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But first coffee

I don't know why these all upload sideways, but here's my latest work for the sketchbook. I created the electric field pattern and printed it on photo paper then doodled these rainbow trout (at the suggestion of my friend Andrew) and glued them on.

The grateful dead dancing bears

Hand painted grey/blue and sienna repeat pattern

Illustration of flowers sitting atop a body of water.

I feel a connection to spiders but am also afraid of them.

It's ok to not make sense. It's ok to not follow a pattern. It's ok to be the odd one out. Life is too beautiful, too amazing, to eccentric, too weird to fit inside someone else's tiny little box of an opinion about you. Break free out of that and live your life on your terms.

trying a darker, sketchier look...

My current sketchbook is the lovingly titled "Blue Sketchbook." Feel free to enjoy its many, many pages, plus two bonus zoom-ins of favorite spreads! Let me know if you have any questions.

Done in acryla gouache and ink.

Pencil on paper

I'm having fun with this one!

llustration for an illustrated book of the Fairytale "Little Red Cap" by the Grimm Brothers.

Digitally made pattern

This is my second shot at a full page floral abstract. “Trippy Forest” is my extra-colorful one, but this one is focused on details done in red, blue, black.

llustration for an illustrated book of the Fairytale "Little Red Cap" by the Grimm Brothers.

Digitally made pattern of gingko biloba leaves using the sketch on my last post as a starting point.

Three line drawings of leaves on Guarro paper, 6x9 inches. I later vectorised the gingko leaf and made it into a digital pattern.

Illustration for the Folio Society Competition Brief based on the novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.

Illustration for the Folio Society Competition Brief based on the novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.

The night is alright.

Done using color pencils on an A4 sheet.

Resonance interaction between the being and the environment. ink-pen drawing two page concept size A3 by Arturs Afanasjevs 2013

When I was planning this pattern I really wanted it to have a dark background. I built it in photoshop using hand drawn marker flowers but when I try to place them on a dark background it looks ridiculous!

I used African motives to create the background and the erasers of the pencils, I used the African round huts.

Color marker drawing, improvisation upon psychedelic state of mind. Book page opening size A4 / 2016.