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PAIN 🖤 Are there any visual artists out there without hand pain!? Doubt it. 😂 Trying a little different composition with this one, but the same super saturated colors I love. . #ursaink #fantasyart #fantasyartist #horrorart #10kartist #artoftheday #artaccount #macabreart #weirdart #weirdaesthetic #darkaesthetic #californiaartist #californiaart (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDVFjCssAk/?igshid=58l4ighr8awn

This beautiful girl, Valkyrie, is part of my current commission piece. I just finished doing her nails. 😂 #ursaink #germanshepherd #germanshepherdsofinstagram #germanshepherddog #femaleartist #artaccount #10kartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM-0HXgs_MA/?igshid=s65s7n4z7zpb

#MeetTheMaker 😍 SILVER LININGS Has 2021 also been kind of a weird year for you so far? Not bad, just a little— awkward. 🌙 On going and residual Rona mandates have made the first quarter of 2021 awkward. I can’t think of any other suitable adjective. I have tried my best to stay off of the all mighty F😵 Book because of the constant drama and hatred from everyone. I have friends in every camp and it all is too extreme and too loud for me. 🌙 Which brings me to my silver linings: ⚡️ I have found an absolutely wonderful community of artists on Insta and TikTok that are very supportive and friendly. ⚡️ My Patrons have been super awesome this year. Especially since everything that’s been going on the last year has been really hard on a lot of people. So the support that I’ve been shown has been astounding. I love all my patrons, short and long term. ✨ ⚡️ I started a small group on Discord for fellow Patre⭐️ n creators to be a sounding board for one another. ⚡️ Residual closures have led me to buy all kinds of preset supplies... nope... would have done that anyway. 😉 ⚡️ And I have found the time for my daily creative practice and personal betterment. I couldn’t ask for more. #ursaink @joannehawker #MeetTheMaker2021 #FemaleArtist #FemaleIllustrator #ArtAccount #SmallBusiness #patreoncreator #patreonartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMsgzLesSdT/?igshid=1ldczedks1duy

#MarchMeetTheMaker 🎨 COLOR 🧡Color is so important!!! It’s not usually my first thought, however. I like to fly by the seat of my pants. Let the mood take me somewhere. But after the sketch stage, I like to lay down the base colors. 💜 For today’s prompt I wanted to show off my regular color palettes. Maybe you can see my love of rich colors. Those deep blues, plums, and dark moss colors give me the warm and tingly feelings. Pastels creep me out. 💙 #ursaink @joannehawker #MarchMeetTheMaker2021 #MeetTheMaker #MeetTheMaker2021 #MeetTheArtist #MeetTheArtist2021 #ColorPalettes #ColorPalette #ColorPaletteInspiration #ColorAesthetic #ArtAccount #ColorPrompt #colorfullife https://www.instagram.com/p/CMnpTbHsyY5/?igshid=e696fh8q0dqq

#MarchMeetTheMaker ✨SMALL DETAIL 🐻 For me, the small details in each piece are everything. I love the very end when I can add little highlights here and there, showing where the light is hitting objects around it. 🐻 I take my time on those subtle details that, very likely, I am the only one that notices. Like the tire tread being a dusty, textured grey like it has just rolled over gravel. 🐻 Without these small details a piece would never feel finished. . #ursaink @joannehawker #MarchMeetTheMaker2021 #MeetTheMaker #MeetTheMaker2021 #MeetTheArtist #MeTheArtist2021 #SmallDetails #ArtAccount #femaleartist #artjournal #digitalartwork (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMP5JZNsw6r/?igshid=wt5kho6mont5

#MarchMeetTheMaker 💜 WORK IN PROGRESS 📚I always have 5 million “works in progress”, but my biggest project right now is my Mythic Mail book. Mythic Mail is a monthly snail mail adventure in letter form that i have an incredible amount of fun creating. 📚 I have loved creating it so much so that I wanted to take the adventure to Japan. Japan has such a rich monster culture. There are tons of creatures and tales to explore! It was hard to choose just a handful to explore. 📚 I have almost half of the main illustrations finished. Then I will move onto the writing and spot illustrations. Here I have my main sketches remaining and if you scroll, my book cover mockup. 📚 I am hoping to publish and release my Mythic Mail book sometime in late summer 2021. My Patrons in my Behind the Scenes Club are seeing all the illustration progressions and creature lists. 💜 . #ursaink @joannehawker #marchmeetthemaker #marchmeetthemaker2021 #meettheartist #meetthemaker #workinprogress #workinprogressart #meettheartist2021 #artaccount #indiebook #indiebooks (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKvud2sXRJ/?igshid=y00cvmdyhqbi

#MarchMeetTheMaker ✨ Hi guys! I’m excited to participate in @joannehawker ‘s prompt list this month. 💜 Today I wanted to share my brand with you. I am Sarah and I started Ursa Ink last summer. My logo is a fun, vibrant purple with a bear holding an edelweiß flower. It both represents my Alpine heritage and the connection of bears to my life. The name Ursa Ink comes from the art of ink itself and also a little tip of the hat to my passion for astronomy. 💜 I created Ursa Ink in response to an urge to better myself during quarantine. My “regular” day job of teaching art to grade school students came to a sudden halt last year which led into summer. I began my mission to create art for MYSELF for a change. Weird art that I love to make and love to enjoy. 💜 I always say that I am a very mercurial person. Consistency drives me crazy! I like to create lots of different things in lots of different genres. The one thing that never changes is my primal drive to MAKE stuff with my hands. It makes me who I am. I don’t think I could suffer through this world without art. #ursaink #meetthemakermarch #meetthemaker2021 #meetthemaker #meettheartist2021 #meettheartist #artaccount #femaleartist #femaleartists (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5peQ3MXJx/?igshid=t8kuqs8ih5bj

Do you practice every day? Even if you don’t draw, do you practice your craft daily? Drawing, sketching, doodling; it’s like air for me. My anxiety goes through the roof if I don’t have busy hands. ✨🖤✨ #ursaink #markersketch #sketchbookdrawing #sketchdaily #markerdrawing #ohuhumarkers @ohuhu_marker_art #calaverasart #femaleartistfriday #artislife🎨 #womenartists #artaccount #draweverydamnday (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLezZ7fs9Sp/?igshid=e3fvsvxfekdd