Fun quick valentine’s day card in my comic style from “Pollen,” my first self published minicomic, featuring Jinny the Bee and Parag the Flower. Might print it.

Love the use of negative for creating the snow!

I use ‘em up till they vanish

#pencilnubs

Sippy, the Water Guide, says Happy New Year! And Stay hydrated! (Though he asks you not to drink Him up specifically, choose another water source pls)

#watercharacter #happynewyear #creaturedesign #characterdesign #sippy

Tattoo design for a friend

#pelican #tattoodesign #graphitedrawing

Hi everyone, here is my Art v Artist!

2024 was full of yummy yummy graphite. Creating new characters, creatures, comics (some of which I began developing a couple of years ago), concept art, and more was such a blast! I have exciting projects in the works for 2025.
#artvartist2024 #artvsartist

Lary, the Roaming Pineapple Bush

Character deisign. Such a fun one to create. Pencils on Bristol paper, 11”x17”, digital colors

They can share one way telepathic communication but cannot read your mind. Talk about an optometrist visit.

#characterdesign #creaturedesign #pineappleart #plantart

Simon the Shoebill (Stork Stuck in the Suburbs)

Graphite on Bristol paper, 11”x 17”, digital coloring

#caricature #birddrawing #art #editorial #illustration #storkart #shoebillbird

“Faces in Graphite,” pencil on Bristol paper, 11”x17

Loved making this one so much. This began as a very impromptu sketch, where I let the lines and shapes flow organically and freely, then I quickly found and worked some faces in the sketch. It was my way of winding down from a 4 hour livestream.

Character/creature design. Honeychrispine, the Roaming Pine-Apple.

Graphite on Bristol paper, 11”x 17”. Digital coloring.

#plantcharacter #natureart #treeart #characterdesign #creaturedesign

Line art for this month’s “Draw This” from the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators. Prompt is “ugly sweater.”

Happy New Year everyone.

Artist, keep sharing your stuff. Don’t worry about the algorithmic apathy, just keep doing your thing.

#scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis

Hey Bluesky!! Here are some recent sketches of mine that I had a lot of fun making. Sketch-booking is probably my favorite drawing practice

Hey Bluesky! Here is a recent Illustration I did for the fun of visualizing parts of the universe that inspire and intrigue me. These are neutrons and protons (and a pion) inside a neutron star.

I represent their up and down quarks as eyes inside probability spheres. Im naming the left one Femton

Hi Bluesky! My name is Otávio, I’m a Brazillian artist living in the U.S., and I’ll be sharing some of my work on here with you, from sketches to final Illustrations.

Here’s a sneak preview of the project that’s keeping me busiest this year. Can’t wait to share more about it with you soon! :)