Stephanie O'Brien's Blog

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.

Page 52 of My "Undertale" Comic, "Just Cause", is Ready!

21/3/2020

If you haven't read the previous pages, you can read the first 51 pages of Just Cause here.

Wow, it's been a while since I finished one of these! Floral pattern side projects with pride flag series versions will do that to a webcomic, haha.

Toriel actually does understand questions, of course; she's just trying to end this conversation before Frisk can get back onto the topic of going to the surface. Not the most effective way to sidetrack a kid, but it can be hard to think and suppress fear at the same time.

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.

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!

Butterfly Garden: Pride Flag Series

10/3/2020

The pride flag versions of "Butterfly Garden" are finally ready! Enjoy!

Agender

Androgyne

Aromantic

Asexual

Bisexual

Demiboy

Demigirl

Demiromantic

Demisexual

Genderfluid

Genderqueer

Intersex

Lesbian

LGBTQ

Neutrois

Nonbinary

Pansexual

Polysexual

Transgender

If you'd like to wear this artwork or use it to decorate your home, you can get clothing, kitchenware, home decor, furniture and more in my RedBubble and Society6 stores.

You can see all the RedBubble items with each of these patterns here:

Agender
Androgyne
Aromantic
Asexual
Bisexual
Demiboy
Demigirl
Demiromantic
Demisexual
Genderfluid
Genderqueer
Intersex
Lesbian
LGBTQ
Neutrois
Nonbinary
Pansexual
Polysexual
Transgender

Society6 doesn't have a "view everything with this artwork" feature, but if you go to these art print pages and scroll down, you'll see a selection of items with these flag patterns.

Agender
Androgyne
Aromantic
Asexual
Bisexual
Demiboy
Demigirl
Demiromantic
Demisexual
Genderfluid
Genderqueer
Intersex
Lesbian
LGBTQ
Neutrois
Nonbinary
Pansexual
Polysexual
Transgender

Here's what this artwork looks like on a few of the available products:

And 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

If you want to see my newest art and stories hours or days before they're released to the public, please consider supporting me on Patreon!

New Artwork: Butterfly Garden and Sapphire Web

8/3/2020

Whew! I just got back from a trip to my maternal grandparents late Tuesday night, and I'm finally catching up enough that I have time to share what I drew while I was away.

The snowflake pattern below, "Sapphire Web", is a quick demo I drew for my grandmother. It's too small for a print-on-demand piece, but it's pretty enough that I still wanted to share it. :)

My other main project while I was away is a new print-on-demand pattern, "Butterfly Garden".

I had so much fun creating "Flight Over Flowers of Fantasy" that I wanted to draw another pattern like it. Much of this pattern was made with a touchpad while riding as a passenger on bumpy roads - thank goodness for stroke stabilizer!

I made the background of this image simpler than the heavily textured one I used for "Flight Over Flowers of Fantasy", because the latter experience taught me that intricate textures take up a LOT of file space and processing power. The flat background and resulting relative lack of lag certainly made the drawing process easier!

The blue one below came first, then I adapted it into the other versions.

These patterns are available as art prints, clothing, home decor, accessories and more in my Society6 and RedBubble stores.

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
Purple
White on Black
Black on White
Blue on Black
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
Purple
White on Black
Black on White
Blue on Black
Black on Rainbow
Rainbow on Black

Here's what a few of the available items look like:

And here are the links to the items in the collage:

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

Flight Over Flowers of Fantasy: Pride Flag Series

18/2/2020

When I first started working on my "Flight Over Flowers of Fantasy" design, I only planned to make the original purple one. But who did I think I was kidding?

Once I realized how much I like the design, there was no way it wasn't going to snowball into multiple colors and a full-blown pride flag series.

Agender flag

Androgyne flag

Aromantic flag

Asexual flag

Bisexual flag

Demiboy flag

Demigirl flag

Demiromantic flag

Demisexual flag

Genderfluid flag

Genderqueer flag

Intersex flag

LGBTQ flag

Lesbian flag

Neutrois flag

Nonbinary flag

Pansexual flag

Polysexual flag

Transgender flag

The two bonus patterns below aren't pride flags; they're just a happy accident that occurred while I was separating the pattern layer from the background to create the pride flag versions. I liked them so much that I decided to keep them.

If you'd like to wear this artwork or use it to decorate your home, you can get clothing, accessories, home decor, furniture and more in my RedBubble and Society6 stores.

You can see all the RedBubble items with each of these patterns here:

Agender
Androgyne
Aromantic
Asexual
Bisexual
Demiboy
Demigirl
Demiromantic
Demisexual
Genderfluid
Genderqueer
Intersex
Lesbian
LGBTQ
Neutrois
Nonbinary
Pansexual
Polysexual
Transgender
Black on white
White on black

Society6 doesn't have a "view everything with this artwork" feature, but if you go to these art print pages and scroll down, you'll see a selection of items with these flag patterns.

Agender
Androgyne
Aromantic
Asexual
Bisexual
Demiboy
Demigirl
Demiromantic
Demisexual
Genderfluid
Genderqueer
Intersex
Lesbian
LGBTQ
Neutrois
Nonbinary
Pansexual
Polysexual
Transgender
Black on white
White on black

Here's what this artwork looks like on a few of the available products:

And here are the links to the items in the collage:

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

If you want to see my newest art and stories hours or days before they're released to the public, please consider supporting me on Patreon!

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...

A Sneak Peek at Page 52 of "Just Cause"

8/2/2020

Page 52 of Just Cause is over halfway done, and Frisk's current mood is "I learned something new and I HATE IT."

My Patreon supporters can see the 22-panel preview and the source of Frisk's horror here.

Woven Vines of Silver and Life, Framed in my Friend's House!

5/2/2020

A friend of mine bought a piece of my art, and she just sent me pictures of it hanging in her house! It's pretty cool to see my digital art printed and framed in real life like this.

If you want this art in your home, you can get it through Society6 and RedBubble.

Page 51 of My "Undertale" Comic, "Just Cause", is Ready!

18/1/2020

Here's the latest page of Just Cause! If you haven't read the previous pages, you can read the whole comic from the beginning here, or you can read the fanfic version here.

The life Frisk wanted so badly is almost within reach, but there's still that one urgent thing drawing them back toward the world from which they just escaped.

On a lighter note, it isn't canonically stated that the pie's plate is made of paper, but I figured it had to be something Frisk could fold. Otherwise they'd have a loose piece of pie just sitting in their pocket, getting smeared all over their inventory.

Want me to publish new pages faster?

To support me as an artist and writer so I can spend more time working on Just Cause, 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!