the extensive, over-the-top, involved, detailed sketches I sweated and slaved over for this piece (and two others)

Guts pin concepts and exploration of stuffed animals for a children's book dummy. Water based oils, sharpie and pen. The oils blended and warped over time but I still adore the guts pin/sticker idea. The book dummy is made but I haven't yet posted the illustrations from it!

Further posting sketchbook pages - more exploration for the RIP cake

One full page and snippets - a Scooby by me, and another and a fish by @ClownGay (gouache?), heavy machinery I love, and abstract concepts.

Last one for the night - pre-everything is snakes concepts, a few RIP cake feelers, and personal tattoo explorations. Sharpie, ballpoint, and a little colored pencil.

Going to start with something very on brand and mature in content - orchids. Sexuality and my own identity is something I struggled with a lot, and art is no cure-all but confronting and acknowledging things head on, even in a kind of joking way, helped. Hence, an exploration -

Second try, this time with conté crayon

Going to be at CTNX this weekend, here's how to spot me: