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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.

Told ya! More - Ink straight on Paper- Letters. I really enjoy doing these :)

This was done for my first Scrawlr Box challenge. Which I was super excited to finally get to try, and I loved the supplies that were in the box. I am really happy with how this has turned out, it brings the two things I really like together; deer antlers and flowers.

Ink straight on Paper. Haven't drawn letters in a while, so there's more to come :) There's a short progress video on my Instagram if you are into stop motion magic fill ins haha

A koi fish I painted while I was in Malaysia last year.

I asked 13 Indian young adults, suffering from a mental health issue, what words do they wish to never hear again with respect to their mental health problem.These responses are words spoken by their colleagues, friends, or family members at some point or the other.

My Illustrated Alphabet letters were born out of a project in 2016. Each was drawn with pen & ink and each letter is illustrated with either an object, flora, fauna or wildlife that begins with that letter.

07/03/17 - one of March's offerings in the one drawing a day challenge.

12/04/17 - one example of April's offering - see more at www.martinvarennescooke.com

A couple of pages from my 2017 art journal. Lots of random thoughts and doodles!

Testing out the sketchbook app on my new HP spectre x360 :D

As one line informs the next, I bring you my Alter-Ego series drawings. Pen and ink on paper. 2012. ©Tabatha Jarmulowicz

As one line informs the next, I bring you my Alter-Ego series drawings. Pen and ink on paper. 2012. ©Tabatha Jarmulowicz

As one line informs the next, I bring you my Alter-Ego series drawings. Pen and ink on paper. 2012. ©Tabatha Jarmulowicz

As one line informs the next, I bring you my Alter-Ego series drawings. Pen and ink on paper. 2012. ©Tabatha Jarmulowicz

As one line informs the next, I bring you my Alter-Ego series drawings. Pen and ink on paper. 2012. ©Tabatha Jarmulowicz

Currently exploring image making with fountain pens: immediate mark making, no pencil, no eraser. I'm enjoying the discovery process and embracing the stray mark made with semi-blind contour and continuous line drawings.

Watercolor and stabilo black pencil

Quirky Botanicals and Friends Colouring Book. My first colouring book, all hand-drawn illustrations that started off as doodles -- as a way of destressing and relaxing, taking breaks from 'real life' and work. My form of joyful creative therapy! It's available at Amazon worldwide and Barnes and Noble online.

Rabbits thorns and moons. I usual don’t know where I’m going when my pen touches down. The illustration took me for a ride and I’m not gonna lie. I kinda enjoyed it. As it progressed, it felt like an album cover so why not?

Over the course of a few months, I got to work with Good Karma For All on what you might consider a "passion project". The job consisted of freehand painting murals on every single (large) wall and hand-lettering inspirational quotes all over the inside and outside of the building.

First hand Lettering project

This is a pencil sketch of the biggest rhino species that roamed the planet. It is an odd-toed ungulate and lived during the Oligocene epoch. No one is sure how it went extinct, but many think it's because it lost its food source from other animals (which