Dr. Jo Draws

Instagram: @drjo_draws | I make art about music, especially Queen | Follows, reblogs, etc. from josephine-q

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🌟 Let them eat cake, she says, just like Marie Antoinette 🌟

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Finally finished my take on this iconic Alphonse Mucha piece! I’ve had the idea to draw Freddie into this vintage Moët & Chandon ad for months now, but I wasn’t brave enough to attempt it until my lovely husband offered to design the mandala in the background (so this is a mini collab with him!) Given the style of the song, and Freddie’s love for Mucha and art nouveau, this felt like the perfect combo. We added some nods to Queen in the design (crowns in the mandala, fairies on top, outfit based on Freddie’s famous Zandra Rhodes tunic), swipe for details! I definitely struggled with the pleats on his outfit and making the sleeves properly see-through, but I’m quite happy with how it turned out 😊 this style is a bit out of my comfort zone, but Mucha is one of my favorite artists so I had give it a try!

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The White Queen walks, and the night grows pale

Stars of lovingness in her hair

AKA Blue Moon Bri! I did this as part of a collaboration, and my theme was supposed to be Old Moon, but it ended up just being blue instead. I’m really proud of this piece though, and I had a ton of fun working with this limited color palette and experimenting with different brushes.

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Body Language Freddie ❤️ this was my drawing for a four-part Hot Space collab on Instagram with @ra_rachel.b (@eileen-crys) who drew John/Back Chat, @sarah_rugg (@jackolynsparrow) who drew Brian/Dancer, and @strimbu_andreea (@toviatoris) who drew Roger/Calling All Girls. Check out their work too, they’re all amazingly talented! Sorry for posting this so late, I’m super behind on putting my art on tumblr!

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Winners commission!

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I love it so much, thank you dear!

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Face paint Freddie! I wanted to practice a looser sketching style, but I thought I’d spice it up with some colorful face paint just for fun. Done in Procreate.

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Drew one of Mick Rock’s iconic Freddie photos, accidentally spent way too much time making it super detailed, but no regrets. This was done for the DTIYS from supernovasketches on Instagram, using my favorite flower.

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Art Deco Brian, for my draw this in your style challenge (details are on the Instagram post). He makes a majestic sea king.

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My entry for @drjodraws DTIYS on instagram!

I really had so much fun with it!! I forgot how fun it was to work in digital🥺.

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This. IS FANTASTIC. Absolutely perfect spin on the original (which I haven’t posted on here yet, whoops, but you can find it on my Instagram)

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Mellow blue pastel George.

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A couple red Freddies, reference photo was a still from when Queen performed Sheer Heart Attack during their 1981 Montreal show. I’ve had some major art block recently so I decided to experiment with colors and textures.

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The Vermilion Bird of the South, drawn for a dtiys from @toviatoris (@strimbu_andreea on instagram). I had soooo much fun with this one, and it was an interesting challenge to figure out how to draw those wings.

For more of my art, including an alternate version of this drawing, I’m @drjo_draws on Instagram!

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Little sketch of Freddie and Roger because this picture is adorable

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Freddie of the stars. Not gonna lie, this might be my favorite drawing so far :) definitely a fun palette to work with

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Galactic Lady Gaga. Including the time lapse video here because it’s fun.

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Some Freddie figure studies for practice. Also check out drjo_draws on Instagram for a bunch more of my art, if you’re interested :) I’m slowly posting most of it here too, but it may be a while to get all the good stuff up!

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Dragon Attack... this was actually the first Queen fan art I did, and what got me into the fandom. During the last season of Game of Thrones I thought the idea of Queen battling the zombie ice dragon atop the Wall would be funny, and then promptly spent four months drawing this thing (it’s something like 42 inches by 48 inches full sized). It was also the 2nd or 3rd thing I made after starting digital art, because apparently I like pain. Also I didn’t have a good reference for Roger so I kind of made him up based on several references... because I guess I REALLY like pain. There are sooooo many things I would have done differently with it now, but I’m still pretty happy with it.

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Is this thing on? Back on the tumblr game again, I see... my first several posts will probably be all my old stuff from the last 6 months-ish, like this one. Electric Freddie Acid Test.