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I'm practicing my calligraphy because people lie about my bad handwriting.

These are encyclopedia entries, and they're really cool. I want to memorize them.

This is the first page, so I'm still deciding on the layout. For now, all I know is that I need at least one blank line between the entries.

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There is something very strange about this drawing and my entire creative process.

I drew a quick pencil sketch years ago to preserve an idea that I don't remember now. Months later, I came back to it to see if the fine-tip pen had dried out. After another few months, I added colour because I wanted to try out some markers a friend had given me, then I finished it off with a white gel pen because ‘everything deserves a finishing touch’ .

I recently dug up a scan of it and played around with gradients in a programme.

I look at it now and I'm so happy. I don't know why, but I really like it.

I often look through old sketchbooks or projects and correct or change something, because my old drawings are not finished things to admire, but material that I can still work on.

I used to think that was stupid. That I had to finish things at one time, and if they didn't work, leave them. And that I only had the right to show what I committed to never returning to. But I can't do that. It doesn't make me happy. I want to create and show that I create and how I create. I don't care about showing my friends my new finished work, but about talking to them about what I'm changing, what I'm discovering.

I don't care about the results. I care that I'm doing what I want and that I'm finding new ways to develop what I've already achieved.

I'm so happy that I'm starting to understand this and I'm not trying to change myself.

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Something very personal. A character who will be in a webcomic I'm creating with a friend. I hope to start publishing it in a few months. We're working on it regularly. This character will be in the background at first, and only in the second part will she take center stage.

Her name is Sloan. Other characters are usually afraid of her because of her aggressive clothing style, but she's a good teenager. Not "nice but misunderstood," but "very confident, learned to be independent." She's not looking for someone to help her open up; she'll blossom when someone wants to be her companion and accepts her for who she is.

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This is the first time I've had a character idea like this: I have a personality, backstory, name, role in the story, and color scheme, but I don't know what it should look like. Usually the colors and name are the biggest problem.

I already like the eyes, but the hairstyle… Child, you're supposed to be one of the main characters!

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The black parts are done with a fude nib pen. I love it and I'm getting better and better at playing with thicknesses. The brown ink for comparison is done with a ballpoint pen. A fantastic combination. I really like this drawing.

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A fountain pen with a fude nib, which I didn't know how to use yet, and charcoal, which had its last chance to stay in my pencil case. It turned out I liked the combination.

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Tiny image, poor quality scan, blah blah blah… BUT! I want it here and remember how great that lovely gradient looks on pencil hair. I LOVE PENCILS and how they work with digital processing!

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My spider knight.

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Another character from the story I'm currently writing. A man who was given the role of group leader solely because he's the son of the previous leaders, and he's trying to prove to himself (and others, but mostly to himself) that he can be responsible, proactive, and… a leader. Maybe if he accepted help and that he prefers to follow rather than lead, everything would be different, but… oh well.

He's in a phase of denial, finding fault with his surroundings, and growing aggressive. His subconscious plan is: "I will destroy others so much that there will be no better candidates than me" instead of "I will grow so much that I become better than others."

But he's an inherently good guy. If he could get help, he would be a valuable friend.

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One of the main characters in my story. Maybe the most important, because it's his relationship with the title character is the main theme (brother/sister, protector/troublemaker, too much self-sacrificing person/unconscious vampire).

Clothing created with nail polish. Yes, I like experiments. A lot.

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A mix of crayons and old makeup items. Tiny, a few centimeters. It wasn't particularly neat, but I like the vibe.

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I reworked an old picture (dry pastels) in a program. I wanted to find a way to make it more delicate, melancholic, nocturnal. It's not perfect, but the atmosphere is captured.

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I want to save this little image (I was playing around with lines and using stamps in the drawing - here on the garment), because I really like the crosshatching of the hair. I have to remember that.

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Pencil portrait + sticker

I like stickers. Can I call it a collage? It sounds more serious than just wanting to use stickers.

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I had a phase of adding elements from old cosmetics to my drawings - mascara, eyeliner… I don't do that anymore because storing the drawings was too difficult, but I like how it looks. I think I'll break down and go back to doing it someday.