MERMAY // Mars Mermaid I’m Making The Conscious Decision To Include A Painted Version Of The Real Planet

Mythic Mail is going out in the post today! 🎁📬 This month includes a personalized little gift in with your letter. Enjoy!

👉 Get hooked up with a snail mail adventure with mythical creatures on my website (link in bio). And I’ll send your November letter out asap! 🤩✨🌙

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

What is your favorite mythical creature? This kappa isn’t necessarily my favorite, but I do find his whole story morbidly hilarious. 💜 All the behind the scenes details on this new book in my Clubs! 💜 #ursaink #kappa #kappacreature #japanesefolklore #japanesemythology #yokai #japanmythology #mythicalcreatures #mythicalcreature #mythicalart #mythicalbeast (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNbAA42MqYn/?igshid=118pyi4njf0de

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

Which do you like best? Purple💜 or green💚? 1,500 views in the first 30 minutes of posting yesterday’s reel! Thanks everyone!! I think the green looks creepier, but I like the purple too. Both are up in my SH 🖤 P. # ursaink #macabreart #goldrush #goldrushera #goldrushghost #hauntedhouse #hauntedmansion #goldmine #motherlode #ghoststories #ghosttown #goldrushtown #1850 (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpDVQZsufx/?igshid=boe0hmp8etd1

#MarchMeetTheMaker 💜 WORK IN PROGRESS 📚I always have 5 million “works in progress”, but my biggest project right now is my Mythic Mail book. Mythic Mail is a monthly snail mail adventure in letter form that i have an incredible amount of fun creating. 📚 I have loved creating it so much so that I wanted to take the adventure to Japan. Japan has such a rich monster culture. There are tons of creatures and tales to explore! It was hard to choose just a handful to explore. 📚 I have almost half of the main illustrations finished. Then I will move onto the writing and spot illustrations. Here I have my main sketches remaining and if you scroll, my book cover mockup. 📚 I am hoping to publish and release my Mythic Mail book sometime in late summer 2021. My Patrons in my Behind the Scenes Club are seeing all the illustration progressions and creature lists. 💜 . #ursaink @joannehawker #marchmeetthemaker #marchmeetthemaker2021 #meettheartist #meetthemaker #workinprogress #workinprogressart #meettheartist2021 #artaccount #indiebook #indiebooks (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKvud2sXRJ/?igshid=y00cvmdyhqbi

My little zen practice in the evenings. ✨🖤✨ #ursaink #sarahcuthill #markersketch #markerdrawing #calaverasart #calaverascounty #californiaartist #californiaart #lazysaturdaymorning #lazysaturdays #morningritual (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLhWKmqMBaO/?igshid=a0q336qa1uoi

PAIN 🖤 Are there any visual artists out there without hand pain!? Doubt it. 😂 Trying a little different composition with this one, but the same super saturated colors I love. . #ursaink #fantasyart #fantasyartist #horrorart #10kartist #artoftheday #artaccount #macabreart #weirdart #weirdaesthetic #darkaesthetic #californiaartist #californiaart (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDVFjCssAk/?igshid=58l4ighr8awn