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"Life will vaporize your daydream." ~ A blackout poem from a recycled page of Dealing with Blue, a YA romance.

"It meant something good when it was over. I need my space." ~ A blackout poem from a recycled page of Dealing with Blue, a YA love story with small town fun.

"I'm spreading wonder with one word." ~A blackout poem from a recycled page of Dealing with Blue, a YA love story.

"His heart turned off when his mind needed to listen." ~ A blackout poem from a recycled page of Riding with the Hides of Hell, now titled Burnout.

Pigma & Prismacolor in sketchbook. From magazine photo.

All the elements were drawn by hand, with Prismacolor markers used to create what would be vastly contrasting tones after b/w conversion. The composition and b/w conversion were done in Adobe Photoshop. © 2016 Joe Blend. All rights reserved

One of the students from my lifedrawing class, I have a tendency to draw the other artists in the room and not the model. #drawing #lifedrawing #sketching #tonedpaper #lifemodels #prismacolor #prismacolorpencil #saddbackcollege #saddlebackarts #drawingfro

Prismacolor on tan paper. Jewelry designed by me!

Soft floral girl, made with Prismacolor pencils and acrylic paint

an imagined portrait, done in prismacolor in a lovely brown paper journal

"Pheonix" done on hard pressed water color paper using watercolor pencils, prismacolor pencils, and brush liner

Prismas and sharpies and mechanical pencil

prismas and gels (done in 2011)

prismas and gels (done in 2011)

Hand drawn, prismacolors

frog in prismas and gels