Posts Tagged ‘pen and ink’
Monk
Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
Monk, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, sold
First off, I will not be doing these regularly, they stress me out, man. But, this person asked very sweetly and I’m a sucker, and was patient with my anxiety delays, lol, so they got their doggo. Just, you know, to be clear, not becoming a pet portraitist.
Monk is a big shaggy good boy, black with the dignified white of old age on his muzzle, chest, and paws. They sent me a bunch of reference photos and we decided on a pose and then they took another, even better photo to help me get everything right on the final product.
This was always meant to be a bit cartoonish, so I kept to Copic markers for the colors, which give it that nice warm grey on his body and cool grey on his silver parts. I scanned the inks before I colored anything just in case, but fortunately they are very happy with their old man as is.
Also, full credit to Danielle Corsetto’s current spate of pet portraits for demonstrating how to color a black dog that isn’t just a blob of darkness. She’s great, we had her draw our Lenin & Gramsci for a Christmas present for Dr. Dan.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: commission, copic marker, monk, nfs, pen and ink, sold
December 2025 Patreon Sketches
Saturday, January 31st, 2026
Another month, another batch of sketches! I actually have plans to put more real art in here someday, but for now enjoy these playing-card-sized bites.
- Jeff asked for Christmas beer and I was feeling stein-y (sold)
- Jo wanted a summer day in a meadow
- Amy B wanted a Krampus
- Eric asked for Minter, his favorite season (sold)
- Karla requested holly & ivy cats, so here’s some green kitties for you (sold)
- Rebecca S wanted a beach bonfire, and got this guy
- SaraBeth asked for Trotsky the Snow Cat; Trotsky does not love snow (sold)
- Andria wanted fireball & apple cider with a dragon, so the dragon is fireballing the cider (sold)
- Kelly requested a snowy owl, so I went simple with the colors, just inks and pencils (sold)
- No one requested this, I was just warming up with some yupo paper & pens (sold)
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, andria, copic marker, eric, jefferson, jo, karla, kelly, pen and ink, pencil, rebecca s, sarabeth, watercolor
November 2025 Sketch Cards
Tuesday, December 30th, 2025
It’s always a little weird to be doing these a month after requests are made, but needs must. I hope you’re having a lovely liminal week, dear readers!
- Jefferson asked for Kobold in San Diego, and he’ll understand this (sold)
- Rebecca S asked for butterflies and got some colorful little paint doodles
- Eric asked for “forgot September” referencing Earth Wind and Fire, and thus we have water here wondering what the big deal is (sold)
- SaraBeth asked for cosy Meadowsweet, and here is our boy in one of his many rag nests (sold)
- Kelly wanted a dragon with a teapot, and got this lovely earth-toned duo (sold)
- I did a pair of low-color galaxies for filler reasons, this is one
- Amy B wanted spoopy festive, so I dressed up a ghost in a Santa hat (sold)
- and here is the other galaxy
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, black paper, dragon, eric, jefferson, kelly, kobold, patreon, pen and ink, rebecca s, sarabeth, the future of magic, watercolor
October 2025 Sketch Cards
Thursday, December 4th, 2025
The holidays made this one run a little late, but I got there in the end! The cats helped, of course. They’re helpers.
- JoVE asked for “escaping the gloom” and got this wee painting/drawing
- SaraBeth wanted Pod as the Winter Soldier and I decided to do Bucky’s correct missing leggie and not Pod’s for the visual (sold)
- Eric prompted Muppets Haunted Mansion and I couldn’t resist Hatbox Fozzie (sold)
- Kelly asked for a witch, a pumpkin, and a dragon, and got some of each heh (sold)
- Jeff prompted “forest shuffle” and I can never do a prompt from him straight (sold)
- Lila wanted a Halloween dryad and got this lovely lady
- Amy B prompted “spoopy” so I did one of my ghosties
- Andria prompted “not my circus, not my monkeys” and well, yeah (sold)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, copic marker, eric, ghost, halloween, jefferson, jove, kelly, lila, mcu, muppets, pen and ink, poddleston, sarabeth, watercolor
September 2025 Sketch Cards
Monday, November 3rd, 2025
We remembered September! Not the 21st, but close enough. It was a good range of sketches this month, with lots of cats and dragons as is the best possible way.
- Rebecca S asked for a ladybug using a typewriter and I made choices about it
- Amy B asked for an opossum and gets the “he scream at own ass” meme (if you look this up use knowyourmeme.com not google, trust me on this) (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted Mal in a Statue of Liberty costume. Mal did not want this. (sold)
- Jeff prompted “spinal tap” since the new movie’s coming out, and got a spine being tapped (sold)
- Jo asked for Nightshade chasing a flower fairy
- Kelly requested a cat in a hat, and, well. That’s what she got! (sold)
- Andria wanted a hot apple cider dragon, and the dragon got a little excited
- Karla asked for a tea dragon with milk or lemon, and I went with lemon (sold)
- Nick asked for Nanamo Ul Namo, which is apparently from Final Fantasy, and gets emoji style
- JoVE asked for “plums! so many plums!” and I took her a bit literally but I had fun
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, colored pencil, copic marker, dragon, jefferson, jo, jove, karla, kelly, nick, pen and ink, rebecca s, sarabeth
August 2025 Sketch Cards
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Another month, another batch of sketches! I hope you’re having a lovely fall, and that the actual autumnal weather finds you with hot cider and a warm sweater, whenever it happens.
- Eric asked for a scoundrel, and Lando is last on his list! (sold)
- Jeff prompted “coffee needs coffee” and I got silly with it (sold)
- Kelly asked for trees and has three to choose from, haha, starting with this one (sold)
- And here is a second tree with an orangier sunset going on
- SaraBeth wanted a dragon and this little guy hoards dust bunnies. They’re just so cosy to nap on! (sold)
- Amy B wanted a birb, and also has two to choose from (sold)
- Jo wanted some sun to cheer her up when the weather’s grey, so here’s some tiny birds flying past a nice big sun
- Here’s tree number three, all foggy and spooky with a little crow friend
- Nick wanted the Honmoon from KPDH and I went for a rainbow version
- And here’s a borb to go with the other birb (sold)
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, copic marker, dragon, eric, jefferson, jove, kelly, nick, pen and ink, sarabeth, star wars, tree, watercolor
Ravens and Bats, Oh, My!
Sunday, September 14th, 2025
Felt like doodling, did some flying things. Six ravens, two bats, and a lot of pen and ink. These were doodled pencil-free with a dip pen, and the one smudgey one was deliberately smudged with a water brush. A few of them have a little secret sparkle, but it’s hard to spot in the photo.
Categories: Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: bat, crow, pen and ink, sketch
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