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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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There’s just something so perfect about paradise cranes.
India ink, white gel pen, and various watercolours on A4 cold pressed wood pulp watercolour paper. July 2019.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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Did you know there’s actually 6 species of flamingo?
Black fineliner and various watercolours on A4 wood pulp cold pressed water colour paper. May 2019.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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I love these birds so much, and seeing their personalities after getting to work with 7 of them in total was amazing!
Black fineliner and various watercolours on A4 cold pressed wood pulp watercolour paper. August 2019.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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Various watercolours, India ink and white gel pen on wood pulp A4 hot pressed watercolour paper. July 2019.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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Various watercolours, India ink and white gel pen on wood pulp A4 hot pressed watercolour paper. July 2019.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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I probably should put more time into getting good images of my art to prepare to post online, but honestly, it takes me so long to build up the motivation to just do this, it’s why I don’t post much of my art online anyway.
Various gouache brands on wood pulp cold pressed A5 watercolour paper. January 2022.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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Guys, if you want to be a good artist and storyteller you need to absorb other media and influences beyond popular comics and movies and video games. Hell, even beyond visual art. Read novels, science articles, history books. Listen to podcasts, watch documentaries. Dip into different disciplines. Explore stuff outside your everyday. What you create and the pool of ideas you can pull out of is expanded by the knowledge you gain. Don’t do yourself a disservice by limiting your library. You never know when some weird shit you read about mushrooms could end up inspiring you or helping you solve a design/story problem.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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The only flightless parrots. Super cute, super charismatic, super endangered.
Vivia colorsheets on wood pulp A5 cold pressed watercolour paper. January 2020. 
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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I am really loving using gouache!
For a while I had thought I should sign my art with my initials, but screw that I wanna use my username, so you might see it bounce between the two for a little while.
Various gouache brands on wood pulp A5 cold pressed watercolour paper. September 2021.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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All foxes are pretty and you cannot tell me otherwise.
Various gouache brands on cold pressed wood pulp A5 watercolour paper. January 2022.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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This was part of my challenge to create something with watercolours every day of May 2019! This time, my family’s current two dogs, Summer and Willow.
Windsor and Newton watercolour pans on wood pulp hot pressed A4 watercolour paper. May 2019.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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One of my earliest forays into watercolour painting with realism, closely referencing photos. In fact, they were part of a challenge I set myself to create something with watercolours every day for the month of May in 2019!
A very pretty pair of peafowl!
Various watercolours on wood pulp hot pressed A4 watercolour paper. May 2019.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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As much as I love hornbills, when a friend suggested I paint a toucan I had to oblige!
Various watercolours, Windsor and newton white calligraphy ink, and India ink on wood pulp A4 hot pressed watercolour paper. September 2020.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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Various watercolours, India ink and a white gel pen on wood pulp A4 hot pressed watercolour paper. June 2019.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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I love looking back through WIP photos of art, watching pieces evolve through that ugly stage.
Various gouache brands, gold acrylic paint, and white calligraphy ink on wood pulp hot pressed A4 watercolour paper. January 2022
(With thanks to Noodle my corn snake for allowing me to borrow some of her fake plants as photo props)
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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I love foxes, and I love how the other fox came out, so I had to make another one…
Various watercolours and white calligraphy ink on A4 wood pulp hot pressed watercolour paper. September 2020.
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itsghostofthesea · 2 years
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Hornbills are the superior cousins to toucans, yes.
Various watercolours, black India ink, and white calligraphy ink on A5 wood pulp hot pressed watercolour paper. December 2019.
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