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Sketches: Fae Prince 👑 + new draw with me video! ✨
Hello again! ☺️Currently working on my next drawing and here are some sketches! I saw these beautiful outfit designs on Pinterest (swipe to see them!) and thought they were so ✨fae✨ so I’m doing a study of one:) I’m going to record the rendering process so you guys will get another real-time drawing videothis week! 🥳And speaking of videos, I just posted a new draw with me video for you 😍It’s the painting process of my Batman + Catwoman piece :) Definitely check it out if you want to see me render several different textures a...
Draw With Me! 🖤 Batman + Catwoman Process 🦇🐈⬛✨
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend:)Starting off the week with a new draw with me video for you! 💌 This one shows the process of my Batman and Catwoman drawing ☺️ They’re one of my favorite character duos and I’ve wanted to draw them for forever!! This piece was so fun and I hope you all enjoy watching the process :)Currently working on my next drawing and going to record the process of that piece for you as well 🥰 Stay tuned for sneak-peeks! 💗Love you all:)~Lydia 💌
Sneak-Peek: Bruce & Selina 🦇🐈⬛🖤 + new draw with me video! ✨
Hi everyone! :)Earlier this week I showed you my sketches of these two, and now here is the finished drawing! 🥰This was so different from what I’m used to drawing omg!! 😅 I haven’t drawn superheroes in forever, and I had sooo much doubt about how Batman would look in my style 😂 But this was actually so much fun and I’m really happy with how it turned out:) I filmed the full painting process for this month’s draw with me video! 🖤 You’ll get to see how I render shiny leather and latex vs. matte leather, how I polished my rou...
Sketches: Bruce Wayne + Selina Kyle 🐈⬛🦇🖤 + new video for you! ✨
Hi again! 🖤Here’s a sneak-peek of some sketches I’m working on! :) I’ve loved the aesthetic of Batman and Catwoman for FOREVER and today I am finally drawing them 🤭 Swipe to see the rough gesture and my reference! I’m going to be filming the rendering processfor our next draw with me video, so you guys will get to see how I color them! There will be lots of shiny leather and shades of black which I’m really excited to work with 🥰 Stay tuned for it!!And speaking of videos, I just posted a new real-time video showing the painti...
Jasmine 🦋 real-time process! ✏️✨
Happy Wednesday everyone! 🥰Here is the real-time painting process of my Jasmine piece! 🦋 In my last post I mentioned how this drawing started out as a doodle that I didn’t intend on finishing, so the video starts at the point when I decide to try turning the doodle into a finished piece:) It starts out SOOO rough haha so this process shows how I sculpt and refine it! ✨I hope you all enjoy! 😍 Stay tuned for a sneak-peek of my next drawing which I’m posting today for you guys :) Here’s a hint: 🦇🐈⬛🖤I’m also going t...
Sneak-Peek: Painting Practice 🦋 + Happy March! ✨
Hello everyone and happy new month! 😍I hope you all had a lovely weekend:) I wanted to start off the month showing you a sneak-peek of a new painting I’ve been working on! 🦋This actually started out as a doodle that I didn’t intend on finishing, but I wanted to see where it would go! So I kept working and I think she ended up looking Jasmine-inspired haha:) I’m not sure if it quite looks like her though — let me know what you guys think 🧐Here’s my horrifying doodle and the finished piece:Proof that you gotta trust the process...
Step-by-Step: Nature Background Hacks! 🌸💌✨
Hi everyone and happy Friday! 🥰Lately I’ve been experimenting with different background techniques for my characters, and I wanted to share some of those techniques with you! 💗 I’ve included 3 different techniques,so swipe through to read through the steps OR click on the PDF attachments belowfor clearer quality :)I hope you guys have fun with it! 🥰 I used these techniques for the background of my drawing in our new tutorial video about art style studies,which you can watch here! Be sure to check it out if you’d like to learn how...
TUTORIAL: Finding Inspiration for your Art Style! ✏️💗✨
Hellooo guys! 😍 Here is a new tutorial for you!This video is about how to find inspiration for your own art style by studying otherart styles! In my opinion, this is one of the best ways to grow and improve your personal artistic flair :) As I mention in the video, the key is to avoid copying an art style, and instead focus on studying smaller aspects of several different styles and incorporate them into your work 💗Stay tuned also for a new step-by-step tutorialI’ll be posting that will show you how to hack art and create easy detailed...
Tutorial Sneak-Peek: Rapunzel as a Knight ☀️
Hellooo everyone! I hope you’re all having a lovely week so far :)Our tutorial poll closed over the weekend, and the topic that won the vote was Style Studies! 😍 The video will be about studying other art styles and incorporating different elements into your own art ☀️ I finished filming today and here is the result from the video — Rapunzel as a knight! 🥰 Swipe to see some different art styles that inspired this piece 💛 Lol it’s Rapunzel who’s taking Eugene to see the lights now 😤💪🏻I was super excited when this to...
Vote for the Tutorial Video Topic! ✏️💌✨
Hello hello! 😍It’s time to vote for the February tutorial topic! ✨ There were SO many amazing suggestions, thank you to everyone who commented ideas! 🥰 I’ve put the most popular requests in this poll, but if you don’t see your suggestion, don’t worry — I always save them to use for future content :)Here’s a little info about each option:Designing a Book Couple:This will be an in-depth video showing how I design book characters (specifically a book couple) based on book descriptions! I’ll show you the process I’ve been us...
Early Look: Dating a Vampire pt. 9 ☕️🖤🥀
Hiii everyone! :)Here’s an early look at part 9 of my series, Dating a Vampire! 🖤 My last reel of them was a month ago and I missed drawing them 🥲💗 So here’s what will be in tomorrow’s reel 🥰I wanted to join the trend of drawing two characters looking back and forth at each other with the On Melancholy Hill soundtrack, so if you’re wondering why there’s a LOT of back and forth, that’s why haha 🙈 Rose has major cuteness aggression towards Viktor 🤭 and Viktor is a messy drinker 👀👀👀In other news, don’t forg...
Tutorial Suggestions! 💌📮 what should the video topic be? 💭
Hi everyone! :)It’s time to get your requests for this month’s exclusive tutorial video!Last month’s tutorial topic was about how to render hair,which you can check out here 🥰 What should the tutorial topic be this month?💭 Drop your requests in the comments and feel free to suggest anything on your mind, even if it’s a simple idea! I love making videos for you guys and all suggestions are welcome :)You can also check out last month’s poll optionsif you’d like to request one of those topics again! 💗Afterward, I’ll go throu...
Winged Figure Studies ✏️🖤 BONUS VIDEO ✨
Hi hi everyone! :) I hope you had a happy weekend ~Here is a new bonus video for all of you Devoted Dragonflies! 🥰 Chill with me while I color and render three figure studies with wings, using colors and aesthetics based on the theme that won in our poll: moody gothic 🖤✨If you’d like a detailed guide on how to draw the structure of wings AND paint them from start to finish, check out this step-by-step tutorial✨I hope you all enjoy!! ☺️In other news, stay tuned for our tutorial suggestions postthat I’ll be putting up for you so...
Early Look: Winged Figure Studies 🖤 + new bonus video! 🎥✏️✨
Hellooo everyone! Happy weekend:) Here’s an early look at some winged figure studies I drew for this month’s bonus video! 😍 The theme that won the vote was moody gothic, which made me think of raven feathers, black leather and dark purple tones, and it turned into these haha 🙈The full painting process is recorded for you guys and I’m currently editing the video! It will go up for all Devoted Dragonfly members 😌✨Stay tuned for our tutorial suggestions post which I’ll be putting up soon too! You’ll get to drop your requests f...
Vote for the Bonus Video Theme! 📮💌✨
Hellooo everyone! :)This poll is just for you Devoted Dragonfly members 💗 I’m going to film a new bonus video for you this week and I’m letting you guys decide the theme for my drawing! 😍The themes are moody gothic, soft angelic, and gentle pink✨ I’ll draw something that fits the aesthetic of the theme that wins and show you guys the process! 🥰If you want to check out last month’s bonus video which was about drawing curly hair, you can watch here ✨The poll is multiple choiceso you can pick two favorites! I’ll start filmin...
Painting a Fantasy Book Commission ✏️🔥 real-time process! ✨
Hiii everyone! :)Yesterday I shared the behind-the-scenesof my recent commission for Olivia Rose Darling, the author of Fear the flames — and now here is the painting process! 🥳✨The first couple minutes show the quick base-rendering of one of the poses, and after that everything is real-time:) I had to check with the author to make sure she liked the direction of the coloring and rendering first, so after that I started recording for you guys! 🥰I hope you all enjoy it!! Definitely check out my behind-the-scenes post if you want some i...
Early Look: Finished Commission Behind-the-Scenes! 🐉🔥✨+ new video for you ✏️
Hellooo everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend 🥰I wanted to show you all the finished commission piece I made for Olivia Rose Darling! The artwork is inspired by her new book coming out in July called Wrath of the Dragons, the sequel to Fear the Flames 🔥✨This was SUCH a fun drawing to make, and Olivia was so lovely to work with —but the project definitely came with some challenges! For one, I’d never made a character sheet with six characters before, and at first I was like… how is this composition going to work?! 😅 Ther...
Draw with Me! 🧡 painting a scene study 🎞️✨
Hellooo everyone and happy Saturday! :)Here is a new draw with me video for your weekend! 💌 It’s the coloring process of my Jo & Laurie scene study 🥰 I always return to Little Women fan art once in a while because it’s one of my favorite films, and it feels so cozy to draw scenes from it 🧡I hope you all enjoy the video! :) It’s part film, part screen-recording so you can see details ☺️ Have fun and happy drawing! ✨Love,Lydia 💌
Early Look: Jo & Laurie Hiding at the Party 🤎✨ + new video coming! 🎥✏️
Hellooo everyone! :)Here is an early look at some scene studies I did today 🥰 I love the scene from Little Women where Jo and Laurie are hiding at the New Year’s party and spying on everyone, so I wanted to capture that moment haha:) THEY’RE SO CUTE I will never get over them 😭Swipe to see my sketches and references! This scene in particular is from the 1994 Little Women film, but I painted both Jo and Laurie to look the way they’re described in the book:)I filmed the painting process of the top panel for you guys, so you’ll get t...
Commission Work: Cayden & Elowen from Fear the Flames 🐉🔥✨
Hello everyone and happy Monday! ☺️I wanted to start off the week by showing you some behind-the-scenes for a project I’m currently working on! I was recently commissioned by Olivia Rose Darling, the author of Fear the Flames😍I was SO excited to receive this commission because I adore Olivia’s writing, and she was kind enough to let me share the whole process with you guys! 🥰Olivia asked for a character sheet of the couple in three different poses, and at first I wasn’t sure if it would work (I’ve never drawn six characters o...
Jacks & Evangeline 💗 + Happy February & plans this month! 📮💌✨
Hello everyone and happy February! 😍February feels like a pink month to me (probably because of Valentine’s Day 🤭) so I wanted to create a drawing with a very pink palette! This is Jacks and Evangeline from Once Upon a Broken Heart, one of my absolute favorite romantasy books 💗I actually painted these two in our tutorial videoabout how to render hairand decided to turn it into a full drawing! 🥰 Be sure to check out the video if you’d like a detailed guide on how to color hair 💌And if you’d like to watch another video about...
BONUS VIDEO: Curly Hair Studies ✏️🤎✨
Hello again!☺️Back with another video for you! 📮 This one is our bonus videofor the month, and the topic that won the vote was curly hair studies!😍 So in this video I’ll be sketching and rendering some curly hairstyles, one with tight curls and the other with loose curls:)I also just posted our tutorialfor this month which is a detailed video about how to color and render hair, so if you’d like a walkthrough-style video where I explain each step of the coloring and rendering process, go check it out! 💗I hope you find both video...
TUTORIAL: How to Render Hair ✏️🌸✨
Hellooo everyone! :)Our tutorial poll this week was SUCH a close vote, but the topic that won was a video about how to render hair!This tutorial will be covering the basicsof the hair coloring process, so if you ever feel overwhelmed or unsure of how to build up the complexity of hair, this is the video for you 🥰Hair must be the theme for this month, because the poll result for our bonus videois a video about drawingcurly hair!I’ll be posting that video right after this one for all Devoted Dragonflies,so be sure to check that out too 😍...
Vote for the Tutorial Video Topic! 📮💌✨
Hellooo everyone! :)It’s time to vote for this month’s tutorial topic! Thanks so much to everyone who dropped ideas, your suggestions are always amazing and they help me see what you guys are currently interested in learning! ☺️I’ve put the most popular requests in this poll, but don’t worry if you don’t see your suggestion! I keep all of them written down for future content ideas:) A little info about each topic:Fan Art Tutorial:An updated video about how to create fan art! I’ll show you how I find references, how to choose col...
Tutorial Suggestions! ✨ what should the video topic be? ✏️🎞️
Happy Friday everyone! :)It’s time to get your suggestions for this month’s exclusive tutorial video!Last month’s video was a guide on how to render faceswhich you can watch here 💗What should the tutorial topic be this month?💭 Feel free to drop your requests in the comments and this weekend I’ll go through your ideas and put the most popular requests into a pollfor you to vote!🥰You can also check out last month’s pollif you’d like to request one of the topics that didn’t win last time! :)Be sure to also check out the new ...
Step-by-Step Tutorial: Airbrush Coloring Technique ✏️🌸✨
Hellooo! :)Lately I’ve been using a new method in my coloring process, and I wanted to share it with you! This technique has really helped me simplify my process when it comes to establishing my base color palette, and it also helps a lot in the rendering phase :)To access the step-by-step, scroll to the bottom of this post and click on the attachment! From there, just follow the steps :) I hope it’s helpful for you! 💗 In other news, today I also posted a new draw with me videofor you! 🥳It’s the behind-the-scenes of my commission f...
Draw with Me! ✨ working on a commission ✏️🌙⭐️
Hello everyone! :)Here is a new draw with me video for you! I decided to film some of my process while I work on a commission for Imani Erriu, the author of Heavenly Bodies 😍 This is one of my favorite commissions I’ve done, and I hope you all enjoy the behind-the-scenes! 🥰Be sure to check out this other videoI posted showing the process of another commission piece for Imani! 🖤Stay tuned also for a new bonus videocoming soon (I’m filming it today 🤭) and also our suggestions postfor this month’s exclusive tutorial! Have fun wa...
Vote for the Bonus Video Topic! 📮💌✨
Hello again! :)It’s time to vote for this month’s bonus video! 🎞️ For all the new members here, each month I film an extra video just for you Devoted Dragonfly members, and I let you vote for the topic! 🥰 Last month’s bonus video was about expression studiesand you can watch it here!✨Happy voting! 😍 The poll is multiple choice so you can pick your favorites, and vote quick because it’ll close tomorrow! Then I’ll get started on filming ☺️Love you all 💗~Lydia💌
Early Look: Dagger Fight 🗡️🍂 Jude + Cardan Scene Study ✨
Hi everyone! :)After working on commissions for a few weeks, I wanted to draw something for myself — so I decided to draw Jude and Cardan from The Cruel Prince! I’ve drawn these two so many times but I adore them so I can’t stop hehe 🙈 I was inspired by a scene from My Lady Jane, and I thought the poses had the perfect enemies to lovers vibes 🤭✨What’s going on this week:This week I’m going to share a new draw with me videowith you that shows my process of working on my commission piece of Elarafrom Heavenly Bodies! 🌟I’m a...
Finished Commission: Elara from Heavenly Bodies 🌌🌟✨
Hi everyone! :) I hope your weekend has been a happy one 💗I wanted to show you an early look at my finished commission of Elara from the book Heavenly Bodies! 🥰 This was SUCH a fun commission, I’ve never drawn someone with shadow magic before and I loved drawing all the poses and outfits 😍🌌I’m almost done editing the new draw with me videowhich shows how I rendered her masquerade gown, and it will go up for all Big-Hearted Butterfliesand Devoted Dragonflies🥰I’m excited to share the video with you guys! :) I actually went ou...
