October rewards overview, available for sign-ups during the entire month!

If you, too, would like to get started as an artist, if there are things I can teach you, or if you are simply interested in my work, you might wanna consider supporting me on Patreon, where you can get your hands on exclusive guides, art lessons and tutorials, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at my current projects. I am currently focusing on two types of rewards: the creative ones with artwork, and the instructional ones with guides and lessons.

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Patreon Newsfeed

More news are now available to my Patreon supporters! I recently started uploading more regularly to my Patreon newsfeed. I used to send all rewards and updates on new projects at the beginning of the month, but as some of my supporters ask me of news from time to time, I started uploading more work in progress, projects and illustration previews. Current Patreon supporters have immediate access to it as well as a notification to their mailbox – if you wish to discover the news as well, the feed unlocks for every new supporter!

Artwork

For those who are more interested in creative perks, let’s start with some manga content! As you know, I have recently resumed working on IllusFairy, and to change from traditional artwork, here’s a digital piece for once. You will thus receive “Frau Holle”s chapter cover illustration in HD version, along with the real time video and the PSD file to analyze the different layers. If you wish to give it a try, there will also be a folder with the line art and the used screentones!

While talking about IllusFairy, a dedicated sketchbook will be available this entire month. I have also worked on some designs I can use in the next tales – mostly princess dresses, servants clothes, random background character designs. A student asked me a while ago if I had some references for medieval fantasy clothing, so since I was in the mood, I’ve thought of those below. You are very welcome to use them as inspirations for your own work (though keep it private use only please).

And to go over to classical illustrations – as always, a monthly artwork is available for in-depth studying – you’ll have “Fruits du Verger” with a commented guide and the material references in the exact order as they have been used for each step, as well as a real time video. You can see it as an explanation on how I work on illustrations, or as a guide to help you with your colorations using Copic Markers.

ArtClass – Copic Colouring – Hair

And speaking of colorations using Copic markers – to fit my students’ needs as they asked more questions regarding colouring and blending as of late, this month’s art lesson answers most questions while giving advice and presenting 4 different colouring techniques, both with and without blender. The focus is on hair – the same model has been used four times to illustrate the difference between those techniques.

During workshops or with online students, it often happens that the blender is seen as a “magical tool” which creates beautiful gradations – nevertheless, a wrong use results in the opposite. Here, you’ll learn when to use the blender according to your needs, as well as how to create shadings without it.

In this art lesson, you will get:
– real time & voice-over video presenting the four techniques
– HD scan of those four illustrations with colour references
– line art to print out and colour yourself

If you want to give it a try, feel free to save the image below and print it out to test some colourings yourself : )

Concerning the English Artclass version, after giving it a long thought, I will put it on hold for a while. It is not definite, but it costs me both money to pay a native translator, and time to rework the original version – both being very precious, as I have to admit. Seeing as my students are all French-speaking from Luxembourg, Belgium and France, removing the English version won’t have any major influence for now.

EDIT: I just found a new translator! This month’s ArtClass is thus still in French only, but we’re working on the translation, as well as on the previous lesson which was French only as well. Please be patient, as the English versions will resume soon.

Please note:

All tutorials and art lessons are also available in my online shop.
You may purchase them directly there if you wish to give it a first try without subscribing to Patreon.

Join my journey online!

You can join Patreon and unsubscribe at any time. Your subscription also allows you to claim other perks, such as previous rewards, corrections and one-to-one guidance to improve your art, surprise packages, etc. The setup page is in English, but promised, every single reward is also available in French : )

Let’s help each other and create art together!
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September rewards overview, available for sign-ups during the entire month!
– Sent out on September 1st  –

If you, too, would like to get started as an artist, if there are things I can teach you, or if you are simply interested in my work, you might wanna consider supporting me on Patreon, where you can get your hands on exclusive guides, art lessons and tutorials, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at my current projects. I am currently focusing on two types of rewards: the creative ones with artwork, and the instructional ones with guides and lessons.

Patreon.com/SabrinaK

Artwork

For those who are more interested in creative perks, you will find the monthly newsletter filled with new projects and artwork for the upcoming con season.”Christmas Star” is a recent illustration I prepared for upcoming Christmas cards (and believe me, it was reaaally difficult to think of snow and winter with the hot weather we got this month) and you will get the entire inking and colouring process in a real time video.

As always, a monthly illustration is available for in-depth studying – you’ll have “Queen of Time” with a commented guide and the material references in the exact order as they have been used for each step, as well as both a 1h30 real time video and 9min time lapse version. You can see it as an explanation on how I work on illustrations, or as a guide to help you with your colorations using Copic Markers.

“Oh! My Dress” is a project I have been sharing with my Patreon supporters over the last few months. You might remember the fashion designs I regularly post on Instagram – well, I’m pleased to say that they are part of a special project which will be unveiled next week! It’s currently being printed and I’m thrilled to share it with you! Do you have an idea of what it could be? ; )

Anyways, the project being completed, a sketchbook is now available for my patrons. It contains finished illustrations, as well as research sketches, with around 40 fashion designs. If you are interested in seeing the creation of a fashion illustration, you will still receive the August rewards for any signup before the 31st, which contain a real time video footage of a dress.

ArtClass & ArtJourney – Balance and Dynamism

Initially, I had created a lesson focused on character creation, but changed my mind over the last few days to focus on balance and dynamism. Seeing my students’ latest pieces of work, those topics seemed more interesting to improve their drawings, so here we go! The lesson being created on such short notice, my translator didn’t have the chance to translate it yet, so there it is currently French-only, and the English version will follow soon. But, as always, the contents remain the same: video, PDF print-out, exercises to go further and test your knowledge.

Balance is very basic yet important to master as an aspiring artist. The human body balances itself out in real life and we don’t think about how to move – yet I have noticed that drawing properly balanced characters is among the most common things my pupils usually don’t get right. Dynamism, on the other hand, allows to draw characters moving in a fluent, expressive way, while being seemingly animated by a “line of action”, a force that stretches them from head to toe. Both concepts are complementary, and I hope to bring them closer to you with that lesson, and allow you to take your character drawings to the next step!

For this month, my ArtJourney sketchbook is integrated into the ArtClass, seeing as it deals with the same topics. I thought that dynamism might be less easy to grasp in the beginning, so I have included all my sketches back when I was learning and trying to master that topic. Each character is drawn with the action line alongside, so that you can distinguish how they move and where the dynamic comes from.

By the way, fun fact of the day, I was actually motivated to study dynamism after seeing the anime Yuri on Ice – so, here’s one of the rare times you’ll see me draw fanarts, with a little tribute to Yurio whose ice skating got the fangirl out of me. Really, just have a look at the beautifully animated Welcome to the Madness :’D More seriously, I recommend this anime if you’d like to get a better grasp of what dynamism “feels” like – a body that moves perfectly, with fluid movements. Though, if you’re not into ice skating and more into volleyball, I recently watched Haikyuu, where they also have great examples of dynamism. The best example which quickly sums it up is, in my eyes, the Haikyuu – Season 2 – Opening 2.

Please note:

All tutorials and art lessons are also available in my online shop.
You may purchase them directly there if you wish to give it a first try without subscribing to Patreon.

Join my journey online!

You can join Patreon and unsubscribe at any time. Your subscription also allows you to claim other perks, such as previous rewards, corrections and one-to-one guidance to improve your art, surprise packages, etc. The setup page is in English, but promised, every single reward is bilingual in both FR/EN : )

Let’s help each other and create art together!
Patreon.com/SabrinaK