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The first page in my Moleskine sketchbook. Lettering, doodle flowers and a vibrant green background. Coloured in with brush marker pens.

Sometimes I lurk around RedditGetsDrawn and doodle the people there. This has ink, watercolor, acrylic, and then more ink. I don't know when to leave well enough alone.

Jan 2018.

I drew a sweaty kaiju on the Bullet Journal spread that had my workouts. The subsequent creatures are based on vintage Japanese toys.

Just a sassy couple dressed in Bear Wear.

Weirdos goals

This is my illustration of the Mad Hatter, based on the Tim Burton interpretation; it was created for a recent blog post. Everything was drawn by hand on white cardstock, using illustration pens, except for the background (which was created by scanning a specific craft paper pattern). The black and white conversion/inversion, composition, and subtle refinements were done in Adobe Photoshop. © 2018 Joe Blend. All rights reserved.

This sketchbook spread comes with a free tea review. (I'm also a Sororitea Sister. That's a real thing. Feel free to look it up.) My favorite feature is Edgar Allan Poe in the lower right, though.

Here we have some very fancy European history folks, a creature that might be a dummy, and Harry Potter as a nervous waiter who can't remember if you got diet or regular soda. Because, let's face it, Harry was never THAT good at magic.

4th portrait from the collection “Women of the word”

This doodle is based off Norman Rockwell’s The Tattoo Artist and pairs with the blog I wrote about how I think our society needs to change the words we use to describe love. ❤️ “ Love is a collaborative work of art.” https://princess2dutchess.wordpress.com/2018/02/04/loneliness/

Ideas for foral pattern

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.

This is a simple portrail of a common person, not the appearance of a person, the Innerworkings of a person. Their dark side. We all have a dark side.. Some are just more controlled by it than others.

Whimsical, abstract geometric design in black & white. First in the Funky Flowers in Black & White series. In sizes 6" x 8" to 16" x 20".

Whimsical, geometrical abstract design of Funky Flowers in Black & White . . . Version 2. In sizes 6" x 8" to 16" x 20".

Daily Painting Challenge 2 - basketweave Following the daily painting challenge with Lisa Congdon over at CreativeBug though I haven't quite managed to keep up daily. Still, it's wonderful picking the brush up again and splashing around with paint!

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.

Just a random doodle that happened over a cup of coffee.

This is a character which I created called Rody.

In 7th grade we did a rat dissection. Of course, our rat didn't look like this but this is what I remember.

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

First werewolf drawing. Based off Wolf's Rain

May all your holiday parties have ugly sweaters in attendance.

This is a portrait of a mouse riding a weasel. I did this all from my imagination.

I made an angel looking to throwdown! I colored in old artwork from a couple years ago. I'm practicing lineless art coloring in lieu of this weekend's art streams! This took me about 4+ hours to do, but it was a fun challenge!