Tales of humour, whimsy and courgettes
I really like the way this Fear turned out. The colour of choice of course, for this weeks #Colour_Collective. Again, I think the colour sounds like a good name. So say hello to Vanilla.
With special thanks
Weekly shout out to my $10 patron, Warren from IWrite. Without people like Warren, I wouldn’t be able to wake you all with my little fears and you’d probably cry a lot less in the morning than you already do.
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“It’s not alive,” she grumbled.
“It is,” claimed the Illustrator. “Look, see, two eyes and a mouth. It’s smiling at us.”
“Clouds don’t wave at us, bulldog clips don’t bite us and that car has no emotions. Inanimate objects can’t smile,” she moaned.
The illustrator furrowed his brow.
She threw her hands up. “I give up. How do you do it?” she asked walking away. “How do you anthropomorphize everything you see into a stupid doodle or story?”
The illustrator looked at the car.
The car looked back.
“How do you not?” sighed the illustrator.
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“Gonna fly home mate,” said Fuen.
“It’s been a long month,” sighed Yuffie.
“With no internet,” noted Fuen. “Can’t wait to get in and check my email.”
“Yeah, and I need to upload these snaps to Ello,” said Yuffie.
“You know you’re home,” pondered Fuen, “when the Wi-Fi connects automatically.”
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“Brah,” said Spectre, “what a run!”
“I know right,” said Sprite. “I’m knackered.”
“Taking a selfie?” asked Spectre.
“Oh yes,” replied Sprite. “Gotta tweet goals, man.”
“Innit,” replied Spectre. “All this working out would be such a waste of time if we didn’t tell internet strangers we were doing it.”
Apologies for this coming stupendously late today. Having to do some in-house work this week to keep the cash flow moving.
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“Grey Moon pub,” said Reala, answering the phone.
“Hello Reala,” said Bug.
“Ahh, Bug,” said Reala. “My biggest fan on social media.”
“Yep,” said Bug. “It’s me. Listen, I’m calling because Instagram’s down today.”
“And I can help, how?” asked Reala.
“Well,” sighed Bug, “I just can’t start my day without knowing what you had for breakfast this morning…”
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“Have you heard about these influencer humans?” asked Ello.
“I have,” replied Fuen.
“Did you know,” pondered Ello, “some of them get paid sponsorship fees upwards of five hundred pounds to mention brands in their posts?”
“Wow,” said Fuen. “That’s almost as crazy as the prices in the DFS summer sale.”
This post is not sponsored. Though if Ello or DFS want to contact me, leave a comment?
A wee break from Lily and Sally this week. Thoroughly enjoyed posting the first 30 tales long story. Six weeks of the intrepid duo already! They’ll be back for their second case next week when a cat burglar comes to town. The first storyline was inspired by murder mysteries in the vein of Poirot. The next story takes after buddy cop TV shows. Gotta love the Sweeney. “You’re nicked, mate!” BOSH! Shaking down suspects, fast cars, plot twists and surly witnesses.
While I prepare the next set of videos and get things scheduled, I have four tales of interwebs related humour followed by a tale of ponderance from the illustrator. I do hope you enjoy.
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“Do you know,” said Botanica, “I only drink tea on days that end with a y.”
Know the feeling, Botanica…
So here’s a thing. I have never made then sold an illustration as is. I always import it, touch it up, get it onto a shirt or art print. I have never just drawn something and sold it. I reckon it’s because I have no confidence in my own art. The nagging question, what do I do if I make something and nobody buys it? It’s a crippler.
So today I’ve put on my big girl panties… Or boxer shorts… We’ll go with boxer shorts… And drawn two Botanicas on 240 gsm, acid-free acrylic textured card, with the express intent, to sell them as is. She weighs in at a size of 7 inches tall by 5 inches across. Pens included in images for size reference only. They do not come with the illustration. Neither does the grass or leaves on the ground for that matter. She does come with free first class shipping within one business day so will arrive on your doorstep in a speedy fashion.
I’ve done some digging about for hand-drawn art and I don’t know if it’s artists selling themselves short but everything to buy is either a print or suspiciously cheap. So I’ve had to value them at what I feel they are worth. Man, that’s a hard price to come up with.
If you’d like to purchase either of them, you can head over to my Etsy store at the link below. Yeees, I know, fees, but they aren’t as much as sellers hyped them to be and it gives a little protection to both the buyer and the seller.
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleFears
Products used links.
Faber-Castell PITT artist pens – Black
Faber-Castell PITT artist pens – Chromium Green
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We had teal for this weeks #Colour_Collective. I think that sounds like a nice name so let’s go with it. Teal, a new little fear. Works quite well on the cream body.
With special thanks
Weekly shout out to my $10 patron, Warren from IWrite. Without people like Warren, I wouldn’t be able to wake you all with my little fears and you’d probably cry a lot less in the morning than you already do.
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“I won the competition, but lost her love,” scowled the suspect.
“So you killed her in revenge?” asked Lily.
“Yeah,” grumbled the suspect. “Then I framed her and her friends for as many crimes as I could in the process. A grand smoke screen.”
“You may have gotten away with it too had we not arrived before you left,” said Sally.
“Officers,” said Lily. “Take her away.”
The constables ushered the killer out of the apartment as she ranted about tongue twisting competitions.
“A shame,” said Lily. “But she’s going to get a really tough sentence.”
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
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As I still don’t know what’s happening with my home so I’ve posted the last of my stuff, including the printer scanner, to Scotland and I have a backpack’s worth of stuff to keep me going in London until move day. Whenever that is. Urgh. That’s gonna make earning hard. In the meantime, potato cam will be put to use for my non-story doodles.
I drew Yuffie, the Little Fears resident necromancer this morning. Then Lucy. Then the cave monster. Then just sorta kept doodling. A couple of Spiders, Sprites, Spectre, Copper and my recent two dinosaurs. I’m not sure the Fears should go near the cave.
There are two reasons for this image expanding out like this. First, I want to see how my Fears can work as one-off ink drawings. What can I do with a full sheet of paper that isn’t just a singular character? I drew across the ways on an A5 pad so this is still only around six inches across at most.
Second, I usually only draw with sepia, black and Indian red. I grabbed a cobalt turquoise for Yuffie this morning and chromium green because I like green. I’m not sure how well the expanded colour range works. I think I should have gone for darker shades. I’d say the five colours in this image work together, but it borders ADHD considering the minimal visual themes I usually put across. A smattering of green or blue may work in the future, but Yuffies garb is pushing it a bit.
Bonus sketches while I do a wee catch up on #AnimalAlphabets current dinosaur run.
Products used links.
Faber-Castell PITT artist pens – Sepia
Faber-Castell PITT artist pens – Black
Faber-Castell PITT artist pens – Indian Red
Faber-Castell PITT artist pens – Cobalt Turquoise
Faber-Castell PITT artist pens – Chromium Green
Daler Rowney Eco Fine Grain A5
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