Magic. 6x6 Inks on watercolor tile.

2.5x3.75 inches. Same nonsense as usual, just taller. .25 inches taller to be exact.

Myopic Matinee. 6x6 inches Fountain pen (mostly) on watercolor tile.

Calendar, from last September. Also how I feel whenever I read the news.

True and true :)

More eyes.

Castling.

Another one because whatever.

Lines lines lines, yeah. Get it? I’m doing the Thompson Twins song, but DIFFERENT.

Orbist.

Hullo.

Eye’m tired.

More gaunting ghostly guises.

Crowded.

Mood.

Somemess.

Some mindless scrap mess.

Vampire or flower??

Mood. Shimmering noises.

An eyeball and a million lines.

Laudanum and chill.

Raven.

Mood (for most of us, methinks).

Mood.

Boredom and decay.

It’s not finished . . . it’s finished.

Me, an intellectual: Aren't bangs just a moustache for your forehead?

Tiny illustration by Norman Tealby. From a 1928 edition of Voltaire’s Candide.

Jettatura. Sweet dreams, dimmie.

Aloe there!

Found these this morning and have been putting my long neglected Kaküno pen to use all day. Keeping the nerves at bay.

Feeling purple.

a haunted house

I used to hate mango. Now I love it. I feel like a better person.

Happy Birthday, Edward Gorey. Not inspired by him at all, nope.

What a title. Yes, don’t mind if do!

Some poesy, by Gérard de Nerval, the last of his Les Chimères.

Scrap paper doodle. Also, MOOD.

I quite enjoyed this one, but oh MY GOD am I glad it’s over. Took forever and a few dozen days.

Just opened a fortune cookie with no fortune inside. How fitting.

A wee tiny mood.

Every time I see the words “vast empire” all I actually see is “vampire.” #penandink #blackandwhiteart #illustration #penandinkdrawing #traditionalart #selftaught #rawart #artbrut #fantasy #fantasyart #inkdrawing #blackink #surreal #surrealart #weirdart #weird #lowbrow #lowbrowart

Mood. Or “mouthfeel.” Ugh, I hate that word.

Late at night, when my eyes are red, And I should be counting sheep In the orange light, I see instead Huge and bright, a floating head Having itself a sleepy peep I’m not a poet and I certainly know it

Halitosis. #penandink #blackandwhiteart #illustration #penandinkdrawing #abstractart #textures #abstract #traditionalart #selftaught #rawart #artbrut #fantasy #fantasyart #inkdrawing #blackink #surreal #surrealart #weirdart #weird #outsiderart #lowbrow #lowbrowart #punkart

Old Joe, the scarecrow. Illustration by Rex Whistler, from Walter de la Mare’s The Lord Fish, a collection of juvenile novellas. #walterdelamare #rexwhistler

I’m a sucker for science experiment designer grapes, but thankfully I rarely buy them. Here’s a tiny thing:

For whatever reason I become deeply introspective whenever there is a bright light directly near my face. Like a moment of profound clarity, I’m almost hypnotized. Then the light goes off and I’m dumb again.

Seems about right. #penandink #blackandwhiteart #illustration #penandinkdrawing #traditionalart #selftaught #rawart #artbrut #fantasy #fantasyart #inkdrawing #weirdart #lowbrow #lowbrowart

Here be some Odilon Redon (1840-1916) for ye. La Grappe or Le Marchand de ballons charcoal and stump drawing 38.5 x 27.5 cm/15.2 x 10.8 in. #odilonredon