a lil art journal

artist 🎨 breaking through the fear of sharing my art | creatingelena.com

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I saw this on Pinterest and wanted to make my own 🥹

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This one goes out to all the pierogi people and period pooh-poohers

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Making notepad prototypes for new products in my shop and this is my favourite one so far!!

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May the 4th be with you! 💫

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I made it another lap around the sun.

Here's some information about me in a pleasantly colourful and kawaii format.

Please enjoy it like a slice of visual cake 🎂

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I love being a comic artist. I've now created lil characters to represent my depression and my anxiety in my comics and seeing them as lil guys just makes me view them in a completely different way. And I can't even begin to describe how healing that is.

I had an anxious day, and so I made a comic about it in my daily diary, and I'm feeling a bit better now. A little spiralling just needs some love and compassion.

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I have a goal to get 5 new newsletter subscribers to my email list, the Cuties Club, this year.

It's totally free to sign up at CreatingElena.com and you get exclusive discounts to my Etsy shop as well as a new mermaid watercolour calendar each month.

It's the last day to get the March calendar, tomorrow April's will be posted and the March one will disappear.

Can I send you cute emails each month? 🥹

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Dear diary,

Why am I like this?

Sharing a page from my diary of my ridiculous life.

What's the silliest way you've injured yourself?

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In 2024 I made some real cool art that I never shared cause I'm a scaredy cat.

So, I'm finally sharing it. Here's a fun sketchbook page for you with some studies.

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Sending a little luck your way today 🍀

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Drew a little fox just to play around with Procreate today 🦊

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I think I'm gonna call her Hannah.

She's a harpy and a ballerina.

She's part of my monster gals OCs 🦅

I am very protective over my OCs so I get very shy about sharing them. But I think I should share them more?

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Today is my 925th day of daily drawing. Which, even to me, sounds absolutely wild. 925 days of creating something with my own little hands.

925 days of lines and shapes. Growing my confidence. Showing up for myself. Doing it, ultimately, for the little Elena who wanted so badly just to make art and tell stories. We're doing it, kid.

Today, I sketched out some things in preparation for mother's Day because sometimes being an artist is like planting a garden in preparation for the future.

And I can't wait to see where I am in another 925 days.

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I made a little paper doll of my OC, Cookie 🍪

I am obsessed with her little sugar cookie dress 🥹

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Lesson learned: don't sew for hours straight without a single break

But the bag did turn out real cute! 🎒🪡💖

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Happy March!!

New month means new calendar illustration and this is my favourite one yet! I absolutely love spring 🌱

If you want to celebrate spring with your own mermaid calendar go to the link in my bio to sign up for my email mailing list to get your free download!

What's your favourite season?

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I have been working on a *very epic* birthday card for my partner's birthday next week.

I think he's going to love it.