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Hanna Wenzel

@fruchtdrop.bsky.social

Freelance Illustrator & Comic Artist 🌟 hannawenzel.de 🌟 ✏ patreon.com/fruchtdrop ✏ 📷 instagram.com/fruchtdrop 📷 ✨️ fruchtdrop.etsy.com ✨️

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Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · yesterday

It's time for another August of #3x3thumbsup - this year is a little special because I am doing tjis for the 10th time in a row! It hasn't gotten easier to find balance between overloaded compositions and neat detail.

Photo of a sheet of paper showing 4 tiny thumbnails in watercolour. The compositions are taken from my every day life: breakfast, dinner, coffee break and a window at a museum

Lucy @cyluho.bsky.social · 3d ago

@fruchtdrop.bsky.social once again reminded me that it's August already??

Lucy@cyluho.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Bit late with posting but actual paintings were done on time! Little recap of July for #3x3thumbsup2025, my favourite annual challenge by @fruchtdrop.bsky.social - this is actually the 5th year I'm doing something for this challenge?!

For #3x3thumbsup
A white square with 9 square little paintings, 3 in 3 rows. All painted naturalistic with black lined sketches and watercolours.
From top left to lower right:
1: Close-up of a hawkmoth in a museum display. The moth has different shades of brown, the background is white. The moth is not fully within frame.
2: A street scene as seen slightly from above out of a window. A purple ice-cream van is parked in front of a bus stop.
3: A close up of a Japanese beetle on a wooden background, turned towards the camera. The beetle has a shiny green head and thorax, its abdomen is a light brown.
4: Part of a German small-town train station as seen from the top floor of a passing train. The platform shown is very grey and unremarkable with some shrubs and greenery in the background.
5: Two people in the fields. One is picking straws from a field of yellow wheat and definitely not cutting her hand by doing that. The other is standing in the path next to the field, watching her. There’s trees in various shades of green and purple in the background.
6: Frontal view of a pot-bellied pig at an enclosure. It has its snout on the ground, looking for food.
7: Top-down, very close view of a Valais Goat. It has a dark brown head with a big, very stylish hairdo and a little beard.
8: Close up of a dead may beetle lying between wooden chips with its little legs dangling in the air.
9: A freshly painted garden shed sits under the trees. Its metal roof is red, the sides are blue and the framing of the doors is white.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 3w ago

I've created and decorated a tiny little drawing desk for personal drawings only. It kind of bugs me that I'm not finding time (and space in my mind) to draw just for myself. I hope this cozy corner inspires me!

Photo of a page in my sketchbook showing a drawing of a decorated desk in watercolours. It has scandi vibes

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 4w ago

The 5th "SEASIDE SISTER": Author Susanne Fülscher Her new book series (I was lucky to contribute the illustrations to) is out for a month now and I couldn't be happier about all the lovely feedback! ✨️

Photo of a sketchbook page showing a watercolour drawing. It's a woman with a straw hat, striped shirt and striped skirt by the seaside.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 4w ago

Uuuuuh look who opened a sketchbook again!

Photo of a page in my sketchbook. There are 4 outfit drawings in the upper half of it and a selfie self portrait with plants and shoes in the other one. All sketches are coloured with a little bit of watercolour.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 2mo ago

humbled by biometrisches passfoto 😐

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm super happy to announce that the first of four books I illustrated is out! ALSO: CONFETTI!! Music: Daniel Robinson – Jura Peak (The Sovereign State) – Provided by Jamendo

ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Applications for ShortBox Comics Fair 2027, our all digital, online-only independent comics show, are now open- full details at the link: www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/apply

Apply to SB Fair — ShortBox Comics Fair

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Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Uuuuh my prints of the COZMIC anthology arrived! It features my 8-paged story "Müllerben". You can take a closer look at it here: kultcomics.net/cozmic/629-c...

Photo of a spread of my comic "MÜLLERBEN" in the COZMIC anthology.

Bela Sobottke @sobottke.bsky.social · 3mo ago

COZMIC 11 ist ab sofort erhältlich! Fette 152 Seiten im großen Hardcover, erschienen bei Kult Comics. Mit dabei ist neben famosen Comics von u.a. @fruchtdrop.bsky.social, @comiccabin.bsky.social, @yannkrehl.bsky.social, @mvcomix.bsky.social auch mein Zehnseiter BETH REEVES & OLD MAN ROCCO. Kaufen!

Das Titelpanel meines Comics »Beth Reeves & Old Man Rocco« aus Cozmic 11.

Lisa @lisadorina.bsky.social · 3mo ago

(Gerne teilen, danke! 😊) Du zeichnest gerne und kommst aus RLP/Nähe? Vielleicht hast du Lust, mal bei unserem Zeichnertreff vorbeizuschauen! Unser nächstes Treffen findet am nächsten Sonntag, den 24. Mai 2026 um 11 Uhr statt. Schreib mir bei Interesse einfach eine DM. 🌷

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I did a tiny tribute artwork for the 20 year anniversary of "die drei !!!". "kims tagebuch" which is a spin off to the book series was the first book I ever illustrated and it means a lot to me!

"Die drei !!!" is a German ongoing detective book series. The digital drawing shows the three girls forming a heart with their fingers. There's marie a tall blonde girl on the left, kim a girl with dark shorter hair in the middle and franzi a red haired girl on the right.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just dropped an artsy update on my patreon!

Digital drawing of a young woman holding up a "Hühnergott" stone and looking tjrough the hole in it. There is a second panel on tje right showing a closeup of a reflection in her eye.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

... spot the kid astronaut!

Michael@mvcomix.bsky.social · 5mo ago

COZMIC Vol.11 ist im Druck! Die neue Ausgabe ist 152 Seiten stark und auch von den Comicstories her ein echt dickes Ding. Hier ein erster Eindruck:

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I love the idea but I'm not so fond of the outcome yet... 🤔

Photo of an ink drawing on greyish paper. It's a woman with a crown staring directly to the camera. I've added copper foil like an armour on her shoulders and a copper crown on her head.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

2nd year of applying for comic scholarships - I thought I'd just give up after a few rejections but I'm kind of stubborn.

Photo of an ink drawing pinned to my drawing board. It shows a young woman with glasses lifting some branches.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

BAD SEED

More letter collages from newspapers stating the current date and some nonsense wordings: "sonntag 15. März, ich liebe den frühling, samstag ist mein lieblingstag, escapsim is my religion."

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Went to buy toilet paper. Returned with two soft bunnies. Nothing else. I had ONE job... but I swear they are SO SOFT.

Drawing of me sitting on the floor dressed all black holding two tiny deco bunnkes. They are wearing flower necklaces. They are super soft. I love them.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Word.

Photo of an ink comic spread on my drawing board. It just hast 2 panels and a portrait of a screaming woman with a fur coat. There's a huge spundwprd going "AAAAAAAH"

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My friend @lisadorina.bsky.social just launched a kickstarter for the 5th volume of her comic "green & gold" - I contributed a guest artwork and couldn't be happier! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lis...

Three boys lying on a meadow. They are not facing each other, all eyes are on the boy on the right who is looking at the viewer. It's an autumny warm colour palette, there are some bright read poppies showing at the edge.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Lisa @lisadorina.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Kickstarter is LIVE! 🎉🎉🎉 You can back Green&Gold vol. 5 (English edition) now! 😊 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lis... Thank you ♥ #kickstarter #comic #webcomic #kickstartercomic #crowdfunding

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I got sick this week and I hate it. But before I've made little progress with my side comic project.

Photo of my ipad screen showing a black and white sketch of my comic. There are three panels, the first shows a woman's portrait, she is holding up a branch to crawl through, second shows her approaching a lake and third shows her in thoughts at said lake.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Just going for a swim!

A photo of an ink drawing. It shows a tiny figure floating in deep water kind of losing sight of the surface.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Just going for a walk...!

Photo of an ink drawing of a young woman in the woods

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Having fun with free clay from german supermarkets

Photo of a page in my sketchbook with black and white drawings. There are three dirty pieces of green claying in the bottom left corner. They match the stamped patterns in the upper row. The drawing show three women: one with a textured sweater, one with textured pants and one with a checkered suit.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Testing different tools and sketch opacities - it's been such a long time since my last traditional comic pages...

Photo of a sheet of paper on a wooden table. There are 6 ink portraits of the same young woman with a fur coat and a crown. They lool slightly different considering their line weight

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I have just finished my storyboard for my secret artsy comic project. There'll be 75 pages!

Photo of my handdrawn storyboard on my table. You can't really see the detail of the spreads.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am making progress and I guess the tiny crafting sessions inbetween sketching are the most fun?!

Photo of my comic storyboard and my hand lifting an alternative page layout.

Hanna Wenzel @fruchtdrop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I've just added two new embroidery pieces to my etsy shop: fruchtdrop.etsy.com

Photo of two framed embroidery pieces showing my warrior with the eye-embroidery-armour. They're placed on a wooden table with my remaining christmas decorations.