* My 7th title published!!! * Celebrating International Forests Day

I have been working on this project on and off for a few years, and last year I finally got inspired again to finish it. It took some time but here it is! My new coloring book, "Traces on Leaves", a collection of different animals and leaves of the world, combined to create these images for everyone to enjoy coloring.  At the same time, I'm hoping to raise awareness about how important it is to take care of our forests and the animals that inhabit them. If we don't, all that will be left of them is just traces...

The idea came suddenly one day while I sketching, I wanted to create drawings of animals using mostly leaves. I decided to add the leaves and a bit of the landscape from their natural habitats. The species I chose are from 5 different continents (Asia, Africa, South America, Oceania, Northern Europe/North America - I fused these two -) and they are presented in the book in that order, with a little inspirational quote in-between continents.

A few sketches of the process:

Get it here!:

And remember to plant a tree whenever, wherever you can! I plan to do so as well :)

There are also browsers, add ons and apps that plant trees when you use them!

Remember, there are always little things we can do everyday to improve the future of our forests. Our choices matter and our food choices are crucial for our planet. Visit here to learn more: https://www.truthordrought.com/land-use-and-deforestation

Best wishes,

Alev

New Book Out for Earth Day!!! …≈•Rainforest Spirits•≈

Rainforest Spirits is a project that began many years ago as a simple series of illustrations. It had no story, nor any real purpose yet. It had been just sitting there in my portfolio for years until one day I sort of got a revelation, a way to connect the spirits with many of the art pieces I had already created. And so it was that the Rainforest Spirits coloring book and story idea was born. 

About a year ago, I started putting together the book in my precious creative moments, little by little taking old art and updating it, creating collages using different pieces, adding new art to complement the story and book, and finally connecting them all with a story that had been in the back of my mind since the very beginning, but never had found the way to express it in words until recently.

The whole process was very fulfilling and enjoyable, something like therapy and respite from my busy mom days. Before I knew it, I had created a whole book with a story, 30 coloring pages with all sorts of animals and nature from all over the world, and 6 full-color illustrations to complement it.

I truly hope that whoever colors and reads this book will feel the satisfaction and happiness I’ve felt through the whole creative process and will feel inspired to cherish and protect Nature, to heal our planet, and make this story come true in a not so far away future.

                    

A little look inside:

New (Old) Story "Apocalypse" Finally Published!

And available in Paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon  !!

This one means a lot to me. It's a story I began when I was about 17 and I've been working on it, adding and changing stuff, sketching characters and scenes for years, so it feels like it's a part of me. I guess that's why it's so hard to finally publish it. But here it is!!!

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PS: Any who read it will know where the names Alev/Aerhalev come from :)

My New Vegan Coloring Book is Out!!

Ever since I was little, I've been looking for ways to help save the environment, save animals, the Earth. I thought there was little for us to do with all the pollution we were creating, and at some point I felt really hopeless. About 9 years ago, though, I became a vegetarian thanks to some friends in Germany who taught me that there were actually better choices we could make.

 Then, about a year ago I decided to become a vegan and do even more for the environment, for the animals and for myself. I healed myself in a way I never thought would be possible. Then I thought I wanted more people to know about this, but I have never been the type to become an outgoing activist. There had to be something that, as an artist, I could do, something that could attract people.

So I came up with the idea for this book. It took many months to create it, thinking of ways to deliver messages through positive images, researching a lot about the topic, then sketching the ideas, polishing them, then inking them, and finally putting it all together. Now "A Vegan Coloring Book" is finally out there, and I hope it will be enjoyed by many and inspire them to make kinder choices for our planet and the animals.

Some samples:

Some sketches:

Book Trailer:

A Fairytale AAND a Coloring book!!

And now the Paperback Edition of my Raphanae fairytale is available at Amazon!!
And it comes with pages to color as well as with illustrations =D

Raphanae Fairytale + Coloring Book (Paperback edition)

Here are some previews from inside the book:

New ebook!: A Raphanae story

A new ebook for kids!!
I started working on this while I was studying illustration. Feels like ages ago. I was really passionate about this project, it connected me to my childhood and inspired me very much. I wanted to revive the magic feeling of fantasy stories and movies I loved so much as a little girl. I had left the project aside for a long time, while working on my more "grown-up stuff"...
But I decided it was about time to dust it off, edit the text, the images, and make it ready for ebook format. And here it is! =D Available for Pre-order at Amazon! :

First Raphanae E-book!!!

And here are some of the first sketches I made looong ago for this project:

 They are not this scary anymore! XD

 The elves, Alania and Elan

Raphanae at home

I'm reviving this one...

It's such a strange coincidence...

While I began to edit and improve my oldest story (Apocalypse), all these strange events started happening on Earth. I was specifically working on the cover when I found out there was to be a total solar eclipse, which we sadly missed because of our location.

Anyway, I'm still very inspired and putting more efforts on this story, that according to my sister and a friend, needs more details, so I am adding that, I hope.

Here's a glimpse of the cover WIP.

And stay tuned, it should be published soon! (If the world hasn't ended by then).