I live on Sakhalin island, Russia. It is unique with its beautiful nature, but I will try to make other postcards that represent forest, rivers and mountains. For this project I decided to focus on my apartment where I spent a lot of time during last couple of months.

INSPIRATION

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I was doing a research on Pinterest trying to find different illustrators. There so many different techniques and styles and it is really cool to see how artists incorporate them in their artworks. Most of these pieces inspired me because illustrators used a pen to show details and it is what I like to do in my own drawings as well.

BASIC TECHNIQUES

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One of my favorite things of this class was working on basic techniques. I think it is really important as a wormup and a practice before the final artwork.

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After the lesson I decided to practice a little bit more. So I was drawing portraits of my favorite fruit BANANA.

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I also enjoyed creating my own texture catalog as I could try all of my pens and brushes.

REFERENCE PHOTOS

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I was thinking a lot about which parts of my apartment I want to represent in my postcards. So I have chosen my desk as I spend most of my time there, my favorite part of the kitchen, because I like tea and we have our teapot there, also the view from my window and the entrance to our apartment building.

THUMBNAILS

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I really liked the idea of exploring thumbnails. Actually, it was new thing for me because in my other artworks I would make a quick sketch or would start drawing right away. Also, it was really helpful to use only three tones (highlight, mid tone and shadow) as i could see which thumbnail worked the best for each postcard. I will definitely make and explore thumbnails before working on my future artworks.

FINAL ARTWORK

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Anya Zanina

Illustrator

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