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I’ll be honest, 2024’s not been too bad mostly but the recent crap weather in Scotland has a lot to answer for. Cold and miserable? Sure, but it’s not exactly been winter as we know it. Roll on spring! In lighter news... happy Pokemon day :-D

black and white illustration i made in Rebelle 7 Pro from a trip up north to Lake Huron

3d moose

I wanted to show what anxiety feels like for me, something hot, something stuck and entrapped, both present and away, most of all always there.

My process in a nutshell?

Acrylic painting 24 x 30

Lindsey and I watched Princess and the Frog

Christopher Lee’s wisdom, always perfect!

Pre-Samhuinn narwhals and hairy highland cow time!

Samhuinn and Halloween preparations are well under way here… things are about to get rather busy!

Freehand sketching in ink from a photo reference I found online, to practice conveying that lots-of-stones look without drawing all the stones (photo credit: K. Mitch Hodge). Micron pens + alcohol markers.

I'd like to introduce an old dear friend. This is my anxiety, depression, anger, and worst critic all in one package. He shows up alot in my doodles to criticize my work and life in general. I am a nervous wreck, which gives him his name.

Practicing observational drawing. Photo reference credit: Matt Black, Smithsonian Magazine

pencil work

Ten days back (April 7th) was my 30th birthday! Been up to my eyeballs in photography projects since then and only just got some breathing space to draw... always good to be back after a break, however big or small.

Taking inspiration from Damien Jurado’s latest album. Suffice to say, it’s a good one!

Vegetarian carnivores a go-go!

Mix media, it was a fun project and is now hanging up just to make the walls look happier.

Ocean children calling…

Happy new month!

Upon reflection, it seems last weekend proved good for the creative juices!

Shes pretty calm.

I grew up drawing and illustrating, but 20+ years later, it hit me with force. I haven't looked back since. These are the first two practice sketches I made when I decided finally that I want to be an artist.

Filling my belly with the remnants of the night prior’s takeaway (almost always on Sunday mornings) before the day job starts is fast becoming a ritual of mine’s lately, hence the name of this one. The joys, eh?

Hammerhead time again.

After a productive couple of days, it’s a Mark Lanegan and manga kind of night here.

Reminds me of a Buddhist proverb: Patiently I will bear harsh words as the elephant bears arrows on the battlefield. Words are powerful. They stir emotions. We are the managers of our emotions. It is not what happens to us that is the issue, it is our opinion of what happens to us that is the issue. Peace.

I generally make marks on something every day, but I'm really TRYING to do it purposefully in one single journal at a time. I also have super ADHD, which means I pretty much never go up to my actual studio and usually only use what's out on my desk, because out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

I generally make marks on something every day, but I'm really TRYING to do it purposefully in one single journal at a time. I also have super ADHD, which means I pretty much never go up to my actual studio and usually only use what's out on my desk, because out-of-sight-out-of-mind.