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I spent the week before Christmas handmaking gifts for my family (SO PREPARED)! I thought you might like to see the process shots. :)

I'm falling more and more in love with gouache the more I use it. The idiotic pull to make full graphic novels in gouache is, I won't lie, very strong. BUT... idiotic. ;)

Wherever you are and whatever you celebrate, I hope you're winding up a relaxing post-holiday week. <3 I'll have a little post for y'all regarding the State of the Book soon!

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Stephanie Swartz

What great gifts for your family! So thoughtful and beautiful. Inspiring, too. I plan to take photos around my neighborhood so I can sketch from them over the next few days.

Haunted Hermit

Merry merry and happy happy, Danielle! Thanks for sharing your wonderful art with us!

NJGR

Love the sneaky skyline on that piece! ♥

Meisterj

These are gorgeous

Stephanie Swartz

<a href="https://tinyurl.com/y8vrlpf2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/y8vrlpf2</a> The campus near my place has a planetarium and a scale model of our solar system. The sphere inside the pyramid in this photo represents the sun. I like to take my dog for a walk along that route so I can say we've walked past all the planets. On a whim, when I inked in my sketch I used a fine-tipped grey marker. Next time I think I'll try a marker with more tip variation to see what that feels like.

Sheri Spangenberg

lovely! I hand make all my Christmas cards and i waited way too long to start this year due to life in general. So i only had time for one hand made gift of a painting of a cardinal for my Grandma. I always think I'll have more time to make gifts!