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Boredom hits hard like a bus.

I was lucky to see severals Great Gray Owls in fields not so far from my home. That’s inspired of catch that feelin

This is a black-and-white revision of an illustration I made (hand-drawn) for an American Red Cross e-newsletter years ago. The original was in color; however, considering my current work is predominantly black and white, I thought it appropriate to update the illustration for my portfolio. © 2007-2018 Joe Blend. All rights reserved.

Doodles I did inspired by Frida Kahlo's fantastic world.

Quick pencil drawing

Colored pencil on toned tan paper

Queen inspired by the nicotiana alata flower (which is called Night's Queen in Romanian) and the Greater Death Shead Hawkmoth which feeds with the flowers nectar.

pencil colored illustration

Did this for Inktober in 2016. Still one of my favorites. This is the kind of stuff that gets inspired by my husband.

Look at my skinny fingers

A cat is taking a nap on a red chair.

Psychotropical pattern available on various merchandise via my redbubble store.

Inspired by nature. Background layer of the pages are covered by Greenpeace's newsletter papers and used mixed technique with acrylic, ecoline and markers.

28/06/17 - one example of June - one drawing a day challenge - all of June's drawings include a rock/pop star of my choosing and a little feathered friend. Check out more at www.martinvarennescooke.com

I didn't plan on an angry cat...he just kind of appeared.

Sketchbookpage

This is an envelope that I created inspired by How to train Your Dragon series

Colored an older piece today

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.

© 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.

Layered watercolor floral inspired by the beginning of autumn.