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And here's what the result looked like. First ever chalk-drawing. Challenging but fun. I kinda liked the idea, that it was impermanent. It actually survived a view heavy stormy, rainy days. But seeing it fade as the weeks past was an interesting feeling. In a way it made me appreciate it more, and also made me less worried about all the things i did not like, and would surely have put much more effort into to make them "perfect". So I learned to let forgive my mistakes and let it be.⠀ I should remind myself of that much more often! ;)⠀ .⠀ #surfboard #surfart #surfboarddesign #chalkboard #lettering #blackboard #blackboardlettering #chalklettering #illustration #handlettering #yoga #yogacourse #eatsleepsurfrepeat #yogaeveryday #surflife #letitbe #tikisdesign #boardart #surfandyoga #villatiki #goodvibes #livingthedream #surfillustration #goodlife #drawallday #myreality https://www.instagram.com/p/BoGo7d0iEMV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13uc24fpvqgkk

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As said... #practice practice practice. I still feel bad about my uncreative too-detailed #drawing style. Need to start exploring other techniques more to find the right style for me. However, for #inktober I started off with what I know... #penandink drawing. #video #sketch #sketchbook #illustration #tikisdesign #inktober2017 #octopus #oceanlover #underwater #oceancreatures #micronpen #myreality

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on to something new. #drawing #tropical #flowers on super-smooth photopaper. . #wip #workinprogress #sketchbook #inthestudio #tikisdesign #backtowork #illustration #tropicalflowers #palmtree #leaves #buquet #birdsofparadise #exotic #daydreaming #summertime #artworks #nature #inspiringnature #creativeafternoon #myreality

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Guys! Thank you so much for the support! The #asharkaday #booklaunch is going great so far. Did you know the 10 first orders get a 10% refund of the shipping costs? Just a few more to go! So if you're considering to get your hand on the book - and some #jawsome extras, check out all 3 options in the shop today. This Superhero Package comes with a poster, a postcard and a cute sticker to show off that you're a #shark supporter! ^-^ . #sharksarefriends #savesharks #donation #superhero #sharks #sharksareawesome #oceanlover #sharkbook #artbook #sharkposter #postcarddesign #illustration #tikisdesign #vitaminsea #drawing #sharkart #sharky #ilovesharks #penandink #picturebook #myreality

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To give the #sharkbook a bit of extra sharkiness I designed a #postcard to include in the #extendpackage How do you like it? ^-^ #asharkaday #asharkadaybook #sharksarefriends #savesharks #postcarddesign #cards #graphicdesign #illustration #snailmail #sharks #sharkart #penandink #tikisdesign #sendlove #oceanlover #drawing #waves #artprint #myreality

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Another look into the fresh released #book "A Shark A Day". It's going to go into print production next week. (yay!) Until I have the real product lying in front of me and my camera, there are at least these nice mock-ups I can show you. Want to make sure, you get your hands on a real-life print as well - and save a shark along the way? Go to http://buff.ly/2sXRSnn and pre-order. The firstedition will be limited to 50 books. If you're quick, and among the first 10 buyers, you'll get a 10% refund of the shipping costs! =) . #asharkaday #asharkadaybook #bookpreview #bookstagram #sharkbook #sharksarefriends #sharky #savesharks #limitededition #donate #booklover #artbook #illustration #artprint #ocean #instagood #goodcause #tikisdesign #fresh #blue #myreality

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here's another #sneakpeek #preview for the #upcoming project. after the #asharkaday challenge, i wanted to make use of all those #drawings in a worthy way. so when this #book here is finished and ready for print, you'll have the chance to help me save some #sharks! #staytuned if you like to know how. =) #savesharks #sharksarefriends #shark #illustration #tikisdesign #graphicdesign #book #illustrator #bookdesign #booklet #layout #graphics #savethesea #ocealnlover #surflife #sharkangels #saveoursharks #vitaminsea #goodcause #wildlife #animalart #myreality

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One last #teaser image before the big announcement will follow soon. ;) #sharkpattern #pattern #patterndesign #ocean #oceanlover #sharks #blue #deepblue #sea #sealife #dive #diving #illustration #illustrator #design #tikisdesign #oceanart #surfart #sharkbook #gradient #asharkaday #myreality

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Trying to use less lines... actually less everything. How many shades and shapes are neccessary to make a #shark visible on paper? I think even much less than this. But for a detail-obsessed #illustrator like me, it's a start. ⠀ Speaking of visibility - Sharks can see very well in fact, even in murky water. They have a membrane in the back of the eye (the tapetum lucidum), which reflects sunlight back into the eye. That helps the #sharks to use even the smallest amount of surface light to see #underwater.⠀ .⠀ #asharkaday #sharkillustration #reefshark #sharksarefriends #savesharks #blackwork #ocean #nature #animalart #saveourseas #stopfinning #tikisdesign #myreality #lessismore #minimalism #minimalistdrawing #shading #art #drawing #illustration #blackandwhite #sketch #sketchbook #draw #instaart

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This #shark from day 16 of the #asharkaday challenge isn't much of an art piece, but rather a quick #sketch with #shading. Been quite in a hurry that day. But bear with me... Better stuff will #follow. ;)⠀ Speaking of following: In order to get vital information about sharks' behaviour, lifestyle and habits, researches nowadays have a variety of technologies on their hands to collect data about these animals without disturbing their lives too much. There are different types of tracking devices, that individuals get tagged with. Sharks don't have very pain-sensitive fins, so the sting of the small hooks that hold the devices doesn't hurt them. There are devices that keep transmitting updates and data about the fish's position via satellite to the researchers. Other types are programmed to pop off the shark after a specific time and can be tracked and collected afterwards to analyse the data.⠀ #sharksarefriends #protectheoceans #saveoursharks #diving #sand #blackandwhite #bw #penandink #illustration #sketchoftheday #draweveryday #underwater #reefshark #watercolour #tikisdesign #myreality #swimming #oceanlover #sea #underthesea

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The #chalkboard #surfboard #lettering is hanging, and doing its job. Everyone gathered for 5pm #yoga at @villa_tiki_vieux_boucau ;) . #surfing #surf #surfart #tikisdesign #illustration #yogasession #surfyoga #surflodge #surfhostel #hammock #surfboardart #surflife #yogi #handlettering #typography #typespire #goodtype #omm #myreality

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all geared up and ready to rumble... favourite tools I take on every trip. #surftrip #staymotivated #makeartnotwar #whatsinmybag #travel #sketchbook #sketching #drawing #pens #penandink #posca #artsupplies #draingtools #showmewhatyougot #tikisdesign #watercolor #aquarelle #colorful #illustration #allyouneed #myreality

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A gorgeous little Leopard Shark from the 27th day of the challenge. You gotta love these markings they're wearing! I've been asked if they really look like that. They DO! In fact their pattern is even more sophisticated and pretty than I (lazily) captured in this #sketch. Just google "leopard shark" and you'll be amazed. They're not to be confused with Tiger Shark cubs (also worth a google), yet similarly small. They only grow to about 1,20m - 1,50m and are harmless to humans. Their main habitat is the North East of the #Pacific , thus along the Californian coastline and the Golf of Mexico. Unfortunately, their unique appearance makes them a popular catch for sports fishermen as well as those, who sell shark meat. But at least in the waters of #California and Oregon, they've recently become protected, to save them from overfishing. It's a start!⠀ . #asharkaday #leopardshark #amazinganimals #sharks #beautiful #peaceful #diving #sharky #sharksarefriends #savesharks #ocean #sea #cute #leopardskin #sharkskin #wildlife #tikisdesign #sketchbook #sketching #penandink #drawing #draweveryday #myreality #illustrator #art #instaart #sketchoftheday

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Hi again...it's been a few days since I posted the last #asharkaday #drawing. I've been going through some weird health issues lately, and was tied to the bed a few days. Anyhow! This #illustration of day 26 is one that I was meaning to do for a while, because I love the picture so much. I'd like to call it "the dancers". #freediving with #sharks must be one of the most extraordinary experiences of a lifetime. <3 Definitely on the #bucketlist!⠀ Images like this need to be shown much more often. Despite the wave of positive #shark propaganda going on throughout media in the last few years, there is still too many fiction and false images about them in people's heads. Animals that we find cute, or hold dear, even some of our pets cause hundreds, or even thousands of more deaths each year, than sharks do! Tigers, horses, cows, even pet dogs! The difference is, that a shark's appearance, face and eyes, are not as easy for us to identify emotions with. Tigers can look so cute, we love them. Not to mention dogs... We feel closer to them and tend to interpret human-like emotions and intentions into their mimic and behaviour. Sharks are intelligent creatures, too. They're #curious and careful. But having avoided and rather killed them over centuries, we've never had the chance to actually study their behaviour to a point where we can identify with them. There's a shift in that approach going on now, but we've only just begun to understand them. Have an open mind for creatures, no matter how scared you may be of them (unreasonably, maybe..;) )⠀ Thank you for reading this! And please remember sharing is caring! ^-^⠀ .⠀ #peaceful #diving #diver #sharkdive #sharky #sharksarefriends #savesharks #amazing #ocean #sea #blue #dance⠀ #tikisdesign #sketchbook #sketch #watercolor #illustrator #art #painting #instaart #artoftheday #myreality

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Putting the big one on the smallest piece. Been postponing to draw a Whale Shark for way too long. I'm absolutely in love with their #beautiful pattern and #majestic appearance! But with all the extra pattern to draw, I feared I wouldn't finish one in a day. So eventually, for day 25 of the #asharkaday challenge, I gave it a go. Yet "cheating" a bit, by just roughly shading it's shape with fat #posca markers, to avoid having to elaborate too many details... haha. Sorry! I promise you'll get to see another #whaleshark here, in a different style soon.⠀ The Whale #shark is the largest fish on earth! It's about 9-12m on average, but can reach a length of up to 20m. Yet it is the most #peaceful of all #sharks. It feeds on plankton and small fish, which it simply sucks into it's huge wide mouth. Which - harmless as it looks compared to, say, a White shark's open mouth - contains 300-350 rows of teeth! That's 3000+ teenytiny #sharkteeth in there, man! Still - no reason to fear this soft #giant. The teeth aren't actually used for feeding, since they employ a suction+filtering method. Scientists aren't sure exactly why this incredible animal has teeth at all. Maybe just so it can still feel like a shark - duh! ;P⠀ #sharksarefriends #saveoursharks #savesharks #sharklife #sharkart #underwater #ocean #illustration #art #sketch #sketchbook #tikisdesign #blue #aqua vitaminsea #myreality #rayoflight #sketchoftheday #dailydrawing

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This is day 23's #sharky painted with #watercolor, to add in a splash of #color among the last few black and white #illustrations. Also to keep practicing #painting techniques, that I learned rather recently.⠀⠀⠀ Did you know that most #shark species, like the #greatwhite, mako #sharks and many others, have to keep #swimming in order to breathe? They would literally drown, if they stopped moving for too long. They don't have muscles to pump water through their mouths and over the gills. So the only way to survive is to keep the #water flowing by moving through the #sea.⠀⠀⠀ #justkeepswimming #underwater #ocean #greatwhiteshark #whiteshark #illustration #art #sketch #sketchbook #tikisdesign #blue #saveoursharks #sharkdiving #savesharks #sharklife #sharkart #vitaminsea #sealife #myreality