UPDATE // May is over! (Patreon)

Can you believe it? Another month has passed! I feel like time passes a lot quicker in these coronavirus times. Thanks so much for your support in helping me create paintings, sketches and studies this month! I am having so much fun drawing new things, and it's all thanks to your support. Here's how the month went for me:

ANIMAL STUDIES AND SKETCHES

Just like last month, I’m continuing with the animal sketches in my sketchbook! It’s become my favorite way to relax while drawing. I’m really enjoying it and am thinking of maybe printing a little sketchbook with just animal sketches in them at some point in the future. We’ll see how it goes, first I need to draw enough to fill one up! I hope you liked seeing my take on our furry and feathered friends this month. 

NON-CHARACTER ART

For the first time in a long time, I’m drawing things that aren’t characters: I made some rock studies and drew some plants from my backyard. I always found this so difficult to do because there isn’t an expression or pose - basically the things that I use as a character artist to add appeal to the drawings. But at the same time it’s really freeing, and also a really interesting challenge to take on: how can I add expression and believability to things that are just objects? In the long run I am making these studies with the goal of enriching my digital paintings with more detail and texture variation.

END OF THE SKETCHBOOK TOURS

When launching this patreon, my plan was to do monthly sketchbook tours! I only have 5 filled sketchbooks though, and I’ve now covered all of them. I still have a specific timeslot set aside each month to make video content, so I’m going to try some new things! You guys voted that you wanted to see some mini video tutorials, so I’m gonna start making those for the first time. I’ve only ever made very long tutorials in the past, so I’m curious to see how focusing on a smaller, more bite-sized topic will work out. Next month I will be making my first one, and I hope you’ll stick around to see what the result will be! 

I'll be sending out links to the google drive folder before the end of the month! As always, if you have any feedback or questions, please feel free to share them with me through a direct message or e-mail to business@loish.net. Any and all feedback is welcome! I hope you’ll continue to be my patron and enjoy the content coming up next month! ❤