How I’m writing a comic and maybe saw a UAP – Letter from the studio, January 2025

In theory, I’ve had a newsletter since some time in 2023, but I’ve only ever sent one out 😅. Now, after focusing on finding illustration work in the children’s publishing industry (without success yet but with some encouraging signs 😊), I’m intending to also make more art for the “general public”, so I think it makes sense to revive (or, really, start) this “Letter from the studio”!

Drawing makeover! The little prince and the fox

Illustration workout: Project plan

Devising a plan for my project for Tom Froese’s ‘The Style Class’, “a short-term daily creative project, where you will create a series of 26 illustrations, based on a theme of your choice, working in a specific illustration technique”.
In fact, for this project, my focus is not so much on theme or technique as on the third parameter: the context.

Inspiration case study: Fumio Obata

Another inspiration from the world of comics, but I had to include him because of one specific point.

Inspiration case study: Mareikje Vogler

Studying my target market 🔎️

Inspiration case study: Claire Wendling

Back to the roots of my artistic inspiration – Part two :)

Inspiration case study: Linnea Sterte

Back to the roots of my artistic inspiration! Part one :)

Sketchbook page: Colourful trees

…and what I learned from a daily drawing prompt list, even though I only did 6 in a row and a few more that I liked 😊️

Payment Gateway from Hell

I cried a lot, then I ticked the boxes.

Painting with Granulating Watercolours

One thing leading to another, this Art Practice Day unexpectedly yielded a study of wild flowers in a limited colour palette, which I really like!