Lurking at my desk

Tips and trick to stay focus as your work.

I am a big fan of the creative set up. I do think that keeping small trinkets and drawings around your work space help  lot with keeping your creativity running. I thought I'd share some here today.
 

Plants - Green is a great way to keep myself relaxed and somehow focused.
Therefore I have a personal small garden around my working space.
 

Lino - This little crow and cute Squirrel are two engraving I made during my free time.
Just for myself and my own pleasure. They help me to keep in sight that pleasure and free-time is NOT a luxury, but and necessity to feel balanced and keep being creative.
 

The Placebo Glasses - As a young studying adult I had a VERY hard time to keep focus for a long time. The glasses somehow turned into a placebo tool: They have no glass but as soon as I put them atop my nose I suddenly feel much more efficient at staying focus. It works for me so why should I stop myself from looking silly when I'm working alone at my desk?
 

Various trinkets - Such as a toy squirrel from my childhood.
An Infinity cube from a Rembrandt exhibition I saw as a kid and which left me a HUGE impression
A mermaid glass from a friend or just a cute IKEA cardboard drawer shelf with silly canine drawing.
Linked to memories of good time, or just inspiring in themselves, all those things help me when I loose focus and start gazing away.

Novembre.

Novembre.

In Polish, November literally means: "the month of the fall of the leaves".
I don't know much of Polish to be honest, but whenever I hear new things, I can't help loving how poetic that language can be.

As much as October was is the bright yellow month, the days of walk with big scarves and layered sweaters. November is the dark and silent month, with the daylight saving and the rainy long days.

I used to feel depressed in November, but as I grew wiser and older I started seeing the beauty of it all. The dark yet colorfull forest. The peace brought by all that silence, the endless rain and the frozen mornings .

-Training-

Since I tend draw very basic background, and since I want to become more efficient at digital painting, I started to draw lots of ungly digital Background.
I'm sharing this one with you because I actually like it very much. The over all atmosphere, the details, the colors and the light. Yup the naration in this one make me proud! I'd try to make more of those in the future... Maybe I could try to developpe a bunch of BGs for my personal project... Two birds in one stone! ( I don't hit birds with stones, it's just an expression).

Inktober 2017 - Second Batch

-Kitsune-

-PikpiC-

-threerel-

-Balance-

I actually drew 44 inktober this yeat ( kind kept going for a bit in November). Some I like less , Some I like more, but i'm pretty happy with the overall result! If you want to see the other, they are all on my FaceBook Pages.

Winter is comming!

A cute little illustration made for a christmas craft fair exactly one year ago today!

I will draw some new stuff just for you blog reader and post it here soon! Stay tuned!

Inktober 2017 - First Batch

Since I'm taking this blog out of it's grave... Here are some of my inktober from this year!

-Absolution-

-Symbiose-

-Ruisselant-

-Thanatos-

Automne

This one was drawn back in September for the first day of fall! Since it's my favorite season, and I'm in a very rich in fall and winter weather country it seemed just fair to draw about it!
Every year when september end I feel all excited for incomming October. It has only been fourth years since the frist time I've done it but I can always see year to year how my drawing skills improved! And since I'm very good at doubting of my skills, it feel very nice, for once, to be proud of what I do with no restrain!