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After a week of futiley trying to find a vaccination appointment, doing my taxes, finally getting my first Covid vaccine shot, and a mass shooting taking place down the street from where my family lives, I felt almost completely numb and dead inside. It was all a bit much. . Thank God for art and creative endeavors. As Jojo said in Across The Universe: . "Music's the only thing that makes sense anymore, man. Play it loud enough, it keeps the demons at bay." . You said it, brother, you said it. . #oilcandrive #ocd #plasticspoonpress #comic #comicbook #art #illustration #nawden #discoveryarts #supportart #artbyhand #ink #inking #inkingart #ryan #lostboy #lily #nowheregirl #april #postcard (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM_ZzwPhC06/?igshid=u2lju7u3wedp

#1 in my SixFanArts challenge- Zot! created by the awesome Scott McCloud. Original 5.5"x8.5" black and white illustration, color print, and a set of the color and black and white SixFanArts prints are on sale for $25 (shipping in the US included.) PM me for details. . #sixfanarts #sixfanartschallenge #art #illustration #nawden #discoveryarts #supportart #scottmccloud #zot (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-yTH9IBdiA/?igshid=1dmohgybkkp98

After a week spent completing two covers for a couple of kids' books I'm finally able to get back to this! #oilcandrive #ocd #comic #comicbook #webcomic #indycomic #independent #art #illustration #nawden #discoveryarts #supportart #smallpress #smallbusiness #pencil #pencilsketch #artbyhand #selfpublishing #selfpublishedcomic #workinprogress #christmasiscoming #lily #happyholidays (at Boulder, Colorado)

Sketches done for a few of the special people who support me on Patreon and who help the postcards I create get printed and in the mail each month. Thank you all for the support. I really appreciate it! . #art #illustration #nawden #discoveryarts #supportart #artbyhand #postcard #sketchcards #originalart #cats #superman #fairies #gambit #spidey #robots (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4Z2KBsPpP/?utm_medium=tumblr

When doing the black and white artwork for the commission I showed off yesterday I had to go back into my bag of inking tricks and give myself a little Bob Ross refresher on how to create pine trees with a fan brush. I always figured if Bob could do it with oil paints than I could do it with black ink and white out. . It's good to see that, in this digital age, I still got a few tricks up my sleeve! . #art #illustration #nawden #discoveryarts #supportart #artbyhand #ink #inking #bobross #happylittletrees (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMStBYxBelt/?igshid=sf5auv7arbjz

Another recent private commission. This one was for a friend's retirement as a Master Sergeant from the United States Air Force after eighteen years of service. . It was a great piece to do and reminded me of designing G.I. Joe figures when I was applying to work for Hasbro right out of college (missed it by 'that' much!) . Congrats on the retirement Master Sergeant and thank you for all your years of service. . #art #illustration #nawden #discoveryarts #supportart #artbyhand #digitalart #airforce #security #wolfpack #retirement #commission #privatecommission (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMQWioVB_ZJ/?igshid=euib8l2e600c

Usually when being considered for a freelance gig I won't do unpaid samples because there's more than enough stuff on my website and online to show a potential client what I can bring to the table. . But when a recent potential gig asked for a sample piece of a banana riding a skateboard my first thought was, "well, of course, I'm DEFINITELY going to draw that!" 🤣 . I mean, how often do you get to draw a banana riding a skateboard? . #art #illustration #nawden #discoveryarts #supportart #artbyhand #digitalart #banana #skateboard #bananaonaskateboard (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL6Seb4Bsiz/?igshid=1ab7ysmirrk2w

SUPER happy hockey starts again tonight! I always feel the world is a little bit better when the NHL players take the ice. And, while I may have missed my chance to get a Colorado one (all sold out), I am really digging these reverse retro jerseys. If anyone has an extra one in size large send it my way! Go AVS! . #art #illustration #nawden #discoveryarts #supportart #hockey #colorado #coloradoavalanche #reverseretro #goavs #goavsgo (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ-nx8dhewh/?igshid=1d0xbxh7l2wri