I draw a lot in my tiny sketchbook recently. This illustration started as one of these ink drawings. Weird eye and leaves and flowing lines. Drew the line art in brown ink and then redrew it in Procreate. Here’s the finished artwork:

Surreal botanical eye illustration with flowing leaves in warm yellow, olive green and orange tones.

I used a nature inspired autumn color scheme. Digital marker brushes, too, which I love. Added a very subtle texture on the background because it gives more warmth, and if anything, I wanted this artwork to be warm, and sunny, and fun, and happy. And I love yellow, heh. Didn’t clean the image deliberately, didn’t make perfect blending, I prefer imperfection recently.

Here’s a detail:

Detail of surreal botanical eye illustration with flowing leaves in warm yellow, olive green and orange tones.

I went crazy with the colors. Used at least three in every element. Maximalism.

And here’s the original drawing:

brown ink drawing on paper of line art of surreal botanical eye illustration with flowing leaves

The final design is pretty close to the original, eh? Except for the rich color vomit, of course.

Dark art version

Made a dark background version, too. I will maybe upload it to my stores, maybe not. Here it is:

Dark version of a surreal botanical eye illustration with intricate leaves and organic shapes.

Watch a process video of how this art came to life:

Buy this prints and more with this design:

At my print-on-demand stores, as usual. Some products from Redbubble:

And, also, you can check out at Teepublic, Threadless, Tostadora, Zazzle.

Thanks for looking! If you are in the northern hemisphere, enjoy the bright autumn colors before they all turn into muddy brownish grey.


See more of my eye art here


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Published by borianag

I’m an artist, pharmacist, mother, geek, weirdo. Some of my designs are quirky and fun, some of them – creepy and dark, others – plain geeky. I make jewelry, too.

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