A full year without drawing went by...

and my new year's resolution for 2020 is to make up for all the time I couldn't draw in 2019. I don't have a single illustration from this year. Not. A. Single. One. ;-; (just a couple of doodles...)

So here are a few from last year's that haven't been published yet!

 

What I've been up to

Here goes a sum up of what has been going on for the past few months.

This year has been busy so far...
I have just graduated from a Multimedia Design Bachelor, and I'm still not sure about the next step.
But I'm absolutely sure I'll keep illustrating :)
Actually, I have been thinking for a while now, that I wanted to make a one-shot comic, or even a small Visual Novel game!

For the work update, here goes, from oldest to most recent (sort of)!

                     

This one is what I'm currently working on

Lately I have been getting a little frustrated with my paintings, because I wanted to give them more colour and some abstract flares... but every time I make a line or a blob where "it's not supposed to exist", I correct it imediatelly to fit a more "realistic" situation =_=  Then again, that would make sense with my MBTI (I am an ISTJ, apparently).

That would explain why I love working with watercolor or doodle with a pen: even if there is a mistake, I can't correct it ^^

It saddens me a little that THU (Trojan Horse was a Unicorn) is moving to Malta. 

The event is amazing, and I was considering paying a visit this year and meet the awesome professional artists and masters who go there. But now it's no longer in Portugal, so, personally, it makes things a bit more difficult. Someday, maybe...

Meanwhile, I'll keep practising and searching for oportunities which might be interesting!

This is random, but a few days ago I commissioned a henna tattoo on my hand, at an annual artisan's fair. The artist made a super detailed motif in 5 min, which, honestly, was surprising O . o

Also, I discovered that henna itches A LOT while it's drying... it certainly trains a person's self-control xD

Comic Con Portugal 2017

It's been such a long time since my last update here!!
Happy New Year everyone!

I didn't post here, but I went to Comic Con Portugal last year.
Here's a little report :)

Photo by QuintoCanal

This convention was in Porto, and lasted for 4 days. It was the third time I participated in the Artists' Alley.
This Comic Con was actually pretty calm compared to other years, when things were so hectic the artists could barely leave the tables to go eat. So, that's good, right?

This was my table and wall setup for the most of the convention. I mostly sold stickers (it was the first time I ever made stickers), and postcards. Jumin Han and 707 cards were flying out of the table... I wonder why... xD

On the last 2 days I cosplayed as 2B from Nier:Automata, and took some pictures with the awesome cosplayers that were around :3 Everyone was really kind and I had a lot of fun with them and the artists.
Two artists who were sharing a table, came to me and said "We must give you this, no matter what"

I was hysterical for some solid 5 minutes xD Thank you guys! Make sure to check their art at MikeStration


Since this year Comic Con Portugal will probably change places, and host the event in Lisbon, I still haven't decided if I'm going this year, too.

Happy New Year to everyone!

A Boy and his Cat

Heyy~
This illustration will be featured on my artbook, which will be available by December. The theme for the artbook is all about boys and their cats :) I'm still thinking of a name for the book. Any ideas?

Cheers ~

Dazai- Process

So, I've finally finished painting Dazai-san ^v^
It took me a while to upload, because I had to compress all the videos from the process to make this video. Hope you like it!

Btw, this year I will be at Comic.Con Portugal in December. Looking forward to it :)

Dazai Osamu - WIP

Long time no post! 

I'm working on a little Dazai fan art, from Bungou Stray Dogs. Will post the process video soon.

I'm more active in my Instagram account. Be sure to make a visit ^v^

HakYona Watercolour

This watercolour was a lot of fun to do!

I really enjoy the work of Kusanagi Mizuho, and wanted to make some Hak and Yona fan art.

Here's the work in progress:

Lineart

Make main shadows and add masking fluid to small details

Add some flat colours

More flat colours. Remove masking fluid

Final touches

Done!

It was the first time I ever used masking fluid on a watercolour painting, and I couldn't have imagined how much it helped with the details. 

I tried to keep the number of layers to a minimum to preserve the transparency of the watercolour (this painting has no more than 4 layers), and that's why I made the main shadows first. It's very easy to keep on adding pigment if the shadows aren't planned T_T

Hope you enjoyed this!