Hi! My name is Chris! pengu.inks on socials. I’m a graphic designer and digital artist, and I’ve been working professionally, mainly in graphic design, for about 12 years now. I love to draw and paint, but one thing I’ve always struggled with is creating completely from imagination. Sometimes making art feels 100% like catching lightning in a bottle. Over the past few years, I’ve definitely skipped some steps in my artistic development. I know many software tricks to speed up the workflow but i definitely struggle way more often than necessary during the art process just because I don't know what do for form, or lighting, or line art, or composition, or a laundry list of other things. I rely pretty heavily on references, and I often build my own lighting set up in 3D before I start painting. It speeds up my workflow and helps me solve problems, but sometimes I wonder how much I’ve come to depend on those tools. Take away my digital tool belt and i would have definitely struggled intesely to recreate, or even conceptualize this piece. Anyway, here’s my entry for the playing card competition! She’s a wicked queen casting a love spell on an apple. I’ve been painting a suspicious number of apples recently, so naturally one had to make its way into this piece too. For this one, I used Procreate and Photoshop for the illustration, with Adobe Illustrator for the border effects. Let me know what you think! I can’t wait to see what someone else creates on the other half.

Hi! My name is Chris! pengu.inks on socials. I’m a graphic designer and digital artist, and I’ve been working professionally, mainly in graphic design, for about 12 years now. I love to draw and paint, but one thing I’ve always struggled with is creating completely from imagination. Sometimes making art feels 100% like catching lightning in a bottle. Over the past few years, I’ve definitely skipped some steps in my artistic development. I know many software tricks to speed up the workflow but i definitely struggle way more often than necessary during the art process just because I don't know what do for form, or lighting, or line art, or composition, or a laundry list of other things. I rely pretty heavily on references, and I often build my own lighting set up in 3D before I start painting. It speeds up my workflow and helps me solve problems, but sometimes I wonder how much I’ve come to depend on those tools. Take away my digital tool belt and i would have definitely struggled intesely to recreate, or even conceptualize this piece. Anyway, here’s my entry for the playing card competition! She’s a wicked queen casting a love spell on an apple. I’ve been painting a suspicious number of apples recently, so naturally one had to make its way into this piece too. For this one, I used Procreate and Photoshop for the illustration, with Adobe Illustrator for the border effects. Let me know what you think! I can’t wait to see what someone else creates on the other half. | Artwod Feedback