loish blog

I’m a character artist. I’m used to painting skin and hair and clothes… soft textures, basically. I found out the hard way that this approach does not work for rocks. Unless you want them to look like weirdly shiny flesh blobs instead 🤔
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That’s why I try to practice rendering other surfaces from time to time. These were drawn for last month’s challenge on pain...

Remember when it was winter? It feels like a million years ago now. We had a lot of snow here in the Netherlands which was a rare experience. Here’s some paintings inspired by that special time ❄️ Done in Procreate!

I’m not sure, but I think that tree might be haunted 👀
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This started in my sketchbook and became a painting ~ painting twisty trees is so soothing!

Fabric folds are so hard. At least for me. The more detail I add the more they start to look like frosting on a cake. Crispness does not come naturally to me. But I try!!

I drew these for my Patreon challenge. This month, we’re drawing gems and colorful rocks - joi...