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Watch in amazement as I struggle to improve on skills I have had for years! Thrill to the heady world of pencils, pens and colored markers!

Or maybe just look at the funny pictures.

A marker drawing on slick finish paper, a heartwarming tale of a small boy who has lost his pet.

A marker drawing on slick finish paper, a heartwarming tale of a small boy who has lost his pet.

Sharpie fine point and plain paper combine to show you the hazards of the Panic Stop. At least, if you’re the Flash.

Sharpie fine point and plain paper combine to show you the hazards of the Panic Stop. At least, if you’re the Flash.

Some doodling in that yellowed watercolor pad with my friend the Sharpie. I’m (poorly) emulating Ted Seko here, who is awesome (and super fast!). He’s also participating in the mini comics dump truck with me!
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Some doodling in that yellowed watercolor pad with my friend the Sharpie. I’m (poorly) emulating Ted Seko here, who is awesome (and super fast!). He’s also participating in the mini comics dump truck with me!

This post brought to you by the internet-things linked to other things, so that you can jump around.

Another interesting thing about delving back into the world of traditional (ie, physical) materials: two black markers will have different levels of pigment, even if they are the same brand and size. 
I started this as a silhouette and then noticed I could pick out the interior details by the heaviness of the ink. The effect is subtle, but given the subject matter, I feel that’s pretty appropriate. 
Might come back and hit this with the white paint marker now that I’ve preserved it for Tumblr posterity.

Another interesting thing about delving back into the world of traditional (ie, physical) materials: two black markers will have different levels of pigment, even if they are the same brand and size. 

I started this as a silhouette and then noticed I could pick out the interior details by the heaviness of the ink. The effect is subtle, but given the subject matter, I feel that’s pretty appropriate. 

Might come back and hit this with the white paint marker now that I’ve preserved it for Tumblr posterity.

Pencil sketch today. Frost giant. Unhappy about something.
More to come.

Pencil sketch today. Frost giant. Unhappy about something.

More to come.

Another try at the Sharpie/paint pen combination, this time tempered with a little patience.
It’s a frog!

Another try at the Sharpie/paint pen combination, this time tempered with a little patience.

It’s a frog!

Some more dabbling with markers in an old watercolor sketchbook. This time Sharpies meet a messy dying white paint pen.
INTERESTING FACT: When mixed with the white pigment in the paint pen (before it’s properly dried, of course), sharpies tend toward a blue color. These kinds of tidbits of info are my gift to the world.

Some more dabbling with markers in an old watercolor sketchbook. This time Sharpies meet a messy dying white paint pen.

INTERESTING FACT: When mixed with the white pigment in the paint pen (before it’s properly dried, of course), sharpies tend toward a blue color. These kinds of tidbits of info are my gift to the world.

I found an old sketch in a yellowing watercolor pad…so I grabbed my sharpie and tore into that thing like it owed me money.
This is an example of what happens when you wish for more wishes.

I found an old sketch in a yellowing watercolor pad…so I grabbed my sharpie and tore into that thing like it owed me money.

This is an example of what happens when you wish for more wishes.

Another page of sketchbook stuff, just warming up the old hand-eye-brain thing.
But Evil really does like birthdays.

Another page of sketchbook stuff, just warming up the old hand-eye-brain thing.

But Evil really does like birthdays.

Another piece of fun with the ballpoint pens, and another bird from inside my head. 
Enjoy the squirtgun blast of awesome.

Another piece of fun with the ballpoint pens, and another bird from inside my head. 

Enjoy the squirtgun blast of awesome.

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