LauraJohanna
@annahojarual.bsky.social
🖋 Creating art & comics using traditional mediums in my freetime (🔞 incl. artistic nudity)
🎮 Scifi & fantasy RPG (now playing Elden Ring & Castlevania SOTN)
Other interests 🪴🐠🏋♀️
❓she/her 🇫🇮
🔗 laurajohanna.art
🎮 Scifi & fantasy RPG (now playing Elden Ring & Castlevania SOTN)
Other interests 🪴🐠🏋♀️
❓she/her 🇫🇮
🔗 laurajohanna.art
Happy New Year's Day 2026 ❤️
Spent the eve with family: sauna, a game of Carcassonne, New Year's show from tv, good food, and some sparklers & lightpainting closer to midnight.
No promises or resolutions, but I'll try my best to NOT start any new big projects, just push forward the old ones.
Spent the eve with family: sauna, a game of Carcassonne, New Year's show from tv, good food, and some sparklers & lightpainting closer to midnight.
No promises or resolutions, but I'll try my best to NOT start any new big projects, just push forward the old ones.
January 1, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Happy New Year's Day 2026 ❤️
Spent the eve with family: sauna, a game of Carcassonne, New Year's show from tv, good food, and some sparklers & lightpainting closer to midnight.
No promises or resolutions, but I'll try my best to NOT start any new big projects, just push forward the old ones.
Spent the eve with family: sauna, a game of Carcassonne, New Year's show from tv, good food, and some sparklers & lightpainting closer to midnight.
No promises or resolutions, but I'll try my best to NOT start any new big projects, just push forward the old ones.
I've had this reference photo from Croquis Café sitting in my phone for way too long. Didn't want to carry it to 2026 anymore, so this might well be my Goodbye to 2025 -painting.
Happy new year 2026, keep creating love and with love ❤️
#art #acrylicpainting #figurestudy #love #happynewyear
Happy new year 2026, keep creating love and with love ❤️
#art #acrylicpainting #figurestudy #love #happynewyear
December 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I've had this reference photo from Croquis Café sitting in my phone for way too long. Didn't want to carry it to 2026 anymore, so this might well be my Goodbye to 2025 -painting.
Happy new year 2026, keep creating love and with love ❤️
#art #acrylicpainting #figurestudy #love #happynewyear
Happy new year 2026, keep creating love and with love ❤️
#art #acrylicpainting #figurestudy #love #happynewyear
Saw the new SpongeBob-movie with the kids today (fell asleep the half way). The best thing was a 7mins Ninja Turtles anti-AI shortie they showed before the movie.
#noai #ninjaturtles #turtlepower
m.imdb.com/title/tt3704...
#noai #ninjaturtles #turtlepower
m.imdb.com/title/tt3704...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 - Lost in New Jersey (Short 2025) ⭐ 7.3 | Animation, Short, Action
7m | PG
m.imdb.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Saw the new SpongeBob-movie with the kids today (fell asleep the half way). The best thing was a 7mins Ninja Turtles anti-AI shortie they showed before the movie.
#noai #ninjaturtles #turtlepower
m.imdb.com/title/tt3704...
#noai #ninjaturtles #turtlepower
m.imdb.com/title/tt3704...
It's done! The #perimenopausal #comic I've been working on. It's in Finnish, translation in alt text. This is part of page one. To be published in 2026, I'll keep you posted.
It's sooo nice to finish a project ❤️
#sarjakuva #vaihdevuodet #perimenopaussi #art
It's sooo nice to finish a project ❤️
#sarjakuva #vaihdevuodet #perimenopaussi #art
December 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's done! The #perimenopausal #comic I've been working on. It's in Finnish, translation in alt text. This is part of page one. To be published in 2026, I'll keep you posted.
It's sooo nice to finish a project ❤️
#sarjakuva #vaihdevuodet #perimenopaussi #art
It's sooo nice to finish a project ❤️
#sarjakuva #vaihdevuodet #perimenopaussi #art
#artvsartist2025
This year I took leaps with the Raven-comic (still a wip but anyhow), got comfortable with loose and messy inkdrawings, found acrylics (again) and Poscas, and filled many sketchbooks.
#artvsartist #art #comics #sarjakuva
This year I took leaps with the Raven-comic (still a wip but anyhow), got comfortable with loose and messy inkdrawings, found acrylics (again) and Poscas, and filled many sketchbooks.
#artvsartist #art #comics #sarjakuva
December 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#artvsartist2025
This year I took leaps with the Raven-comic (still a wip but anyhow), got comfortable with loose and messy inkdrawings, found acrylics (again) and Poscas, and filled many sketchbooks.
#artvsartist #art #comics #sarjakuva
This year I took leaps with the Raven-comic (still a wip but anyhow), got comfortable with loose and messy inkdrawings, found acrylics (again) and Poscas, and filled many sketchbooks.
#artvsartist #art #comics #sarjakuva
#comics update: I've written all the texts to the perimenopause story, and designed the layout. Now's the time to handwrite them. I'm testing printing the texts and writing over them (not tracing), to get the size right & place on first try. I really hope it works.
#sarjakuva #perimenopause
#sarjakuva #perimenopause
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#comics update: I've written all the texts to the perimenopause story, and designed the layout. Now's the time to handwrite them. I'm testing printing the texts and writing over them (not tracing), to get the size right & place on first try. I really hope it works.
#sarjakuva #perimenopause
#sarjakuva #perimenopause
Both of my brushpens are out of ink. Swapped to using plain brush and ink, feels nice.
#figurestudies
#figurestudies
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Both of my brushpens are out of ink. Swapped to using plain brush and ink, feels nice.
#figurestudies
#figurestudies
Seems like ages since I last drew a human being. Here's some studies from yesterday, used refs. Was supposed to draw some more but ended up editing the texts of my menopausal comic. Might have to change the order of two pages.
#figurestudies #sarjakuva #comics
#figurestudies #sarjakuva #comics
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Seems like ages since I last drew a human being. Here's some studies from yesterday, used refs. Was supposed to draw some more but ended up editing the texts of my menopausal comic. Might have to change the order of two pages.
#figurestudies #sarjakuva #comics
#figurestudies #sarjakuva #comics
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Continuing from the previous comic. #belzebubs
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Continuing from the previous comic. #belzebubs
Snow's gone, at times it's pitch black outside. Took some photos of a path nearby and painted this using one of them as reference.
Also, first week without coffee.
And, Finnish independence day! 🕯🇫🇮
Also, first week without coffee.
And, Finnish independence day! 🕯🇫🇮
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Snow's gone, at times it's pitch black outside. Took some photos of a path nearby and painted this using one of them as reference.
Also, first week without coffee.
And, Finnish independence day! 🕯🇫🇮
Also, first week without coffee.
And, Finnish independence day! 🕯🇫🇮
Reposted by LauraJohanna
"The real tragedy isn’t that students use ChatGPT to do their course work. It’s that universities are teaching everyone—students, faculty, administrators—to stop thinking."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
"The real tragedy isn’t that students use ChatGPT to do their course work. It’s that universities are teaching everyone—students, faculty, administrators—to stop thinking."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
You know what? Today I lifted 100kg for the first time (hipthrust, five ugly reps). By accident, cos I counted the plates wrong. But yay!
#gym #weightlifting
#gym #weightlifting
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
You know what? Today I lifted 100kg for the first time (hipthrust, five ugly reps). By accident, cos I counted the plates wrong. But yay!
#gym #weightlifting
#gym #weightlifting
Once again, trying to ditch coffee for tea. Day one.
Why? Tea is better for me, it's less expensive, and most importantly uses less water to produce.
Why bring this up? Might be easier to hold on to the promise by making it public. Want to join in?
Why? Tea is better for me, it's less expensive, and most importantly uses less water to produce.
Why bring this up? Might be easier to hold on to the promise by making it public. Want to join in?
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Once again, trying to ditch coffee for tea. Day one.
Why? Tea is better for me, it's less expensive, and most importantly uses less water to produce.
Why bring this up? Might be easier to hold on to the promise by making it public. Want to join in?
Why? Tea is better for me, it's less expensive, and most importantly uses less water to produce.
Why bring this up? Might be easier to hold on to the promise by making it public. Want to join in?
Visiting Oulu Central Library Saari the first time after its renovation. Still a concrete brutalist marvel. May have overestimated the time I have for reading...
#booksky #concretebrutalism #architecture
#booksky #concretebrutalism #architecture
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Visiting Oulu Central Library Saari the first time after its renovation. Still a concrete brutalist marvel. May have overestimated the time I have for reading...
#booksky #concretebrutalism #architecture
#booksky #concretebrutalism #architecture
All pages done! The art, that is. Time to add the dialogue.
Also, sushi-Sunday! Kid made the rice, I cut the fish. Not the prettiest but the flavours are there 🤝
#comic #artsky #sarjakuva #sushi #foodsky
Also, sushi-Sunday! Kid made the rice, I cut the fish. Not the prettiest but the flavours are there 🤝
#comic #artsky #sarjakuva #sushi #foodsky
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
All pages done! The art, that is. Time to add the dialogue.
Also, sushi-Sunday! Kid made the rice, I cut the fish. Not the prettiest but the flavours are there 🤝
#comic #artsky #sarjakuva #sushi #foodsky
Also, sushi-Sunday! Kid made the rice, I cut the fish. Not the prettiest but the flavours are there 🤝
#comic #artsky #sarjakuva #sushi #foodsky
#gym night! First full body training in six weeks (oops, been doing upper or lower body only) and I was still able to increase either weights or reps in each exercise. Amazed.
Also found out you _are_ supposed to add the weight of the bar to the sum (duh), making my numbers instantly higher.
Also found out you _are_ supposed to add the weight of the bar to the sum (duh), making my numbers instantly higher.
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#gym night! First full body training in six weeks (oops, been doing upper or lower body only) and I was still able to increase either weights or reps in each exercise. Amazed.
Also found out you _are_ supposed to add the weight of the bar to the sum (duh), making my numbers instantly higher.
Also found out you _are_ supposed to add the weight of the bar to the sum (duh), making my numbers instantly higher.
Page 6/8 of my pre/peri/whatevs menopause #comic. Took a bunch of reference photos of myself yesterday, jumping on a bed and roll over less or more graciously. A humbling experience! It'll be interesting to see how many details I lose when scanning&editing
#sarjakuva #indiecomics #comics #menopause
#sarjakuva #indiecomics #comics #menopause
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Page 6/8 of my pre/peri/whatevs menopause #comic. Took a bunch of reference photos of myself yesterday, jumping on a bed and roll over less or more graciously. A humbling experience! It'll be interesting to see how many details I lose when scanning&editing
#sarjakuva #indiecomics #comics #menopause
#sarjakuva #indiecomics #comics #menopause
Not the best time to plant things, but this little peace lily gave up, so it's time to golden pothos show how it's done. I always try to keep a cutting ready for situations like this. Godspeed!
Also, time for seasonal lights.
#houseplants #plantsky
Also, time for seasonal lights.
#houseplants #plantsky
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Not the best time to plant things, but this little peace lily gave up, so it's time to golden pothos show how it's done. I always try to keep a cutting ready for situations like this. Godspeed!
Also, time for seasonal lights.
#houseplants #plantsky
Also, time for seasonal lights.
#houseplants #plantsky
Snowy giant spruces.
Would be interesting subject to draw studies of, maybe with white ink on black paper, but I'll try to stay focused on the comic right now.
Would be interesting subject to draw studies of, maybe with white ink on black paper, but I'll try to stay focused on the comic right now.
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Snowy giant spruces.
Would be interesting subject to draw studies of, maybe with white ink on black paper, but I'll try to stay focused on the comic right now.
Would be interesting subject to draw studies of, maybe with white ink on black paper, but I'll try to stay focused on the comic right now.
Snow ❤️❤️❤️
Lucky to live in a place full of little forest paths, and now with the dog in the house I get to explore those paths allday everyday. The landscape is always different and so soothing especially when it's dark. And it's almost always dark this time of the year.
Lucky to live in a place full of little forest paths, and now with the dog in the house I get to explore those paths allday everyday. The landscape is always different and so soothing especially when it's dark. And it's almost always dark this time of the year.
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Snow ❤️❤️❤️
Lucky to live in a place full of little forest paths, and now with the dog in the house I get to explore those paths allday everyday. The landscape is always different and so soothing especially when it's dark. And it's almost always dark this time of the year.
Lucky to live in a place full of little forest paths, and now with the dog in the house I get to explore those paths allday everyday. The landscape is always different and so soothing especially when it's dark. And it's almost always dark this time of the year.
#comics update, the corner of page 5/8 of my side project. I drew this page yesterday evening, dead tired, and it didn't turn out that well, no surprise there. But I didn't want to redraw it cos all the other pages are the first draft too and I want it to show. But I kept going and now, even with
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#comics update, the corner of page 5/8 of my side project. I drew this page yesterday evening, dead tired, and it didn't turn out that well, no surprise there. But I didn't want to redraw it cos all the other pages are the first draft too and I want it to show. But I kept going and now, even with
Reposted by LauraJohanna
check this site if you want a ton high res pictures of ancient art for references that are public domain (not sponsored)
www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
check this site if you want a ton high res pictures of ancient art for references that are public domain (not sponsored)
www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
Reposted by LauraJohanna
HYLLYY 10 VUOTTA! 🎊🎉🎇🕺
Näin on, pyöreät paukkuvat ja sen kunniaksi synttäripostaus täynnä listauksia viimeisen vuoden parhaista lukukokemuksista, suosituimmista teksteistä ja pahiten ohinukutuista julkaisuista. Ja onpa siellä myös iso liuta vastauksia ihkaoikeisiin lukijakysymyksiin! #sarjakuvat
Näin on, pyöreät paukkuvat ja sen kunniaksi synttäripostaus täynnä listauksia viimeisen vuoden parhaista lukukokemuksista, suosituimmista teksteistä ja pahiten ohinukutuista julkaisuista. Ja onpa siellä myös iso liuta vastauksia ihkaoikeisiin lukijakysymyksiin! #sarjakuvat
Hyllyy KYMMENEN vuotta – Klassiset listaukset, sekä iso liuta lukijakysymyksiä ja -vastauksia!
Sinä päivänä opin, että musteen osuttaminen suuhun on tosielämässä vaikeampaa kuin sarjakuvissa Kymmenen vuotta on jo varmaan ihan asiallinen ikä blogille, eikö vaan? Minusta se ainakin tuntuu ihan…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
HYLLYY 10 VUOTTA! 🎊🎉🎇🕺
Näin on, pyöreät paukkuvat ja sen kunniaksi synttäripostaus täynnä listauksia viimeisen vuoden parhaista lukukokemuksista, suosituimmista teksteistä ja pahiten ohinukutuista julkaisuista. Ja onpa siellä myös iso liuta vastauksia ihkaoikeisiin lukijakysymyksiin! #sarjakuvat
Näin on, pyöreät paukkuvat ja sen kunniaksi synttäripostaus täynnä listauksia viimeisen vuoden parhaista lukukokemuksista, suosituimmista teksteistä ja pahiten ohinukutuista julkaisuista. Ja onpa siellä myös iso liuta vastauksia ihkaoikeisiin lukijakysymyksiin! #sarjakuvat
Back at drawing. Starting page 4/8 of the (pre)menopausal comic. Using self refs for this story cos it feels very personal and is based on my own experience, but I'll back it up with scientific sources.
Soundtrack: Josén Pimeä Puoli - Ohikulkija LP
#inkdrawing #indiecomics #sarjakuva #figurestudy
Soundtrack: Josén Pimeä Puoli - Ohikulkija LP
#inkdrawing #indiecomics #sarjakuva #figurestudy
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Back at drawing. Starting page 4/8 of the (pre)menopausal comic. Using self refs for this story cos it feels very personal and is based on my own experience, but I'll back it up with scientific sources.
Soundtrack: Josén Pimeä Puoli - Ohikulkija LP
#inkdrawing #indiecomics #sarjakuva #figurestudy
Soundtrack: Josén Pimeä Puoli - Ohikulkija LP
#inkdrawing #indiecomics #sarjakuva #figurestudy
At #oulucomicsfestival Comic Oasis, super fun to talk to people and my face hurts from smiling (a good thing). I'll be here until 6pm, come by the table to say hi!
#sarjakuva #indiecomics #oulunsarjakuvafestivaali
#sarjakuva #indiecomics #oulunsarjakuvafestivaali
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
At #oulucomicsfestival Comic Oasis, super fun to talk to people and my face hurts from smiling (a good thing). I'll be here until 6pm, come by the table to say hi!
#sarjakuva #indiecomics #oulunsarjakuvafestivaali
#sarjakuva #indiecomics #oulunsarjakuvafestivaali