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MERMAY // Venus Mermaid Scroll to see close ups of Venus in this month’s “Celestial Sirens”! 👉👁👁 (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COdQuI2MQS-/?igshid=16frfzy0dvnr9

It’s officially official. At 34, I am returning to college to earn my Associate of Arts in Illustration. This is a huge step for me and I’m a little nervous, but I’m also determined to open new opportunities for myself and this is how I’m going to do it. 💜💜💜 #aauillustration #ursaink #academyofart #academyofartuniversity #femaleillustrator #womenillustrators #goingbacktocollege #IFeelOld https://www.instagram.com/p/COOZb52sBgP/?igshid=1ka5oruwbe1ec

WORK IN PROGRESS // I’m writing the kitsune and kappa stories today for my Mythic Mail Japan illustrated novel. I have my trusty printed dummy copy to refer to and inspire me while I write. 💜 . #mythicmail #japaneseculture #ukiyoe #kitsune #kappa #yokai #indiebooks #indiebook #yokaiart #kitsunemask #kitsunegirl #japanesemonster #japan #illustrationartists #illustragram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #digitalart #californiaartist #visitjapan #traveljapan #independentauthor #indieauthor #indieauthorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHTZxns4Oi/?utm_medium=tumblr

Spirited Away watercolor and gouache town scene. #ursaink #spiritedaway #spiritedawayart #scenestudy #artstudy #ghibliart #ghiblifanart #ghibliredraw (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNxSZQ_M07_/?igshid=15utxs4l4axpx

MERMAY // Saturn Mermaid 🪐 👁See 👁 more in the scroll 👉 Follow @ursa.ink for more mermaid-y planets! . #celestialsirens2021 hosts: @josephbayfield @shlokadraws @donaverbo.art @leoniergg @lova.draws @dampfnudel_illust @nlo_illustration @naman_doodles (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COySfdNMDRk/?igshid=38biqoary0sb

I wonder if a few of these simple marker sketches would’ve fun in my SH 💜 P... I could scan them in from my sketchbook and see what happens. I think I would like a copy of these to brighten up my studio space. They aren’t finished artwork or anything. Just fun marker sketches in sets of 3 on a page (5 pages of 3 each, 15 sketches total). What do you think? #ursaink #markersketch #markersketching #sketchbookdrawing #sketchingwithmarkers #markerart #markerdrawing #whysoblue #blueaesthetic #bluemarker #calaverascounty #calaverasartists #californiaartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM5mNXrMSBF/?igshid=tg3funf7wqdk

✨ Tanuki Tuesday!!! 💜 This should be a thing. Real life tanuki, Japanese “raccoon dogs”, are adorable and their mythic counterparts are charmingly mischievous. It’s hard not to love these little characters. . Mythic Mail, Letters From Japan is being released September 1st!!! I’m so excited! 🥳🤩🤩🤩 . #indiebooks #indiebook #mythicmail #mythicalcreatures #yokai #yokaiwatch #yokaiart #japan #traveljapan #japantravel #japanesefolklore #japanesemonster #snailmaillove #indiebookstore #indieauthors #indieauthorsofinstagram #supportindieauthors #mythology #japanesemythology #japaneseculture #mythical #tanuki #tanukijapan #raccoondog (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTP2X0KpPjU/?utm_medium=tumblr

🍵 Kumamoto Teahouse 🍡 This teahouse is a fictional place of course, but this is one of my favorite faux polaroids of Japan in my upcoming illustrated novel. When I was a teenager, we had exchange students that stayed with us from time to time. One girl was Kumamoto, Japan. She taught me how to write in traditional calligraphy. I was not very good. But my fondest memory of her is of the postcards of the Kumamoto area that she brought as a gift. Memories of her have made it into my book. . #traveljapan #indiebooks #indieauthor #indieauthorsofinstagram #supportindieauthors #kumamoto #kumamotocity #artistsoninstagram #painting🎨 #artistic #artoftheday🎨 #artpage #illustrationartist #digitalillustrations #digitalpaintings #digitalartwork #digitalarts #digitalarttutorial #digitalartist #californiaart #procreateartist #ipadart #californiaartist (at Kumamoto熊本) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRuFa-YMOU4/?utm_medium=tumblr

Dude. #ursaink #holographic #holographicstickers #pinkhairdontcare #pinkhairdontcare🦄 #californiagirls #caligirls #dude (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKkcwAksCEu/?igshid=18d7ht97zeu2r