Little Horn

“It’s OK, my dear,” said Little Horn. “Plan A may have failed, but we have another twenty-five letters in the alphabet. Be calm. We will get there.”

Hurrah for a cheesy motivational. The funny thing about motivational quote things is that there’s often a snip of truth in them. I think I’m currently on Y. On my fourteenth run through the alphabet.

In all fourteen run-throughs, I have found a couple of plans that work. Implementing them is often trickier than I’d hope. Either way, when a plan doesn’t work I just move onto the next. No point getting hung up on what won’t work.

I had no background in marketing, but I did get the job of marketing several brands a few years back. One of the old brands I worked for was a retro-hair product. I’d get us everywhere. We’d have banners at the Brighton Burn Up motorcycle events; displays at barbers show’s; I’d get it into the hands of footballers for Instagram posts; onto the bathroom shelves in TV programs; into the GQ men’s awards; reviews in papers, magazines and blogs. Yeah, I’d get us everywhere. Some things worked, some things didn’t. But it never deterred me from trying everything once. Even if plans A to K do not work out.

I guess what I’m saying is if something doesn’t work, keep trying new things. Plan T might be the plan that works for you.

And with that, Little Horn’s available on my Etsy store. She’s an original ink, not a print. If you fail to set her frame level the first time, she won’t mind you having another 25 attempts.

Not sure how she’ll feel about the 26th…

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Aeya

Fear of ink (6)

“You’re a fool,” sighed Lucy. “There are some things even I don’t mess with. Aeya is among those things.”

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A creepy lady with a bushy tail for a Saturday doodles.

I can imagine her being as tall as a skyscraper. Unseen by the human eye. Floating down city streets. Peering in windows. Filling workers with dread. Draining their souls without them knowing. More so than their 9 to 5s…

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Story Time

“Hey, Fuen,” called the chicklets. “Tell us a story!”

“Alright,” replied Fuen. The chicklets leaned in. “Once upon a time, there was a little girl. And she said ‘bollocks to this!'”

“Then what happened?” gasped the chicklets.

“She did shit her own way,” replied Fuen, “and lived happily ever after.”

A story within a story… Meta…

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Sea Creature

Fear of Ink (3)

The boat capsized and her limp body plunged into the water.

The only thing she’d felt since the initial sting, aside from creeping paralysis, was a wriggle beneath her skin. Like worms were burrowing through her flesh.

Its tendrils took hold of her body, and she began a gradual descent towards the maw of the beast. She was almost grateful to the sea that filled her lungs. Taking her life before the creature had its meal.

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Love Morph

Fear of Ink (ep. 2)

“Wimmin, huh?” laughed Sprite.

Cloud dropped a few raindrops on Sprite. “So what happened?”

“I told her she should embrace her mistakes,” replied Morph.

“And then?” asked Sprite.

“Well, nothing,” replied Morph. “She just hugged me.”

Cloud held it in as she drifted off on the breeze.

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Clothing

Fear of ink – 1

“And then,” grumbled Sprite, “she said she was leaving me because I changed my clothes every hour!”

“Fo’ real?” gasped Stalker. “What did you say?”

“Hold on a minute,” said Sprite. “I can change…”

Hah! Boom! A fear of ink. Not really a new series, but I’ve done so many one-offs, I gotta start putting them into a category for my own future tags. A fear of ink seems quite apt.

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