Black ink strokes, flowers and leaves - I find myself entranced by these all the time and I draw them more often, sometimes more than I wanted to. They've become part of my subconscious and in my deep entrancement during my sketches, my hand would simply and almost automatically draw doodles of flora of different kinds. I believe it came from my fascination for nature. It came almost as if I have seen sunlight, meadows, oceans and felt the wind whipping my hair, warm water trickling by my feet on a stoney riverbed, all before I was born. I believe it is fitting, almost honourably, to be represented by them. I shall share the complete illustration with you in the next post.

I am excited to show you what I have made during the last three weeks, and I hope you shall like it.

Also, I have reached out to a fellow ex-intern to create stamps for my illustrations. It is a wonderful collaboration.

Cheers,

Mariel

Hello everyone!

Hope you all had a great weekend! The new week is here and I hope you all have had some good time to rest and catch up with life. Our Saturday was spent fetching the newest member of our family Graham, the overly active and slobbery kisser Siberian husky. He seems to get pretty well with our little Hiro. Anyways, I found my time being taken over mostly with all the caring and cleaning that comes along with raising a new pup, but here I am now, typing away in joy as the two canine brothers play like kindergarteners--sweet and curious. And also, I have been writing again. Learning the Danish language is also on my list, though having no plans of going to Denmark anytime soon, it is still a mystery as to why I would love to learn this language. But I feel like I have fallen in love with the language and culture of this country, just as I have loved learning new things -- it is exciting.  Alright, now back to this post, I have been musing again.

Hello guys!

The rainy season is here and as the title goes, a breath of fresh air has finally arrived. The sweet, cold and damp smell of the rain has altered not just my mood but somehow, my blog design. Not sure how these two connect, but hey, I've got a new design! All of these loveliness would not be possible were it not for the amazing ThemeExpose! As an HTML proficiency deprived artist I have tried to redesign my blog to no avail, so it is with huge relief that I have stumbled (quite purposefully) upon this free theme called Sugar in the huge world wide web. So guys, it would be my pleasure to applause the creator for helping out artists like me. I did a bit of tweaking in terms of what I want to see and now I am satisfied. 

Also, new artworks are on the works! 

Check out my blog header, it's a detail of an ink illustration I have finished today and I am happy. 

So let us welcome the weekend with excitement for good change, new possibilities and a renewed zest for life. 

Cheers!

Here is the link to the creator of the lovely blog theme. 

Go give them a visit! 

http://www.mybloggerthemes.com/

Cheers,

Mariel

:)

Hello everyone! I just want to let you know that my Society6 shop is up and running! I have listed some of my designs and illustrations there and there are lots of products with which you could choose from. Society6 is such an empowering artist society that helps artists like me spread our art to the world, integrated with products which we could use in our day-to-day lives. I am honoured to have my art become a part of your life. Feel free to visit my shop anytime! Cheers! 

What was supposed to be a warm up turned into something else altogether. Ink on paper.

I have just realized that I set the image up for Black and White and lost the gold paint over her floral tattoos. 

Oh well, I find that it also looks good this way. 

I'm on social media! Hurrah!
Well, I have been in the digital media stratosphere for a long time now, though I would not divulge how long exactly for, err, other reasons! Anyhow, if you guys happen to have Instagram and Twitter, I'll be happy to add you up. There's nothing so fulfilling and wonderful to meet fellow artists such as you! So let's go forth and have fun in the huge domain called the internet! 

Oh and I have been updating my deviantArt account as well.
Here's the link if you'd like to drop by and visit.

atemu-kun.deviantart.com

Cheers!