Colony Workshop

Hi, my name is Violet, known online as Violet Marshmallows! I am a digital artist with a cute, clean drawing style and a passion for Insects and bugs! Come view my ongoing webseries at- https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/colony/list?title_no=430865 If you enjoy my work and want to help support my project, please consider donating as little as £3 /month via my Patreon!~ https://www.patreon.com/ColonyWorkshop Come find my work on other platforms via- https://linktr.ee/ColonyWorkshop

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Thank you all for your patience in the last couple of months while I've been away! 🐝

I hit a pretty bad burnout point, especially with the idea of social media, so have been taking some time away so sort myself out and get back on track. 🦋

I've actually ended up spending a lot of my time painting on the shore and have a lovely little collection to share~

Now that I'm getting back to posting my artwork online, I'm going to take a little time to restructure and limit myself to a handful of sites (Goodbye, X!)

This may well also be goodbye to Tumblr as well. I just don't feel like posting here is really accomplishing anything for me and I don't tend to browse here either.

Please bear with me while I make these changes and get back ontop of all my little projects!

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Oops! I've been a bit disorganised again and neglecting to post stuff! 😵‍💫

I think I've spread my attention too thin between different things and not really accomplishing much at all. Also been dreading social media again so that's made posting art difficult.

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Funky beats n tasty treats! ✌️

I had so much fun putting this one together. It feels good to draw something silly for myself again~ 💛

Timelapse video coming soon!

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Started work on this funky piece a little earlier in the week~ 🐝

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Good morning, little Bees! 🐝 Today I am happy to publish episode 8 of Colony: Rise of the Monarch to WebToons Canvas! 🦋 In this episode of Colony, June wakes up in time to wish Winton well on his journey. It will be his first day out to market and he is very excited about it! This marks the beginning of Chapter 2 and a point where I get to be a little more creative with set designs. This ep features a few open vistas that I really enjoyed sketching out, and it's going to be a lot of fun introducing some quirky bugs over the next few eps! 🦋 You can read Colony: Rise of the Monarch so far in its full seamless glory on WebToons at- https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/colony/list?title_no=430865 If you are enjoying the story so far and want to see more of my silly art, please consider pledging as little as £3 per month on Patreon at- https://www.patreon.com/ColonyWorkshop

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Just coming back from a busy few weeks and have some odd arty bits to share!

Here are a few paintings from the last 2 weeks. Trying out some slightly more abstract styles here and making good use of masking!

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Working through episode 8 of Colony: Rise of the Monarch tonight!

This episode definitely envokes a feeling of childlike wonder as Winton leaves home for the first time~

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Ain't Nothin' Like a Funky Bun!

Took some time over the xmas break to digitise this funky drawing! 🐰

I had a great time playing with some new colours and styles here, and it's given me a lot of motiviation for a few more like this!

You can catch the timelapse of my digital process on YouTube Shorts at- https://youtube.com/shorts/jsGp7eJ4vnE

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A collection of dreamy paintings I've been working on this month and gifting to family~ ❤️

I've had a big drive to get back into painting so picked up some paint sticks and mini canvasses to get started! 🖌🎨

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Poyo poyo!

Quick and silly Kirby sketch for today. Think this is one I would like to finish digitally, so keep an eye out for that later in the month!

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Picked up some colouring pencils so that I could put some colours on this spooky Bee!

Lock your doors and board up the windows! Beebeebeebee is on the prowl for heads to munch! D:

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wake again after rest

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I had an amazing time at Furcation this year and would love to share some photos of my Dealer's Den table at the event!

I'm really happy with how this went this time- A definite improvement on last year! It's given me a lot of inspiration for what I'd love to add to the table next time and I'm feeling motivated to look around for other events and cons I might be able to set up a table at.

Thank you to everyone who turned up for the Art Jam on Saturday, and everyone who stopped by to check out my table! It was fantastic getting to chat to so many lovely people!

Also want to say a huge thank you to Moussie and Jazzy for all the crochet creatures they added to the table. We made sure that all of the soft dinos went to good, loving homes!

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Colony: Rise of the Monarch Episode 7 is out now on WebToons! 🦋

In this episode, Winton helps to cheer June up by reading her a bedtime story.

I'm really glad to get this episode published. I was a bit delayed due to con-prep and some other bits on my to-do list but I am steadily working through these episodes one by one!

You can read Colony: Rise of the Monarch so far in its full seamless glory on WebToons at- https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/colony/list?title_no=430865

If you are enjoying the story so far and want to see more of my silly art, please consider pledging as little as £3 per month on Patreon at- https://www.patreon.com/ColonyWorkshop

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Another happy little Scaber!

I just think they're the cutest!

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Today I would love to show off these adorable acrylic keychains I'll be selling at Furcation this year!

There's something special about seeing my art printed like this and I'm very much in love with these sparkly keychains~ ❤️

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A special puppy~ 🐶