Hello, my name is barghest,
and I'm a doodle addict. Napa, California

Self-taught hobbyist interested in illustrating wildlife, architecture/landscapes and monsters. I work full-time at a vet hospital and am inspired by the natural world. Mostly odds and ends mixed media, using anything from Copics to Crayola markers; sometimes I draw with a stick & ink. I'm very friendly

barghest's Faves

Casey Harris

Sharpie roses

L K M

Circle of lines and twigs

MPaula

Tash Goswami

pen and ink

Kathrin Werner

Hannah

First upload! Quick sketch; trying to get back into this.

Kimmo Oja

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In the Finnish mythology killing of a bear was followed by a great feast in honour of the bear (peijaiset), where a substantial part of the celebrations consisted of convincing the bear's spirit that it had died accidentally and hadn't been murdered. Afterwards, the bear's skull was hung high upon a pine tree so its spirit could re-enter the heavens. The bones of the bear were then buried under the pine. Reference for this work is my old drawing of karhunkallopetäjä/bearskullpine in the Riisitunturi. Also practice sketch of bear skull and at last photo i took of pine.