I'm so excited about joining the Steemit community, I'm looking forward to sharing my digital art tutorials with you!
I started my adventure on Instagram, sharing my knowledge and motivating my followers to keep practicing drawing and painting. I also make digital art video tutorials on YouTube, showing step by step painting processes and timelapse videos. Here on Steemit I'll be sharing step by step digital art tutorials full of painting tips to help you on your (digital) art journey.
But first, let me introduce myself! I'm Floortje and I've been a passionate artist since I was still very young...
I remember spending a lot of time with a pencil and paper, practicing drawing animals mostly. Back in the days there was no internet to distract me, so there was a lot of time to practice and develop my skills.
I remember when I was about 8 or 9 years old, I went to the library and found a book about Corel Draw. I don't know why I took it, I didn't even have the software, but the possibility of drawing on a computer really intrigued me. I read the book from front to end and learned everything there was to know about Corel Draw, it felt like reading about magic.
But... I never got the software. I was sad for a time, but after a while I forgot about it.
Drawing never stopped being my passion though and I spent a lot of time in the classroom doodling while listening to the teachers. I did well at school and ended up at a University in Amsterdam, while drawing remained just a hobby.
Til I found out about Photoshop and the ability to paint with it about ten years ago. I felt the same as I did when I was 9 years old, this was pure magic to me. I bought a Wacom pen tablet as soon as I could and started painting digital. I dedicated a whole lot of my time to practicing and improving my digital art skills. I read a lot of ImagineFX and felt amazed by the work of famous artists I saw on CGsociety and DeviantART.
I got my work published in some Dutch Photoshop magazines and even made a digital painting turorial for one of those magazines. The biggest highlight was getting in Ballistic Publishing's Exotique 7 though, it still amazes me :)
After that I actually started painting less and less, my life and work kept me busy. Til about little more than half a year ago, when I got motivated to get active on Instagram. My number of followers grew explosively and they kept me motivated to keep painting. In return I try and motivate them to practice and improve their skills, the same way I keep working to improve.
I try to make easy to follow digital art tutorials and motivational videos.
And the support I get from my followers is heartwarming!
I hope I'll be able to do the same thing here on Steemit and ofcourse I'm hoping Steemit will flourish <3
I will be posting my first Steemit digital art tutorial soon!
Finally here is one of my latest digital paintings
Welcome , I love your painting xx
Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it :D
welcome to the steemit community add me and I will do the same @goodaytraders
Thanks! I just did :) I'm still trying to work things out in this community :)
Welcome to Steem @artwithflo I have sent you a tip
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)
Welcome to party! Your pixel painting skills are amazing. Wish I had your patience. I do mainly vector and find it's much quicker for me.
I think you will do well on Steemit ;)
Thank you so much! It seems vector drawing isn't really my thing, I actually don't have the patience to do thát ;) I like to start out really messy with my drawings and paintings.
It would be great if I'll do well on Steemit, I'll do my best. Seems like a lovely community!
It would take me a week on PS to do what you do! Yeah, this site rocks. It's like slowly growing a garden :)
Well I sure hope I'm better at this than I am at gardering, plants tend to die when I take care of them :')
Haha! Unless it's a pixel garden...
@artwithflo . you truly are an amazing artist . :) my daughter loves to draw as well and has done great ones for school :) Keep up the amazing art :) Thank you for sharing your story on how you got where you are today :)
Thank you! Wonderful to hear that your daughter loves to draw as well :D Drawing can be so relaxing.
My little niece LOVES to draw. I taught her drawing when she was still a toddler, and now at 8 years old, her artistic talent and creativity are beyond anything I've seen. So proud of her.
That is wonderful! I hope she never loses her love for drawing :)
you're welcome and I so aree :)
Upvoted and followed :)A big welcome to Steemit @artwithflo. It's always nice to see creative talent join us :)
Thanks so much! I hope more and more artists will join :D
Welcome to Steemit :)
Thank you!
Great introduction post! Welcome to Steemit! I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do! :-)
Thank you! I hope so too :)
welcome! and as you are an artist I would like to invite you to my contest.
this one is ongoing https://steemit.com/artstyleart/@aksinya/2nd-artstyleart-theme-announcement-a-few-small-nips and today I will announce the winners. Tomorrow I will announce a new theme.
Nice to have you on board! Follow me at https://steemit.com/@bitgeek