This is an illustration of the Finnish goddess Mielikki and her furry friend. Mielikki is the goddess of forests and the hunt and she is said to have played a central role in the creation of the bear. ...
La Befana is an old woman who brings gifts to the Italian children on Epiphany Eve which is the night of January 5th. She fills the socks of the good children with candy and presents and those of the bad ones with coal, sticks or...
This is a folklore illustration of the Welsh tradition of the Mari Lwyd, a pre-christian tradition believed to bring good luck even though it sure looks creepy. A horse skull decorated with ribbons and jewels was mounted upon a pole and was carried by a person...
During the second week of September the Powerful Women Week - a challenge created by female artists for female artists - took place on Instagram. Since I'm a passionate feminist and a woman myself I knew right from the beginning that I had to participate....
I created this illustration of a lady and her bear friend in the process of re-drawing this older piece. It looks almost nothing like the original image and I'm super satisfied with the outcome. During the drawing process of this illustration I learned some new...
A bunch of awesome illustrators created the #PortfolioClub challenge on Instagram. The premise is simple: On the first day of every month an assignment is posted and you have time to create one piece for the challenge until the end of the month. July's topic...
Due to the pressure of having to post daily on Instagram I developed a nice new sketchbook practice for myself: I filled at least one page in my sketchbook per day, even though I had no idea what to draw. What really helped me coming...
From Day 73 on I almost exclusively shared traditional artwork. Working traditionally has a whole other feeling to it than working on the iPad. When I got the iPad in January I had little to no experience with digital illustration. I had worked on a...
On Day 46 I decided to follow my guts and stopped trying to post what I thought would be popular on Instagram and started uploading what I liked instead - Not that I didn't like the illustrations I previously posted, but the work I put...
Being four weeks into the project I still wasn't ready to say goodbye to the "girlie" colors and the loose subjects I illustrated. I ended the fourth week with my first (and up to now last) speedpaint video of a ProCreate drawing. If you're curious...