Happy Halloween!

YAY! It's Halloween again and as every year I'm celebrating it with a sexy pinup, but this time I'm even more excited about it because this illustration is part of my upcoming "2016 PinUp Calendar"!

It will feature 12 whole new pinup artworks, one girl for each month and yes! this will be October's lady.
There'll be a wall and a desk version, and I plan to add some goodies on the package as a thank you gift ♥
I haven't chosen the goodies yet, so any ideas and comments are welcome!

Pre-orders will be officially available very soon, but you can already send me an email to ariartna@gmail.com and tell me you'll want a copy \(^ o ^)/

Meanwhile, you'll find this pretty lady printed on a lot of new stuff on my Society6 shop! 

 Happy Halloween everyone!  Ψ( ｀▽´ )Ψ

Back to work!

Well, actually I haven't stopped working! :_D

For the last few months I've been working on a big, big project from which I hope to get really great news, but I can't show anything about it yet.

Meanwhile, it's time to get back to all the personal projects I left unfinished, and the very first one of them is... my 2016 "Pin Up Girls" Calendar!

The overall design is planned, but now I must work hard and create 12 completely new illustrations for the calendar, it may sound like a lot of work (and it is) but I couldn't be more motivated about it ♥

I'll be posting the process of all the illustrations and tell you when you can preorder the calendar ;)

I went to my favourite art store and got a new and wonderful sketchbook,
it's small enough to carry with me wherever I go and yet it has a good size to feel comfortable while drawing (the ones I bought lately were too small).

I also got me a super cute pink pencil, now I just want to draw in blue & pink!

Doodling just got a lot more fun! *___*

Happy Birthday, dear Marilyn ♥

1st June is Marilyn Monroe's birthday, she would have turned 89 and become a lovely grandma ♥

In my mind she's always alive, whenever I'm stuck drawing a pin up girl, I ask to myself how would Marilyn look, and inspiration comes right to me! So here's my little tribute to my beloved muse.

I don't know if gentlemen prefer blondes, but sure they all prefer Marilyn xDD

Happy Birthday, sweet Norma Jeane!

♥_________________♥ !

Disney doodles: week 2

The little game, #DisneyDoodles  keeps going on! (you can see the first round here)

Remember that to participate you just have to follow me on Instagram or Twitter and vote for your favourite characters! ;)

These were the doodles of the 2nd round:

Special doodle, couples theme:  Anna & Kristoff or Beauty and the Beast, 

and Disney's classic movie was chosen.

Lady won over Cruella de Vil! Definitely we prefer dogs than fur!

The incredibly sensual Esmeralda won the brunettes match, against Pocahontas.

Veggies canvas

As you may remember, last Christmas I printed my own pin-up artworks calendar and to my surprise I sold lots and lots of copies! Part of this was thanks to my mother-in-law, who truly helped me a lot to promote, sell and even pack them ♥

I felt so grateful, that I prepared a little surprise to thank her: an original painting on canvas about one of her favourite hobbies, veggies! :P

I swear it's been YEARS since the last time I touched gouaches, you can imagine how nervous I was before starting to paint it! xDD But then I felt very comfortable with the technique and I loved the fact that, unlike watercolours, I got bright and intense colours (that's one of the main reasons I don't usually paint with traditional techniques... Ok, that and the magic "undo" button xD).

Amb carinyo, per a la Carme!

Disney Doodles: week 1

This month I'm getting ready for an important project (I hope I'll be able to tell you about it soon!) and to practice my "Disney skills" I've started a little game on my Instagram and Twitter accounts:

Everyday I'll give you 2 characters and YOU will vote which one you want me to draw for the next day!
Taking part of the game is as easy as following me on Twitter and/or Instagram and vote daily for your favourite character! I'll be waiting for you! ;)

And these have been the doodles of this first week:

I started with a personal favourite, Ariel wearing that lovely pink dress 

(who said pink and red can't go well together?!)

"Guys, I want a castle."

The first winner was Flynn Rider, he defeated Queen Elsa!

Next ones were Nala (The Lion King) and Thumper (Bambi),

and the adorable rabbit won the match!

Last one of the week was Tinkerbell, though Genie (Aladdin) 

was very close to win the match!

Sant Jordi '15

Oh yes!! It's my favourite day of the year again: 23rd April, "Sant Jordi"!

I love this date because in Catalonia we have the tradition in which men give a rose to women, and we give men a book as a present (but nowadays we girls get both things, yay!).
That means today Barcelona (and every city in Catalonia) looks even more beautiful with its streets full of roses and books, it's impossible to stay at home today!

And here's the dragon of St. George's legend, I love the story but I always feel sorry for the dragon, he was just a bit hungry! xDD So I prefer to make it look adorable and give the story a happy ending for everyone.

By the way, I'm sorry I've been posting the same picture for the last 3 years :_D I hope next year I'll finally have time enough to make a new illustration to celebrate this beautiful day! :D

Happy world book day and St. George's Day!
Feliç Diada de Sant Jordi

¡Feliz Día del Libro!