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Inspired by a recent camping I undertook with a few close friends of mine. Grand times had by all!

The product of killing time with some beer, wings and of course, doodling away.

Inspiration from Jefferson Airplanes awesome song White Rabbit. This is kind of older and shabby version than in book

"Nothing says tranquility like a cup of Oolong Tea." Inktober Day 3. Roasted.

So, I really wasn't going to participate in inktober this year because of time constraints. But I saw some simple line art stuff from others that looked fun. I'll see how far I can make it this year.

Nothing beats an unusual dream that inspires you. plus some Star Wars inspiration!

Quite often I’ll get ambushed with flyers and the like whilst out and about. Thankfully, I have use for said materials.

I think I'm getting the hang of painting florals with gouache. It helped to decide on a palette and pre-mix the colors.

All this and possibly some other things.

An ode to one more fresh start.

I needed inspiration and was lacking a title so, yeah...

"Floaty Boat Waves In" -- Another WIP detail shot. You can see the magic of Rebelle in these close up shots... bringing the fountain penned ink to life with color.

When you still have some energy left over from a creative marathon that happened the night before...

Four Tet's good for my creativity, no doubt about it.

I had a rock tumbler as a child and really enjoyed it. When my youngest was a child we bought her one. She was eager to enjoy it too, but somewhere after starting on that path, we lost track and it everything inside turned into a solid mass. We tossed it and forgot about it. On a recent beach trip, I collected handfuls of rocks, as I am always likely to do, and, upon return, remembered how I loved my childhood rock tumbler. I immediately researched, ordered and eagerly anticipated its delivery. Of course, with Amazon Prime, that was only a couple day’s wait. As soon as I unboxed it I thought “what am I doing?” I have neither time, nor space for yet another hobby. I thought “what will I DO with a pile of polished, pretty rocks?” I would gather them in my hands and feel their silky smoothness. I would likely gather them in some beautiful glass bowl and…then what? I have toddler grand kids frequently at my home. They put small colorful things in their mouths and up their noses and feed them to the dogs regularly. And I don’t even have a single space to display a bog bowl of pretty rocks. So I quickly decided “I’m Returning the Rock Tumbler” and will, for NOW, stick to painting them when the mood strikes.

No idea where this title came from, but it works so...yeah. Also, new sketchbook time!

Ideas, ideas everywhere... *suddenly realises he needs to buy another sketchbook*

I had something bum me out a little bit today. Nobody’s fault but it is what it is. So I decided to draw this up. I’m ready for fall and fall beers! I love to sit out under the moon once the temperature drops a bit and have some marzen lagers and other fall drinks. I felt like this captured the moment perfectly. I am excited for music fest in @havertownlife havertown tomorrow. I heard @levantebrewing will be pouring at brick and brew so I’ll be there sucking back some suds. I’m glad I forced myself to learn #adobeillustrator I’ve come a long way. Since then I have been able to help other artists that don’t use Illustrator or vectors and I am pretty proud of that, because when I was in their place it always felt like a huge struggle.

I really liked the style that I used for one of the most recent labels I did for @abominationbrewingco and @snitzcreekbrewery so I decided to mess with it a bit more. Just a quick thing. I want to draw more animals in this style. This is for me, and my wife, and my daughter. Stay strong. This is for everyone. This is for you. Stay strong. No matter what you do on a day to day basis or what you go through. You are a strong person.

A little thanks to the works of Ariel Pink for this one. If you’re anything like I am, grooves like his always get you through your creative process

I drew, I collaged, I pasted and just arted in general. Times are good!

I wrote some words, cut them up and rearranged them. What else is new?

Crafted with some assistance from the Blackout Poetry Generator, developed by Max Kreminski.

The dark side is strong with this one again.

Something spontaneous(ish), as usual.

Powdered graphite and iron oxide from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

Today's cut-up fest, inspired by the works of Anthony Burgess and Stanley Kubrick.

*writes a few words, masticates a few more he found reading Doctor Who books* An ode to the more saccharine yet saltier tasting things in life. Faff and fluff aside, find your own meaning folks.

A tribute to Leith in Edinburgh, a place that never stops inspiring me for allsorts of reasons.

With thanks (again) to endless listens of Devendra Banhart and other awesome folk like himself...heheh.