Author: Miss Escapist

2014, Other Artworks

Tulips – Sketch

Miss Escapist

“In the meadow of sinful thoughts every flower’s perfect”

Nightwish – She’s My Sin

This sketch came to life shortly after my grandma had given me a box of wax crayons as a present. The last time I had worked with wax crayons had been ages ago when I still went to school and I didn’t really enjoy working with them at that time. But as they were a gift I decided to give them a second chance. As I had absolutely no idea what to draw I ended up with the thing that I had right in front of my nose: a bunch of tulips. It’s a rather sketchy and messy drawing and to be honest it didn’t make me want to use that medium more often.

Paper size: A4

Materials: wax crayons

Time: approx. 1 hour

2014, Portraits

Elf – A Face Study

Miss Escapist

“Songs as a seduction of sirens
The elf-folk is calling me”

Nightwish – Elvenpath

This particular drawing was an artwork that I only created because my best friend had asked me to do so. I still felt quite insecure drawing portraits, especially without a reference. Yeah…the things we do for friends. She wanted an elven portrait so she got one.

Paper size: A4

Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils

Time: approx. 2,5 hours

2014, Other Artworks

A Random Falcon Sketch

Miss Escapist

“The age I learned to fly
And took a step outside”

Nightwish – Dark Chest of Wonders

There’s not too much that I can say about this drawing as it was a rather spontaneous sketch. I wanted to practice drawing animals and as I’ve always had a fable for birds I ended up scrolling through Google to look at different images of flying falcons. Then I got out my sketchbook and started drawing. What you can see above is the result of that study.

Paper size: A4

Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils

Time: approx. 1 hour

2014, Other Artworks

The Heart of Everything

Miss Escapist

“See what you’ve become, don’t sacrifice, it’s truly the heart of everything”

Within Temptation – The Heart of Everything

Another rather sketchy experiment – only this time it wasn’t Nightwish but Within Temptation inspired. I had always been a huge fan of the album cover for Within Temptation’s “The Heart of Everything” as I like the constellation and the use of symbolism in it. So why not draw it? The drawing process went quite well, if you overlook the fact that I had some difficulties with the half-transparent blindfold that somehow didn’t look like it was suppossed to.

Paper size: A5

Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils

Time: approx. 90 minutes

Reference photo used for the drawing: cover of the album “The Heart of Everything”

2014, Other Artworks

Angel of Grief

Miss Escapist

“I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel tonight”

Nightwish – Wish I Had An Angel

Part 3 of my Nightwish inspired drawing obsession in spring 2014.

Frustrated by the previous experiences that I had made with drawing Tarja I decided to quit drawing faces for a little while. Instead I took the album cover of Nightwish’s “Once” and used the depicted Angel of Grief as a reference for my next drawing. It’s really more a sketch than a proper drawing and I didn’t spend too much time with it.

Paper size: A5

Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils

Time: approx. 30 minutes

Reference photo used for the drawing: cover of the album “Once”

2014, Portraits

Tarja Turunen of Nightwish

Miss Escapist

“Think of me long enough to make a memory, come bless the child one more time”

Nightwish – Bless The Child

Part 2 of my Nightwish inspired drawing obsession in spring 2014.

I drew this portrait of Nightwish’s former vocalist Tarja Turunen only a few weeks after I had finished the Tuomas portrait. I still remember struggling a lot with this drawing. Tarja’s face and the perspective really drove me crazy as I had nearly no drawing experience. Nowadays I think that this is probably the crappiest thing that I’ve ever created but I wanted to include it in here nevertheless.

I tend to be a very critical person and always look for things to improve in my drawings. That’s not necessarily bad but from time to time this habit prevents me from seeing the good things in my art. So this Tarja portrait is an important reminder for me that I shouldn’t be too critical with myself and that I’ve actually achieved a lot since I started drawing.

Paper size: A4

Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils, charcoal

Time: approx. 4 hours

2014, Portraits

Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish

Miss Escapist

“Virgin snow beneath my feet
Painting the world in white 
I tread the way and lose myself into a tale”

Nightwish – Escapist

How it all began…

Back on a sunny day in 2014 I sat on my balcony, enjoyed the sun and listened to my favourite band Nightwish. I suddenly felt the urge to create something that was dedicated to them – as a sort of tribute. So I got myself a sheet of paper and a few pencils. I quickly decided that my darwing should be a portrait of Tuomas – as he was the bands founder, composer and mastermind. I wasnt really sure how to begin as I had rarely ever drawn portraits before. I started scribbling nevertheless and ended up with this.

That portrait had started a fire in me that still keeps burning today and I got strangely “obsessed” with drawing my favourite musicians.

Paper size: A4

Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils, charcoal

Time: approx. 4 hours