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Step-by-Step: How to Draw Hair Roots! ✏️💇🏻‍♀️ + Happy July! 💗✨

Hello everyone and happy new month! 😍

Starting July with a new step-by-step tutorial for you 💌 This one is a guide with tips on how to draw hair roots! I cover how to build and layer the roots of the hair and also how to create a soft transition between the skin and t...

TUTORIAL: Easy Background Techniques! ✏️🕯️✨

Hello everyone! 😍

Here is a new tutorial for you! In this video I’ll be covering some easy techniques for creating several types of backgrounds behind your characters :) I’ve been having to paint backgrounds more often for commercial work, so in this tutorial you’l...

WIP: Phantom of the Opera 🥀🖤✨ + New Bonus Video & June Tutorial Video Topic! ✏️

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Here is a sneak peek of my current work in progress! I’m drawing Christine and the Phantom from Phantom of the Opera 🥰🖤

I filmed the sketching and flat coloring process of this piece for our 2025-06-26 19:41:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Drawing Process: Phantom of the Opera 🥀🖤✨

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This week I’m planning our tutorial video and step-by-step guide, so in the meantime here is a new bonus video just for you Devoted Dragonflies! 🥰

It’s the sketching and flat col...

Draw With Me + Storytime! ✏️🐉🌊

Hi everyone! :)

Here is a new draw with me video for your weekend! 💌 In this video I’m drawing the main character from one of my new favorite fantasy books: A Forgery of Fate ✨ I love this book so much and had so much fun drawing Truyan 😍

I also decided to f...

Early Look: A Forgery of Fate Fanart 🐲🌊✨ + new draw with me video! 🎥✏️

Hellooo everyone! :)

Today I started filming our draw with me video for this month, and I decided to draw some book character art! I recently finished reading A Forgery of Fate and guys…… GUYS 😩 It’s seriously one of the best stand...

Beast 🏰🥀🖤 real-time drawing process! ✏️✨

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Here’s a new drawing video for you! This one is all in real time, and I recorded both the sketching process AND the painting process so you can watch how it all comes together (including a bonus face sketch that I ended up scrapping 👀✨)

I hop...

Early Look: Finished Beast Studies 🏰🥀🖤 + new video for you! ✨

Hi hi everyone! ☺️

Here is an early look at my finished studies of Beast (aka Prince Adam) from Beauty and the Beast! 🖤 Explored a bit of a looser style here and it took me a little longer than usual, but wow I’ve missed making personal art SO MUCH 😍💕

T...

Rough Sketches: Beast Studies 🌹🏰 + what I’m working on! ✨

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I hope you’ve all been having a lovely start June! 😍 This week I’ve been a busy bee wrapping up the illustrations for Holly, and it’s sooo close to being all finished! That project has been my baby for several months now, and it’s been so har...

Surprise: Free Content for all Members in June! ✨ + I’m illustrating a BOOK! 😍✏️📚

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I’ve missed you guys this month WOW 🥲 Thank you all SO much for your sweet comments and DMs while I’ve been healing from my wrist injury, your support has been absolutely amazing and I couldn’t ask for a better community here 💗

As a ...

Left-Handed Sketches ✏️🤍 + Important Announcement! You won’t be charged next month 💌✨

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Wow I’VE MISSED YOU GUYS!!! Thank you all so much for the sweet get well wishes while I’ve been recovering🥲 I have some important updates for you guys in this post so keep reading :)

I mentioned in my last post that I was taking a break from...

Happy April! 🌷✨ new wallpaper pack, plans for the week + rest ☁️

Hi everyone and happy new month! It’s finally starting to feel like spring 😍🌷🪻☀️🌧️

I hope you’re all having a lovely start to April :) I wanted to start off the month by sharing a new wallpaper pack, which includes 17 new artworks ...

Step-by-Step Tutorial: How to Create Easy Outlines ✏️🖤✨

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Got another tutorial for you! 🤭 This one is about how to create easy outlines around your brushstrokes and shapes to create effortless designs for your art ✨I love using these techniques for my backgrounds lately and they’re such an easy way to upgrade t...

Drawing with Storytelling ✏️📖 TUTORIAL ✨

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Here is a new tutorial for you! This one is about how to create art with storytelling, so I'll be showing you how to infuse narrative elements into your work through color, light, expressions, body language and more ♡

I hope it'...

Storytelling Tutorial Sneak-Peek: Anakin & Padmé 🔥✨

Happy weekend everyone! :)

Today I officially finished filming our tutorial about how to add storytelling to your art, and here is the result from the video! ☺️

This drawing changed a lot throughout the process! I wanted to draw A...

Tutorial WIPs! 🔥🖤✨ Drawing with Storytelling 🎥💫

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Today I started filming our new tutorial video, and I wanted to show you some sneak-peeks of progress!

The tutorial topic that won the vote was Drawing with Storytelling, which will be all about how to add story ele...

BONUS VIDEO: Drawing Elizabeth Swann 🌊✨

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Here is a new bonus video for you! 💌 Since the majority of you voted for some Pirates of the Caribbean art, I took my camera and iPad to a really cozy bookstore café and filmed the process of drawing Elizabeth Swann 🥰 I love her character sooo much...

Stardust 💫✨ timelapse drawing process! ✏️

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Here is the drawing process for my recent scene study from the movie Stardust! This is one of my favorite scenes where Yvaine and Tristan dance on a sky ship, and she starts to glow because she’s falling in love with him 🥲💛 I had so much fun drawing ...

Vote for the Tutorial Video Topic! 💌📮✨

 Hellooo! I hope you all had a restful weekend :)

It’s time to vote for our tutorial video topic! Thanks to everyone who left suggestions and ideas, I loved ...

Tutorial Suggestions! 💌 what should the video topic be? 📮✨

Hello everyone and happy weekend! :)

Next week I’ll be filming a new tutorial for you, so it’s time to get your suggestions! ✨ Last month’s tutorial was about 2025-03-23 00:24:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Look: Elizabeth Swann 🏴‍☠️🌊✨ + filming a new bonus video for you!

Hellooo everyone and happy Friday! :)

The subject that won the bonus video poll was a Pirates of the Caribbean drawing, and here’s the result! ✨

I wanted to draw the iconic moment Elizabeth tries on the pirate medallion! 🖤 Swipe to see sketche...

Stardust Fan Art 💫✨ + what I’m working on! 💛

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Here is a scene study I did of one of my favorite fantasy romance movies, Stardust! ✨ It’s the scene where they dance on the sky ship, and Yvaine starts to glow because she’s falling in love with Tristan 🥲💕 Swipe for sketches and references! 2025-03-20 23:35:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Vote for the Bonus Video Topic! ✏️💌✨

Hi everyone! 💗

I’m filming a bonus video this week, and you guys get to decide what I should draw! :) As always, this poll is just for Devoted Dragonfly members 🥰 I’ve been wanting to draw some movie character art recently and below I’ve pu...

Winter Prince ❄️ real-time painting process! ✏️🌨️

Happy new week everyone! I hope you all had a restful weekend 🥰

Here is a new real-time video for you! This is the painting process of my Winter Prince drawing ☺️ I mentioned in my last post that this was a chaotic process, and it was so fun to read your comments and...

Early Look: Winter Prince ❄️ + new real-time process video! ✨

Hello everyone! ☺️ I hope you’re all having a lovely week :)

Here’s an early look at my finished faerie prince! This drawing transformed SO many times during the process (swipe to see a screenshot of another version of him 🙈) but he eventually turned into a grump...