Scribbles & Bits

"Never doubt magic

as long as there are shooting stars,

fireflies,

and love

in a little girl's heart."

~Atticus

A little girl's love for her alebrije toy manifests the creature into reality 💖

"She has wings

the color of wild

and a soul

the color of art."

-Melody Lee

If you needed a stars-and-stripes hippogriff to help you celebrate America's 250th birthday today, I got you covered. 😁👍🏻🇺🇲

"I am skin, but underneath lives fire and stars and wild!" -Melody Lee

"We can slip into the Beautiful

with the same ease

as we slip into

the seamless embrace of water;

something ancient within us

already trusts

that this embrace

will hold us."

-John O'Donohue

A winged creature, if there ever was one 🖤

"The world softens

when more of us

pause

for small magic.

When we lift our faces

to the wind,

feel the earth beneath us

with our bare feet,

and thank the rain for returning."

-Tara Isis Gerris

Just a little springtime sketch 🦄🌸🌿

"The day I decided that my life was magical, there was suddenly magic all around me." -Marabeth Quin

Imagining new adventures for Howl and Sophie, having recently read the "Moving Castle" books by Diana Wynne Jones - what if Howl shape-shifted into alicorn form for traveling? 🖤🌅✨

"When you have

an ancient heart

and childlike spirit,

you must feel deeply

yet go lightly.

The sea carries secrets

yet still moves

freely."

-Victoria Erickson

A sketchy hippocampus, for your consideration 🐴🌊✨

Bride of Frankenstein, Mermay-style, for the Mermay '26 prompt "Bride" 👰🧜🏻‍♀️ 🌊

An abundance of unicorns 🦄 I don't know if that's the technical term, but I feel like it ought to be ✨

"She wears strength and darkness

equally well,

the girl has always been

half goddess, half hell."

-Nikita Gill

Mermaid Medusa, for the Mermay '26 prompt "Mer-thology" 🐙

"She moves

wherever she will

through our world

in whatever form

suits her purpose

or mood."

Lora O'Brien

A sketch for Junicorn that insisted on giving Morrigan vibes, so I guess that's what it is now? 🐦‍⬛

"May you allow

the wild beauty

of the invisible world

to gather you,

mind you,

and embrace you

in belonging."

-John O'Donahue

Let's be magical in the sea with mama 😊🦄🌊

Gummy and Pinkie Pie, but make it Mermay! 🎈🐊💖 For the Mermay '26 prompt "My Little MerPony"

"Remember, friends - after a long day in the sewer, reach for a refreshing Nuka-Cola. It's the drink for you!" 😃👍🏻

"Fallout" vibes for the Mermay '26 prompt "Radioactive" ☠️

"Spring is merciless -- it awakens

everything at once: the flowers,

the rivers, and the ache I carry for you."

-Yosano Akiko

A Junicorn illustration, conceived two years ago, and finally finished! (Pretty much sworn off of drawing leaves for the foreseeable future, ugh 🫠)

"... I lived in the world of the spirit,

the world of the gray rain,

the lost,

the remembered."

-Louise Gluck