"Picking My Teeth". Pen & Ink. 5" x 6". (2021). I drew this one in response to a prompt from one of those online lists for October. I also sold it, which was a little surprising given the subject matter! It's interesting; I tend to draw when I get stuck creatively - I tend to think of my drawings as little more than exercises, but a lot of people enjoyed these quite a bit. Maybe I'm on to something!
"Knot". Pen & Ink" 5" x 6". (2021). Like "Picking my teeth", this one was in response to a prompt. It formed the basis for a couple of iterations, all of which I sold! You never know!
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"Small World 1". 9" x 12". Pen and Ink + Acrylic Pens. (2021). I made this one in July; I was kind of stuck creatively and decided to start by making a circle right in the middle of the page. The rest of it, unconsciously inspired by National Geographic Kids and the Wump World memories of my childhood, came easily.
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"Small World 2" and "Small World 4". Both are 9" x 12" and were done using pen and ink. (2021). These followed easily (sorry, I sold Small World 3 and didn't take a picture of it) after Small World 1. I had a lot of fun with these, but I began to plan them out, which for me is the kiss of death. Once I start to plan art at beyond more than a basic level, I get bored with it.
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"Thunderbird & Whale" and "Pixies are Destroying My Kitchen". (2021). These are both pen and ink again. T & W is about 6" x 8" while "Pixies" is about 8" x 10". These were also made in response to prompts, this time about cryptids. I tried not to look up any pictures of them but rather to just interpret the stories I found about this mythical creates. It was a lot of fun. I also sold both of these!
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"Zarathan". Pen and Ink. 9" x 12". (2021). This was done in October, in response to another cryptid prompt. The basic idea is that we are all going through life, thinking we've got a good bead on things - and then the turtle we are riding on goes under water and we find out otherwise!. I had a lot of fun making this one too.
"Giant Bat". Pen and ink. 8" x 8". (2021). This is another one in response to a prompt about a cryptid. I can't remember its name. However, I imagined that he'd found a job as a Grub Hub delivery guy.
"Boat". Pen and ink. 4" x 6". (2021). This was a fun one, but it's also very small; one of the smallest drawings I've done recently. Not much else to say about it; I was watching a lot of YouTube videos about carrier aviation at the time. Maybe that inspired me.
