I created a personal oasis that shows a very small floating island with two Japanese trees, in the middle of a peaceful seaside mountain scene with small fishing boats roaming around.

My island oasis has a bookshelf with my main book collection with blank papers on top, a strange statue I own, a daruma doll, a big leather armchair , some weights and a hanging string to workout, a small nightstand to hold the essentials to draw, my lamp, and a downward door to return back to reality.
Most of the reference is from objects I own, minus the chair which I still want to buy, and the bookshelf that's from a house of an old fisherman were I used to vacation in as kid. It’s located in a mountain seaside because I get very relaxed by the smell and sound of the sea.

Also I discovered as a child that when looking at my grandmother's goldfish I got a strange sense of whimsical wonder and it got me in the mood to draw fantastical scenes, so I added a fantastical element of glowing flying ghost fish. Ghost fish because I don’t want a flying fish to spill my ink or bump into my face and make me fall.

I drew the first draft digitally, reflecting the image continually in the process to make sure it’s balanced correctly.
After a low detailed of the island and chair, i started with the silhouette of the main element in the illustration, and added from there.

After the island, i moved on to the mountains, sea and clouds.

Finally adding small details in the island and myself sitting on the armchair.