Since I didn't finish my 2024 sketchbook, I'll just keep using it in 2025. I'm finally starting to find some time to sit down and draw, even if it's just small stuff 😭

2024 was a year with very little art. I didn't finish my yearly sketchbook and at some point stopped doing personal art altogether. It's ok though, because I finished something much more important:

Did you make any New Year wishes? I hope they come true!

Almost lost to burnout this year. Next year I’m going in swinging

Oooh, treasure ✨ The bear is not too happy about having to carry all of that though.

Hazel dormice #art #sciart #watercolors

The Legend of Zelda — The Master Sword

Star-crossed #knights

Got a birthday card from grandma and the illustration is obviously AI slop. I'm really torn up about it because I appreciate that grandma tried to pick an image she thought I would like but also I'm mad because she has no way of telling the difference & is easy to scam by whoever sells that stuff 👿

Through the Mossy Woods 🌿

Panandaliang Saglit #art #illustration

Every time I get an influx of followers on here, it's safe to assume that twitter messed up again in one way or another 😂 Anyway, hello everyone! Right now I'm still taking a break from Social Media in general, but I really like this place, so I'm definitely going to use this account once I'm back

Culinary Witch

I'm trying to increasingly use the word "family" when talking to strangers about my home situation. On the one hand it doesn't sit right with me because I know they assume something different. On the other hand, people's looks and questions when I mention my parents are just too annoying 🙃

I'm trying to stop worrying about not being able to share art any time soon. I'd rather wait until I can do it with a more positive attitude 🙈 I've recently found a lovely therapist and I'm currently waiting for insurance to approve the treatment, so hopefully things will get better eventually!

Following up on the issue with my drawing tablet's surface losing its texture... I did the unforgivable and used sand paper to go over the plastic surface. It doesn't look as nice now but it's much less slippery! (Please don't do this at home 😭 I only tried since it's a cheap old tablet)

My trusty Wacom Intuos is increasingly losing its surface texture and this annoying slippery area in the middle is making it difficult draw accurately😭 But I'm also not ready to replace the tablet just because of that...

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A former client of mine who retired a while back called and asked how I was doing. So I told him about the impact of Ay-Eye on my work. I found out that he really dislikes its use and how it's being pushed in his volunteer work because it's "free" despite being soulless slop...

Like father, like son 🪐 Happy Father's Day! #TheMandalorian

zoomin'

It's so nice to have some normality return after being sick for a long time! Last night I was running random dungeons in ESO and didn't even notice how it got past midnight because for the first time in months by body was ok with me sitting at the computer for however long I wanted.

Tried something with a more difficult perspective. I don't think it came out quite right but I like the general mood of the piece, so who cares :)

I'm over there too 👋 cara.app/nataliazaits...

Just saw that someone bought a bunch of my prints on Inprnt and it honestly made my day 🥹

Took me days to finally opt-out of the Instagram AI thing because I just kept getting error messages. Maybe they were hoping I'd just forget about it at some point... I still don't trust them though, so I'm hoping that eventually I'll get access to WebGlaze, just to make sure.

They're on their way~

I drew this one years ago but it never really stops being relevant. I often put my health first because it'll help me keep drawing in the long run but at the same time I always feel guilty because I'm not as "driven" as other people

Encanto fanart from a while back

I'm once again having that freelancer moment where I'm in desperate need of paid work but the big opportunities I've been getting focus on topics related to personal trauma. It's happened more than once and I'm really torn between taking care of my mental health and paying bills 🤪 What would you do?

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Old one from 2020, but still a fav

One downside of working alone is that I have no idea how long I'm supposed to take to do certain drawings. I'm also used to clients having small budgets, so I always feel like I need to be faster and nail ideas on the first try with no room for explorations 🥺

Hi #PortfolioDay 👋♥️ Cover ? Picture book ? Promotional art? Comic ? I am available to work on your next project. Leacharbonnier.art

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Hello #portfolioday 🧡✨ I’m EmrysBell, an Ukrainian artist based in Germany. And here is my art! Super into character design and love creating them!✨

Hello #PortfolioDay I'm RIFU! ⸜( ´ ꒳ ` )⸝ I love to draw OCs, sci-fi and surrealism!

Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Natalia, an illustrator from Germany - I like to draw architecture and cute characters. I'm currently looking for small freelance projects in games, books or similar nataliazaitseva.carrd.co

When I was a little kid, it was very easy to keep me occupied.

Been a bit sick lately but it's so nice to have an excuse to go to bed early and just lie there while playing simple games and watching some series...

Encanto fanart from early 2022 - Luisa and her dad bonding over piano music!

There are many things that scare me about AI images and one if them is that some people, especially clients, just can't tell that the molten AI-goo looks bad. I recently saw a website with such low-quality AI images on there, that was sold to a client, I couldn't believe anyone could be ok with it.

A sad prince and his happy best friend 🐶

Spring is coming, so I treated myself with a piece some weeks ago about it #illustration

Finished updating my portfolio. I mostly keep my work art and personal art separate. My personal art is for learning and just drawing things I enjoy. For work I don't mind being flexible and doing other styles. Though I'm always happy when I get to use a style close to my personal one for work

Another fake book cover for portfolio purposes. I'm going to remember this one forever because I drew it on the first day of lockdowns in 2020. Feels both like yesterday and 10 years ago...

I'm working on an update for my portfolio website and it feels weird but good to retire pieces I used to be really proud of and kept in my portfolio for years. It means I have moved on as an artist and I have new stuff that is a much better representation of the artist I am today 👍

Any advice on creating an online safe space for yourself these days? I'm grateful for all the information on Social Media but I also feel like it's harder and harder to keep up the strength to deal with big real life problems when going online just further drains my energy.

라프라스 #ラプラス #Lapras #Pokemon