October 2023

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a pen & ink illustration of a demonic figure with horns and large jewelry, wearing a robe from which black hollyhock flowers appear. a sigil floats over the figure's head.ALT

ALSEYA, pen & ink

definitely won’t be managing to post every day, but i love the spirit of #repostober & that’s the only October art challenge that sounds like it’s my speed at the moment. this piece is surprisingly old (2016!) for how much i still like it.

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a pen and grey marker illustration of a mermaid whose design is based on a hagfish, secreting slime from her mouth and wrapped in a kelp frond, against a black background.ALT

HAGFISH, pen & Copic markers

was going to say “i’ll try to keep it spooky” for #repostober but who am i kidding, i don’t draw anything else. this was 2019’s #mermay!

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a black pen and grey marker illustration of a small sparrow-like bird with the head of a person, wearing a headscarf & a ribbon on its ankle. it has a black speech balloon with a white eye symbol inside.ALT
a black pen & grey marker illustration of three antique keys connected by a white ribbon on a black backgroundALT
a black pen and grey marker illustration of a drooling cartoon ghost coming out of a skull.ALT
a black pen and grey marker illustration of a decapitated unicorn - its skeletal head floats in a mane-like spray of blood above its neck, and there are stars in the background.ALT

artist trading cards, pen & Copic marker

a handful of spooky ATCs from 2017 - i should really return to this more simple black/white/grey stuff, it’s very satisfying. a friend got the unicorn card but i’ve no idea who scored the other ones - i think i sold them at MICE that year.

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three photocopied Victorian "carte de visite" photo portraits of women that have been drawn over & altered by the artist in an otherworldly/macabre way.ALT

three cards from the visitors, pen & white gel pen on photocopy

one of my favorite mixed media pastimes, as a collector of cartes de visite - no actual CDVs were harmed here, drawing on a copy is easier anyway & i love the textures it adds. you can get the whole mini-zine (six images altogether) here for free or donation.