Neil Gaiman inspiration

If you are an aspiring artists, you probably watched the video of Neil Gaiman’s commencement speech at the university of arts (you did not? Go watch!). Like practically everybody else, i fell in love with Gaiman’s vibe. I like to go on Youtube and listen to him talk. Recently I listened to readings from parts of his books, and…


why I NEVER go to the cinema

  watch out, nasty people who text in theaters! Elijah is coming for you! this was written in responds to a tweet by AMC theaters, that wrote that they will forbid texting in most of their theaters. I think the allow\forbid texting turned into a wider discussion, but honestly i don’t care. I already have my opinion on movie theaters and…


A visit to the post office

Today I sent my application for a set of ISBN’s and barcodes! i need these for my coloring book and for a few more children’s books that i’m making. while looking online for the price of registered mail i saw an ad for this gift box, issued by the post office for Passover: I spotted something familiar right away :p…


Ryuko Matoi cosplay

That was a busy month! With a lot of work on stock images and my other illustration projects, and with a secret Purim scheme that i’ve been plotting, my hand were completely full. luckily i managed to stick in some Purim themed vectors to get some extra downloads! This simple one really rocked it: In case you…


DIY unicorn headpiece

When I was a kid I kept a collection of glittery things. It was just a box filled with any glittery item I found – stickers, pencils, random pieces of plastic, it was all good as long as it had that wonderful sparkly gleam. I hit my 30’s, and surprise! nothing changed. I still admire glitter, and now I own a…


one of my latest vectors on the stock sites… and people ask me why i don’t want kids -_-.


on the way to a coloring book

Here is a peek to the process of creating an illustration for a coloring book. I’m thinking of getting PenTool Sai and use it instead of illustrator for this project. I heard it’s more convenient for creating outlines and controlling their width. But isn’t getting used to a new software agonizing?? it surely doesn’t help when PenTool Sai…


how to make a vector cartoon

here are the steps I took in drawing this simple vector cartoon with Adobe Illustrator. the outlines were drawn with the Pen tool and stylized with the Width tool. pretty easy, right?


the holidays inspiration lasts…

Nooooo~! The holidays season is over! But the inspiration collected during this colorful season moves on to the new year with me. It might be the right time to mention that I live in a place where Christmas is not celebrated, and New Year is a whole different story which takes place in September. Only in…


round, glossy goodies

some of my illustrated pinback buttons (and keychain mirrors!) are available in my Etsy store. take a lookie: www.etsy.com/il-en/shop/DearRaindoe