Scribbled Lives 2019

Walnut ink, Pilot parallel pen and crow's quill on Gilbert Bond paper

Walnut ink, Pilot parallel pen on Gilbert Bond paper

Copic multi-liner pens on Canson Mi-Tientes paper

Copic multi-liner pens and Prismacolor pencils on bristol board / Sharpie on printer paper

YR68 Orange Copic marker and Ecoline brush pen on Arches MBM paper

Multimedia (napkin, misc. office pens) on yellow lined paper

Derwent Metallic pencils and Fons & Porter mechanical tailoring pencil (white) on black Canson paper

Pilot parallel pen + Higgins Eternal ink and Pentel GFKP brush pen on Gilbert Bond (cleanup in PS Elements)

Homemade folded pen with Higgins Eternal ink and Prismacolor pencil on dot matrix printer paper

Wacom drawing tablet, Photoshop Elements

Mitchell #1 nib with Higgins Eternal ink on Gilbert Bond paper, digitally colored and manipulated in PS Elements

Minecraft-inspired slab, step, and cube letters. Copic Multiliner pens and green Prismacolor pencil on drafting paper

Mitchell #3 nib with purple watercolor paint (unsure of brand) on Gilbert Bond paper

4A Automatic pen + watercolor, 20/0 size round brush for details on cold press watercolor paper

Quote from Fellowship of the Ring! Copic Gasenfude and Copic multiliner pens with Prismacolor pencil on Gilbert Bond

Acrylic paint on Strathmore Bristol paper with my trusty Pentel GFKP brush pen and Copic multiliner pens

Niji watercolors with homemade balsa wood pen and graphite pencil on dot matrix printer paper

Inspired by a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Acrylic paint on Strathmore bristol paper w/ cheap paintbrushes

Sakura Glaze pens on (I think) Strathmore Bristol paper

Mixed media (Prismacolor pencils, Ziller ink, Stabilo pens, and a Caran d'Ache Graphicolor pencil) on printer paper

Text modified from a short story written by Patrick Martin (materials on part 2)

Walnut ink, Copic Multiliner pen, acrylic paints, and Finetec on certificate parchment

Windsor & Newton Indian red ink on Gilbert Bond paper

Pentel GFKP brush pen and a Copic Multiliner on Gilbert Bond paper

Pentel GFKP brush pen on Canson cold press 140# watercolor paper (animals), Pilot parallel pen + Higgins Eternal on Gilbert Bond (letters), edited and touched up in PS Elements

Homemade balsa wood pen and Prang watercolor (with residual black ink) on cold press watercolor paper

Watercolor background with Copic Multiliner, Signo white pen and red Sakura Glaze pen

Copic multiliner pens and antique pastel set over found object stencil (keyboard packaging)

Spray bottle + highlighter on watercolor paper with Stabilo pen for background, Prismacolor maker on tracing paper for bath bomb label

Photo project with favorite objects. Lettering is Pilot Parallel pen + Windsor & Newton Indian red ink on Gilbert Bond

In celebration of 50th anniversary of moon landing. Silver Sharpie on cut Canson Mi-Tientes, mounted on secondary color of Mi-Tientes paper

Stylistic ode to Corita Kent. Yellow paper, red acrylic paint, and junk mail

Hotel ballpoint pen on airplane napkin. Traveling a lot at the time

"KG" as intertwined Gothic versals. Acrylic paint and Gold Fine Tec on handmade paper

A group of ferrets is called a business! Black pen on Stonehenge drawing paper

Windsor & Newton light blue ink / felt tip pen wash background, same W&N ink for lettering

Collaborated with my mom on this one! She created the lettering with an edged pen and ink, and I created the dragon

A tribute to my mom. :) Pink tissue paper with assorted felt tip pens, Mod Podge/glue

Ampersand in illuminated manuscript style. Mixed media on homemade paper

A tribute to my kickboxing classes, which bring me some peace at the end of a long day. Copic multiliner pen with watercolor. 2.5" square

A tribute to Susan Kare, designer for Apple, digital pioneer, pixel artist, and personal idol of mine. The letters are my own, created pixel by pixel in MS Paint. The small apples represent all the designers that follow in Susan Kare's footsteps, and one represents me

The goal was to redo a previous week's prompt. I redid Week 23 - Color Blending. Automatic pen and Higgins Eternal/W&N red ink on Arches MBM paper

Whimsical approach using a random quote from the internet. Sakura glaze pens on Canson Mi-Teintes paper

Excerpt from a poem called "Around" and accompanying illustrations created for Inktober 2019.