Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis Closeup

Luna Rossa

Luna Rossa Closeup

Doleschallia

Doleschallia Closeup

Stuff I made for the holiday seasons, The first pic 'Yuletide' was created to be a very "christmasy" portrait....  Poinsettias, hollies, red/green colour scheme XD I was feeling the spirit.

Second pic was a concept I wanted to portray for the new years: 'Rebirth'. Having a naked woman break out of her shell, she still has tattoo markings on her body because transformation isn't always absolute, We still carry some old part of us no matter how much we change.

Happy 2017 everybody!

Yuletide

Yuletide Closeup

This series stemmed from an old and discarded concept that's been lying dormant in my computer since last year. I struggled for ages to complete it, due indecisive direction aka overthinking!

Rosa

Rosa closeup

Lilium

Lilium closeup

Narcissus

Narcissus closeup

Btw I'll be selling prints soon! Here's my prototype. (forgive the grainy photo)

Hello!

New stuff here, nothing much to say about them though. These were fairly quick edits I did during my downtime while my kids are asleep.

Fragility

Fragility closeup 01

Fragility closeup 02

Second Sight

Second Sight closeup 01

Second Sight closeup 02

Cherubs are most commonly described as cute pudgy little babies with wings, but after reading the surreal otherworldy description of these beings from the book of Ezekiel, inspiration filled up! 

Cherubs seen by Ezekiel included: Four faces - That of a man, a lion (on the right side), and ox (on the left side), and an eagle; Four wings - Spread out above, two were stretched upward and two covering their bodies; and many eyes.

finish this tomorrow? hahahahahahahaha

I started this piece in 2013 with a huge burst of inspiration, and half way through it was a dud. I couldn't complete it anymore, over the years I tried to rework and reinvent her until today! This piece has gone through many phases before ending up like this! Strangely felt like a weight off my shoulders have been lifted after completing this!

Alternate BnW version, might print in a t-shirt

Thats my grainy eye staring into your soul! remind me to use a proper camera next time. XP

She's a quickie, I wanted to experiment with colours & vectors.

Incantation

Hello!

Long time no post, I've been on the fence on whether or not this blog should still be alive. Keeping up a consistent online presence has always been somewhat of a challenge to me, I've thought about migrating this blog into a proper website, or just removing everything and just sticking to Instagram. But then someone on Pinterest had pinned my artworks via this blog and now I cant bring myself to delete it. :)

So at the end of the day I'll keep this place alive for the lovely people who find joy in what I do. <3 Sorry for the lack of posts, I hope to change that.

So without further ado, here's a new post after 5 months of mulling!

Luna

Hola

So I've decided to give this a shot again. I've come to realise that somehow writing and documenting my thoughts was actually therapeutic. I have massive social-media-anxiety, and I hate putting myself out in public for the world to see...... and yet at the same time I need to make a a living off my art and its vital that everybody sees what I do!!!

see my problem there XD

Anyways there are some posts in my old blog that I want to migrate here, I've got old works I actually love and want it to be accessible :)

Anyhoo, goals this year include selling my personal art. There will be plans for more analog artworks; and lots of merchandising, clothing, jewellery.

Wish me luck!

-Rach

ps follow me on Instagram @moodscape

Hola i'm back in Palopo, this place is slowly turning into home for me, I'll be here for a while which means limited internet. Urgh. Still love it here though. :3

Here's a new piece, I got stuck & pretty much gave up on it for a while. Eventually tried to play around with textures and patterns and voila! done.

(closeups under the cut)

Hola, looks like I can't get over my lazy bloggin habits! Well in this case I've retreated into the mountains in Palopo and internet is pretty much rarity. I'll be here for a couple of months, we'll see :P

I love being away from civilisation and well Bali is becoming a tad overcrowded.

Anyhoo the lack of internet distractions and people can be quite inspiring!

Here's a little edit quickie:

Can you keep a secret?

Hi ya'll

I've decided to reset this blog. I've been planning to split my brand and separate my commercial work with my personal work. This blog will contain most of my personal illustrations & digital imaging projects instead.

But if you wanna browse my old blog its still around at: rachelmantiri.blogspot.com
My commercial portfolio can be viewed here: rachelmantiri.tumblr.com

cheers
-Rach

EDIT: Some posts from the old blog has migrated here.