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Surreal landscape of trees and sunset surround mutated baby head with tentacles, machinery, and broken teeth. Black and white ink drawing creates somber mood.

Surreal landscape of trees and sunset surround mutated baby head with tentacles, machinery, and broken teeth. Black and white ink drawing creates somber mood.

Inking on Watercolor Paper Is Really Satisfying

Playing with line width and rough hatching while inking the surreal horror drawing 'The Tireless Lament of Past Selves.'

Work in Progress

Oct 23, 20235 min read

Pale-skinned figures with skeletal heads grasp outward while a insect-like baby floats before them. A dark forest and silhouetted cityscape loom in the background.

Pale-skinned figures with skeletal heads grasp outward while a insect-like baby floats before them. A dark forest and silhouetted cityscape loom in the background.

I Tried About a Dozen Color Palettes...

Choosing a color palette for 'Ascension' proved to be one of my biggest challenges yet in creating this style of dark fantasy art.

Work in Progress

Aug 28, 20238 min read

Detailed pencil drawing of mutant baby head fused with machinery and tentacles. Bare tree branches frame a setting sun, the mood is grim.

Detailed pencil drawing of mutant baby head fused with machinery and tentacles. Bare tree branches frame a setting sun, the mood is grim.

Let's Put Some Abstract Shapes In Here

Fiddling with three-dimensional space in the pencil work for a new drawing called 'The Tireless Lament of Past Selves.'

Work in Progress

Jul 24, 20234 min read

Skulls and demons float among flowers and other plantlife. Dark ink illustration, the mood is ominous and tense.

Skulls and demons float among flowers and other plantlife. Dark ink illustration, the mood is ominous and tense.

Massive Digital Revisions to this Ink Drawing

When does the digital revision of an ink drawing go too far? Also, some random thoughts on Taoism and weightlifting.

Work in Progress

May 5, 20235 min read

I (Almost) Feel Like I Know What I'm Doing

I (Almost) Feel Like I Know What I'm Doing

I (Almost) Feel Like I Know What I'm Doing

Conceptual clarity, mechanical pencils, blogging...and retro video game emulation?

Work in Progress

Apr 7, 20235 min read

Am I Making it Better or Worse?

Am I Making it Better or Worse?

Am I Making it Better or Worse?

Deleting instagram, new ink work, and some thoughts about mindfulness.

Work in Progress

Mar 28, 20235 min read

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