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Cloud-Haired Woman
This reminds me of the art my parents had from the sixties, feminist with interesting proportions and bodies. I called it cloud-haired woman after a character in Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore, my favorite of Sheri Tepper’s books which … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Birds
I’m honestly mostly amused that when I drew this in my notebook, I felt the need to label it “birds.” In case I was confused later
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Fran!
Fran is a character I drew for a role-playing game I was sketching out called Cats and Dogs Living Together. Fran is a medium-sized, white American French bulldog with an incessantly cheerful personality. She’s two years old, and a … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Suzie Q
Suzy Q is a character I drew for a role-playing game I was sketching out called Cats and Dogs Living Together. She is a sixteen-year-old Scottish Fold whose thick grey fur makes her look even larger than her twenty pounds. … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Serpent of Smarm
Sometimes I draw a head and then I don’t want to draw a body so the neck becomes something else. A snake is often that something.
This guy would totally try to sell you on an apple.
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Rachel Swirsky 2019-07-24 11:27:33
Mozart is a character I drew for a role-playing game I was sketching out called Cats and Dogs Living Together. Mozart was raised as a potential show dog, but only competed once before retiring. At six pounds, the handsome eight-year-old … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Cloud Haired Woman
“Cloud-haired Woman” This reminds me of the art my parents had from the sixties, feminist with interesting proportions and bodies. I called it cloud-haired woman after a character in Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore, my favorite of Sheri Tepper’s … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Drawing for Wednesday, April 10th: Dove
Dove is a character I drew for a role-playing game I was sketching out called Cats and Dogs Living Together. Dove was born with an itch to explore. If she can’t get anywhere more exciting, the year-old grey tabby will … Continue reading → Continue reading
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I’m not that interested in footwear.
But I really enjoyed playing with these textures. Stylus, pictionary program. Speaking of which, this chart seems really useful for writing about characters’ fashion: (from pinterest, which claims it’s from buzzfeed) Continue reading
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The Mail Man
“Leaps tall mailboxes in a single bound” Continue reading
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