An inkdrawing of Toad, one of the meanies from my upcoming #ravencomic. It's so lovely to draw outside again! And super satisfying to pull the ink with the water brush ❤️ I aim to use a brush and india ink for the comic, but this makes me think should I use watersoluble ink instead... #sarjakuva

Traveling, and took a couple of sheets of Raven comic with me. On page 29 out of 48, Raven does not know how to use his wings! #ravencomic #sarjakuva #indiecomics

@sarjakuvakauppa.fi & Oulu Library ❤️ Summer reading @tanelikoo.bsky.social IG @kahtia_sahaus IG @riadsattouf #akira #manara #futurearab

Welp, feels and looks a bit rugged but never mind, the jeans are wearable again! Could've put the dark fabric on the inside for a more discreet mend, might change it if it bothers too much. #boro #borosashiko #mendingclothes #visiblemending

Wore out the butt of my favourite baggy jeans a while back, and planning to extend their life with sashiko embroidery. This thin denim fabric from an old shirt already has a suitable pattern I can follow with the stiching. #sashiko #mendingclothes

#comics update, I'm at page 23, where, finally(!!!), Raven appears! No more drawing humans! (Oh, wait, there'll be lots of humans still. But not for a while.) #sarjakuva #ravencomic #indiecomics #pencilling

Break drawings: mouths from imagination, tongue studies from self-refs.

Kissing pairs, just for fun. Didn't use references, this was a super difficult exercise (for me)! Faces in foreshortened angles, half covered, yikes.

and a short process video (1 min)

Another #charcoal #drawing of @emilymetalskin.bsky.social The scale's not quite there with this one, but I like it anyway.

a short video of the drawing process

#charcoal drawing of @emilymetalskin.bsky.social

#charcoal drawing of Brynna from Croquis Café. These sticks are pretty chunky, giving a hard time to draw small details. They're super deep black, which I love. Need to draw in larger scale, maybe. Charcoal: Koh-i-Noor Gioconda medium #figurestudy

I forgot to brag here, but I ended up among the 19 who shared the second place in the #penstoretalen2026 competition! And got a gift card, with which I hoarded some paper, a new brush and some chunky charcoal. Planning to use this paper to ink the comic, might need a third pad though.

Wohoo, 1/4 of my #ravencomic pages are now pencilled! Sure, I will polish the details and add stuff later, but major of the work is done! Can't wait to get to inking... #sarjakuva #comics #indiecomics #pencilling

Something I haven't tried for a long time: realistic portraits. But why not, since it's pencil season. Tried to find the planes of the faces and shadows & lights. Could be better, could be worse. All models Croquis Café. #pencil #portrait

#pencilling my #ravencomic, now on page 11! I see the story dividing into three parts, and where moving here from 1st to 2nd. The antagonist, a sage called Satatieto is crossing the line between the reality and the spirit world. Translations in alt. #sarjakuva #comics #indiecomics

#houseplant grooming: planting a new peace lily (the last little one died, but this has better roots so I'm hopeful), taking cuttings of the angel wing begonia and the rubber fig. Fingers crossed! 🌱

#pencil studies of legs and feet from imagination. Pencil is probably my least favourite art medium, dunno why. But I'll stick to it for now. #figurestudies #pencildrawing #feet #legs

#ravencomic #pencilling page 6. I've kept the momentum by drawing whatever feels good, skipping things I know I'd get stuck on. That way it doesn't matter if I've only 15 mins, I can still draw something. And come back to the difficult bits when I have the time (and the right headspace). #sarjakuva

Started the final pencilling of my #ravencomic, on page 3 at the moment. I plan on not proceeding in page order, but rather pick what I feel like drawing. Forests, horses, people, the weird mutant animals, the spirit world, sound effects... or work on the dialogue. One massive todo list!

This is how things started, oh my.

Our handsome pupper has grown so much! He's a bit over 7 months now, and got his first proper full body scrub. He was surprisingly calm about it! #mittelspitz #dogsky #dog #saksanpystykorva 1. "Mom, I stink and I need a wash!" 2. "Cool, cool." 3.-4. "All clean!"

Dug out the pasta machine, here are some pretty cool wings I made by first printing and then finishing the pieces using Pigma Microns (and white Poscas, but those don't really show). Slow art, it feels so nice to do problem solving and build layers. #pastaprint #etching #art #mixedmedia

Over (any) holiday there's a bit more time for art and making posts/videos for social media. Don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, the latter one. There's a love-hate relationship, as I suspect many have. Anyway, here's some inkdrawings based on photos of Finnish forests.

Besides playing with comics I've continued drawing figure studies of (mostly) clothed people. Here are some recent ones, refs either Croquis café or selfies. #figurestudy #croquis #finelinerdrawing

Starting the final pencils of #ravencomic, the 48 pages are printed and panels have been lined. I probably won't start at page 1 but jump back and forth, drawing whatever I feel at the moment. Forests, horses, people, raven, toad, ... lots to choose from. #comics #indiecomics #sarjakuva

The speedpainting of my #ravencomic is now ready, time to move on to creating character reference sheets and final pencils. So glad things are movimng on! Here's a couple of panels from pages 44-48. #comics #sarjakuva #inking #indiecomics

Two weeks since I last worked on my #ravencomic. I think I had a goal of finishing this speed painting phase by March, but by April is ok as well. These are pages 42-43, so only five more left! #sarjakuva #comics #indiecomics