Artist musings on people asking me to paint bits of their soul ❤️

I'm always honoured to be trusted with them, and it's the kind of thing that makes me remember that humans are pretty good a lot of the time.

How do art commissions actually work? A step by step guide to the process I use!

If you've ever wanted to commission yourself your dream custom art piece, but felt a bit threatened and 'how the buggering hell do I do this?' about it all, hopefully this will help! ♥️

✨Art Commissions 2025 ✨
Open and booking, details below!
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Complex, wild, weird, emotional requests very welcome. Don't worry about something being silly or vulnerable. I *live* for silly and your feelings are safe with me <3 Promise.
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A silly question for your Monday! Which top hat birb are you today?

I'm the lil tiny round guy on the right hand page. Small and weird.

Also, let me know if you'd like to see more stupid little doodles, I have so many ❤️

#doodleart #sketchbook #sketches #sketchart #birbart

'I've had worse' a #WIP painting. We're at the stage of the messy, bizarre underpainting!

Friends, it's been a rough start to the year on all kinds of levels. But I have noticed something, while I've been feeling so damn rough. -

I'm a lil late, but happy year of the SNEK everyone ♥️

May your year of the SNEK be good enough to excite this strangely unimpressed looking snek boi.

#yearofthesnake🐍 #lunarnewyear

Thoughts on hope ♥️

What are you hoping for, right now? What could you use little borrowed hope for?

If you're new here, hello, I'm Ellie ♥️ I'm an artist telling stories to empower the emotional, embrace the passionate and celebrate the weird.

#artist #storytelling #artistramblings #hopepunk

Which lil guy are you?

Sometimes I bribe my brain into having good chemicals by drawing stupid little guys in my sketchbook. So in the name of posting more often, but less sensible, here's my latest weird sketchbook friends.

Which stupid little guy are you today? Tell meeee ♥️

A very complicated DND party illustration commission!

This one was *complex* and fun! This piece was a surprise present for a DnD party from a very kind GM! 😊♥️ It was to be presented in game as part of an in character news article on the parties most recent exploits!

This is Dally the Doggo ♥️ a lovely #petportrait commission I had the pleasure of painting recently 😊 Swipe for details and first layer shots

I've still got pet portraits slots open, details via the website on my profile or email [email protected] ♥️

#artcommissionsopen #petportraitartist

Hey frens! I'm Ellie Sparrow 😊 I make art to empower + celebrate folks through storytelling ♥️

Here's me with my first watercolour art to ever be exhibited! 'This Ends Now' is inspired by the moment an inherited trauma cycle breaks ♥️ it's in The Carre Gallery in Sleaford, UK until 11th June!