Julia Beutling@Comic-Salon D134

@juliabeutling.bsky.social

German illustrator & comic artist with a love of colors, animals and fairy tales. Illustrating mostly books, board games & food. Creator of the webcomic Being Monsters. www.juliabeutling.com www.beingmonsters.com

My first illustrated boardgame has just been announced! I've been working on board games for a few years now, but this is only one with a release so far. Finding the Fadenfroh art style was a very long journey, and we're all proud of the result :)

1 More Time Games@1moretimegames.bsky.social · 6d ago

FADENFROH is our 5th game and will release this fall at @spielessen.bsky.social . The designers Jordy Adan and Alexander Pfister invite you to pick up needle and thread. Collect dewy berries, cute animals, and fragrant flowers, artfully presented by @juliabeutling.bsky.social . #boardgames #spiel26

The cover image of Fadenfroh. Featuring an embroidery hoop, decorated with plants, beeries and nuts on a wooden surface that is also decorated with flowers and beeries.

Hard at work preparing the Being Monsters Book 1. I spent the past few weeks fixing translation and visual errors, a never-ending task. And I’ve had lots of test prints and some prototype books made, which really paid off for determining which printer I want to go with.

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The riso print I’m adding to the Being Monsters Book 1 deluxe print edition :) I like the illustration, it fits well with the book's themes. We had to noodle around for a while in the print shop to get the colors and contrasts just right, but the result turned out great!

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Comic Salon is over, I'm on my way back home. A big thank you to everyone who visited, had nice things to say, bought art, shared tips or just hung out with me 💐 It wasn't an easy event this year, as we artists were sooo hard to find in kubic. But you people were awesome ❤️

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Black unicorn was the second Tiny Inkling I did, and it turned out to be a favourite of many people. It's also special for me, because it got a number of stylisation details just right. It evokes a look and feel I keep trying to get into my work (and don't often succeed).

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Horned Hares was part of my little Small Myths series. Its fine art prints are basically sold out now (except for one, which a very lucky person can snatch up in Erlangen next week). But it's also printed in my new Tiny Inklings artbook, so it will not be lost to the rest of the world forever :)

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Here's the entire book cover illustration. Even though it's been painted in coloured ink, I made a digital sketch beforehand to figure out the placement of text and overall layout. I don't do that often with traditional media artwork, but sometimes it can be a big help.

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Painting little birdies 🐦 This is the (unfinished) cover of a new artbook :) It'll contain only ink paintings, including all my Tiny Inklings. If all works out, it'll be available for Comic Salon Erlangen. I'm quite excited, this is a big self-publishing year for me 📚

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I'm busy preparing Being Monsters for print. It's a chance to rework details. Like that cover glow-up that ended up doubling the image's size and had me painting leaves and roses for days 😵‍💫 I already shared the final cover with my patrons, and I'll reveal it to the world soon, when preorders begin.