Art
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Waiting – Process
I wanted to make an illustration depicting a contemporary subject this time, since I made fantasy and historically inspired ones previously. Sketching I am currently reading Figure Drawing by Jake Spicer. In his book, Spicer mentions that blocking out the model with simple straight lines makes subsequent sketching a lot easier. I used this technique…
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The mercenary – Process
I wanted to make an illustration of a lady warrior with a lot of pride and truly focus on her pose and character. Inspiration This piece was inspired by the outfits of the German mercenaries called Landsknecht that were prominent during the 15th century and forward. I wanted to make something bright and fun to…
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Changeling king’s warm welcome – Process
I started this illustration with lots of thoughts of where to improve my process; Ideas of new constrictions and a lot of wisdom from reflections I have made after abandoning certain illustrations. With this in mind I want to preface this by saying that I am still experimenting with what works for me, as every…
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Why does my artwork seem ‘off’ or unfinished?
I have asked myself this question while coloring the current project I have been working on. In this post I’m going to recount the issues I found in my own artwork and discuss things I’m planning to do to improve on those points. I hope you’ll be able to learn something too! The pigeon illustration…
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Waiting for the bus – Process
I had a lot of troubles finishing this piece for some reason. I had the concept nailed down, but each part of the process came with challenges that I didn’t expect. I’ll discuss these as I show the process of this illustration. What you’ll notice is that I cropped the final illustration, because I thought…
Leia Haglund Illustration 