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These are my drawings for Inktober 2018. I had set these rules for myself; Making a drawing every day with a dip pen within 15 minutes. Some succeeded, others failed completely, but I enjoyed the challenge!

Doodles made during meetings when I had markers at my desk

I was tired of carrying around a bunch of Microns. I want one or two refillable pens so I started with buying a new Lamy AL-Star Fountain Pen. I love it. I got the medium nib and am able to get a nice range of line width from it. This and maybe a fine nib and I'll be all set for a travel kit. This is the first page I drew with it.

Graphite and carbon pencils, 2018

Graphite and carbon pencils, 2018

Hand. Incorporated a few techno from Lisa Congdon’s Inktober class on Creative Bug. Seems to evoke a little something.

Ink on scratchboard.

Just trying to find my own style on art. I used Prisma Colored Markers, Copic Ink pens. White gel pen as a highlighter.

An old sketch from my cat Yana who loves to spent time in the garden between the flowers. Coloured pencil on Canson Drawing paper.

Spooky sketch filled in with Golden Fluid Acrylic paint in Carbon Black. The background and other colors are watercolor.

... this watercolor was part of a project with the theme of letting go & embracing the new...you can see the completed image on my Instagram...❤

This is a hand drawing of Dexter a dog that I had 18 years ago. I used ink and I use a background made with photoshop brushes in the digital file.

White bleed proof ink on black paper inked with a Speedball drawing dip pen

Inspired by Pink Floyd's 'Breathe' from The Dark Side of the Moon album, this is a conceptual representation of a concept album.

The Japanese say you have three faces. The first face, you show to the world. The second face, you show to your close friends, and your family. The third face, you never show anyone.

Made in Adobe Draw on the iPad. So its vector. Autumn colors. I need flowers or other pretty stuff in my life now, to not run into the same old winter depression. Oh, why am I not born somewhere with more light? I don't like it, when we only have 8 light hours and they are not so light at all. And I don't like going by airplane to have a small holiday, since its bad for pollution. What to do? Flowers, lots of them..

Been doing a spell of healthy eatin lately

I thought I entered this in the contest. Oh Well.

Sure, I went to a lot of witch burnings as a teen, but I learned what gettin roasted REALLY means in my 30s

I painted HP Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe in order to spook up Halloween. I'll probably do Stephen King, too, at some point, and maybe Shirley Jackson. Anyone have any other favorite horror novelists?

Fun lettering piece on a logo for Pinner's conference made out of sprinkles.

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Many lines. Spent some time on this one.

"Ups & Downs" explores the nature of basic shapes/colors and how they interact to tell a story. This piece focuses on an infinite recycled energy, meaning there is no end point to its structure. The aim was to keep it simple yet structurally complex to the eye.

Fun and whimsical florals

Adobe Draw, Vector

I sketched this black cat drawing as the start of my custom pet portrait service. Graphite, a mechanical pencil and a hb pencil was used on Derwent sketching paper.