Starlane Art by Saskia Franken-Saers

Fantasy artwork created by Saskia Franken-Saers.

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Amidst all the turmoil, it’s important to celebrate the small things. Today, I launched my new website!

My fantasy art portfolio is now available for all to see. Email me for inquiries!

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The online portfolio of Studio Sasafras, also the artist and illustrator known as Saskia Franken-Saers.

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Back in the game - a fresh art start for 2022

Back in the game – a fresh art start for 2022

In 2021 I sport of went of grid for a while, not creating for a while and posting very little. The reason is a health issue, not my own, but one that is deeply affecting our family and how we are functioning. Because most of the caretaking for our boy fell on mefor the large part, there was little time left to do anything creative at all, while I needed time adapting to this new normal. So,…

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Opal Unicorn art challenge & having fun

Opal Unicorn art challenge & having fun

After I finish a large painting that I’ve been working intensely on for weeks in a row, I usually find myself having some sort of painter’s block. Luckily, a great lady I follow on Instagram called Opal Unicorn, started the Opal Unicorn Art Challenge, featuring unicorn themes for 28 days. So bye bye painter’s block 🙂 How to battle painter’s block Repaint job When I find myself in the abyss called…

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Sweet Eviline stickers and magnets

Sweet Eviline stickers and magnets

Are you ready to do some holiday shopping? Then don’t miss out on my recently completely updated Etsy store! Now featuring stickers and magnets of my most recent artwork. Sweet Eviline sticker Sweet Eviline stickers and magnets Recently I created my Sweet Eviline illustration as part of Drawlloween on Instagram. I liked creating this little evil cutie so much, that I thought she would be the…

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Sweet Eviline - Drawlloween week 4

Sweet Eviline – Drawlloween week 4

Happy Halloween everybody! I can’t believe how fast this month of Drawlloween has passed. It was such great fun creating art through these prompt list. Sweet Eviline, which I created this week, is one I myself really love. But let’s see what this last week of drawing and sketching has resulted in. Drawlloween prompts week 4 This week’s prompts on Camilla d’Errico’s Hivelloween list of killer bees…

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Pandora's Box - Drawlloween week 3

Pandora’s Box – Drawlloween week 3

In week 3 of Drawlloween I created Pandora’s Box, one of my favorite illustrations so far. Although I did not do a lot of different illustrations this week, I’m proud of these two I did create. And of course, it’s not so much about quantity, as it is about quality 😉 Pandora’s Box big eye illustration Pandora’s Box work in progress From the two prompt lists I used for Drawlloween, these are the…

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Drawlloween Killer Bees & Girlfriends - week 2

Drawlloween Killer Bees & Girlfriends – week 2

For the second week of Drawlloween I created a combo of three Killer Bees in one illustration. But I also did a cute skully from the Girlfriends of Halloween prompt list, my Plague Doctor. Killer Bees & Girlfriends of Halloween I really love the prompts on these two lists from Camilla d’Errico’s Hivelloween Killer Bees, and Camille Pfister’s Girlfriends of Halloween. Not only is it great…

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October means Drawlloween! - week 1

October means Drawlloween! – week 1

October on Instagram is a great time for artists to strut their stuff. Because October means Drawlloween, or #drawlloween, and a lot of well-known artists share a prompt list which you can use to create your own art. This year I decided I would dedicate October to create as much art as I can. For this I followed the prompt lists of two artists I admire very much, and who coincidentally share…

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Surreal Harmony Art Collective Halloween auction

Surreal Harmony Art Collective Halloween auction

On Instagram there is an art group, of which I have been a proud member for several years now. The Surreal Harmony Art Collective is focused on creating beautiful pop-surrealistic art, and organizes several art auctions each year. Because the holiday is coming up, this month it is time for a Halloween auction. The Death of Ice by Camille Pfister Surreal Harmony Art Collective Often with big eyed…

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Tattoo art commission Alice in Wonderland

Tattoo art commission Alice in Wonderland

In my time as illustrator I’ve had several people inquiring after the possibility of creating a tattoo art commission for them. Here’s an Alice in Wonderland based piece I did this month. Tattoo Art Recently someone who likes my art style contacted me about creating her a commission. She wanted to tattoo a portrait of her daughter. My big eyed girls appealed to her, so she asked me to do a…

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Transcience finished piece for Squared Art Show

Transcience finished piece for Squared Art Show

Last year I participated in an exhibit at Penumbra Art Gallery in Portugal. This year due to Covid-19, the art shows are mostly online. A reoccurring show “Squared” is held in July. And although I haven’t had much time to work on my art this year, I couldn’t pass up on this chance to participate again. So, as a sort of follow-up on last year’s Life, this year I created a piece called…

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Eighties Icon chibi's deel 2

Eighties Icon chibi’s deel 2

In mijn vorige post vertelde ik over mijn She-Ra chibi, Rainbow Brite en Jem and the Holograms die ik maakte. Mijn serie van Eighties Icons werd verder uitgebreid met Lady Lovely Locks en Candy Candy.

Candy Candy chibi © Studio FrankenSaers Candy Candy en Lady Lovely Locks

Een van de series waar ik in de jaren ’80 naar keek, was Lady Lovely Locks. Deze serie heeft, bij ons in Nederland in ieder…

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Eighties Icon Chibi's deel 1

Eighties Icon Chibi’s deel 1

Omdat mijn teken- en schildertijd wat beperkter is geworden sinds ik moeder werd, zocht ik naar manieren om toch iets moois op papier te kunnen zetten, maar waar minder tijd voor nodig is. Het werden mijn Eighties Icon chibi’s. De serie begon met de Princess of Power, mijn She-Ra chibi. 

She-Ra chibi © Studio FrankenSaers Met mijn She-Ra chibi terug naar de jaren ’80

Waar ik nu af en toe vol…

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Witte Zwaan en Zwarte Zwaan

Een van mijn favoriete verhalen is die van het Zwanenmeer. Toen ik 4 jaar oud was zag ik voor het eerst de manga-versie over de witte zwaan Odette, en haar liefde voor prins Cedric. Ik was verkocht. Hoewel de film nu erg houterig overkomt en wellicht een beetje oubollig, vind ik het nog steeds leuk om te zien. Al was het alleen al vanwege de mooi vormgegeven figuurtjes. Het werd dus eens hoog…

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Terug naar schilderen met olieverf

Terug naar schilderen met olieverf

Het is iets wat ik enkele jaren niet meer heb gedaan, en waar ik heel graag weer mee wilde beginnen. Schilderen met olieverf.

Verwerking

Ik ben gestopt met olieverf voordat ik zwanger werd. Dit omdat ik geen enkel risico wilde lopen dat giftige stoffen bij mijn kindje zouden komen. Maar dat betekent niet dat ik het schilderen niet gemist heb. Ondanks dat ik graag schilder met acrylverf, heeft…

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Rust in vrede Qing Han

Rust in vrede Qing Han

Toen ik begon op Instagram, ging er een wereld voor me open. Zoveel kunstenaars, en zoveel moois. Een van de kunstenaars die ik al snel ben gaan volgen was Qinniart. Zij maakte prachtige manga-achtige illustraties, gebaseerd op haar leven en de dingen die zij doormaakte. En nu… is deze sympathieke en enorm getalenteerde kunstenares er niet meer…

Galaxies for Qinni

Een van Qing Han’s favoriete…

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Candy Cane Munny vinyl figuurtje

Candy Cane Munny vinyl figuurtje

Het is al een poos geleden dat ik een lading Munny World vinyl figuurtjes had besteld. In 2018 had ik natuurlijk mijn Falling Apart Munny geschilderd, en mijn Mermaid Munny. Gezien de tijd van het jaar, besluit ik dat mijn derde vinyl figuurtje een Candy Cane Munny gaat worden. 

Candy Cane Munny work in progress

De kenmerken van een candy cane verwerken

Een candy cane, of in het Nederlands gewoon…

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