Here’s the cover piece from the illustration series I just finished for @Keith Meola ✨ I loved illustrating different ways in which #bitcoin is used around the world. As always I wanted to keep it personable, human and warm. When you look at this image I wanted you to feel a sense of community, ease and peace of mind. With a dose of playfulness. After all, there is no playfulness without safety and there is no safety without freedom. Bitcoin is freedom. #bitcoinart #bitcoinillustration #bitcoinartist #v4v #artstr #proofofwork #proofofart #art

Day trip to Cambridge today, I like it here. And I liked this tree devouring a house in slow motion.

✨I loved working on this and I was also very frustrated while working on this. Lots of learning and I love it in the end. #picturebookart #picturebookillustration #childrensillustrations #artstr #proofofart #proofofwork #bitcoinartist #witchshop

It happened. Not the first time either. But I so enjoy a cup of tea while I paint! #artistlife #bitcoinartist #artstr

So much easier and nicer to draw and paint after a good night’s sleep. The whole suffering artist myth is such a stupid idea. Anyway. Happy to start a week with finishing a nice commission. #editorialillustration #bitcoinart #artstr #craftstr #artonnostr #bitcoinartist #bitcoinillustration

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5 minutes sketch while waiting for the food to arrive. I had to quickly decide what was important for me here. And more than the people in front of me, it was the way both inside and outside were present in the frame. #urbansketching #bitcoinartist #artstr #artonnostr #drawing #sketchbook

Sharing the process behind an illustration: from the sketch, through the colour roughs to the final artwork. I know no one’s got time for clicking outside links but I think it’s worth a look. I’m obviously biased. Link below.

A Journey to the Final Image

I love peeking into people’s sketchbooks, learning about their process and seeing how an idea turns into a final image.

#bitcoinartist #artstr #craftstr #artonnostr

Some parts of the process are just very relaxing. While others are anguish, experimentation and frustration of battling with the unknown. This is the relaxing part. #bitcoinillustration #bitcoinart #bitcoinartist #artstr #craftstr #proofofwork #proofofart @Keith Meola