Dots, dots and... more dots

Hey guys! Long time no see!

And yes, there is a reason for the fact that I didn't post in such a long time. I've been really busy with... Dots.
I believe I've already written about the gorgeous Hannah Snowdon in a blogpost before (read that post here) and I told you about how much she inspired me. Well, she still does, together with some other awesome tattoo-artists like Grace Neutral (follow her on instagram: @graceneutral).
As you may know, these artists use a lot of dots in their work and I wanted to try that too. Inspired by an episode of Game of Thrones I drew this dragon around a month ago.

It took me a really long time, but I was so happy with the result that I wanted to try more... So I decided to draw this dog. Isn't she a cutie? (By the way, you can also follow this dog on instagram: @fiinathebeagle. She just got puppies, so there is an overload of cuteness which you don't want to miss!)

I also thought it would be nice to show you how I make these drawings, so I took some pictures while drawing the two dogs of my stepsister.

Before I used fineliners, I had drawn the dogs with pencils, to be sure that the shape was good before I couldn't erase it anymore.

Then I lined the main lines of the dogs.

When you work with dots, you have to make clear for yourself where you have to put them. That's why I used dottish lines to mark different areas. While I was drawing, there came more and more lines and areas. 

When the right dog was finished, I started with the left one. You can see how I used the lines/areas on the picture below.

Then I started with the couch.

It was a gift for my stepsister's birthday, so mom put it in a frame.

Drawing with dots needs a lot of time and patience (I worked on that dogs for more then ten hours), but I think that's really worth it! 

I also bought some coloured fineliners and I can't wait to show you how that turned out!

Would you guys like to work with dots someday?

xoxo Maaike

Fineliner drawings

Hey guys!

Sorry for not posting for so long. I was a bit busy and I didn't really have drawings to show, though I've drawn much in the past weeks.
Well, a few months ago I bought some black fineliners and I fell in love with them the first time I used them. Those things are so nice to draw with! Today I want to show you some of my fineliner drawings. Let's start!

This is the first one I made, just to try them out.

Tried to put as much human things as possible in this drawing.

Life of a teenager.

On of my favourite quotes. (Translation: It's a beautiful thing when you fall for a personality, but if you can choose for falling for a personality with our without boobs, you would know it, right?)

And last but not least two coloured drawings with some fineliner.

What are your favourite materials to colour/draw with?

xoxo Maaike

People :)

Hey there!

When it's such beautiful weather like today, I probably shouldn't be online, but I really felt like posting something on here! 

I hope you've all enjoyed these sunny days and maybe felt like doing something creative?

Anyway, I want to show you something and today I'm going to post some drawings of people. I draw people (girls) a lot, especially when I'm bored or don't have a lot of inspiration. Let's start!

I really like to draw celebs, so I drew Lzzy Hale from Halestorm with some lyrics of the song 'Hate It When You See Me Cry'.

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen from Catcing Fire.

Hannah Snowdon, better known as perfection (in real life, not in my drawing!)

I just like Taylor Momsen with boobie tape. Okay? Okay. (Lyrics are from the song 'Going To Hell' by The Pretty Reckless)

Boredom in class, so I decided to draw a gothic lady.

 The neck is a bit too long, but I really like her dress and hair!

 Tried to draw Amy Lee from the band Evanescence. 

Boredom in class today.

I hope you guys liked it. What do you like to draw? 

xoxo Maaike

Freak out!

Mood swings.
I think everyone, especially teenagers, know them. One moment you're completely okay and then, out of the sudden, you're all sad and moody and don't want to do anything.
Well, today was exactly the opposite. I was really moody, because I was late for school and I studied 'for nothing', but in the afternoon I suddenly became happy. The weather was so nice and I just wanted to jump and scream and run around, but I also wanted to do something creative. That turned out like this:

I made this spotify playlist with happy music and then I started. Nothing organized, just putting random things on some canvas and don't think about it! I did everything in the garden, while wearing two sweaters and a scarf :)

The meaning of this is that you just have to freak out sometimes. For some people that means getting completely wasted in a club with loud dance music and for some people it's just having a little playbackshow in their garden while painting :)

How did you guys enjoy this good weather?
xoxo Maaike

Inspiration

Hey guys! Long time no see!

Today I want to tell you something about inspiration. I get inspired by many things, such as music, art, but also words people say or little things that I notice during the day.
I also get inspired by artist and someone who has really inspired me is Hannah Pixie Snowdon. She is one of the most reblogged faces on tumblr, but she's actually a tattoo artist and Bring Me The Horizon's singer Oliver Sykes' girlfriend.

  

 Hannah has a specific style of doodling that I really like, so I decided to draw something inspired by her style. It became this tattoo design. 

I really liked it, but I wanted to make it more in my own style, so I used more shadows in the next thing I drew, which is a bit inspired by this pic. 

Looking around for a nice dress, I found this pic on tumblr. I got the idea to use it for a flower and after some boring lessons, this was the result. 

As you can see, inspiration can be everything! You just have to add a little fantasy! 

Xoxo Maaike

It's in the little things

Hey guys!
Did you have a nice christmas and new year's eve? And did you survive your hangover?
In the holidays I always realize that you need to enjoy the little things. I don't know how that comes, but it's true. Everything is in the little things. Also creativity. So that's why I wanted to show you some little creative things.
Like this box I 'made' today. I wanted a place to put letters, diaries and cards in and I think this is the perfect thing!

Or things like this...

Creativity and happiness is in the smallest things.

Have a nice weekend!

xoxo Maaike

Piece Of Wood

Hey guys!

Today I woke up with the feeling that everything was great and beautiful (50 shades of being a teenager: loving everything or hating everything) and I wanted to do something with that. I wanted to create! When my mom went out for lunch I started looking what I could use and found a piece of wood. Perfect! 

I put on some music (my 28 hour during playlist, yay) and started....

While I was painting, I started to think about the meaning. I decided it would represent a person with all their different sides. Cute sides, dark sides, happy sides. Mom just thinks it's a beautiful piece of wood and that's okay too :). 

Since it was lunchtime, I took a little break :)

Painting selfie!

Worked with a lot of different colours.

Here is the result!

Inspired by my piece of wood, I started to paint my phone. But it didn't last for long :( So I did it again with some nailpolish, including topcoat, and now it's all shiny. I still like it, it's more me than only black.

What do you think of the wood and phone? Oh, and merry christmas everyone!

xoxo