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Christmas is around the corner

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I am probably the last person to acknowledge it like almost every year. Although I managed to put up decorations and bake Christmas cookies twice! Because I ate most of the first batch…
Beside eating cookies, I played around with some Christmas card designs. As I am too late (as every year) to send a physical card, I’ll opt for digital versions. But you can also print them if you need a last minute card.

If you are not subscribed to my newsletter already, do it and I’ll be sending out a card a day until Christmas for you to download.

Happy Holidays!

Mural – Part III

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After the mess of the first round of photos (here are part I and part II) you must be curious how the whole thing actually turned out.

Well,… what do you think?

I didn’t notice that the photo turned out a bit blurry when I took them because the sun was blinding. So the pictured are just as unfocused and random as the mural itself….

Mural finished_Melanie Franz

Mural – Part II

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How it started (go here for part I), how it’s going.

The only request I had for the mural, was to put a horse in it.

I went in with zero plan or structure because I wanted to put paint on the wall. Realized the paint is shit and with no plan it will be going no where so I started sketching out the scene on paper after all. The sketch turned out quite nice. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of it.

So what followed was a second round of “sketching it out” directly with paint.

Mural – Part 1

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It’s been months since I have been drawing. I have been busy with my Etsy shop but otherwise I somehow let everything slip. There are lots of new print designs in my shop (bathroom humour seems to be a favourite) and I am working on a few Christmassy cards this week.

But beside that I haven’t managed to pick up a pen in the last two months. My excuse is “not having” the time but I think it is rather “not taking” it. However, I managed to use a paintbrush and did a mural while visiting a friend. I was equipped with bad paint, one very used paintbrush, limited time and only a vague idea of what to do.

Here are some before shots of the space and a first sketch. The old wallpaper was also anything but ideal as a surface.

Mural in progress - before shot - Melanie Franz

Stay tuned for part II tomorrow.

Hello Mr Aerial Fox

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It was about time for him to make a come back… Let’s call it my Inktober contribution.

Find the printable version here. And a selection of all aerial foxes here.

From this…

Aerial fox _ Inktober_Melanie Franz

to this…

Aerial Mr Fox ink drawing _Melanie Franz
Aerial Mr Fox ink drawing _Melanie Franz

When everything is up in the air…

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Or something like that. It is Inktober and I haven’t found the time yet to get it started. Maybe I’ll try and play catch up at the weekend.

Are you doing Inktober?

Aerial Fox _Inktober _ Melanie Franz

Life is better upside down

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It’s been a month since I was on a hoop. I was forced to take a break due to a pulled arm muscle. Patience is not one of my strengths, but I am trying to be smart this time and not make it worse. So I have been doing the next best thing, drawing Mr Fox the aerialist. It has been a while since he has made an appearance.

Wanna hang with me?

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Here is the almost finished opossum. I haven´t been hanging upside down for almost a month now due to an elbow injury , but I might attempt going back to aerial hoop this week to start with some easy training again.

Anyone else here who likes to hang upside down?

What animal would you like to see next?

What are you doing?

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Yes, what am I doing? For being a professional project manager, my art projects are currently all over the place in different stages of progress….
Instead of focusing on finishing my book, I get distracted by animal drawings and designs for Etsy….

I heard there was cake

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Have been drawing a bit this week. But the weather was also horrible and I felt like being cozy under the blanket when I had the time. So I just played around with new designs for my Etsy shop.

The result…. a bunch of greeting and birthday cards.

Or maybe I just really wanted to have cake….

Happy weekend!

Honey Badger Coming Your Way II

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After doing the sketches the other day, I felt like drawing some of those badgers in big. Still work in progress.
I also updated the honey badger posters in my Etsy shop if you would like a badger on your wall 🙂

2407 Honey Badger Sketch _ Melanie Franz
2407 Honey Badger drawing _ Melanie Franz

Honey Badger Coming Your Way

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After a months break I finally opened my sketchbook again. The result, … a bunch of honey badgers. If you have been following me for a while you might remember my previous honey badger phase. I think it is time to activate it again!

2407 Be like Honey badger sketches _ Melanie Franz
2407 Be like Honey badger sketches _ Melanie Franz
2407 Be like Honey badger sketches _ Melanie Franz

Back from a break

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Had a creative break last month and I am now ready to start again full force!

The only “art” I created were these unicorn invitations in collaboration with my friend’s 5 year old daughter.

Unicorn invitation _ Melanie Franz

Dancing into the weekend

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Here they all are, the blue-footed boobies, dancing their mating dance. I will also upload them to my Etsy shop as downloadable prints next week if you would like to put them on your wall.