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We wrapped up our trip with South of the Border, the schlockiest, most-borderline-offensive Mexican-themed South Carolina rest stop of all time. Then we hit Raleigh's art museum, and went home. The last few sketches of my sketchbook were me flipping through my photos and drawing a few favorite things I hadn't gotten to drawing yet. Thanks for traveling with me!

A colorful doodle study of my urban backyard. Homage to a 20+ year old delicious apple tree that is no longer part of the view. Artwork done in Procreate.

He is on the street walking... What is his name? I don't know. He is holding flowers and a black umbrella. Where is he going? I'm not quite sure. Maybe to somebody or maybe to somewhere. Made with Oil Pastels

There was a royal lineage in Europe that was so inbred that their jaws started getting really distended and weird. Like Jay Leno, but inbred. (I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt.) Feel free to look up the Hapsburgs. I'll wait. The second picture is a Fiji mermaid and a merman. I think I want a merman tattoo. SMOLDER.

Line drawing with marker and india ink.

This is a black-and-white revision of an illustration I made (hand-drawn) for an American Red Cross e-newsletter years ago. The original was in color; however, considering my current work is predominantly black and white, I thought it appropriate to update the illustration for my portfolio. © 2007-2018 Joe Blend. All rights reserved.

© 2017 Joe Blend. All rights reserved. — Artwork made by redacting words in a newspaper article to create a haiku. A contour drawing was added using white ink, to convey the meaning behind the haiku (note: the word "the" was added by using semi-opaque tape to remove the word from a different newspaper article). The piece was scanned into Adobe Photoshop for small adjustments, to prepare for printing.

This is a reindeer for Christmas which I drew. I experimented with cross-hatching with a ball-point pen. Merry Christmas!

While on my drive home, at each red light, I drew in my sketchbook without looking. All shapes and things were from things I was seeing as I drove home. I then colored it in.

John Lennon? I never knew the guy personally, but I sure did like his music and message

Wanted Witch

Liquid acrylics and alcohol based pens. This is from my new journal Signs.

Testing new toys Tools: three of the psychedelic Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth marbling pencils, Derwent Pencils Graphik pens, a CuttleLola Dotspen, Pentel Arts Pocket Brush Pen, unbranded gold graphite pencil.

The start of a new Sketchbook, Page 2.

The start of a new Sketchbook, Page 1.

New Book

Started a new sketchbook, this is the cover.

Waiting for our food. Everything looks better with a few smiley faces.

First page in my new sketchbook

Some views of Fitzrovia, London.

The cover is just as important as what's inside. Spent 40 minutes doing this cover. It's always the best part of a new sketchbook!

180° view of the inside of my houseboat

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Testing new set of colors - a bit smeared, and as you can see I'm not very confident in faux calligraphy:

Pulled this from a sketch book, threw it in a frame and gifted it to a stranger. Tentative name is "Fleur in the Gris," Mixed Media, 2017,

Manga panel preview of a story I have in mind. In the process of creating more characters, super fun to do ^ ^ I'm on @agentrosehq on Instagram, and I'm on deviantart as well! agentrosehq.deviantart.com

Have you heard of this new children's book series called - "Little People, Big Dreams"? It explores the lives of outstanding people who began their life as a child with a dream and achieved incredible things! I am in awe of these beautifully illustrated b

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While reading Don Quijote a few years ago, I drew sketches like this one for each chapter. Check out all 128 illustrations at www.yagmourian.com/gaston/projects/drawnquijote/

New chinese year.