Hi Tumblr! It’s been [redacted] years that I haven’t posted something, which is rather silly actually. Fixing that.

Anyway, here’s Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Locked Tomb series! :) Enjoy!

Actually managed to complete another book fanart print for this year’s Otafest; Kaz Brekker, the Magnificent Bastard from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. :D

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Progress continues on the creature project (in collaboration with @geistkarl); @seawhiteofbrighton accordion pages are getting long/difficult to photograph. 😂 We have discovered some remnants (a baffling array of feathers and scales, and even fragments of a skull!) - - - - - - #sketchbook #naturalistillustration #illustration #creature #chiloe #monsters #seawhiteofbrighton #characterdesign #environment #history #women #femaleillustrator #feathers #skulls #birds #sepia #winsornewtonwatercolors #inprogress #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP9PUpbBJ_A/?utm_medium=tumblr

Had some time off work over the last couple weeks and managed to get out to the Rockies to do a bit of hiking/plein air painting. Have to say, hoping to get out there a lot more because I could definitely feel the positive mental health effect almost instantly. :) Dunno that I’ll be hauling my whole watercolour box with me again tho (for bear safety at least). 😂 - - - - - #watercolour #canadianartist #rockies #mountains #hikingadventures #nature #winsornewtonwatercolors #banff #kananaskis #grottocanyon #sundancecanyon #vintage #illustration #artistsoninstagram (at Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPXCyh9BvOZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Funny when a completely lulz-based joke project gets you working on something actually productive by accident. 😂 Spent today working on the next fold in my @seawhiteofbrighton accordion sketchbook. Using this much colour is still a challenge, tbh...dunno if I passed. In related news: Butterfly Koi are now officially in the “swishy lines” bank of Things I Like To Draw, apparently. >.> - - - - - - #sketchbook #watercolorpainting #gouache #pentelbrushpen #winsorandnewtonwatercolors #koi #illustration #colour #fish #picturebook #studies #personalwork #challenge #water #natureillustration #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNtlCt1hlJX/?igshid=pt3kgdm05vp5

Coming up tomorrow (March 11th) at 17:00 GMT (10 am MST)! I’ll be speaking for the Stirling Maxwell Centre at the University of Glasgow on newspaper comics, webcomics (especially Little Nemo), and where both intersect when it comes to the difficulties of preservation...with a little smattering of my own work thrown in. :) For anyone that would like to attend, zoom link in profile! - - - - - #comics #talks #academia #popculture #preservation #conservation #winsormccay #littlenemo #webcomics #internet #culture #illustration #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CMP3ziph-Lx/?igshid=1p163ayxs60oi

@remeberingeugeneouchi was an incredible man and designer, but the thing that truly comes to mind when I think about him is the way that I truly found my way with watercolour in his Media Exploration class. The impact of those classes on my work is impossible to overstate, and I really owe Eugene a huge debt of gratitude. Today usually acts as an opportunity for so many of us from the Calgary Creative community whose lives he impacted to come together. The fact that things are different this year is yet another thing that this pandemic has taken, but I decided to view it as a chance to make something in his honour: a red crested crane in watercolour and gouache. <3 Thanks for everything, Euge. - - - - - - #rememberingeugene #eugeneouchi #inmemoriam #memorial #watercolour #gouache #traditionalart #bird #redcrestedcrane #japan #tribute #naturalistillustration #illustration #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMBKRn_BIok/?igshid=1hhvgzd6zn178

Oh my goodness actual artwork! :O Had a bit of fun today just playing in this accordion sketchbook by @seawhiteofbrighton. Probably the most colourful thing I’ve posted in a while; still giving on that metallic screen print ink 😂 - - - - - - #sketch #sketchbook #watercolour #gouache #seawhite #workinprogress #seawhiteofbrighton #fox #flowers #pretty #woman #garden #nature #accordionbook #colourful #winsorandnewton #illustration #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKlQ7wAh3tl/?igshid=og6ktxtlny1h

Warmest and merriest of Yuletide Seasons everyone! Wishing you all a wonderful, peaceful, and joyous Christmas and all the best for the coming year! So grateful for so many things this year, including how many wonderful friends/family I have in my life. Had a little too much fun with the gold silkscreen ink @samannmoe left me two years ago making these though 😂 - - - - - #merrychristmas #happychristmas #seasonsgreetings #yule #saturnalia #joy #warmestwishes #love #friends #birb #birbstagram #robin #cardinal #pine #christmascard #illustration #watercolor #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJO4VrChxHx/?igshid=1g6eq5buzi75z

Inktober Day 17: Back to the original prompt list with this one because finally, an evocative word 😂 Already used the obvious one back in 2018 so went to the inevitable next place for storm imagery: the sea. :P Prompt: Storm - - - - - - - #inktober #inktober2020 #inktoberprompts #drawlloween #halloween #spooky #ink #pendrawing #penandink #storm #sea #lighthouse #waves #pentelbrushpen #staedtler #handlettering #blueacorn #pigmabrush #sketchbook #illustration #illustrator #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG6oHGPhf5E/?igshid=z7jlxtqnrbpt

Inktober Day 15: at this rate who’s even counting anymore? 😂 It’s been a bit of a busy stretch so haven’t been able to draw until today. Prompt from the CDND list. In other news, I may have creeped myself out super hard drawing this. 😂 Prompt: kids’ monsters - - - - - - - #inktober #ink #inktober2020 #inktoberprompts #drawing #penandink #drawloween #halloween #blackandwhite #creepy #fanart #thebabadook #scarystories #book #monsters #film #horror #kids #pentelbrushpen #handlettering #staedtler #illustration #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG1gOWJBDsx/?igshid=cg8w30p4hbhu

Inktober Day 15: Prompt from the Calgary Drink & Draw group again. Once again posted super late after its completion 😂 At this point that seems common enough that I should probably just stop apologizing altogether lol. In other news, trying to find reference for people on rowboats is harder than you might thing. O_o Prompt: Moonlight - - - - - - #inktober2020 #inktober #ink #inkdrawing #inktoberprompts #halloween #drawloween #artober #penandink #boat #moon #moonlight #ocean #shadow #lantern #spooky #water #clouds #handlettering #fullmoon #pentelbrushpen #pigmabrush #staedtlerpens #illustration #illustrator #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGoow5jhTLs/?igshid=1gko9vn0tqd6d

Inktober Day 14: a sort-of tough one to get an idea for, funnily enough (all three prompts were rather meh 😂), and couldn’t seem to find a way to make it properly Spoopy. Ah well :P Prompt: Armour - - - - - - - #inktober2020 #inktober #ink #penandink #drawing #drawlloween #artober #pinktober #armour #samurai #hannya #oni #mask #halloween #helmet #helm #handlettering #sakura #pentelbrushpen #pigmabrush #staedtler #illustration #illustrator #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGjdEQCBVVx/?igshid=e98kcvobkdec

Inktober Day 13: less regular spookiness for this one, though the inspiration for the Sandworm in Herbert’s novel is taken from lampreys, which have always given me full-body shudders. I seem to be breaking my own established formatting rules here as well...what else are rules for tho? 😂 Prompt: Dune - - - - - - - #inktober2020 #ink #penandink #inkdrawing #artober #drawloween #drawlloween2020 #creepy #dune #scifiart #fanart #sketchbook #blackandwhite #sandworm #monster #teeth #lamprey #books #pentelbrushpen #pigma #staedtler #blueacorn #illustration #illustrator #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGhEilRhmrO/?igshid=r2m8575fscez

Inktober Day 12: Could have worked for both the Calgary Drawloween list (“darkest fear”) and the Inktober prompt at the same time, which is a first 😂 Now pls excuse me while I go try to forget ever drawing this so I can sleep without fearing a demon clown will eat me >.> Prompt: Slippery - - - - - - - #penandink #inktober #inktober2020 #blackandwhite #inkdrawing #halloween #drawlloween #artober #It #creepy #spooky #clown #sewer #fear #phobia #pentelbrushpen #pigma #sketchbook #staedtler #illustration #illustrator #artistsoninstagram (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGeRzhKB9bC/?igshid=zghehtgwkq67