Dip pen, October 2025.

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Hi #portfolioday! I present for your enjoyment a series of two-dimensional arrays of mostly parallel lines, tastefully arranged so that they bear passing resemblances to people I know or characters from Greek mythology or both.

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The magnificent @synestesia@pixelfed.social. Dip pen, October 2025.

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Technical pen, January 2024.

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I've been super motivated to draw lately because of my upcoming art exhibition next January.

I have such high standards for myself it's very hard for me feel proud of my art. Pride comes in waves for me. When I finish an artwork I tend to experience only a brief "that's pretty nice"-moment that wears off fast. I feel most proud of my pictures when I look at them months after finishing them. Seeing my art framed on a gallery wall and witnessing live reactions from other people helps tremendously to shift my perspective into a positive one. That's when I truly appreciate my skills and the images I have created with my own hands. Support and compliments from my loved ones (and strangers too of course) has also boosted my confidence as an artist a lot.

I'd rather be too self critical than oblivious to my faults but sometimes doing art feels like playing a modern FPS game with skill-based matchmaking - every time my skills evolve my standards also raise so fast it's sometimes hard to appreciate my skills.

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"To Leave Hades." Dip pen, September 2025.

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Technical pen, November 2023.

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Dip pen, September 2025, by an artist who lacks any clear notion of what a dog looks like.

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Dip pen and wash, September 2025.

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Dip pen, September 2025.

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A new piece which I've given the title "Exploring a cave in this outfit makes just as little sense as trying to draw a picture with a dip pen and inkwell on a moving train." Dip pen, moving train, September 2025.

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Dip pen, August 2025. Unusually done from imagination rather than a reference. Which I suppose is why the anatomy and perspective are... the way they are.

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Camping and chess. Dip pen, August 2025.

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Technical pen, December 2023.

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Bacheh. Dip pen, August 2025.

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Baboons! Dip pen, August 2025.

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A work in progress.

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Technical pen, March 2024.

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Dip pen and blue ink wash, July 2025.

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Dip pen, July 2025. And an incomplete list of things that are difficult to draw: 1) hands, 2) flowers, 3) beautiful women, 4) foreshortening.

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