Tray

Here's "Tray": the little spaniel dog that faithfully accompanied Mary Anning throughout all her excursions around the cliffs of Lyme Regis. Searching for fossils and climbing the cliffs was a very hardcore and dangerous task, so much so that the real Tray sadly died in a rockfall that also almost killed Mary in 1833. It was heartbreaking to read her letters about that time in her biography and I wanted to portray that dangerous element of their job including a little bandaid on Tray's leg (as if it wasn't the first time they encountered dangers before). 

Annecy 2025

Can't wait for Annecy 2025! Who's coming this year? I will be attending the festival from June 8th to 15th. You will probably find me sketching around, eating crêpes and hanging at Cafe des Arts every evening (if the weather is nice), see you there! :D

Fossil spirits

I wanted to portray the relationship between Mary and the fossils she found as an almost spiritual and magical encounter. After reading several articles and biographies of Mary Anning, I could clearly see how much passion she had for her field of study and how much more ahead of her time she was when considering the whole context and style of life of each dinosaur she discovered. Here are some style researches I've done with white gouache and a white ballpen for what that "imaginary world" inside Mary's mind could look like.

Mary Anning's turnaround

Turnarounds are always such a daunting task but such an important one for keeping consistency on the model throughout the posing process + they're key information for the departments that come after us (modellers, riggers, animators...). Even when it comes to personal projects, I always love to develop a turnaround of my character first to make sure that they feel like "themselves" on each angle and that their design is still recognizable from each direction. 

Mary Anning's poses 1

Hi everybody! After a long time on hold I'm finally back to developing my personal project "Anning's fossil depot"! Here you can see some poses of Mary as she goes by her day exploring the coasts of "Blue Lias" in the search of fossils with her faithful companion "Tray" :3 More to come soon!

Mirror mirror

Some life drawing from a few weeks ago! :D This online life model session was hosted by the wonderful @veersdrawings and modeled by the super talented @belleintheboudoir! It was so fun and tricky at the same time to figure out her reflections on the mirror. I used two colors of MUJI ball pens (orange and black) to make it easier for my brain to differenciate the real model from the mirror one. 

Herons

Some heron sketches from this month, a painting for Gallery Nucleus that I did last year (which you can get as a print in their shop) and some more sketches from 2021! Time is flying lately bu it's funny to see how herons are a constant inspiration in my work! :D

Fossil dinosaurs for my personal project “Anning’s fossil depot” 🦕👀✨

 

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Bats!

I just love bats and their weird cute little faces 🦇

Flamenco 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

Last February I went to Sevilla with Alarico and fell in love once again with its colorful streets and energy. It was my first time visiting the Flamenco Museum and it was SO mesmerising to learn more about this art form and attend a live performance in the Teatro Flamenco de Triana (of course I had to sketch everything right away).

Ever since I came back to Spain after living abroad for 5 years, I've found myself looking into my own culture with different eyes and re-descovering things around me through a different lens. I'm really curious to see what other aspects that I took for gratend are waiting for me around the corner :3

Left hand sketches

Have you ever tried drawing with your non-dominant hand? My brain melted while drawing these with my left hand but it was SO fun! Not having full control of your strokes is the best way to loosen up.

Ippo

 

ラーメンが恋しいです。

 What is your favorite type of ramen? 🍜

Sports!

 Nothing to practice dynamic poses than sports! 

Kissu

I find drawing people hugging and kissing is one of the hardest things to sketch ever! What do you struggle with drawing the most? It’s practice time ✍️ 🔥🔥🔥 

Serendipity

My friends and I started a "comic reading club" last year in which we meet up online once a month to comment on a specific comic picked by one of the members of the group. This year we also added an extra step and decided to sketch one little comic every month based on a specific word suggested by one of us. I feel like I'm learning SO much just by practising these little concepts each month and it feels like a non-threatening way to ease my way into the vast world of comic making without the pressure of writing a full length story. This month's word was "serendipity" and, as cheesy as this sounds, I couldn't think of a more serendipitous moment in my life than a very specific night walk, with a very specific incredible human :3  

Interactions

Practicing some interaction poses with Cartier Bresson’s photography 😘👌✨

LA Natural History Museum

 Some more sketches from last August at the @nhmla and @lazoo ! The LA Natural History Museum is honestly the most beautifully curated one I’ve ever visited 🤯❤️