DeNi Santana

Hi I am DeNi Santana, I am Visual Artist and Illustrator. On this blog I post a mixture of my work, things I do in my creative life, and amazing work from fellow artists that are too funny, cute or amazing not to re blog.

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Dots! Lots and lots of dots. 😂Galaxy Skull challenge, I decided to dabble in a bit of pointillism for just around the eye sockets, but got a wee bit carried away! Probably because this technique was quite fun to do. 🤓💀✨ there are a few constellations 🌌 and a set of scales in there too! As for these inktober challenges ...slow but surely, right? . . . #lineart #skullartwork #galaxyillustration #inkartwork #illustration #inkart #micropens #drawings #artlife #sketch #galaxyskull #drawsomething #inkpen #inkdrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/B479W2Njawp/?igshid=13lwos2kki6vp

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Quick post tonight as I haven't drawn any challenges today. I have however painted my possibly last artnight painting of 'Mexican skull lady'. Check that out over on my stories if your interested. This drawing is a leaf study that I made last year, I think, in pencils, duh. 🙄☺️🤓 Enjoy! Back to Hedgehog OC tomorrow! . . . . #pencildrawing #leafdrawing #botanicalillustration #pencilart #botanicalillustration #observationaldrawing #artlife #pencildrawings #pencil_sketch #pencil_art https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pVc1gj3Fy/?igshid=1ck2d9alszp6b

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Yes I have posted my Vulture OC character challenge however the video quality hurt my eyes, so I'm sharing this much better quality finished picture! 🤓✨ To remind you guys, I'm doing two challenges at the moment, Skull challenge and Animal Persona OC challenge. Posting both of these throughout October. Rules: one challenge ink, one watercolourI, and I must finish! Haha . Both of these I started with @kawaiizombiearts and I know a few of you joined in with me also! Thank you guys! OC character inspired by the prompt 'Vulture'. #createacharacterchallenge . . . #portraitpainting #artaddict #watercolour #watercolor #occharacter #watercolorportrait #artchallenge #characterdesign #paintpaintpaint #octoberchallenge #watercolourpaintings #punkportrait #ocdrawing #paintings #instaartist #artlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nCfzVDPPt/?igshid=p4wzuh32zv5j

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Butterfly studies from when I visited the butterfly house @natural_history_museum . Just love these beautifull little insects! .oh and moths 2x4 . . #butterflydrawing #artlife #naturalhistoryillustration #butterflyhouse #drawingstudies #sketchbook #watercolor #watercolour #pencilart #painting #drawing #butterfly #acuarela https://www.instagram.com/p/B3mqSE_jYwq/?igshid=7z9uike9jbh1

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Whoop! The first of 9 drawings of the wildlife skulls challenge. Keeping with the theme of the month, spooky Halloween. 👻 This is simpler then my adjacent OC challenge which is watercolours. This skulls challenge is all about wild life taking over. My skulls will be staying true to #inktober as well and are going to be completely ink. No colour. First prompt up! You may have already guessed, "Floral Skull". . . . #drawing #artist #inktober2019 #skullart #sketch #inkdrawing #micronartpens #inkpen #artink #sketchingdaily #sketching #octoberchallenge #drawsomething #floraart https://www.instagram.com/p/B3h4en2jYiO/?igshid=i72yhi9lwm33

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Yes she did it! I really struggled with this painting, i think it's because i started with the wrong shade for the skin which just made it more difficult to tone down at the end. But it's done! OC animal persona challenge, Red Fox 🦊 complete, Bazinga. Also I've been watching a bit of #rupauldragrace which I love! Hence I have tots been influenced in this painting. #dragqueendrawing . check out igtv for plaintiff process! 💋 . . . #characterdesign #occharacter #originalcharacter #characterdesignchallenge #createacharacterchallenge #octoberchallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/B3hH-txDUvt/?igshid=17257o8e46rpw

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An old ish portrait drawing thought I would share. The style is inspired by when I was live drawing all of the time and I was drawing with an extra long sharpened pencil lead ✏️🤓 . . . #drawingstudies #drawing #sketch #portrait #portraitpencil #portraitdrawing #fashiondrawing #sketchbook #instaartist #instadrawing #portraitart https://www.instagram.com/p/B2j4HHNg0KZ/?igshid=18b9dgvf2m5bj

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An explosion of colour! Might recognise this one from a previous post which was just the ink outlines. Here I used #copicmarkers mixed with the #promarkers and a few of the cheeper #alcoholmarkers cos' they get hella expensive. 🙊 I was still learning on this one, developing my style and all that but it's always good to acknowledge your past endeavours! That way we grow. 🤓👍🎨. #throwbackart . . . #portraitart #copicart #illustrationartists #promarkersdrawing #colorfulart #boldartwork #semirealism #copicportrait #artlife #artstudy #pinkhairart #punkart https://www.instagram.com/p/B1_iC3Ejk8I/?igshid=11mtpwkd3yjfy

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Haven't posted in a couple weeks mainly because I haven't been doing much new art, perhaps inktober will change that... Haven't decided if I will be doing it this year. Anybody found any good challenges? Also. So instead of new stuff I thought i would go back into my old stock and post some drawings that hasn't seen the light of day for a while. So here we go! I really enjoyed doing this style test back in 2015, the paper was fun to draw on and,... well she's pretty darn cool don't ya think? . . . #haloweenmakeup #sketch #sketchbook #pencildrawing #portraitdrawing #illustrator #graphite #inkdrawing #sketchingart #biropen #throwbackart #pencilart #pencilsketches #learningartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B19Lmstjbng/?igshid=1psj7cda5qmd0

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Hola chico! Hehe biro drawn portrait of another uncredited artist, again you can find my references over on my Pinterest: face hair and makeup board. QUESTION. would anyone be I retested in seeing my portrait resource page over in my stories? X . #drawing #biropen #biropendrawing #modeldraw #instaart #sketchbook #drawingstudies #illustration #alwaysdrawing #sketchlicious #fashionartist #portraitdrawing #portraitart #pendrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/B08208tDHVy/?igshid=ue1f3mzpmsrn

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High time for some tea! #artisthardatwork . #artslife #lifeofartists #creative #creativelifestyle #afternoontea #artist #selfportrait (at Angel, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/B08iQsJDG5a/?igshid=suj56u21j6ph

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#throwbackthursday , some of you may be recognising some of these pictures from before my previous IG account, which unfortunately got hacked. Thought I would share some of my favourite drawings etc since I worked so hard on making them way back when. Most of these throw backs are from between 2015/17. Give me a heeeey yaaa if you recognise any of these! . #pencildrawing #audryhepburn #graphite #pencilsketch #sketchbook #pencilportrait #水彩 #artwork #artsy #artists #creative #illustrator #instagood #instaartists (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B06OqSEDx45/?igshid=hs9pv6b65ers

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Animal cuteness for everybody's Friday! . #animalart #sketch #sketchbook #pencildrawing #drawinganimals #illustrator #cuteanimaldrawing #graphite #inkdrawing #sketchingart #biropen #commisionsopen https://www.instagram.com/p/B0q02XljTFc/?igshid=khpwah2ytbn7

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An oldie but still one of my favourites. Inspired by photo ref; blogger left no info, but the girl was much younger in the original so I decided to age her up a bit. Love animals and people as characters together. This illustration is very much a unison with nature and man, something I think is always beneficial the world 🌎 🤓 . #watercolourpaintings #watercolour #watercolor #artlife #watercolorartists #portraitpainting #fantasyportrait #wolfartwork #moleskinesketchbook #semirealism #witchartist (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jKdGQjkLK/?igshid=z3lobtc3d01e

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Forgot to add these yesterday! My brass rubbings from Orford church grave stones from inside the church. I borrowed some kids supplies to do this, hehe. First we have a choir of people in prayer I imagine, then an angel that's a little hard to see, and last a saints head. I'll be honest I was in a rush and didn't get the name, but I did have fun going back to this classic way of recording. #oldschoolart Felt 5 yrs old again. 🤓 . #drawingstudies #brassrubbing #illustration #illustrator #artist #artlife #travelartist #inkartwork #churchdrawing #churchartwork #traveldrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/B0i3gIrjeXv/?igshid=gt5h9d8anp50

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So as promised a few of my creative escapades from my trip to Orford and Aldeburgh in England. There wasn't a huge amount of time to draw between driving and photo taking, but I got a few sketches down at least, and some brass rubbing! Proper old school. Kl. 😎 And of course my trinkets and random collections etc at the end there. . . #travelartist #traveljournal #sketchbook #artlife #artaddict #creativejournaling #brassrubbing #travelart (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0glnHvDTKE/?igshid=1c3bycq2x76it

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Simple outline portrait post today. I am reposting some oldies but goodies, spesh' since I'm going on another trip! Much shorter this time but still, yay seaside in #englandheatwave . STAY TUNED! More posts tonight, tomorrow, who knows! Sunshine! . #inkartwork #ink #characterart #alwaysdrawing #lineart #artaddict #brushpen #ink #drawing #quicksketch #blackandwhitesketch #artlife #illustrator #sketch #drawing #outline #sketchbook #portraitdrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/B0TxYHuDNzO/?igshid=19cih9cnsuab1