Lavender Witch

I am stuck in a neverending client job and almost forgot how to draw for myself. So I tried again just to remind myself and not to get too miserable. I sat there with a pen and a completely empty head and had absolutely no idea what to draw... and what drawing is in general...

But just recently I have filled our apartment and balcony with lavender, so throughout the day I sometimes get surprised by a subtle lavender smell.

(welcome to my bed)

So I just drew a cute lavender witch. While drawing her I started imagining what her life might be and more and more pictures started appearing in my head. Now she lives somewhere on the (possibly French) countryside with her pig familiar and grows & sells lavender. It's fascinating how the simple act of drawing something can get your creative juices flowing again.

With every drawing I challenged myself a little more. First just a pretty head, than a full body doing something:

Then even some environment (and pig!):

And with the last, but biggest drawing I felt so brave that I drew her entire house:

Even with years of experience  backgrounds are still terrifying to me. But I want to change that and try to find ways to simplify and stylize environment details. I searched for a bunch of inspiration and references on Pinterest for this one.

I really like how this small series turned out and I am glad I picked up a brush pen today. Now I can go back to work and not feel like I completely forgot how to do personal art.

Are you familiar with this experience that your characters come to life while you are drawing them? I can absolutely recommend trying to draw little stories or situations with your characters to get to know them better and make them more relatable.

❤ Asu Rocks

P.S.: I am still sending out Moonshine zines! I did not expect there would be so many of you! Probably will have to reprint the first issue. You are amazing!!