Just breath

 On my last trip, I finally got to do something I have been looking forward to for a long time! My first scuba dive!. No pictures, unfortunately, so I made an art instead.

As a beginner, I was with an instructor the whole time, and I got to see coral reef. It was an incredible experience. Though being a first timer, it took some time to get used to the scuba diving process. The biggest is to control my breathing and just let the body relax.

At first I was doing well with the breathing and diving deeper, then I felt the underwater pressure and it hit me that I have never been underwater for so long and a strong desire to breathe through my nose came up as my mind was convinced I couldn't breathe anymore.

Then spiraling into thinking up all the ways it could go wrong. That's when my breathing got too fast. My throat was too dry. Panic, I had to go up for air.

I breathed, calmed down, and got my mind to a better place. Practiced my breaths and went back under. I was not about to let that stop me as I have been looking forward to this experience for too long.Then I was able to just focus on regulating my internal world. While enjoying being guided into the underwater corals by my instructor. I was doing great, breathing slowly, calmly, and enjoying the scenery.

Then it came up again, the panic, not because I was doing anything wrong, but because I was doing something unfamiliar. Though I have lots of swimming experience. So I kept reminding myself that being in water is natural for me. This calmed me down and let me enjoy it more.

After the dive, my whole body felt so refreshed, clear, calm, and open. I could not explain. Like I have visited my long lost home. I look forward to my next dive.

This serves as a reminder that in life, sometimes when you are doing something new and everything is going well. Fear of the unfamiliar can creep up and try to convince us that we are not safe, that we are somehow not meant to do this, and that it's not our natural state.

But the thing is, learning, exploring, growing, challenging ourselves, is our natural state. It's how we have always grown. Sometimes, throwing yourself into something unfamiliar is what you need.

Children's Book Art

  Some more older work I did for the book series "The league of Elder" by Ren Garcia. This time the job was a children's book. I was working with pre existing characters in the book series. That I got to redesign the characters in my style. As well as the environments. The page layouts, pencils, inks, colors and textures are all done by me in photoshop. 

Here I'll show some of my process from rough to finish. 

Page 1

The establishing shot with the emphasis on the door and the character's reactions. The characters live high up in a big tree that is located on another planet. 

Page 2

For the page 2 final. I realized the character was way too dark. So adding the creamy colored apron nicely framed the foreground character. 

Page 3

I enjoyed working on this piece as I go to use more color variations. As well as show a variation of environments and props. 

Page 4

My initial idea was to show just the characters. But by adding the shadow of the old lady really brings her into the scene. As well as emphasizing the atmosphere of her angerly towering over the other characters. 

Page 5

Here I had everything in the scene point to the little girl. Raising the grandma's arm made for a stronger pose.

Page 6

Like with the previous scene. I made sure to keep the shadow of the grandma in the scene. 

Page 7

Here I got to show a bit more of the environment outside of the tree house.

Page 8

Emphasizing a new day and lighter atmosphere as the character returns. 

Page 9

Here I have a pulled out establishing shot that I'm pleased with. Establishing the area and the next day. 

Page 10

Here is an introduction of different characters and the prepared little girl. 

Page 11

Showing a lighter atmosphere in the character's bedroom. 

You can view this project and others on my website here

Children's book character design

 Some more older work I did for the book series "The league of Elder" by Ren Garcia. This time the job was a children's book. I was working with pre existing characters in the book series. That I got to redesign in my style.

I designed the old lady character that was supposed to resemble a mole. 

I redesigned the outfit of the little girl character to better suit the story. 

The process can be viewed on my website here

Cartoon caricature commission

 This is an older piece from 2018 that I did for a client where he wanted to be stabbed by Ray from Star Wars. 

Life every drawing, it starts with a rough gesture sketch to get the poses of the characters going. 

I usually show these to the client to make sure they are happy with the poses. 

Then comes the inking and coloring done in photoshop. If anyone is interested in a cartoon commission, feel free to reach out to me :) 

Jellyfish Ballerina

Another Mermay mermaid finished. Digital painting done sin photoshop. Enjoy! :)

Mermay Mermaids 2018

So here are some of the Mermay mermaids I finished. Playing around with a more cartoony style and drifting from the classic style mermaid with these.

 I wanted to make my mermaid a bit different from the classic so I based her off an eel. I was also thinking a primadona type and kind of Marlyn Manroe. This one started as a pencil sketch that I colored and inked in photoshop. Enjoy :)

 My next mermay mermaid. I based this one on the ruleska the 2 tailed mermaid. With a combination of the classical 50s cartoon style. The original sketch was in pencils then finished in photoshop. Enjoy :)

 New Mermay mermaid. This gloomy one is a nice contrast to the previous mermaid. Lots of fun with this character.

Her name is flower, she is all about bliss. I listened to pocket full of sunshine while painting her 😌

Brianne and Tormund

New Fan Art piece! The romance that really needs to happen on game of thrones. Come find this gem at Toronto Fan Expo this weekend. Table A143! :)

Deadpool fan art!

So after seeing the movie, I just had to do this piece of fan art!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

So I'm celebrating my synchronicity number 111, since its the number of likes I currently have on my facebook page! be sure to cheack it out!

https://www.facebook.com/evysart27/?ref=bookmarks

Ewelina's comic pages

Text from above:

Anti-stress blankets make everything better

When you feel frustrated

Just get up, grab a blanket and...

Let yourself take a break, Breath, Just be within the sanctuary of the blanket, Meditate, Be Zen, Let it go, Be in the now, Accept yourself as you are, You are safe, Be there for you, At this moment you are enough, it will be Ok

Home comic 

Text from above:

Sometimes when I am missing home, I remind myself that home is a feeling and not a place. 

Home is something that we can carry on inside of us

May we all find that place and be home wherever we go

Finding other artist freelancers comic

http://tapastic.com/episode/191464

Claiming that single seat on the bus

So a little delayed this time but here is my new comic page! Everyday life moments that introverts can relate too, enjoy! :)

You can check out the comic on here: http://tapastic.com/episode/179791