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Drawing from a year ago of Tenelleflower’s fursona, Simmy. That’s pretty much all there is to it. It may have been updated since then though, but idk.

Random doodles. These were suggestions I got from some followers on Instragram and Facebook. Done with posca pens.

I’ve been going through a bit of an art slump lately, but I finally got myself to pick up the pencil and finish this. My reference photo was a bit grainy so had some trouble with that, but overall I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out. Done in graphite, drawing itself is about 5x6 in

Bringing in 2022 properly with something simple...

Fan art logo redesign for my favorite PDX coffee shop

I hope everyone enjoys a safe holiday season. Here’s a grumpy Christmas cat giving the obligatory middle finger to omicron!

Owl in Ink

Jelly gouache and Posca pen on magnetic paper. This little tiger is living as a fridge magnet now.

Sunday night whale songs.

Whimsical pen & ink doodle . . . I guess I was in the mood for something oceanic lol ❤️

Back at it! Something, shark...

I love drawing different expressions on animals!

I love drawing animals in squares. So much fun! Tombow markers and colored pencils.

I love drawing these little guys with my dip pen. I never know what type of character is going to come out of me, because I just put pen to paper and go. They crack me up! The day I did this I filled the whole sheet with 30 of them!

I was able to find 6b and 8b 2mm leads. So I bought 2 more NIC PRO 2 mm lead holders. They arrived from Amazon today. I wanted to add more tonal depth...but I am not too sure it worked out the way I thought it would. I still need to tighten things up.

I’ve been busy working on a children’s book with my characters from @amousenamedpeter. It’s a tribute to my father, who passed last year, about the night many moons ago when he built a swing set for me. Here’s page 1

Progress picture.

Sad Green Elephant

Acrylic on wood

I've been working on this since mid September. This is my first attempt at using an engraver to help with the fur texture.

This is a cute bird family.

A second tree animal in my current series of micron pen drawings

The best way to finish off a good weekend? Some creativity of course!

1979’s The Tin Drum is one of those films I’ve been itching to see for a long time, but haven’t got round to yet for some reason. The main character in that film’s played by a guy called David Bennent. Not a household name for most, but you’ve seen Ridley Scott’s Legend, you’ll recognise him when he played Honeythorn Gump, Tom Cruise/Jack’s elfin pal. Not sure why the idea to name this piece after D.B. occurred to me, but it did!

Illustrated with Ink and Ink-Pens on Paper. Urh.-Nr:1811955 Copyright  by Carolina Matthes

I’m coming out of another one of those periods where I’ve drew or doodled very little (all the other projects on the go until now!), but as always I got my mojo back in the nick of time, it seems. :) Same old stuff here for now!

Illustrated with Ink and Ink-Pens on Paper. Urh.-Nr:1811955 Copyright  by Carolina Matthes

BIC ballpoint stick pen drawing on Richeson bulk drawing paper. This started as a contour drawing and just got squiggly (not the original intent). This was clipped to my board for weeks and I would add a few squiggles from time to time when I wanted to make marks, but didn't have inspiration. It's just a bit under 15 inches (12x18 inch paper) and is probably about 25 hours of making little lines and squiggles. The reference was a Dreamstime royalty-free photo.