Memento Mori

Pia, 23, Bangalore, India.

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🔍Tiny painting🔍 Been experimenting a lot with stuff that doesn't even mean anything or wouldn't possibly amount to much. But it's feeling amazing to make something without giving af. Sorry if you all are expecting some art account with some major aesthetically planned grid and lots of similar work and consistency in style. Feel like I never stop learning new things.

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🌻🌿❤️🐠WIP🌺🌾🍀🐚 . #illustration #illustrations #illustrators #illustratorsofinstagram #artistsofinstagram #mixedmedia #penandink #watercolour #colouredpencils #handmade #instaart #drawing #sketchbook #sketching #sketches #artoftheday #drawingoftheday #gouache

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Got a lovely extensive article in the latest issue of @indipoolmag! I talk about what inspires me, @pigmenta.in and some new upcoming plans. The issue is #96 and is available as a digital issue and phyiscal magazine too. Check out their account! 🐯

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Working on some small girls to put for sale! Mixed media - watercolours, gouache, colored pencils 🌻 #illustration #illustrations #illustrators #illustratorsofinstagram #artistsofinstagram #mixedmedia #penandink #watercolour #colouredpencils #handmade #instaart #drawing #sketchbook #sketching #sketches #artoftheday #drawingoftheday

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A copy of a Kazuo Oga background from My Neighbor Totoro. It didnt reach its final form, I grew tired of detailing, so leaving this as is. Done in poster paints.🌻 . #studioghibli #kazuooga #myneighbortotoro ##illustration #illustrations #illustrators #illustratorsofinstagram #artistsofinstagram #mixedmedia #gouache #posterpaints #watercolour #handmade #instaart #drawing #sketchbook #sketching #sketches #artoftheday #drawingoftheday

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Fondly reminiscing that one time I opened the gates of hell inside the studio while trying to make some handmade paper. Everything was covered in water and I found paper pulp in odd places for days. Made a bunch of sheets from old courier packaging. Yes that's gold you see embedded in the paper

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Working on this exciting mixed media commission. So far used Pan Pastels, colored pencil and now adding some gouache 🌻

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First of many small paintings I worked on recently. Done using gouache and poster color filled in @pigmenta.in empty pans. I will photograph the rest soon. . If anyone knows of a affordable tripod that I can use to shoot from above/any hack, please let me know.

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And another one, trying this brush pen I got in Japan.

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Some drawing on actual paper after ages. Image is referenced from Pinterest. I really need to get back to sketching again.

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Ready for this Indian summer. The first dress has patterns that I use in my illustrations - of course I had to procure it 🌟

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⚠️Pet owners please pay attention:⚠️ Earlier this afternoon Pip vomited and collapsed and I rushed her to the vet. She had a heat stroke. She needed an IV and bunch of shots before she could come home. Advice from the vet: 🐶 even if water is kept for dogs, if it goes warm they won't drink, so make sure the water is cool (use ice) and make sure they are sprayed with water in the afternoons 🐶 the heat makes them avoid food and causes gastric issues like vomiting etc. Feed only morning and night and make sure they eat properly 🐶 avoid keeping the dogs outdoors or taking them for walks in the heat 🐶 symptoms of heat stroke are panting, wobbly walk, passing out, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures. Always apply a wet cloth on the dogs heads, wipe their bodies down or spray them with water if you notice them over heating 🐶 if they look like they are having a heat stroke first thing is spray them or dampen their heads and then take them to the vet immediately Swipe for videos showing how she looked during her collapse. It needn't happen suddenly. She first sat still and was wobbly, she then fell to the floor and couldn't get up or stay awake. All this happened even while she was in the ground floor, indoors, fans on. Every summer I have been cautious about dogs the having heat strokes, but it still happened. Be watchful of your furry friends. If this hadn't happened in front of me, or if she was outside or upstairs or on the terrace, I wouldn't have known.

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Tea and practice ☕ #illustration #illustrations#illustratorsofinstagram #plants #fauxbonichi

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Working on some intentional textures today using watercolours. Also busted out the Canson Imagine paper which I haven't tested out completely (it's a mixed media paper) and using some Mijello Mission Gold watercolours. Would you like a review of the products?

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One more of the texture experiments. This paper is pretty darn good but it takes some getting used to. I've been having some weird insomnia/exhausted during the day nonsense happening for a week now. Do you guys like working nights? It's so lovely and quiet working at night but the whole next day gets wasted sleeping in. What to do!?

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Back to the oil painting madness. I missed your foul smell, turp. #illustration #illustratorsofinstagram #oilpainting

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#marchmeetthemaker //Day 5: Photography // I'm double posting in hopes of catching up since this topic is not too elaborate. For photographing my work I don't have any special equipment. I use a Canon EOS M with an 18-55mm lens. It's a nice compact mirrorless camera and my videos and travel footage too. I'm using it with a Toshiba Flash Air memory card so I can directly import pictures into my phone and post on social media immediately. My husband has some simple LED studio lights which I use to balance daylight from a window when I photograph work. In my home and studio I have only warm lights since it's easier on the eyes and makes everything more homely. These lights make my pictures look super warm but I don't edit them out much. I also use my phone which is a Redmi Note 4 and the camera is not the greatest since it doesn't really have a proper shake stabilizer but it's okay I guess. I can really see how bad the stuff from my phone is when I look back at my Instagram stories 😂 Swipe for a picture of my phone 😂 #illustratorsofinstagram