I feel like my drawings got a lot more dimensional and interesting once I was able to achieve variable line width. I love loading different colors into the pen and going HAM on paper that totally can't handle it. My sketchbooks crackle when I turn the pages. They buckle and heave and are exhausted from their tribulations.
The first of what became a "wheelchair series" I've been building as an attempt at healing since my paralysis. Learning to adjust and grow to appreciate and eventually love this new body continues to be a journey and doodling has proven (for me) to be an
Love to make doodles everywhere! I share a photo of a mural made live in La Ronda, Quito-Ecuador to remind something very simple: You just have to breath. Follow my instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/mintchelada/
"Build them up
High and strong so you'll never have to hurt too long
Put them up
'Til they surround and there's no real you left to be found
Hold it up
High above no fear of hope or trust or love
Close it up
And hold your ground and wait unt
“I shall now put my hat on, and I wish you all the best of luck.” - Oliver Reed.
Getting inspired by a new plush I picked up over the weekend past, plus some wisdom from old school hellraisers…
“If someone says ‘Give me one word of advice,’ I say ‘be fearless.’ And knowing without any shadow of a doubt that what they have to give - who they are - is totally unique and not shared by anybody else.” - Sir Patrick Stewart (1940 - 2026).
“I'm the only guy I know who died in a f---ing Muppet Movie." - Billy Connolly.
New brush pens and washi tape from Edinburgh Art Shop fuelled something a bit different… fan art of The Big Yin himself!
