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Linocut textures

Asja — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:20:44 +0000

Here is one of my latest work-progress-projects: making colorful textures using lino-cut technique. I made random cuts and scratches on a piece of lino using a sharp knife to get messy texture and them made many different prints using various ink colors. The size of watercolor paper prints were made on is 25×35 cm.

I plan on using those textures as backgrounds for drawings.

From my sketchbook

Asja — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:50:43 +0000

Latest doodle from my sketchbook, watercolor and ink.

Stuff I made over the weekend

Asja — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:35:08 +0000

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Mine was pretty uneventful and laid-back (which I loved) and spent mostly making things, eating good food and listening to obscure 90′s punk rock bands! Yay!
Here is a little showcase of:

*stuff I made over the weekend*

*big doodle*

Sometimes there is nothing more relaxing than drawing a big pattern! I felt like I needed to get rd of some stress this weekend so I doodled this big piece (it’s 30×40 cm) and it was very therapeutic.

*messy cards*

In art, I love seeing accurately drawn, clean (and usually uninterrupted ) lines and I’m always striving to better the quality of lines in my work and to draw them with confidence. But sometimes, I also feel like taking a break from accuracy and control and just want create messy stuff : ) So, a couple of days ago I took a bottle of ink and dipped a grill stick into it and started drawing and making messy lines on cards. Later I colored them with crayons and ended up with fourteen messy cards, different than my usual style.

*gift tags*

I also made some gift tags using mini prints of my illustrations and ended up turning one of them into a key chain.

I wish it would rain soda

Asja — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:09:36 +0000

I wish it would rain soda… but instead it’s raining, well, rain.
And, as you’ve probably guessed by my latest posts this is yet another page from my sketchbook.
I wish you all wonderful weekend!

Under the sea

Asja — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:22:34 +0000

This is another one of the paintings I did in collaboration with Arlen this Winter so I thought it would be a good time to finally post a picture of it. It’s acrylics and ink on wood panel. You can see the first one here.

Underwater world

Asja — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:17:40 +0000

Acrylics and ink painting done on a wooden panel.
This is the first of six paintings in the series, done in collaboration with Arlen Dean (Alkaline Samurai on flickr.)

…and some more bubblegum bears!

Asja — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:34:22 +0000

From my sketchbook, done with color pencils and ink.

Last week I had an interesting dream dreamt early in the morning just before I woke up so I remebered it weel. In my dream I saw an illustration of a round cartoon bear skiing. As soon as I woke up I grabbed a piece of paper and sketched the bear I saw in my dream. Later that day I drew my first “bubblegum” bear. You can see it on top photo on the left.

A page from my sketchbook

Asja — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:33:55 +0000

From my sketchbook, drawn last night: garden gnome and his bear buddy admiring gnome’s fancy, colorful flower.
Done with color pencils and ink.

Gummyfication, a collaboration with Arlen Dean

Asja — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:23:48 +0000

This piece is a collaboration with amazingly talented Arlen Dean , also known as Alkaline Samurai on flickr. Please check out his work if you haven’t already.