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Johannes Belach

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You know I said that, if I come back here, I’m gonna have some fun! Well… 😁
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This is a little advert for my new gouache painting course on how to paint the human eye with only 4 colors, aka the Zorn palette and only one brush.😱🤯
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You can find the link to the course in my bio.🛍️
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It’s still on sale until the end of august. 💸
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So check it out and push your gouache painting skills to the next level! 💪😊
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#gouache #gouachepainting #gouacheart #gouachepaint #gouacheillustration #gouacheartist #gouacheportrait #gouacheartwork #gouachetutorial #videotutorial #tutorial #videotutorials #videocourse #zorn #zornpalette #anderszorn #belachsbrushhour #onlinecourse #onlinecourse #masterclass #watercolor #limitedpalette #limitedpallette #eye #eyes #eyedrawing #eyepainting #eyeillustration #illustrationworkshop #workshop #onlineworkshop
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Products used in this video by the following companies:
@artezaofficial @royaltalens @royaltalens.eu @schmincke_official
@schmincke_official @davinci_artistbrushes_official @adobe @adobe_de @adobecreativecloud by @j.belach

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Another day, another try! 🤷🏼‍♂️🙈😅
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As I was trying to tell you yesterday, I kinda „failed successfully“ by painting a nice picture, that supposed to look a bit different…😅
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Do you know that feeling, when you imagine how something will look in the end and then it evolves and evolves and turns out waaaay better than you thought it could, but the goal you set earlier is also waaaay off?! 😅 (does anybody understand what I mean?! 😅😂)
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Ok, the task was simple: draw something in the style of @humphreys7120 to learn new techniques, free up your mind and dust off some old rust … 🤷🏼‍♂️ simple, right?!
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But at some point I fell right back into my old habit of over rendering and detailing the drawing, although the initial goal was to learn Grahams beautiful lose, almost „abstract“ art style… 🤷🏼‍♂️ welp!😂
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Soooo… off to the next one and let’s see how this will turn out!😄
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Drawn in @procreate with brushes and textures by me (link in the bio!😉😋)
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The beautiful reference picture is by @studiografit 👌
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Have a great day and love peace! ☮️🤗
. taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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4 years ago

Another little glimpse of the (hopefully soon) finished artwork for @letteringstylechallenge prompt number 9!!!😳🙈😅
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Can you now guess what it will be?!😏😁
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Oh boy, I really wanted to make more art, but it’s just… too much… I think all the stress and shit I just „put aside“ over the last 6 months, in order to power through this whole cancer fuckfest, I all crashing down on me, after my (hopefully) last chemotherapy. Plus the anxiety because I still have to wait for over a month until the last tests are made to determine if any of the little fuckfaces are still inside me… 😵
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But hey, I’m still alive and kicking… even though it’s little baby kicks 😅 but I’m not giving up and this whole thing will pass and I will still be here! 💪😊
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And that’s why I will extend this challenge way beyond its initial run, because I’m inspired by it and it helps me to cope with this whole shituation! 😎 thank you @aureliemaron and Celine!❤️🙏
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#lsc26_9 #wackypackages #fuckcancer #digitalillustration #digitaldrawing @topps @procreate taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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Oh boy… I really went waaaay too deep into this from the start and made everything uber detailed… but I’m sticking with it 💪 and I think, it will be worth it in the end!🙏😅
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So, all I can show you (for now), is a little #workinprogress for the #lsc26_9 @letteringstylechallenge drawing… which is already 3 days too late… 😭🙈🤷‍♂️😅 but I hope it appeases the @instagram @design gods!
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BUT(t)!😂 can you guess what kind of #wackypackages this might be in the end?
Wrong answers only! 😉😂
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And as always:
Made on my (now old) iPad Pro 2018 12.9“ in @procreate with brushes by me and textures by @glanzgraphics
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@topps #kraken #digitalillustration taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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7 days ago

Let’s be honest… we all know a friend who LOOOOVES his (or hers) ramen noodles and also loves to let the whole world hear about it!😅🙈😂
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And as a misophonic myself… it’s the HORROR!!!😱😭😵☠️😂
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So this piece for the @letteringstylechallenge is my ways to cope with the „pain“ and the #wackypackages homage is the best way for that (at least for me!😅😂)
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Once again I drew it on my iPad in @procreate with brushes by me and textures by @glanzgraphics
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How about you, are you a fellow misophonic (someone who loathes sounds that people make, like smacking, slurping, etc. (and with some people just Opernintendant their mouths!😆))
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#lsc26_6 #ramennoodles #slurp #ramen🍜 @topps taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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„Done is better than perfect“ they say… yeah fuck 'em!😂🙈
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I know this could have been so much better… at least is was in my head… but I just wanted to be done and 🤷‍♂️
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So this is another piece for the @letteringstylechallenge done in @procreate with brushes by me, to pay homage to the awesome „Wacky Packages“ stickers by @topps
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I really don’t know what else to say… tbh I’m a bit bummed out… this chemotherapy stuff is harder on my system than I like to admit TO myself… my concentration is down, I’m tired and just exhausted as fuck, but my mind is racing and it’s driving me crazy 'cause I wand to do more, in fact I HAVE to do more (chores, office stuff and shit) and I can only do the bare minimum… it sucks!😟
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But this too shall pass - at least I hope so… so let’s keep going and we’ll see, how it all comes together in the end! 🤷‍♂️
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#lsc26_5 #cyberpunk #5gum #wackypackages #parody
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@5gum @5gumgermany taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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14 days ago

Oh boy… the @letteringstylechallenge is only 3 days young and I’m already 1 day behind!🙈😅
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Note to self: remember the 80/20 rule!!!
Or „K.I.S.S.“ -> „keep it simple, stupid!“ 😂
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How are my fellow LSC peepz are holding up?!
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With this little #wackypackages (by @topps ) inspired painting, I combined the „flared serif“ lettering style with the „bat wing“ prompt from the @retrosupply #frightfall challenge… oh poor Batman… 🙈😅😂 my mind, man… 🤷‍♂️😁
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If you swipe all the way to the end, you’ll see the Timelapse of the whole process. 😊
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Drawn in @procreate on my iPad with brushes by me.
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#lsc26_2 #kfc #letteringstylechallenge taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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16 days ago

The only one who can „push“ me out of „retirement“ and my comfort zone is @aureliemaron and her @letteringstylechallenge 😅🤷‍♂️😁
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And this year, I wanna have some FUN! 😈
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Idk if you remember the „Wacky Packages“ stickers by @topps from „the good old days“, but I do and they had a very big impact on me growing up, because the were subversive, icky and a whole lot of fun!
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This is my homage to them! 😊
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I particularly loved their style, made (in)famous by the late great Norm Saunders. What a legend! (I’ll go into more detail about then in future posts but for now I’m leaving it at that. So stay tuned!😉)
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Drawn in @procreate with my „Pulpy Nostalgia“ brush set (coming soon!) and textures by @glanzgraphics
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With this drawing I’m combining two challenges - the first one being the #letteringstylechallenge2026 by Aurelie and #frightfall2026 by @retrosupply
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#lsc26_1 #wackypackages #topps taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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18 days ago

Ok, BUT…
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… where’s the lettering, Joe - WHERE IS IT?!
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Chhihihihiilll, bruh or bruhdette!😂
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Technically there IS!!!111 a lettering here and it’s a damn fine one! But it’s not by me!
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It’s by the visionary, creative mastermind, „Schnörkel-Papst“ („Flourish Pope“) and beautiful soul @robertbree.de 😍🥳👏👏👏 who invented the @letteringdaysmunich in the first place, as a „real life“ meet-up and creative event to finally meet all your lettering buddies, that you only knew from Instagram, in the real world. (Which happened for the SEVENTH time this year! (Ok, each year separately, starting in 2019 - we did not do 7 events in 2025!!! Once is enough! It’s beautiful and magical, but ONCE a year is enough! 😅🙈😂)
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Aaanywho, back to the poster!^^
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And yeah, what can I say… stickers are for plebs! 😑 postcards… pff… are people actually still able to write?! And I generally don’t bother with trinkets‘n‘shit!
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So I made a poster! 🤷‍♂️😂
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I did this partially in @procreate and @photoshop back in 2022 as „my gift“ for the community / goodie bag. (It’s almost mandatory to bring so kind of „gift“ to those events, be it stickers, postcards, etc. to share and collect and to basically say: „HaY lOoK, tHiS iS mE aNd wHaT i‘M dOiNg!!!111“😅😂 and it’s wonderful! I love it!🥰)
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Looking back, I‘m not „embarrassed“ by it, but it think… hope… PRAY❗️😩 that I evolved a little over the following years and got at least a little better!🙈😅
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And don’t get me wrong, I still love this poster and am still proud of it, but we (as artists) all know this feeling of never being fully satisfied with our work, right?! Especially looking back at old works and I think that’s totally ok and if it helps us to strive to get better at something, it’s actually good! But it all has to be balanced! 🧘‍♂️
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How do you feel about your past works, do you embrace those „monstrosities“, or are you the „flip-the-lighter-behind-you-walking-away-from-the-explosion-without-looking-back“-kinda person?! 😉
Let me know! 😊
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Ah, before I forget:
This is more of my illustrative side. Do you like that as well and see more of this or do you wanna see more letterings?! „Dance, little lettering-monkey, dance!“😂 taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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Where we’re going, we don’t need…
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… pens?! 🤔😂
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As you may know, I’m a kid of the 80s (and 90s^^) and it’s still my favorite decade in regards of pop culture - and therefore an inspiration or influence in nearly everything I do.
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I just love that „neon chrome“, the grid, the flashy colors… 🤩😍👌
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And as I was toying with the idea of creating some „80s-style merch“ for the @letteringdaysmunich I saw that @domestika had a new course on lettering by non other than @indieground 😱😍
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So, the puzzle pieces all fell in the right place, I took the course - yes, I like to broaden my visual library by watching lots and lots of courses and tutorials… maybe too much… 😳🤔🙈😅 - aaaaanywho… I ended up creating this „vintage style limited edition“ poster!😊 what do you think?
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Done in @photoshop and #adobeilustrator with textures by @texturelabs and me.
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How about you: what’s YOUR favorite decade of all time and why?!🙃
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Tbh, I’m still a bit „hungover“ from the #letteringdaysmünchen nearly 2 weeks ago… exhaustion and #festivalblues are still strong, so the insta also is surely kicking my balla for not posting as frequent as before, but who cares!🤷‍♂️
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#letteringdaysmunich #letteringdays #letteringdays2024 #ldm2024 #letteringevent #letteringeveryday #lettering #letteringdaily #lettering_daily #letteringpractice
#procreate #procreatelettering #ipadlettering
#belachsbrushhour
#indieground
#eventposter #posterdesign #posterdesigns #poster #posterdesigner #posterdesigning #posterdesigncommunity #posterart #posterartist #limitedposter #plakat #plakatdesign taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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The #letteringstylechallenge2025 is over…
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… and so are the #letteringdays2025 …
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… BUT, to keep the momentum going and to process the last couple of days and weeks, I’m going to show you some #letterings I did for the official poster for the @letteringdaysmunich 😊
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I was tasked to create the poster, as I did last year and the year before (more on that later!😉) and as you can imagine - or know, by looking at my last artworks - I don’t want to repeat myself and rather create something that I’ve never done before.
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That’s when I stumbled upon the works of @chrispiascik and I knew that this would fit the style I had in mind perfectly.
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Done in @procreate with brushes by @chrispiascik x @retrosupply and textures by me.
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And as you can see, we also used the lettering(s) also as the main motive for this years #goodiebag 🥳🤩
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And as part of the team that organized this #letteringevent I want to thank the best team in the world, @sushimoon @robertbree.de @jenny.froehlindesign @djangonaut and me (yes, I DO thank myself!😂), our fantastic little helpers in the back- and foreground, our beautiful attendees, our location @smartvillage_com and all of our partners for their incredible support, to make these #letteringdays so very special!
☺️🙏💛
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@letteringindeutschland
@moduletto
@edding_de
@neulandcom
@pentel_de
@karinmarkers
@paperlike
@royaltalens
@onlinegermany
@arsscribendi.e.v
@handschriftmagazin
@schmincke_official
@kaweco.germany
@boesner_deutschland
@schneiderpengermany
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#letteringdaysmunich #lettering #letteringdaily #lettering_daily #letteringpractice
#procreate #procreatelettering #ipadlettering
#belachsbrushhour
#chrispiascik
#eventposter #posterdesign #posterdesigns #poster taken in Reisbach, Saarland, Germany by @j.belach

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