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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 8h

A dragon for the second page of my tiny sketchbook

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you so much!

Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 1d

Move

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 2d

And here we are

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! Larger pieces are definitely in the cards

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 2d

Painting small is a ton of fun for me 😁

Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 3d

It seems like ages ago that I got this tiny little sketch book as part of an art trade. And I’m finally getting around to starting it now.

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 4d

Yes I am

Available here: www.gkc.art/product/yes-...

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 5d

What is found in loss

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 6d

There’s still time

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 7d

Somewhere between

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 8d

All that I’ve earned

Original painting available here: www.gkc.art/product/all-...

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 9d

The thing that I’ve been debating is (considering the rest of the stories will have multiple) whether to share the images as I complete them, or share each set as I complete a story. We’ll see, nothing’s set in stone.

Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 9d

Now that I’ve got that identity mostly settled, I can apply it to the rest of the pieces going forward. Speaking of which, I’m hoping to have the next story done by the end of this week.

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 9d

Struwwelpeter, the final piece and some of the sketches from along the way. One of the fun things about doing a project outside of my usual wheelhouse is finding the visual language for it. I went through a few iterations before settling on what I ended up with.

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 9d

Tiny witch

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 11d

What more can I do?
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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 12d

I didn’t ask to grow here
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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 13d

Come here, you
Watercolor on Paper
www.gkc.art

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you! Honestly, I’m just bad at advertising myself 😂 You’re right, though, I should really do that.

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 14d

(3/3)But, the dark humor and fun, sometimes grisly, illustrations had a big impact on me during my formative years.

I've always thought of doing my own take on the book. And now, I've decided to take it on! Starting, obviously, with the cover and title story, Struwwelpeter.

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 14d

(2/3)That book was Der Struwwelpeter, written and illustrated by Heinrich Hoffman in 1845. I'm not sure how many of those lessons I really learned; I still ended up playing with matches, hated combing my hair, and never really cared for soup.

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 14d

(1/3) When I was but a tiny Gary, my mother would read to me from an old German book. As is the norm with antiquated German children's stories, it was filled with tales of (mostly) misbehaving children suffering as a result of their misdeeds.

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Gary Cadima @garykcadima.bsky.social · 15d

What happened to us all?

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