I’ve always wanted to be able to share a vertical slice of my workflow as an artist but I’ve never really had a good enough place to do so:

My art usually takes between one and five days to complete depending on the complexity, and those days usually follow a very specific routine both for efficiency and focus: I drink a can of Monster Ultra after 9:00 to not conflict with my medication in the morning, and I usually take a half an hour to an hour to get started on a project; by noon I drink a Diet Pepsi to tide myself over the rest of the day and I end up finishing around 5:00 or 6:00.

If I don’t have any projects I’m already committed to such as a commission or a work-in-progress, and if I haven’t already decided on anything, I thumb through my notes of things I wrote down prior to draw and pull from there to draw something new and keep my art from becoming repetitive in content.

After I’ve got my project lined up, I decide on what I will listen to in the background of my work to keep my mind occupied: usually I either put on an album or two I know well (Nine Inch Nails and My Chemical Romance are my default choices) or I find a video series on YouTube that’s long and doesn’t need much visual engagement.

I draw everything from an iPad 10 with an Apple Pencil, a drawing glove and a paper-textured screen protector, the latter two create a greater friction for my hand to help with the smoothness of my line art.

The wrist that I draw with was actually broken when I was a kid and never healed correctly, it bends at a roughly thirty degree angle and shakes even without caffeine, my hand-eye coordination has always been massively affected by such. I have to draw everything with maximum stabilization to have the clean, smooth line work my art is known for.

I hope this brings insight on my process, I’m not sure if it’s really too boring or too complicated, but it’s everything that goes into each of my pieces that I make, even the sketches. I admit it’s a lot for a vertical slice, but I hope it was at least an interesting read!