Copic Animals

Wellll a lot has happened in the past three months, probably too much for one post to handle, so I think I'll bring this blog back up to speed one thing at a time.  First and foremost, I changed the name of my blog to match my new artsy Instagram account, Sweet Dea Drawings.  Sorry for the confusion, I just felt it was time to part ways with "Baked Setae."  Even though it was a terrific science pun.

Aside from my changes in social media, I also said goodbye to Tallahassee and moved back to my hometown, Sebastian, this past July.  I was in kind of an artistic/emotional rut for my last few months in Tally, but I think the healing powers of the beach (as well as good friends and family) have rejuvenated my motivation to create.  I've been pretty busy lately, with two jobs and two awesome volunteer research/illustration positions (which I will talk about later), but I'm using my time inbetween to work on some personal projects again!

One project I've become obsessed with is my animal portrait series using my new Copic markers (thank you, Michael's employee discount).  I don't know if it's weird to claim you are in love with markers - it probably is - but I am in love with these markers.  If any of you are debating about buying them, do it!  Anyway, here are a couple pieces I've done so far:

Black Bear - Copic markers, 1-2hrs

Seahorse - Copic markers, 1-2hrs

White Tail Deer/Stag - Copic markers, 1-2hrs

Toucan - Copic markers, 1-2hrs

I've got a pretty big list of animals to come, but more requests are always welcome!  And if you would like one of these little guys to decorate your walls/phones, they are up for sale on my Redbubble and Society6 accounts :)