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An illustration based on the book of James chapter 3. Done using a fine liner then edited digitally (for reprint).

"Man on the Train: Hey, are you a dreamer? Wiley: Yeah. Man on the Train: I haven’t seen too many around lately. Things have been tough lately for dreamers. They say dreaming is dead, no one does it anymore. It’s not dead it’s just that it’s been forgotten, removed from our language. Nobody teaches it so nobody knows it exists. The dreamer is banished to obscurity. Well, I’m trying to change all that, and I hope you are too. By dreaming, every day. Dreaming with our hands and dreaming with our minds. Our planet is facing the greatest problems it’s ever faced, ever. So whatever you do, don’t be bored, this is absolutely the most exciting time we could have possibly hoped to be alive. And things are just starting" - waking life (movie). ° So the other day I had a beautiful conversation about lucid dreaming with some friends. We shared amazing dream memories that we all had experienced and right the next day this sleeping beauty started showing up on a piece of paper. What about you, are you a dreamer? :) ♠️

Messing around with lettering. I really should go eat something.

Freehand drawing with pens made during a live drawing session.

Watercolour and ink on paper, 254X178mm. A more planned drawing, based on a little sketchbook doodle

Nights of weird dreams captured in Ink

The first page in my Moleskine sketchbook. Lettering, doodle flowers and a vibrant green background. Coloured in with brush marker pens.

Thoughts, Memories & Fun Ideas

More Ink fun- Less Letters this time :) And a little tribute to one of my favorite Schiele drawings (Reclining Woman with Red Blouse)

This is my illustration of the Mad Hatter, based on the Tim Burton interpretation; it was created for a recent blog post. Everything was drawn by hand on white cardstock, using illustration pens, except for the background (which was created by scanning a specific craft paper pattern). The black and white conversion/inversion, composition, and subtle refinements were done in Adobe Photoshop. © 2018 Joe Blend. All rights reserved.

Ink straight on Cardboard. More Graffiti-esque writing fun :)

Sometimes all you need is a good hug

Drawing printed on paper. Handpulled screenprint.

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.

Told ya! More - Ink straight on Paper- Letters. I really enjoy doing these :)

Necesito hacer mas cuerpos, y no tenia tanta idea para hacer una cara, así que todo se unió y listo... un dibujo rápido :P

Converse challenge ft by Color Animal https://www.facebook.com/laescuelabrown/videos/970360986417770/

Over the course of a few months, I got to work with Good Karma For All on what you might consider a "passion project". The job consisted of freehand painting murals on every single (large) wall and hand-lettering inspirational quotes all over the inside and outside of the building.

One of the 104 illustrations in #themondayfridayproject. Please search for and check out the full project on instagram

First hand Lettering project

Free hands Scribe's and get these Unique Characters .

handstyle + color treatment

my classic blak and white fluidvision hand style studio on paper

In the Idea Emporium Bakery, Underwater Lollipops are sold. Give a few licks to free the fishes. Be sure to have water handy for them to jump into. (from my new book in the making)