Arkolina

Illustrator and Maker

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Arkolina is an Illustrator and Maker working from Bedfordshire in the UK. Her primary mediums are gouache and watercolour.

Poster for Luton Alternative Market 2018
Dream Whale 2017
Notorious Feminist 2017
Bull Nakano for Shake Magazine 2018
Witch Items 2017
Man in the Moon 2017
Space Girl Games 2017

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Catching up a bit but this is from the second day of my holiday 🌞 We had the darkest gothest vanilla ice cream And swam a lot. 💕 — #art #illustration #illustrationart #hemsby #greatyarmouth #illustrateddiary #fatshion #plussize #ootd

I’m on Holiday in Yarmouth this week and I started a wee visual diary for fun and to flex some drawing messiness! Obviously have no access to a scanner so expect some saucy flat lays 💕 This page is from yesterday when we saw seals in the sea! Also featuring my ‘Heck I’m tired travel outfit’ — #artistsoninstagram #art #illustration #illustrationart #diary #illustrateddiary #greatyarmouth #hemsby #watercolor #plussizefashion #plussize #fatshion

The second of my Tarot mermaids re-visited. I’m preparing to go on holiday for the first time in my adult life (day whatttttt) and I am so so looking forward to a really restful time full of inspiration and the seaaaaaa! — #art #illustration #editorialillustration #illustrationart #artistsoninstagram #meettheartist #mermaid #tarot #tarotcards #themoon #moon #watercolorpainting #gouache #gouachepainting #gouacheillustration

A little sun baby mermaid for ya’ll 🌞 I’m revisiting my designs for tarot cards from Mermay and taking it slowwwwwwly, hopefully this means better quality art that I take my time with. They’re not going to be everything I draw and paint just what I feel like and when, hope you like them! —- #artistsoninstagram #editorialillustration #art #illustration #tarot #thesun #bigleoenergy #tarotcards #watercolorpainting #gouache #gouachepainting #freckles #flowers #mermaid

Took a pop at #melstringerdrawchallenge again! She was such a cute I couldn’t resist. 🍒 — #dtiys #drawthisinyourstyle #art #illustration #illustrationart #cute #portrait #editorialillustration #gouache #watercolour #watercolor #Pencil #sketch #meettheartist

Is there anything better than chilling in your comfies with a good book and fairy lights in bed? Not much in my honest opinion. Where’s your favourite space to relax? — #art #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationhowl #editorialillustration #watercolorpainting #gouachepainting #gouache #bedroomdesign #bedroomart #cosy

I’ve been wanting to work with blues and pinks for a while now, if you check out my stories you’ll see the pinks are wayyy more vivid. Scanners struggle with neon pinks as it turns out! I just spent a few days in Liverpool and I am PUMPED to make new stuff! Everyone there was so nice but I have never been more aware of my southern accent in my life 😂 — #art #illustration #illustrationart #illustrator #fortuneteller #tarotcards #gouache #watercolor #watercolour #painting #paint #cute #magic #illustrationhowl #editorialillustration #meettheartist

Lets get realllll for a second. A couple months back I went skating for the first time in my life with some incredibly cool women I get to work with. I put it off for ages when we were talking about it, I kept telling them I was too old to start and laughed it off but thinking back I know that wasn’t the only reason. The closer we got to going the more I realised I was actually convinced I was too fat to skate. I was convinced I’d break the board instantly or do myself some serious damage with extra weight. Worse than that I thought people would be like ‘wtf?’ Which is all totally dumb. The guy that taught us was great and I realised the people who had encouraged me to come never would have had they thought I’d hurt or embarrass myself. I am not a good skater, but not because I’m fat but because it’s something I’ve never done or practised because I was scared. So here’s a cute fat skater girl to remind me and you that you can do whatever you like and really your body type is no reason you can’t. —- #illustration #illustrationart #illustrator #skater #skateart #skatergirl #skateboard #watercolour #gouache #bopo #bodypositivity #bodypositive #illustrationhowl #realtalk

Whoa hey it’s been a second! Decided to have a go at #myfrankiecover real quick! I didn’t mean for her to be so sad but hey, her head’s still above water. 💧Swipe to see the version without the logo! — #illustration #illustrationart #magazinecover #illustrationhowl #artistsoninstagram #editorialillustration #sadillustration #watercolour #gouache #gouacheillustration #watercolorillustration

Felt like drawing a cutie in lingerie and doodling some peonies so ta-da! Some of my favourite sources of inspiration for things like this are old catalogues from the 20s-60s where most of the advertising was done by illustration instead of photographs. 🌸 — #art #artistsoninstagram #illustrationart #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #lingerie #editorialillustration #illustrationhowl #bodypositive #bopo

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