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Hanna Wenzel
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Freelance Illustrator & Comic Artist

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I mean... who needs symmetry though...
Photo of an ink sketch of a portrait of a woman. She is wearing a fur collar. There's a strong brush stroke in neon orange covering her face. The eyes are asymmetric and I failed.
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Yesterday I did a live drawing event in at the dragon days festival in stuttgart for tad williams' "the navigator's children" - it was an experiment with liquid watercolour.
Photo of a watercolour and ink artwork on a table showing a ship under a burning sky.
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Drawing didn't turn out as expected but... TEXTURES!
Photo of a spread in my sketchbook showing from left to right: a piece of a kneadable eraser that I used as a stamp for the texture in the middle that I then transformed into the sweatrr for the girl on the right.
October 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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vibing with my broken brush 🧘‍♀️
photo of a page in my sketchbook showing a portrait of a woman biting her lip seeming to swallow blood. It'san ink drawing. There's the tip of a broken brush in the top left corner of the picture and some pens aside.
October 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Yesterday I was drawing live at the library of Stuttgart to a reading from VE Schwab's "Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil".
I experimented with some of the ink techniques I tried last week and was very lucky they worked live!
Drawing of the protagonists from the book in link. There's charlotte in the top left corner, getting caressed by alice and sabine to the right turned away from them.
October 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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New embroidery piece is up in my shop: www.etsy.com/de/listing/4...
Photo of an embroidery frame with an embroidery piece of two hands holding onto each other with their pinkies. There's typography at the bottom saying "luft und liebe"
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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I'm sketchdumping more than usual on my patreon - currently it's mostly about plants and mushrooms... for seasonal reasons obviously...!
Scanned drawings of mushrooms on wood with a gel pen.
October 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Fall is sketchbook season!
Photo of a page in my sketchbook showing a gel pen drawing of a portrait of a young woman with short hair wearing a head scarf.
October 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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I'm preparing my artwork for next week's live drawing at the DRAGON DAYS FESTIVAL based on VE Schwab's "Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil"
Photo of an artwork on my light table showing three women close to each other in a pencil sketch
October 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The star bug hast left for its new home! 🫶
Photo of a packed box with an order from my shop. There's a greeting card in a gift bag on the left and a sunflower on the right. The box is open and in the inside of the lid is a tiny portrait drawing in ink.
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Signing and packing another print of "Novembernebel" - more than 7 years old but I still enjoy going through the pages.
Photo of the first spread in mx selfpublished comicbook "novembernebel" showing a handdrawn portrait with signature on the left and the print of a house on the first page of the book on the right with the title above.
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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New bug in town (and available in my etsy shop)
Photo of an embroidery frame on a wooden table. It's a black and white stag beetle embroidered on natural white cotton fabric. There's a branded tag in the top left corner. Close up of said embroidry showing the texture of the stitches Backside of the embroidery frame. It's a felt fabric with my logo applied to it in white foil.
September 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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BUG FOR LUCK!
Photo of a page in my sketchbook showing drafts of lady bugs that wear a skull on their back instead of the regular pattern
September 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Another fit check in ink!
Photo of an ink drawing of a woman in a fur coat. The pad with the drawing lies on a wooden table with nature decoration.
September 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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I love rough ink drawings and I feel that autumn calls for it!
Photo of a watercolour pad showing an ink painting. A portrait of a woman wie glasses and a fur coat
September 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Fit check!
Photo of a page in my sketchbook showing a pencil sketch of a woman in a fur coat.
September 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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'Tis the season!
Photo of a page in my sketchbook showing an ink drawing of senua from hellblade
September 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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I've finally reopened my etsy shop again and restocked prints!
www.etsy.com/de/shop/fruc...
My hand holding two postcards with ink drawings of shooting stars. There's some nature decoration in the background.
September 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Sharing some impressions from my sketchbook with my patrons today!
Photo of a spread of my sketchbook on my table. Theres my watercolour box and some pens on the left and top. The page that is shown in the middle pictures a house and some birds in a sketchy black and white style.
September 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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And... we're done! #3x3thumbsup
Happy September everyone!
Last four squares of my 3x3 thumbsup challenge showing a plate with food and a pinic in the first row and two tinx landscapes in the second row.
September 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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I've made it. I'm up to date! (Yes today is missing but today isn't over yet, right?!) #3x3thumbsup
Photo of the 3rd big square of mx tiny thumbnailing challenge. The last row shows different situations with my backpack.
August 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Only 3 days behind! #3x3thumbsup
Photo of the next row of thumbnails showing landscapes in austria painted in watercolours.
August 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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And I'm only 7 days behind now! #3x3thumbsup
Photo of the finished 2nd big square of my tiny drawing challenge. The last row shows ruins and wild housings with summery greens.
August 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I fell behind a lot, first due to holidays and then due to an injured hand (I am clumsy af). But now that I'm better I am slowly catching up on #3x3thumbsup
The second big square of my 3x3thumbsup challenge. The first two rows are finished, the third shows only sketchy linearts. Thr second row shows "table top views" of jewlery, breakfast and dinner
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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I am up to date with #3x3thumbsup !
The next three thumbnails of my 3x3thumbsup challenge. They are painted in watercolour and show from left to right: a tin cup on a table with a piece of bread and marmelade in the foreground and a glass of fruit juice to the right; a freshly made bed with a striped pillow and a window in the background; a shelf with a retro lamp and a few empty vases, only one is decorated with a dry flower.
August 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM