Muddy colors: the enemy of every painter. I get a lot of questions about how to keep colors vibrant, so it was time to make a tutorial video about it! Check out the full tutorial on my Patreon to...

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03.09.2025

Studying iridescence on one of my favorite animals, the rock dove. Don’t ever speak poorly of the rock dove in my vicinity. I WILL fight you 😤 I created these studies for last month’s Patreon drawing...

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27.08.2025

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I’m lowkey obsessed with blurry, soft edges lately. The smudge tool has a chokehold on me.

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25.08.2025

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I am on a lifelong quest to paint super round, chunky flowers that look like cabbages. This is the latest installation!

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09.08.2025

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Gradients, smudge tool, blur - they’re all great tools, until your art turns into a blurry mess. A soft rendering style is not easy to pull off, which is why I made a tutorial video about it ~ this...

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02.08.2025

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Trying to capture tension in a pose! 💪 You know, the kind where you can see the muscles and tendons popping out. RAAHHH!! 😤 I don’t know if I succeeded, but at least I tried 🥲

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29.07.2025

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I’m obsessed with watching my cat do basically anything.

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09.07.2025

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It’s here: my summer bloom prints collection! Each one is hand-signed. Only available until July 18, so don’t wait too long! Grab yours here!

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02.07.2025

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I’m dutch, so I’m destined to paint epic cloudscapes.

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28.06.2025

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I’ve created at least a gazillion drawings called “colorful heads” by now. Here’s the latest installation 🎨

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26.06.2025

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I did it. After a lifetime of using light mode on all my devices, I switched to dark mode. My eyes just can’t take it anymore, and after a few days of using it, I decided dark mode was actually kind...

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04.06.2025

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I love drawing mermaids with legs 🫧 I created these for last month’s Patreon drawing challenge! If you like challenges, sign up to the flame tier and join us ~ we just got started on painting clouds...

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03.06.2025

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I’m a character artist, which means landscapes are my enemy. I have an automatic habit of rendering mountains and grass as if it was skin. I struggle to get the sense of scale right - everything feels...

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29.05.2025

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Me and my tendons have a troubled relationship. There’s always one somewhere in my body that’s freaking out. I used to have a lot of elbow and wrist pain, but these days it’s my knees. I’m doing my...

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21.05.2025

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Did you know that I have a weekly newsletter? I’ve written about a bunch of topics, including social media, art block, coming up with ideas, and more. Over the years, it’s really become a place for me...

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10.05.2025

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Can you steal a style? In my opinion, you can’t - but you can definitely learn a lot from studying someone’s art style. Here’s some of my thoughts on that - and some Leyendecker studies to go with...

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03.05.2025

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Here’s the deal: most of the lighting in my art makes 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. I just make it up as I go along. That’s why I need to do some good lighting studies every now and then - I can’t get away with this...

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26.04.2025

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What if… I made a collectible figurine? 👉👈 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ No plans to make one just yet, but working out some ideas ~ maybe it will happen!

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16.04.2025

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Channelling one of my favorite artists, Egon Schiele!

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10.04.2025

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Which rendering style do you prefer: simple or detailed? I think both are great - in fact, the more styles you can pull off, the better! Here’s my thoughts on that ✨ This is a preview of my tutorial...

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04.04.2025

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I love a good floppy leaf. The floppier, the better, am I right??

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18.03.2025

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These creatures are the sole focus of my life, the source of my happiness, my obsession and fixation. And they don’t even have a single thought in their heads! Here’s some fan art of my cats to honor...

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11.03.2025

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Drawing a face is one thing, but making a head look 3-dimensional is another challenge. The solution? Planes ✈️ Here are some of my thoughts on that! This is a preview of my tutorial on drawing the...

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08.03.2025

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Jayce and Viktor gift art ~ that ending was phenomenal and I’m still thinking about it.

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04.03.2025

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Some statue studies ~ I’m always amazed by how such a cold, lifeless material can feel so warm and alive! If you like monthly drawing challenges, sign up to the flame tier and join us ~ we just got...

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20.02.2025

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Honestly, Arcane was the first animation I’d seen in decades that made me so incredibly excited about what this medium is capable of. What a masterpiece! Here’s my favorite girl Jinx 🩷💙

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19.02.2025

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Some subsurface scattering studies! Say that three times fast 😂 I can’t figure out if the light or dark background works better, so I included both. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you like monthly drawing challenges,...

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19.02.2025

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Do you ever feel like your art looks like a bland copy of the original reference picture? I’ve got a couple of tricks that can help make your studies more interesting and eye-catching ✨ This is a...

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25.01.2025

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A gift for my amazing discord moderator Sabina, who has been helping me moderate my online communities for almost 7 years now and has a soft spot for magpies. I do too 🖤

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18.01.2025

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Here’s my controversial opinion: winter is beautiful ❄️

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11.01.2025

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A painting of some edible flowers ~

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04.01.2025

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Some smoke and fire studies for last month’s challenge! Trying to capture that energy and intensity 🔥 If you like monthly drawing challenges, sign up to the flame tier and join us ~ we just got...

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18.12.2024

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This painting is brought to you by my current obsession with ochre and dark purple 💜

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14.12.2024

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I’d love to have a plant with pink leaves, but I’m not capable of keeping plants alive 😔 I even managed to kill a plant that’s known for surviving in extreme conditions, so for now, I’ll just draw...

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13.12.2024

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Taking a break from my years-long uninterrupted Hard Round Brush streak to try some textured brushes ~ it was an adventure!

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11.12.2024

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Faces are hard enough to draw on their own, but stylizing them presents a bunch of new challenges. How much detail is too much? How can you get the features ‘right’ even though they’re not realistic?...

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03.12.2024

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No girl returns 🩷🩵 It’s been a minute since I drew her! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I drew these for last month’s drawing challenge on drawing the same head from different angles! This is honestly SO HARD to pull off...

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29.11.2024

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Get 30% off my Patreon! I’m running a discount for new members who sign up to my Flame tier, which is basically my premium Patreon tier ✨ That means you can get access to the full backlog of 50+...

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26.11.2024

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Black Friday week is here! My artbooks are now 20% off if you buy them directly through my publisher, which is the only spot where you can get signed copies of all three books ✨ Find them here:...

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