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Natalie
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Designing, drawing, painting, book-binding, and so on
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aand one more of my terrier-thing Lenny! Capable of great cuteness and even greater mischief
#visualjournal
A comic drawn in black ink. The top three, smaller panels show a dog looking at different animals, one per panel. The first: a crow. The second: a duck. The third: a squirrel. The last, big panel shows a close-up of the dog’s face. He is growling and barking and the drawing exaggerates his teeth and makes it look like his eyes are bulging in different directions. It is captioned: Lenny can only handle one thing at a time. An acrylic marker drawing of a small blue dog curled up and sleeping on a pink blanket with a hearts pattern. It’s captioned: Lenny loves his baby blanket An acrylic marker drawing of a perky small dog. He is drawn with comically big eyes, a small nose with droopy short whiskers, and floppy ears that stick out to the sides. It’s captioned: Lenny looks like an alien A conte sketch of a cartoony dog eagerly begging, a thought bubble over his head showing a drawing of sushi rolls. The drawing is captioned “Lenny visited Oma for the first time.”
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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While I'm at it, here's a compilation of my favourite Hobonichi pages featuring my bestest girl, Boo!
#visualjournal #alaskanhusky #dogart
A sketchbook page done in pencil crayon. In the middle of the page is a drawing of a dog sitting alert with an inquisitive expression. Behind her is the text “Perfect princess baby angel good-est puppy dog” A Posca paint pen drawing of a dog portrait. The dog looks straight ahead with alert ears. Most of her fur is coloured in dark blue, with brown on her neck and face. Text reads: “Good girl does it again!” A stylized drawing of a dog in profile. This page has ink bleeding through it from the drawing on the other size, giving this page a colourful, splotchy texture. The dog has alert eyes, and pointy ears, she looks off to the left. Drawings of a dog silhouette in a variety of poses, captioned "Shapes of Boo playing in the snow"
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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A semi-recent Frankenstein spread. Yes, watching the new del Toro movie got me into reading the book – which is a fun time! I get why we're still talking about this 200 years later
#frankenstein #visualjournal #hobonichi
A gouache painted portrait of Frankenstein’s Creature from the new Guillermo del Toro movie. The portrait is of the final scene, where the Creature looks into the sunset and smiles. Writing says “Feeling inspired after watching ‘Frankenstein (2025) by Guillermo del Toro” A hand lettered quote in black ink on sepia ink. The quote is from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: “I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.”
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Okay one more from December 2024 – I was (and still am) pleased with these chunky freehanded hands!
#discoelysium #cuno
An acrylic pen drawing of Cuno, a character from the video game Disco Elysium. He is a young boy with red hair and freckles. He points to his templates and is saying “Cuno doesn’t fucking care!” which is a tagline of his.
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Hi! I think I'll try to post here more… turns out I haven't shared any of my "most-days-daily drawings" in nearly a year?! One year-ish ago I binge read Seth Dickinson's The Traitor Baru Cormorant and the sequels. They rocked my world. If you know, you know!
A drawing of two women, one facing forward with a white mask covering half her face, and the other in profile speaking into her ear. The one speaking, meant to be the character Tain Hu, says to Baru, the one with the mask: “You will find no power behind the mask. It will wear you. It will eat your face.” – a quote from the book The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson A hand lettered quote on red, orange, and yellow ink: “Her fury had nothing else to eat and so it began to eat her.” – a quote from the book The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson An ink drawing of a cartoonish person laying flat on the floor with an arm draped over their face. The other arm holds an open book, and they are lit by a spotlight. Writing above reads “Finished reading Baru Cormorant”
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Will i finally finish this oil painting this weekend??? Let's find out #oilpainting #petportrait
March 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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One dog done (I think...) and the other trying out wet drippy paint to soften the background (will it work? TBD)
March 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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This has been slow going. Really not into the flowers rug background but idk what to do about it! 🤷‍♀️ Only way out is through
A desk easel with two works in progress oil paintings. Both are portraits of dogs. One is a white terrier with brown spots, and the other and black trim colour with dot eyebrows and pointy ears
March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Not very active on here and i typically keep it to art posts but.. for the record.... did it! #hades2
An end screen after the new Mount Olympus boss fight on the recent Hades 2 early access update An end screen after the new Mount Olympus boss fight on the recent Hades 2 early access update
February 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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The beginning stage of two pet paintings! It can be uncomfortable but tbh at the same time I really enjoy the messy WIP stage. Just figurin' stuff out
#oilpainting #petportrait
Two wood panels, each with a colorful underpainting and work in progress fog portrait. Same as the other image, but with more refinement, the dog on each are becoming clearer
February 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Some visual journal pages from December (visual journal / daily drawing challenge but – emphasis here – not actually daily but just 'most days', for keeping the project sustainable)

Are hashtags used here? 🤷 #dailydrawing #visualjournal #hobonichitecho
An acrylic pen drawing of a potted peace lily plant. A gel pen drawing of a Christmas tree with colourful decorations and a star on top. Writing next to it reads: “Almost Christmas but not feeling very festive.” A gel pen and acrylic marker drawing of receding hills with the odd tree and a night sky. On one of the distant hills is a tall tower with a light on. The drawing is captioned “The wizard is in.” A gel pen and acrylic marker drawing of stylized leafy tree branches again a night sky with stars and a crescent moon.
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Some sketches of portraits I've saved on pinterest over the years. We love prominent noses and wrinkles ✨️
A sketchbook page with three pencil portrait sketches: on of a young woman with long hair, another an old bald man, and a third of a young man in profile.
January 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Some favourite pages from November! #visualjournal #hobonichi
An acrylic pen drawing of a night sky with stars – this was an experiment with blending colours with this type of pen. An abstract drawing of round shapes in red ink. There is no specific subject, just flowing doodles. A felt pen drawing showing a pot with ingredients going into it. These are: dried barberries, tomato, cilantro, dill, tarragon, spinach, onion, potato, butternut squash, and dried limes. It is labelled as “Yotam Ottolenghi’s Iranian Vegetable Stew with Dried Lime” and the drawing is caption with “My favourite winter dinner!” A stylized drawing of a dog in profile. This page has ink bleeding through it from the drawing on the other size, giving this page a colourful, splotchy texture. The dog has alert eyes, and pointy ears, she looks off to the left.
December 5, 2024 at 4:13 AM
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Recently I've been trying to get more comfortable with digital (procreate). Still exploring, but here are a series of character portraits / armour studies from the last few months! (Full disclosure I haven't played bg3 in a long time... but I have many screenshots w pretty lighting!)
A digital drawing of the character Astarion from the videogame Baldur's Gate 3. He is an elf man with short messy hair, and is wearing armour with pink light reflected on it. A digital drawing of Lae’zel, a character from the video game Baldur’s Gate 3. She is a Githyanki – a humanoid woman with green-yellow skin, a small upturned nose, long pointed ears, and speckles on her face, mostly around her eyes. She is wearing armour. A speech bubble coming from her mouth says “Chk. You believe you can survive without me?” A drawing of the character Minthara from the video game Baldur’s Gate 3. She is an elf woman wearing elaborate armour. She looks off to the side, grinning but brow furrowed, looking like she is enjoying a confrontation.
November 27, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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Two oil cat portraits as gifts for friends from this past summer - each so nicely coordinated with a rug in their homes!
November 23, 2024 at 5:04 AM
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Idk how much I'll use this but hi! I'm Natalie, a designer who likes to draw n paint! These are some pages from my "most days" daily drawing project 🎨
November 23, 2024 at 5:02 AM