Wow! Looking at this initially I thought you'd drawn the two figures on wood! Now of course I can see that it was marker, but it is VERY pleasing to look at either way. FANTASTICALLY done. I do love caribou.... <3

Thank you! I really liked the organic feel of the marker lines in the background, looked like a natural surface, like wood as you say.

I love reindeer and caribou too, their antlers are just so cool and their anatomy is so different from horses.

I'm drawing a horse right now, and I'm always so impressed with your rendering of them (and the caribou too) It is so hard to get the angles and proportions down, but it seems you do it on point all the time :D

I'm enjoying seeing your marker pieces, this is quite pleasing to look at, I also want to echo on how much this gives the impression of being drawn on wood and the effect works wonderfully. :)

Thanks so much! I still use a lot of reference to get my horse anatomy right, especially when drawing different breeds, there are subtle difference that need to be got right for them.

I like the “wood” effect of this too. Thanks.

I think the marker lines look just like blonde wood, it's a rather lovely effect actually! Your rendering of the horse and deer families are also really pleasing to look at, you really study your creatures and the rendering is wonderful.

Thanks so much, I enjoy equine and cervid anatomy.

Love the woodgrain effect of the lines - but man, you are really picking up on markers fast. :) I really like this one - it's just soft and pleasant and I love the shading in the shadows/ touch of blue.

(Also. I am coveting your table and coasters. They would look very nice in my house. *grin*)

Thanks so much! I’ve had those coasters for a good ten years now. They have a cave horse from the Lascaux cave on them. When I got my furniture, I got it to match THEM.
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I just have a question about these moleskin sketchbooks :3 do you find that the markers leak through onto the back of the paper at all or is the paper thick enough to do colour front and back on the pages! As ive always found with some of my sketchbooks that the colour runs onto the back,

Also how did you transfer your sketch from your cintiq onto the sketchbook pages~? :D

your marker pieces are simply lovely :3 <333

Unfortunately the color does leak through the back of the page with the markers. I like how the marker feel on the moleskine paper though so I just skip every other page. I’ve heard from some people that Bristol paper is nice and would like to give that a try.

I describe my method of image transfer in the description too, if you still have questions about it I’d be happy to try and answer them but check that out first. I don’t know if there is a better way but that’s how I’ve been doing it. Sure would like to find an easier method if I could, a lot of the fine detail gets lost in the transfer and it takes forever.

ah, i've yet to find a paper thick enough that doesnt let the markers bleed through, not in sketchbooks anyway, single sheets or pads of paper ive found a few which one bleed. So unless we make our own sketchbooks i doubt we'd find suitable ones! I use a thick cardstock which works ok, but still bleeds a little. It doesnt matter for general commissions and is pretty cheap to get.


I just saw the carbon paper :P its been so long since i used anything like that i completely forgot about it! I never got on with the stuff, hence i use a lightbox, but i guess you cant use that for a sketchbook page!

thanks for answering the questions ;3 <333 always nice to know how people work!

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Is that the larger cintiq? How do you Like it? Also, your book is going to be the next Serendipity. I don't know if you're familiar with those books...I know they date my age a bit, lol...most folks don't have a clue what I mean.

Yup, it is the larger Cintiq, I’ve had it about 5 years now and I love, love, LOVE it. Definitely worth every penny. And I loved the Serendipity books as a child, they were much cherished and I still have them on my bookshelf. Those books have had a great impact on my art too. And having my work compared to them is definitely an honor, thanks!