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✨Sophie McPike✨
@sophiemcpike.bsky.social
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Sophie is a funny little blob who lives under a leaf, under a tree, under a cloud, under the stars where she paints and scribbles and sculpts!
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✨Sophie McPike✨ @sophiemcpike.bsky.social · Oct 22
Hullo! I just emerged from my snail shell to see what’s happening over here. Seems cute. You’re cute!
I’m an artist in Melbourne. I love scribbles and sketchbooks and colours! Rhythm and flow and story telling in my illustrations. Come and sit with me, I made scones and picked a flower for you!
Self portrait. Loads of colours thrown around in purple and greens, making up my face, which is looking dreamy off to the left and resting on my hand. Patchwork patterns and thistles emerging from the painterly brushstrokes. Watercolour A page of my sketchbook depicting some scenes around Scotland, featuring one of my friend Lucy waking though the highlands wearing a green shirt, pink pag, a picnic rug rolled up and purple boots. Some small landscape drawing around the edges and some wild flower drawings along the top A close up of a painting of a small blue person jumping from one big clover to another. All blues and greens An open a4 size sketchbook with bright painted pastel colours all over, kind of messily. Black fine liner drawing on top of soft bodied people interacting with clouds (hugging, dreaming about, crying into)
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Introducing my new OC 💜
“Heather is a gentle ghost who nestles in endless layers of soft quilts. She floats quietly, sewing flowers and leaves made of dusty memories into the layers of quilts which she hides within.”
#digitalcharacter #OC #illustration #art #procreate #originalcharacterdesign
June 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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These little paintings are titled "A place to Plant my Feet", "A Place to Lay My Body" and "A Place to Rest My Mind" respectively 💚💜🧡
June 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Hi! I really like this platform, but I keep forgetting to post here 🫠 but hello, I’m still here! Here’s a sketchbook page I did this morning, feat my favourite pen atm 💖 I’m trying to sit down with my sketchbook every morning before I get stuck into work, and it’s a really nice way to start the day
Photo of an open sketchbook on a colourfully messy desk. The pages and blobbed with yellow and orange paint first, then drawn over the top of using a really dark green/black ink. The pen I use is resting on the page and I’ve written below “I love this pen. Sailor Fude fountain pen”. There are drawings of cute, illustrated flower people and bugs. The energy is playful and silly and cute
June 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Early morning sleepy self portrait in my sketchbook. Playing with colour and my feelings lately 🧡
I only have one more spread of this sketchbook!
Ecoline markers & brush pens

#sketchbook #selfportrait #selfportraitartist #markers #brushpen #myface
May 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Lucy‬ and I joined forces to make a thing that’ll take you on a wibble-wobble through creativity, connection, and delightful nonsense!
It’s all coming soon!
Follow PencilDust on YouTube ​⁠https://www.youtube.com/PencilDustPod
Instagram www.instagram.com/pencil.dust....
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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I usually don't film my self portrait process, only because I like to get them over and done with quickly!
I get lots of questions about my self portraits, so this video comes with chats about process, how/why I do them and how/why making them is incredibly valuable💖
www.patreon.com/posts/124089...
March 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Well, it has been another frolic, skip, waddle, dawdle, meander, dilly-dally, tootle and bimble around the sun for me and that means it’s time for my annual birthday self portrait ✨
I tried something with colours and a grid system. It was an absolute unplanned scramble, but I think it worked out 🙃
March 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Hello! If you missed out on the second round of pre-orders, worry no more! I ordered extra books & have listed them in my shop! A limited number are left! But I just wanted to make a lil post to let you know that they’re ready for their new homes with you ❤️❤️❤️ www.sophiemcpike.com/shop/books ❤️❤️❤️
March 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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I just had the LOVLIEST Scribble Brigade session with my Patrons💖
Swatching is my comfy place! I just love it!

Watch the 2hr replay colour swatching lesson/hang out here 💖
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March 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Feb patreon mail! 💌 🐛
February 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Oooh it’s a double Scribble Brigade month this March!
I’m SO looking forward to them both!
Let’s get super comfy and cosy and swatch and chat and experiment and explore 🌞🌼✨

Session 1/ 10am Wed 5th March AEDT Melbourne time
Session 2/ PUBLIC 10am Wed 12th March AEDT

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The THEME for the PATRONS session is: Taking Comfort With Swatching. When I’m kind of burnt out, or feeling the pangs of an art block, decision fatigue, or when life just feels a bit too overwhelming, I love to just swatch and play with colours and pattern. It’s an activity I like to do without any judgement or expectation on myself. It’s a comfy space. I’d love to spend this session with you doing just that. Let’s play and connect with these colours and create a little bit of a colour library.What you’ll need this session: Loose paper or sketchbook, art materials (watercolours, gouache, ink, pencils, markers - whatever you want!), a brush, paper towel/rag, water. The THEME for the PUBLIC session is: Colour Palette Experiments We’re going to take a lot of the swatches and colour experiments we did last week and put them into practice for this session!I’m going to provide some reference images and we are going to paint or draw (whatever you’d like!) them four times using four very different palettes. This is going to help us become a little more daring and, in turn, more comfortable when selecting colours for our work. What you’ll need this session: Loose paper or sketchbook and your art materials (your choice)
February 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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I'm excited to share the MARCH patreon reward + SPECIAL 5x STICKER SHEET!
A Garden Unfurling.
This is a theme I've been re-creating for YEARS! It means a lot to me and I'm really looking forward to sharing her with you all ❤️
Head here to learn more about this artwork
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February 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Small landscape 🌞
February 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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I’m on the other side of Australia atm (Perth), visiting family. I’ve managed to find time for two quick plein air painting times so far! I’ll try to do more tomorrow🤞🏻 it has been so nice to take a little bit of time to myself to paint while away from home 🧡
February 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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I’ve been really enjoying combining illustration with sculpture lately, and I just had to make a sculptural illustration of my favourite black houndie, Pia ✨🧡
“Bloom Bound” polymer clay, acrylic gouache on clay board

#greyhound #art #sculpturalillustration #sculpture #painting #greyhoundart
February 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Gathering Flowers 💐 my pa-tree-on goodies are so freaking cuuuuute!
Make sure you’re in the Orange Bird tier ANY time during the month of February to get these goodies in your letter box 🧡🧡🧡
Have a look over here: www.patreon.com/posts/121160...
February 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I abandoned my Inktober challenge back in December after 14 days… so I finally opened up the rest of the mystery inks and made a painting with them!
Lots of sweets chats and swatching and painting 🧡
February 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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My new artwork ✨
I felt pretty guilty and was hard on myself for not finishing my inkvent calendar challenge in Dec, but I needed to recoup from burnout🫠
So, this is a month and a half late but also exactly on time!

Shout Out to the beautiful watercolour block by Etchrlab! A dream paired with ink!
February 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Inky WIP 🧡 I have no idea what’s happening here - living life in a stream of consciousness way 🙃 I’ll keep you updated👍🏻
Diamine ink (from the 2024 inkvent calendar) or lovely 350gsm watercolour block by Etchr
February 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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New Video just landed softly on a leaf :)
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✿ H e l l o! ✿
Come along as I fumble my way through making a sculptural illustration using.a found object, polymer clay and gouache!
Sculpture + Illustration ❀ Gathering Flowers
YouTube video by Sophie McPike
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February 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Yesterday was Hourly Comic Day!
February 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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“Gathering Flowers” Acrylic gouache, polymer, wood.
I’m so excited to show you my new sculptural illustration artwork!
I had just the loveliest time making this piece.
I’ve turned it into a print and made stickers for the February patreon Orange Bird rewards! 🧡

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January 31, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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This happy little palette always makes me a happy little Sophie!
This was one of the first ceramic pieces I made as an adult back in 2018 after having a happy sun palette idea in my head for a few years! I use this cutie all the time 🌞I’ve made and sold HEAPS since, but this is my all time favourite
January 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Way back in Feb 2023 I started a 100 Day Challenge. That was 707 days ago! Haha! I made it 74 days. Today I decided to scan and arrange all the work and test print onto an A3 piece of paper! Pretty cuteeeee! I love this series and would love to make some cute product with them 🧡 what do you think?
January 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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I just … I don't understand why people aren't just talking about dogs all the time? #dogsarethebestpeople
January 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM