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Illustration: Dinosaur Bones 🦕

Hello friends! Man, Season 13 is figuratively kicking my butt! It feels like only yesterday that I posted my artwork "The Graduation", and now I already finished my next drawing for Season 13 Episode 17. Embedded content: https://twitter.com/JoernDraws/status/1180077847119106054 As usual, before I start talking about how this piece came to be, let me start off by showing you my artwork! Under Jolly Roger I was out of town for a work trip to Berlin, our wonderful capital, when I received my...

Illustration: The Graduation 🔪

Man, in the years and years I've been working with David Cummings and his team for the NoSleep podcast, they sure never ceased to amaze me with the amount of exciting and interesting projects they throw my way. I can say without hyperbole that working for them has been one of the most important steps in my art career. This week, I was asked to illustrate "The Graduation" by D. Williams. Let me show you the artwork...

Illustration: Panïvar, the Broken Promise 💎

Man, am I happy to finally be able to write these lines. My first illustration for my personal project "Beneath Two Pale Suns" is finished! I started drawing Panïvar back in February 2018, and - all things considered - I must have sunk between 35 to 40 hours into this artwork, making it my most time-consuming painting yet. But now, I am ready for you guys and gals to meet her. Without further ado, here is Panïvar,...

Illustration: Whitefall 🚌

All aboard! Hello my lovelies! So glad to sit in front of a keyboard and talk to you all again, because wow — it has been a while! Since we last talked, I moved to a different city and settled in at my new house. It took some effort to get my drawing battlestation up and working again, but now I am back, more rested than ever, stylus poised and ready! Let's do this! I immediately sprung back into...

Illustration: Pass It On 📝

I started the game with a plea. I don’t want to play anymore. The scrawled message was almost illegible as if even this violated some implicit rule. My hand kept moving across the page. Before I even realized what I was doing, before I realized I wasn’t in control of my arm anymore, I’d written a reply. “Pass it on.” — "Pass It On" by Penny Tailsup Hello, fellow horror fans! This month is Women in Horror Month! When I...

The Public Domain 📚

Every once in a while, a commission makes me smile even more than usual. And David from the NoSleep Podcast asking me if I'm up to do artwork for the season finale makes me smile so hard my face hurts. The season finale of season 11 was even more of a nice surprise than usual, because not only did it feature multiple stories, but the main story (which the team asked me to focus on) was...

PodUK Conference, Birmingham, UK

Last Friday, I woke up with butterflies in my stomach. After providing artwork for the NoSleep Podcast for four years now, the day had finally come: I finally got to meet some of my lovely coworkers. Last Friday, my partner and I boarded a plan and set off on our merry way to Birmingham, UK, to attend the PodUK conference. PodUK is, as the name might suggest, a conference centered around podcasting and those who do it,...

The NoSleep Podcast Illustrated Trading Card Set: NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!

Check out the Kickstarter campaign! Bring the nightmares home Those of you who follow me on Twitter have probably seen me drone on about it, but for the rest of you, this year's Halloween brings a very special horror surprise. Introducing: the NoSleep Podcast Illustrated Trading Card Set! Seventeen artists from the NoSleep realm have joined forces under the banner of our fearless leader, Charlie Cody, to launch a Kickstarter campaign that brings the art of the NoSleep...

Illustration: Secrets and Motives

Oh poor, poor Bethany… Hello folks! I know it's been a while since you read from me, but that has beautiful reasons: I was travelling the world! Not only have I been to the US of A to visit scenic Pennsylvania, but I also pitched my tent between the rugged mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The vacations were a much-needed break from work to get my creative juices flowing again, and boy oh boy, did it...

Illustration: Survival Kitten 😺🔪

Out in the jungle, all on your own... I was not always what you would call an outdoorsy person. My childhood was almost entirely spend indoors, alternating between devouring books and immersing myself in video games. It was way past my adolescence that I discovered my intense love of nature. This love not only manifested itself in my choice to go vegan to try and minimize the damage I do on Mother Nature and our furry friends,...

Illustration: Mr. Clacky-Teeth 🐰

"You always forget my dentures, Holly!" In this week's episode of the NoSleep podcast, the protagonist of the titular story Mr. Clacky-Teeth makes reluctant acquaintance with her roommate's stuffed bunny slash ventriloquist dummy. While she gets an eerie vibe from the toy right away, she ignores it at her own peril until she finds herself forced into finding out about the history of the rabbit's dentures. Emulate another style? Or do my own thing? As I have mentioned...

Sketch: Panïvar, the Broken Promise

Hello folks! I'm currently working on two different commissions, and since I can't show you these yet (no spoiling the fun!), I want to present you with something special. Dear reader, may I introduce to you: Panïvar, the Broken Promise Panïvar is my first drawing for a project with the working title "Beneath Two Pale Suns. It's a personal project in which I want to explore a new art style and experiment with different ideas in the weird fantasy...