face closely referenced from my own dear cat!” - @johannatarkela.com www.instagram.com/reel/DYpCjPy...

Today’s artwork is of Jayfeather! “With Jayfeather we tried to lean into the slightly more oriental cat/lanky popular look with fan work, which I really like too!” - @johannatarkela.com www.instagram.com/reel/DYmUzRx...

Next up is Brightheart! “Brightheart is one of my personal favorite cats, I was really enjoying painting her and aiming to give her a very sweet and hopeful vibe.” @johannatarkela.com www.instagram.com/reel/DYiiTgn...

Today’s artwork is of Graystripe! “Graystripe went through a few sketches as I tried to nail the playful pose, hope you like the final result too!” - @johannatarkela.com www.instagram.com/reel/DYhtqUS...

Big reveal time!! Something I've been working on since last year.... I am an official artist for Warrior Cats! ✨️ Here's the first one that's been shared today, Firestar! There will be a new illustration shared every day for about a week now on the Warrior Cats social media accounts 👀

Been getting back into traditional art lately on my free time, painted a tiger yesterday! Painted on approx A3 size Arches hot press 300gsm paper with watercolour, the whiskers and eye highlight are gouache though.

New official Renegades art is up on the official Renegades instagram! Meet Luna, Willow, Violet, and Jay Saxton, illustrated by the wonderful @johannatarkela.com!

The Black Rabbit of Inlé.

Open for February commission slots! :3

Seems the news has broken out so I'm gonna take the time to voice that yes, it's true that the Odd1s team was retired. Now more than ever I'd like y'all to please support my coworkers ❤️❤️ This came as a shock & they deserve ALL the support. Here's a thread to all their work 🔽

O hey, I realised I have a fire horse painting too! Done as a cover commission for a book series, but this particular painting didn't end up getting used as the direction changed a bit and I made an alternative cover in the end. I still like it though!

long and slender #art ✧ #painting ✧ #manedwolf

+*.First Snow.*+ Collab with @johannatarkela.com <3 (2019)

I have two ink originals left for sale! They're drawn on a 300gsm watercolour card, A5 size (5.8 x 8.3"). 70 GBP each, will post anywhere, tracked shipping included. Email me at [email protected] if you'd like to grab any :)

Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".

Thank you all who visited my den table! Had a great time and my bag is 10 x lighter to carry home so my back appreciates that 😎👌 I have 2 originals left, will post them up later! Should be able to ship anywhere.

Been working on some A5 originals again, they will be available at Scotiacon this weekend! Here's a selection of some I've made.

Book cover reveal! I worked on the cover wrap, a lot of interior illustrations and a map for this book. One of my favourite projects recently, I really liked portraying all the characters and locations, can't wait to share more art later on :D Published by Macmillan us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I'll be at Scotia in a few weeks, dealing Saturday-Sunday! This will likely be the last con I'll be dealing at for quite some time, so if you're there and want to grab anything last chance 👀will have the usuals; prints, my wooden keyrings and some original art.

So what's the way to go at the moment if I wanted to record a digital painting process video? Don't need to stream, just record (windows & photoshop). Haven't done it in quite a few years, is OBS still the best option?

Trying to fix post holiday sleeping patterns like

Okami Amaterasu (inspired by Mucha)

AWEBO #art ✧ #painting ✧ #grouse ✧ #bird

Time for another seasonal fox painting! Started this in September on the iPad (Artstudio Pro), finished when we got the first snow of this winter a few weeks ago.

Random freelance artist tip, if you have a personal website make sure you have some sort of a sketchbook section available! I knew it's useful but I didn't expect it to be so important, and in a way even more important than the final work sometimes.

🫠 been sick twice this month and in between those had a persistent allergy triggered cough too so November's been fun so far. Suspect the first one was flu and the second one maybe good old covid. Can I be done nowwww

A painting commission I recently finished for @tiv.bsky.social ! What'd be better than a sunset scene with some pretty backlight *u*

New Moon 🌕🌑 A piece for my ongoing series “A Starry Place”, where I explore spaces meaningful and nostalgic to me!!

Huh, I assume the Pokémon card illustration contest is not happening this year even though usually it's every 2 years so it should be time, wonder if all the AI stuff put them off last time 8')

I like how some birds look like adorable cute cutesy fluffballs ✨but also they have Eldritch abomination feet 😈

this this this this 👇

One of the most extensive paintings I've ever done, two covers in one even! A lot of hours, planning and detail went into this. So much greeeen! This is for Treecer's newest board games, already fully funded on the first day, if you want a copy have a look :D www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

In the still of the night

Got to do another Polish Warrior Cats cover recently, this time a novella, 'Mothwing's Secret'. Here's the final cover and the full spread! AD by @missdako.bsky.social , published by Nowa Baśń ✨

In my quest to (slowly) collect badges of all Reyna versions, I now have one for the sergal version! This one has been drawn by @johannatarkela.com :D

Ohh lots of new followers this week. Hello! Here's some new art I haven't posted yet but which got revealed recently on their new website, I did a full page/wallpaper illustration for the Finnish Kids' Forest Trip Day by University of Helsinki last year.

Bit of a personal vent post but urgh. Why is anticipatory grief the worst. I'm running out of time with my cat who I've had for 12 years, pretty much since I moved to the UK. He's not even gone yet but we know it's imminent after a few recent urgent vet visits and I'm already shattered lmaoo

This little pirate had six of her teeth pulled earlier this month and needs to have five more removed next month due to periodontitis, effectively draining our savings almost completely! If you're in a place where you'd be able and willing to help, I'll leave a bunch of links down below! ❤️❤️❤️

Ooo helloo. I am alive! Just been a hectic year so far with work, medical stuff (for myself and others - including my super senior cat who has been needing my attention a lot) I put a timer on social media, and turns out I kind of drifted off from it pretty well and didn't miss it that much.

I recently worked on another upcoming board game by Treecer, here's some art from it! Concepts and the animals are by me, gorgeous backgrounds by Joey Pool and Keen Art. What a fun project to work on, we aimed to imitate Ghibli style with the style and I think it came out great! :D

FINALLY I can post the french Cancan on Bluesky!!

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

Anyway, who will I see at NFC next week? I'll be in the dealer's den sharing a table with @tirnu.bsky.social ! Table B17 ✨️ Also this will likely be the last international con I'll be dealing at so if you'd like to get any prints, keyrings or originals from me, come have a look! 👀

You know how everyone is always saying "reminder to save your files!", I'll add to that. Remember to have a BACK UP!! I'm going away on Wednesday, with multiple deadlines on Tuesday. Went to turn my pc on yesterday, nothing. My bf has been troubleshooting for 2 days and ruling things out.

Portrait commission for @hom.ph ! 83

I'm a little late doing this but I wanted to showcase all of the logos I designed in 2024! Thank you to my clients for your support and business. If you're interested in inquiring about logo design, my rates and more examples can be found here on my website. www.thornwolf.com/logo-design #Logo