Art & illustrations

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I like to experiment. It shows in the choice of subjects, styles, techniques, colours and media. I do digital and mixed media, black and white plus colourful, and anything from illustrative to abstract art. Often I combine it all and come up with something new and unexpected. I enjoy drawing animals, human and other kinds. Nature and space fascinate me.

An illustration of a brown owl with teal feathers on its chest surrounded by branches with green leaves on them in front a dark blue sky with white dot stars by Mervi Eskelinen

A photo of an open sketchbook spread with a drawing of a whimsical lamp fish with a lightbulb in the place of the usual “lamp” mouth open holding a book with “THE CAPITAL” and a dollar sign on the cover. On te first page, in the direction the fish is swimming, there’s a bit of metallic golden watercolour and on the second page dark blue and black watercolour by Mervi Eskelinen.

An artwork of a beautiful pale, unspecified Asian woman with black curly bob hair, looking straight at you somewhat unimpressed, wearing a dainty white top and has a live orange fox wrapped around her shoulders. Background is pale pink and there's a thin off white lining around the woman and the fox, and over everything there's a soft paper like texture. The drawing has a bit of a retro, maybe slightly art deco feel by Mervi Eskelinen

A mostly black and white simplified fashion style artwork of a beautiful pale woman with britght red lips, blue eyeshadow and red blush on cheecks, with lace looking doodly area and black ink style splashes around the neck and chest by Mervi Eskelinen

An artwork of a beautiful Black woman apparently not wearing anything on her upper body with hair made of exotic flowers and paradise birds looking straight at you with mouth slightly opened Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

A flat lay style illustration with a black cat sleeping relaxed surrounded by drawings, pens, pencils and oil pastels, a cup of tea and a Finnish cinnamon roll or korvapuusti, masking tape rolls, a pear and tangerine slices, a couple of photos, buttons, a pink roll of yarn, a cactus and some monstera plant leaves by Mervi Eskelinen

Braid 4, detailed pencil drawing of a slightly loose braid with flyaway hairs by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

An illustration of brown, pink and orange mushrooms on a green mossy ground and before a green sky with a light greenish moon and yellow stars and light greenish dot stars with a soft canvaslike texture by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

An illustration of a woman with pale skin and short-ish brown hair wearing yellow blouse, looking straight at you with a black cat on her shoulder with a round blue background with snowflakes floating around and slightly grainy surface by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

An illustration of an orange fox standing on grass surrounded by huge teal and off white mushrooms, yellow tassellike flowers, and whity swirly things, with pink shelled brown snails on the mushrooms, over a dark blue night sky with dot stars by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Come Sail Away, black and white line drawing style illustration of a small dingy on a tiny lily pond surrounded by plants by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

A simplified fashion style portrait of a woman with orange hair and freckles, red lipstick and cheecks, and orange eyeshadow, wearing a green off-shoulder shirt with a ink style background by Mervi Eskelinen

An illustration of a Black woman with short natural hair and freckles wearing lots of earrings, including one gold star shaped and a hanging silver moon by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

An illustration of a brain filled with colourful flowers on a green background with handwritten text 'this is your brain on art' on top of the illustration by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

A photo of an open sketchbook on a wooden table with an acrylic marker drawing of a black tuxedo cat and brown gray tabby cat sitting looking straight at you (there's also a Sakura Micron fine liner on the table as well as a metallic clip) by Mervi Eskelinen

A photo of a sketchbook spread with five colourful simplistic snail illustrations made with markers and fine liners by Mervi Eskelinen

An artwork of a beautiful, pale redhead with freckles and flaming hair on a softly textured green background. There are vines with almost heart shaped leaves growing out of their hair and they look straight at partially under their lids. They have bright red lips and bare shoulders by Mervi Eskelinen

An illustration of three simplistic blob cats: The first one is orange and sitting with big round eyes, the second one is black and laying on its back with eyes closed and pink nose and paw beans, and the third one is teal and pictured from above laying relaxed with eyes closed by Mervi Eskelinen

An illustration of a black blob cat with big round green eyes and an orange pumpkin on an orange, softly textured background with a few falling autumn leaves by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Illustrated repeat pattern of blueberries, raspberries, lingonberries, rosehips and some mushrooms a soft pink background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Braid 1, detailed pencil drawing of a braid by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

An illustration of assorted party treats, such as candies and chips and soda pop and meringues and cookies and strawberries and ice cream bars on a pink and white soft, fabric like surface by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

An artwork of a beautiful tan person with pink short hair, apparently not wearing anything, looking slightly up and towards the right side of the picture slightly amazed with stardust surrounding them and twirling above them Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Tap Tap, a two colour illustration of a blue skin person with red long straight hair, wearing a red dotted shirt, red pants and shoes with blue laces and soles sitting with one knee up holding a smartphone in their left hand on a white background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Summer Chill, a limited palette illustration of a person with short spiky dark purple hair, yellow skin, light purple t-shirt and dark purple shorts sitting with one leg dropped down and one knee lifted up, holding a purple ice cream in their right hand by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

An artwork of a pale yet beautiful androgynous person, who has undercut long purple hair with bangs and icy blue eyes, is wearing a yellow dotted light purple hoodie and is holding their right hand up above their head where three blue, white and pink butterflies are flying, one of them having landed on their hand looking straight at you defiantly by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Illustrated repeat pattern of carrots, beetroots and onions a soft turquoise teal background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Sushi Cat illustration of a white blob cat sitting with eyes closed and holding what appears to be salmon filled sushi roll in chopsticks with their left paw held up on a light peachy pink background. The cat has pink shaded red inner ears, nose and mouth and black line eyes and whiskers by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Buddies, illustration of a happy looking person with light purple skin, green spiky hair, pink cheeks and brown t-shirt holding a black, clearly unimpressed cat in their arms on a light purple background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Illustrated black and white repeat pattern of stylised apples by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Birch, a black and white ink drawing of an old, life seen birch without leaves by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Black Cat, Colourful World, a digital painting of a blob like black cat before a teal/turquoise circle, between colourful branches and leaves on a pink background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Blue Bird Paradise, an illustrated pattern of blue pirds surrounded by green branches and leaves and red flowers on a black background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Black and white illustration of three people sitting on floor. The first one from the left is Black, holding a phone and has semi curly blunt bob, dotted shirt and black trousers with sneakers. The second, in the middle, is white with bowl cut, wearing black shirt and white pants with black sneakers, hugging their legs with knees up. The third is Black, holding left hand up as in waving and has curly hair, striped shirt and black trousers with sneakers. By Mervi Eskelinen

Illustrated repeat pattern of yellow bell peppers, kale, red tomatoes and zucchinis on a soft yellow background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Cats & Catnip, a simplistic illustration of blobby black cats with big round eyes surrounded by stylised green and purple catnip plants by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Cow, illustration of a free brown cow looking at you with a grain and a blue flower poking out of the cows mouth by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Creator, digital painting of a mysterious person with purple pink bob hair, green eyes, green stripe on lower lip and a crescent moon on their forhead creating a shiny universe between their hands by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Fantasy, a digital chest portrait drawing of a androgynous humanlike creature facing right with eyes closed and with pointy ears, dark brown hair braided and pointy horns by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Flower Power Bicycle, a line art style black and white illustration of a cutesy bicycle with baskets full of and surrounded by flowers and bees by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Flowers For You, an illustration of a white haired very pale girl wearing round glasses and green turtleneck sweater holding a blue, cloud decorated vase with three yellow sunflowers in it on a light green background with three stars and some dots by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Fox Tattoo, black and white line illustration of a fox running down with its tail curled like a question mark by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Hidden Garden, black and white line drawing style illustration of a mystical garden hidden within birches with a small greenhouse Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Illustrated repeat pattern of sweet pastelly coloured ice cream cones and bars on a soft pink background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

An artwork of a beautiful Black woman with blue bob hair and a moon on her forehead, looking beyond you towards right of the image with tilted head and slight smile, wearing a light see through shirt or dress which has fallen off her right shoulder and pale stars on her ears and around her neck, and there's a blue glow around her over a dark blue background with shiny dots and planets on it by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Innocence, digital painting of an androgynous young person with big sunflowers in their arms being stalked by a black wolf on a red background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

A simplified fashion style portrait of a woman with light brown skin, red lips and cheeks, green eyeshadow and black hair worn in high bun, wearing a black turtleneck shirt with ink style background by Mervi Eskelinen

Magic, illustration of assorted magic items (candle, bundle of herbs and flowers, crystals, black crystal ball, crystal, magic potion, black cat, mushroom, magic wand with round crystal and candle) surrounded by herbs and stars on a grainy old rose coloured background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Music, illustration of a pink cassette tape with a rainbow coloured stripe over a white label area on a lighter pink background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Occultist, digital painting of a mysterious feminine person with long green hair, ram horns and green eyes wrapped in a creamy fabric, holding a red thread with pentagram on the end of it on a pink art deco style background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Colourful grainy illustration of three young looking people, first on left with darkest brown skin, light curly short hair wearing green jacket over pink shirt, purple pants and white sneakers, second with slightly lighter brown skin, black short hair wearing yellow shirt, pink pants and teal sneakers and third with tan skin, purple hair in space buns wearing pink and orange turtleneck, orange pants and green shoes by Mervi Eskelinen

Phoning In, illustration of a person with light brown skin, light pink cheeks and purple bob hair wearing light purple shirt, purple pants and black shoes sitting on a floor holding a phone in their right hand and resting their left hand on their left knee on a light brown background with light purple hearts and light pink dots by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

A black and white line drawing style illustration of three same shape coffee cups piled up, with the bottom one decorated with a heart, middle one with a triangle stripe and the top one with a plant illustration by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

A Place In The Sun, black and white line drawing style illustration of a flower patterned hammock in between two trees over grass and rose bush before a lake by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Illustrated repeat pattern of simple small green leafy plants on a white background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Pretty In Pink, illustration of a slightly tan person looking at you a bit suspiciously with orange bob hair wearing a pink collared shirt with a black cat (also looking at you suspiciously) surrounded by pink flowers with green stems and leaves on a green background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Rocket, illustration of a naive style white and pink space rocket launching to the stars with a plume of orange fire under it by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Rooster, line art style black and white illustration of a fancy rooster with big tail and left foot lifted up by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Space Stuffs, line drawing style black and white illustration of stylised planets and other space elements by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Illustrated repeat pattern of simplistic juicy red strawberries with green stems on a creamy background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Summer Cat, black and white illustration of a happy black cat laying on its back with one front paw stretched out as if it's waving surrounded by wild strawberries by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

An artwork of a brown skinned woman with big brown, slightly messy hair facing down and towards left of the image with eyes closed, wearing a yellow see through shirt with big yellow flowers on it on a beige-y pink background with a lighter circular shape, and pale yellow stars and dots on it by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Unimpressed Dryad, digital painting of a green haired pale dryad looking back towards you over her bare shoulder with an unimpressed look on her face and green leaves on a green background by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen

Wild Herbs & Berries, black and white line drawing style illustration wild herbs, strawberry plants and blueberry plants by Mervi Emilia Eskelinen