I just felt like doing something completely different today. I found my old pastel pencils and coloursoft’s from Derwent, and a couple of sheets of black textured paper that has been lying around for YEARS! This is the result, a little bird in bright colours chasing a poor little bug 
This is a work in progress poster, quite large as well, 841mm x 1189mm, and is going to be a very detailed and beautifully ornamented illustration from the movie Twilight. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart portraying Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. This is just a personal project of mine, I need to practice drawing humans cause I tend to do lots of animals and nature, and I just saw the movie for the first time and thought it was a beautiful story. Hopefully they will be recognizable when I’m done with it:)
Finally Wacom launched their new series of digitizer tablets and they seem amazing! Here are the specs for the medium size:
General specifications Intuos4 M Tablet:
- Resolution 5,080 lpi
- Pressure levels 2,048
- Accuracy (pen) +/- 0.25 mm (0.010 in)
- Accuracy (lens cursor) +/- 0.15 mm (0.006 in)
- Tilt range (all pens) +/- 60 degrees (+/- 50 degrees on Intuos4 S tablets)
- Reading height 10 mm (0.39 in)
- Maximum report rate 200 points per second
- Interface USB 1.1 to USB mini-B (Intuos4 S, M and L tablet models); USB 1.1 (Intuos4 XL)
- Cable length 2.5 m (8.2 ft), detachable on S, M and L tablet models
- Power requirements DC 5V, less than 300 mA, from primary USB port or powered USB hub
- Active area (W x D): 223.5 x 139.7 mm (8.8 x 5.5 in)
- Physical size (W x D x H): 367 x 254.0 x 12,0 mm (14.5 x 10.0 x 0.5 in) approximately
- Weight: 1.0 g (2.2 lb) approximately
- Touch Ring: 1
- ExpressKeys™: 8
- ExpressKey™ displays: 8, next to ExpressKeys™
My Intuos4 M is on the way!
I will be showing five illustrations in London at the NorskArt exhibition this year. What gallery space and date has not yet been decided, but it will be somewhere in London in May. I’ll post more info later.
I went to a lecture this morning about professionalism and the importance of being well organized when working as a freelancer. I got so inspired to get organized that I went out and bought everything I need to start organize my life:
I’m a passionate drawer and I love drawing with pen. The main reason for that is because pen is very unforgiving and once you make a mark there is no way to undo it. Here are the pens I normally use. Faber Castell has got some great pens in indian ink which makes them great combined with water colour.
My handwriting^^
Look at my lovely semi-new website! http://www.ninaarctander.com/
