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new desk – collage

January 21, 2016

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  • Been awhile since I did a comic of my kiddo...this has been a summer long battle. We go through this EVERY TIME she has to take a shower. You'd think she'd learn that she enjoys them. 😆Swipe for a closer look at each!
  • Finished WicDiv Vol 5 and I am fucking LIVING for Persephone. Had to do some fanart to test the new colored ballpoints I just bought. Sorry for nothing but pen sketches lately, but I'm enjoying them SO MUCH.
  • Another ballpoint pen sketch. Very much enjoying learning the different tones you can get with just a simple pen. Gonna have to do more of these!
  • One of my biggest hurdles to sketching is getting bogged down by perfection. I erase, erase, erase until each line seems right. To counter this, I'm forcing myself to sketch in pen for awhile. No erasing, no worries of perfectionism. And look at that, success! Been in a dreads mood so I made a Pinterest board of refs and doodled tonight. Thirty minutes + a plain ballpoint pen in a cheap Canson XL sketchbook and it felt great to remind myself that yes, I can do this.
  • Finally making some art again! The last few weeks have been so busy with our last big trips of the summer that I've hardly drawn. Currently working on a new piece! I guess I'm now starting a bug/horror series as well? 😅
  • A sampling of some of the GORGEOUS street art we saw while walking the streets of Montreal. I fell in love with the city a bit on this trip. It was my first time to Montreal (to Canada at all actually!) and although I've always been happy as a small town girl, I could see myself settling happy into Montreal. I can't wait to make another trip!
  • *deep breath* Starting this fall, I'm working on a series all about Fear. And what better way to start then with my own. This is one of the most personal pieces I've done, and I'm actually a bit nervous to share! On a straightforward level, yes, this represents my fear of deep water. Thinking about what lurks beneath, even if it's just a lake, freaks me out. But what this piece actually represents is anxiety. For me, anxiety doesn't feel like drowning. It feels like being on the EDGE of drowning. Your head barely above water enough to hold on, yet held in place, never really able to breathe comfortably. Anxiety strips away any form of confidence I have and leaves me exposed and overwhelmed. It's a struggle, a constant struggle to stay afloat. Obviously some days are easier than others. In fact, most days ARE pretty easy. But the bad days, where I cant leave my house because of some irrational emotions, this is what I feel. Not drowning. But so close. . . . I polled the gals in an awesome geek blogging group I'm a part of so I've got load is inspiration for more fear drawings! And of course I'll be finishing up my Zodiac portrait series too!
  • Finished up Libra ♎ on tonight's Twitch stream! Love love love her colors...yes please to blues and greens. Next up is Cancer...getting close to finishing my Zodiac portrait series!

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