Stephanie O'Brien's Blog

Snowflake-Drawing Montage: Silver Forest Flakes

15/5/2020

I thought silver snowflakes on a dark green background would look elegant, so I decided to try it.

You can see the drawing process in this video, set to peaceful music:

MUSIC CREDITS:

Final Reckoning
By Asher Fulero (YouTube Audio Library)

Meadow
By Density & Time (YouTube Audio Library)

Gently, Onwards
By ELPHNT (YouTube Audio Library)

Escape
By Eveningland (YouTube Audio Library)

Tiny Spaceship
By Mike Relm (YouTube Audio Library)

You can see the individual snowflakes, and get the links to my art tutorial and physical products, by clicking "Read More".

Page 53 of My "Undertale" Comic, "Just Cause", is Ready!

10/5/2020

Here's the latest chapter of Just Cause! You can read the comic from the beginning here.

When I first got to this part of the game, the first thing that flashed through my mind was the words, "Holy shit. She's about to go full yandere on me."

The original script actually had Frisk say that, but then I realized they probably wouldn't be familiar with the term "yandere", and it felt a bit out of character.

To support me as an artist and writer so I can publish pages faster, and to get early access to completed art and stories, please consider becoming a patron on Patreon!

If you want me to draw something specific for you, check out my commissions page.

And if you'd like to get my art on your pillows, mugs, blankets, furniture and more, take a look at my stores on Society6 and RedBubble!

Snowflake-Drawing Montage: "Gilded Space Snowflake"

21/4/2020

I wanted to do a space-themed snowflake-drawing montage, and I ended up basing the color scheme on the Undertale AU "Outertale".

Due to having two colors on each snowflake, this ended up being the longest montage I've ever done.

Music credits:

Intro:

Etherial Choir Ascends
By Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions (YouTube Audio Library)

The rest of the video:

Psychic Need
By Chasms (YouTube Audio Library)

Aurora Currents
By Asher Fulero (YouTube Audio Library)

Sunstroke
By Geographer (YouTube Audio Library)

Stranger Danger
By Francis Preve (YouTube Audio Library)

The Long Voyage To Outer Space
By Sir Cubworth (YouTube Audio Library)

Fall Colors
By ann annie (YouTube Audio Library)

Metamorphosis
By Quincas Moreira (YouTube Audio Library)

A Stranger Thing
By Bruno E. (YouTube Audio Library)

I'm torn between the gilded and ungilded versions of the snowflakes - I like them both - so I decided to share all of them.

You can see the individual snowflakes, and get the links to my art tutorial and physical products, below the cut.

Snowflake-Drawing Montage: "Drifting Snowflake, Gentle Rain"

7/4/2020

I found some soft, sad, beautiful songs, and I wanted to make a snowflake-drawing montage that would fit with them. So I created a rainy, misty background, and used vivid but gentle shades of blue for this snowflake series.

I also added rain and thunder sounds to the video, to help complete the mood.

Music credits:

Intro:

Etherial Choir Ascends
By Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions (YouTube Audio Library)

The rest of the video:

A Quiet Thought
By Wayne Jones (YouTube Audio Library)

We'll Meet Again
By Jeremy Blake (YouTube Audio Library)

Renunciation
By Asher Fulero (YouTube Audio Library)

Aletheia (Unforgetting)
By Devon Church (YouTube Audio Library)

Sicilian Breeze
By Topher Mohr and Alex Elena (YouTube Audio Library)

Below the cut, you can see the snowflakes I drew in the montage.

Frosted Sky: 12 Minutes of Drawing Snowflakes While Peaceful Music Plays

4/4/2020

My last snowflake-drawing video got such a positive reception on YouTube that I was motivated to make another. :) This time I made the background slightly more intricate, and included the process of drawing the gold decorations in the video.

Music credits:

Intro:

Etherial Choir Ascends
By Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions (YouTube Audio Library)

The rest of the video:

Djinn
By Francis Preve (YouTube Audio Library)

Synth Wind
By Geographer (YouTube Audio Library)

Into the Sky
By Jeremy Blake (YouTube Audio Library)

Reconciliation
By Asher Fulero (YouTube Audio Library)

Below the cut, you can see the snowflakes I drew in the montage.

Frozen Zephyr: 10 Minutes of Drawing Snowflakes While Peaceful, Dramatic Space Music Plays

28/3/2020

It's been some time since I did a snowflake-drawing montage, and I was getting the urge to do it again.

With COVID-19 forcing so many people into quarantine, I also felt a pull as an artist to offer those who are trapped in their homes a bit of escape and entertainment.

So if you want a relaxing way to pass the time, click the video player below to watch beautiful snowflakes taking shape while peaceful, dramatic space music plays.

Music credits:

Etherial Choir Ascends
By Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions (YouTube Audio Library)

Ladybug
By Jeremy Blake (YouTube Audio Library)

Space Trooper
By DivKid (YouTube Audio Library)

TENFOLD
By Density & Time (YouTube Audio Library)

Below the cut, you can see the snowflakes I drew in the montage.

New Artwork: Flight Over Flowers of Fantasy

14/2/2020

Whew! This one took me forever, but it's finally finished!

I noticed a few of the decorations in my house had patterns of densely packed flowers or leaves that were different shades of the same color instead of different colors, and I wanted to try something like that.

My version has a lot more variety than the flower pots that inspired it, and it's also far less tied to the rules of what flowers can look like in real life.

This is the first version I drew:

After I drew that one, I decided to make a few versions with other colors:

After I made those ones, I thought I was done, but then a thought occurred to me: "What if I turned the background into rainbows and the foreground black, and vice versa?"

I'M SO GLAD I HAD THAT THOUGHT, OMG! The "rainbow flowers with a black background" version is one of the prettiest things I've ever drawn, and it looks so good on physical items. I mean, look at this!

If you want to buy any of the items in the collage, here are the links:

Dresses
Coffee Mugs
iPhone Cases & Covers
Skirts
Hand & Bath Towels
Wall Clocks
Comforters
Throw pillows
Wall tapestries

If you want to see all of the available items in my RedBubble store, here are the links for each pattern:

Blue
Green
Grey
Red
Violet
Black on Rainbow
Rainbow on Black

Society6 doesn't have a "view all items with this pattern" option, but if you visit these art prints and scroll down, you'll see a selection of items with these patterns:

Blue
Green
Grey
Red
Violet
Black on Rainbow
Rainbow on Black

I think I'm going to do more patterns like this in the future. Maybe after I finish a few of the other numerous WIPs bouncing around in my folders, haha.

Having said that, I could probably do a pride flag series with the same concept as the "rainbow flowers on black" version... hmmm...

Two Symmetrical Patterns: Silver and Sapphires, and Golden Sky Symbol

10/12/2019

For the past few weeks, I've mostly done fast, simple symmetrical patterns. When I'm creating a drawing montage, I pick a brush size and color and stick with it, mostly avoid the "undo" button, and just let the shapes evolve as I draw instead of having a specific goal in mind.

This time, I wanted to draw something more specific and complex, with more differences in color and texture, and the result was two patterns and a huge contrast.

Silver and Sapphires

This image started with a general concept of what I wanted the main central spokes to look like, then from there it was a matter of experimenting to see what looked and felt right.

In a way, it reminds me of "Starry JewelVine", one of the first symmetrical patterns I drew, in that it has wires of a metallic color enclosing gem-like patches of jewel tones. "Silver and Sapphires" is definitely more polished, and I'm proud of the progress I've made.

Here's the older pattern, so you can see the difference:

Golden Sky Symbol

The second pattern was inspired by the odd combination of the magic from Dr. Strange and a facial tissue box. The latter was covered in blotches of pink, blue and purple in the background, with many-spoked golden wheels in the foreground.

That pattern made me want to try creating a cleaner-looking, more complex version of it, while the 2016 Dr. Strange movie gave me the idea of adding symbols between the spokes.

Here is the result:

Definitely a contrast to the muted elegance of "Silver and Sapphires"!

When I showed this pattern to my mother, she commented that its background looked like something she'd like on a dress. So I thought "Hey, why not upload that as well?"

In the process of uploading it to RedBubble, I encountered one small problem: a cutout of the background pattern with no additional adornment didn't look very good on T-shirts. So I created this for the products that just have the artwork on one small part of them, such as the chest, instead of being completely covered in it:

Speaking of physical objects, here's what "Silver and Sapphires" looks like on them:

You can find all the RedBubble items with "Silver and Sapphires" on them here.

Society6 doesn't have a "view everything with this artwork on it" feature, but if you visit the page for this art print and scroll down, you'll see a selection of products with these snowflakes on them.

Here are the links to the items in the collage:

Tote Bags
Wall Clocks
Throw Pillows
Comforters
Skirts
Towels
iPhone Cases and Skins
Shower Curtains
Wall Tapestries
Coffee Mugs
Rectangular Pillows
Dresses

And here are the preview images for "Golden Sky Symbol":

Here are the RedBubble links for "Golden Sky Symbol" and "Colored Clouds".

And here are the Society6 art print links for "Golden Sky Symbol" and "Colored Clouds".

And of course, here are the links to the items in the collage:

Tote Bags
Wall Clocks
Throw Pillows
Comforters
Shirts
Towels
iPhone Cases and Skins
Shower Curtains
Wall Tapestries
Coffee Mugs
Rectangular Pillows
Dresses

I hope you find something you like!

Soothing Snowflake-Drawing Montage: Dark Jungle Gems

3/12/2019

For this art montage, I used four dendrites - the lowest number I've ever experimented with for a snowflake-like pattern - and music that I thought had a spacey/jungle feel to it.

You can watch the video here:

Speaking of music, here are the music credits:

Destination Unknown
By Ugonna Onyekwe (YouTube Audio Library)

Deep Floor
By Houses of Heaven (YouTube Audio Library)

Seductress
By Francis Preve (YouTube Audio Library)

To learn how to draw snowflakes like this, watch my art tutorial on SkillShare.

After drawing the snowflakes, I put them together to make this:

If you want to wear this artwork on your clothes or use it to add a touch of beauty and mystery your home, it's available on blankets, coffee mugs, dresses, iPhone cases and more in my Society6 store and my RedBubble store.

Here's what it looks like on some of the available items:

You can check out all the RedBubble items with "Dark Jungle Gems" on them here.

Society6 doesn't have a "view everything with this artwork on it" feature, but if you visit the page for this art print and scroll down, you'll see a selection of products with these snowflakes on them.

Here are the links to the items in the collage:

Tote Bags
Wall Clocks
Throw Pillows
Comforters
Skirts
Towels
iPhone Cases and Skins
Shower Curtains
Wall Tapestries
Coffee Mugs
Rectangular Pillows
Dresses

Look under the cut to see what the individual snowflakes look like at full size:

Fire in the Night: 10 Minutes of Me Drawing Snowflakes While Dramatic Music Plays

21/11/2019

I decided to make another snowflake-drawing video. :) This time I used slightly more dramatic music; there were a few songs I wanted use that included some more energetic parts, and red seemed like the appropriate color to go with them.

Music credits:

Heaven and Hell (Part 2) By Jeremy Blake (YouTube Audio Library)

Bittersweet By SYBS (YouTube Audio Library)

Etherial Choir Ascends Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions (YouTube Audio Library)

After drawing the snowflakes, I put them together to make this:

If you want to wear this artwork on your clothes or use it to decorate your home, it's available on blankets, coffee mugs, dresses, iPhone cases and more in my Society6 store and my RedBubble store.

Here's what it looks like on some of the available items:

You can see all the RedBubble items with this pattern here.

Society6 doesn't have a "view everything with this artwork on it" feature, but if you visit the page for this art print and scroll down, you'll see a selection of products with these snowflakes on them.

Here are the links to the items in the collage:

Tote Bags
Wall Clocks
Throw Pillows
Comforters
Skirts
Towels
iPhone Cases and Skins
Shower Curtains
Wall Tapestries
Coffee Mugs
Rectangular Pillows
Dresses

Look under the cut to see the individual snowflakes from this montage: