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A lady at work asked me to make an elephant for her as a gift for a friend. I sketched a bunch of different options and finally came up with this. Watercolor on drawing paper with marker.

Both freehand and guided mandala artwork

I think I’m becoming obsessed with the whole rabbit hole thing.

© 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. The piece was scanned into Adobe Photoshop for small adjustments, to prepare for printing.

© 2018 Joe Blend. All rights reserved. — A drawing from my journal.

© 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.

© 2018 Joe Blend. All rights reserved. — Artwork was made using a black Sharpie marker, a Ranger white opaque pen, a Precise V5 Rolling Ball extra fine black pen, and a sheet of paper from a Moleskine journal. The piece was then copied in black and white using an HP copier. The artwork is inspired by “Beyond Waves & the Notion of Time,” my blog post about the importance of the journey: http://bit.ly/2Fs0au4.

Page from my sketchbook

Trying out markers.

Pens, stickers ans washi tape on vintage portrait.

Copic markers, white marker on toned paper sketchbook

Another portrait of a friend in tiny format (2.1 x 3.1 inches) mixing coffee, watercolor, pencils and markers.

First in a series of portraits of friends in tiny format (2.1 x 3.1 inches) mixing coffee, watercolor, pencils and markers.

I’ve been listening to Sanspants Super Smashbros stepdad debate. Got Kirby on the mind.

Practice blending with new Copic Markers

Made this for the Google Doodle contest a while back, I still really like this so here ya go~!

A fox or a concretist?

Pencil drawing, ink, markers, linocut print, colored pencils.

For this one I experimented with some new markers and brushes

A witch from the Void.

A drawing I did on a dry erase board

My "Sketching for Animators and Illustrators" class started yesterday, which means the start of whiteboard doodlemania. #doodle #fullertoncollege #fullertoncollegeartdepartment #whiteboard #whiteboarddrawing #dryerase #perpective #sketching #marker #paris

My "Sketching for Animators and Illustrators" class started yesterday, which means the start of whiteboard doodlemania. #doodle #fullertoncollege #fullertoncollegeartdepartment #whiteboard #whiteboarddrawing #dryerase #perpective #sketching #marker #paris

Tangled Words, made over 4x4 inch paper Bristol Vellum artist tile, ink, colored pencils, markers

Gold and light blue metallic paint markers on Rhodia dot paper

I realized that I hadn't really used the paint markers I got earlier this year so I thought I'd try them out.

Spray paint, marker, and ink on wood cutout

Spray paint, marker, and ink on wood cutout