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Late night illustration. The story begins #latenightart #sketching #monsters #thatmonsterlife #the story begins (at Sherman Oaks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CipbL9KLFi6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Daily experiments are more like weekly experiments. Anyhow yeah, playing with lmaterials. #pilotpatallelpens #nupastel #goldenhighflowacrylics #prismacolorpencils #gesso #gelpen #scotchtape #happydays #profile #sketch #bullit https://www.instagram.com/p/CeiDNxer2oY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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One of my all time favorite super hero movies. The casting was perfect. If there was ever a movie that could use an ideally ridiculous sequel it’s Mystery Men! . #mysterymen #spleen #tomwaits #nonlethalweapons #identitycrisis #laughterisasuperpower #maytheforksbewithus https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd4PPchPkDs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Felt rusty….idk, might delete later. . #ford #fordtrucks #rustysomething #watercolor #danielsmith #nupastel #lookmanoink #quitwhileimahead #lisaford (at Sherman Oaks) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdwo4XwpgyI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Casualty of a rushed morning. @ruthiedevito ‘s fallen soldier never made it into her lunch. #seeyouontheotherside https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc8xTs0PoqB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Another class experiment. I don’t know how pastels work so that was a challenge. I’m sure I can do better If get the hang of them? I used a leaf of lettuce to stamp all those textures. Experimenting. #breakeverythingthenfixit #ssooootired #faceofla #hashtagtoyourface https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc8w5voPQyP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Something I bashed together for class. Just a mish mash of mediums with no real purpose. Other than I knew I’d be making a house. It was fun. More like arts and crafts. #ink #danielsmithwatercolor #pastel #collage #scotchtape #prismacolorpencils #liquidacrylic #craterlakewhiskey #houseart #moveinready #motivatedseller https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc8u413PY-T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I made this shadowbox coaster set. Took a while to figure out how the vector image applies to the laser cutter. I’ll need to take better photos at some point. Reflective surfaces are a challenge. . #alien #abduction #flyingsaucer #shadowbox #coasters #diy #ooak #imadeathing #invaders #fromspace #tractorbeam https://www.instagram.com/p/CcDxhLuPrr6/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Underwhelming portraits while playing w/ color no. 15. I think this could use some really dark outlines, yeh? . #nomorehashtags #somanyhashtags #ink #watercolors #bristol #colorpencil #danielsmith #prismacolor #craterlakespirits #ihateportraits #ninja #yolandi https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb_T7EOJuXv/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Lunchtime experiments with limited pallet and color harmony. There are miles to go but I’m satisfied that some things are working. . . #cityoflostchildren #fantasyart #childlike #watercolor #coloredpencils #fisheyelens #howmanyhashtags #values #cartersexton https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbv2KOMJ-YL/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Just when I thought it all started making sense. I really wanted to avoid using a pen but I just wasn’t able to get the paint to really describe the form all that well. lol, I’m gonna spiral for a while…. #practice #ladyparts #curls #curlsfordays #red #orange #bluegreen #splitcomplimentary #watercolor #coloredpencil #shouldbeasleep #strikeapose https://www.instagram.com/p/CbuW-gnLIRa/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“I thought you said photo CHOP. What’s photoshop?” Split complimentary assignment that I turned into an experiment. I knew the the tone (or saturation?) was off between the two images. The result was more or less what I had hoped for/expected. I wish I had the energy to do a bunch of these and explore what would absolutely not work. . #visualartspassage #adventureswithcolor #collageart #watercolor #nosleepart #orangeyellow #blue #violet #homeworkasanadult #vap #selfportrait https://www.instagram.com/p/CbbGFqlvGzD/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Finding little illustration piles as I clean house, ha. I forgot about these. . . . . . #cleaning #sleepyaf #caseofthesundays #illustration #pictureofstuff #doodlefromthenoodle #gosportsteam https://www.instagram.com/p/CS45jdphxvw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Another scalawag that I’ve tried to fix up, from the pile of sloppy illustrations. There were different plans for this salty rat but whisky had apparently had other plans when I inked this a few years back. Not too disappointed w/ the salvage. . . . . . #repair #fixingmistakes #badrat #saltyrat #buckaneer #illustration #losangeles #seaworthy #watercolor #jamesepepper #conjoined #quatocomplex https://www.instagram.com/p/CS1BxhEL-YU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Threw it into procreate for touch up’s but instead I just played w/ the colors. Diggin’ the autumn look. . . . . . #sliving #fishing #autumn #hooked #salty #watercolor #flowersforthesea #ctreaturesofthedeep #shermanoakstherapist https://www.instagram.com/p/CS09Ix2rWXv/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Rather than discard a trove of bad drawings that are taking up space, I’m using them for some long overdue painting practice. I wish I had a photo of the under drawing to show what fresh hell I was working with. . . . #shitshow #watercolor #shermanoaks #merman #creature #lures #hook #1 #black3.0 #culturehustle #darkart #ineedabreakfastburrito (at Sherman Oaks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRW5haMjqoB/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A couple things from the year. The glowing eyes are neat. Practice work. . . . . #watercolors #sketching #thisrighthere #wheredothedaysgo #nothinginparticular #glow https://www.instagram.com/p/CQOpPQjDAhF/?utm_medium=tumblr