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Fairies

As I have combed through my gallery, I have found a few additional pieces I dislike looking at. Not failures, exactly, but pieces I don't think are good representations of my ability. My first pass at the "Sharing my fairies with you" video...

Alien

The pencil on my iPad has been giving me trouble for months, and rather than buy a replacement, I chose to get a whole new tablet. I now have a Wacom Movinkpad Pro 14, a tablet built specifically for art purposes...

Evil dead

This painting from a moment late in Evil Dead 2 is to celebrate the incomparable Bruce Campbell. The man with the best chin in Hollwood recently announced he was going to prioritize self care...

Lip bite

I have seen and admired a number of intentionally minimalist portraits. They'll pick some trait of their subject and show just that. Can you recognize Clint Eastwood...

City of Lost Children

When I thought about actors with distinct faces, Ron Perlman came to mind right away. And what better role to exemplify him than One in City of Lost Children...

Myrna Loy revisited

Back in October 2021, I produced a truly awful drawing of the great early screen idol Myrna Loy. Of all the failures I have posted here, that was the only one I called that from the start...

A sensual and touchy girl

This is the second in line of revisiting old failures. The original is the only Aftyn piece I consider a failure but still released...

Anna Chlumsky (revisited)

Once upon a time, I painted a portrait of Veep star Anna Chlumsky, and it was... not very good. One of the few that has diminished in my estimation as time goes by...

George Washington Carver

To celebrate Black History Month, I present this charcoal portrait of agricultural scientist and educator George Washington Carver...

Aiyana Lewis

This is a charcoal portrait of model Aiyana A Lewis. I'll be honest, I don't know a thing about her. About a year ago...

Krysten Ritter

In amongst all the moving drama, I squeezed in a bit of time to do a drawing. This is actor Krysten Ritter, referencing a still from Breaking Bad...

Retrospective 2025

This year I discovered a joy working in a more sketchy form, lots of pencil, charcoal, monochrome pieces. Of course I also made a number of paintings, several of which I am quite proud of...

Margot Kidder

I have admired Margot Kidder since I first saw her in Richard Donner's Superman. I don't think I saw it in the theater, so I'm guessing I probably saw...

Frieren looking up

There's a trend going around on social media right now where someone on Reddit posted an attempt at drawing anime character Frieren from a low-angle perspective and asking for advice on how to do it better...

The sun shines through her smile

This is a charcoal rendering of Aftyn Rose, with a focus on making clear separations between the shapes of value. I have long admired...

Top tier bottom

Last year I did a pastel drawing of Aftyn Rose getting a little cheeky in a comfy green sweater. This painting is from a related moment that shows off her glorious butt...

A new life, together

In September of last year, I embarked on my greatest adventure ever — I got married to the most wonderful woman! We have been together for a year now, and to celebrate I painted her portrait...

Stephen Travers' eagle

This is a study exercise prompted by the Stephen Travers video below. He was trying to teach people how to approach ink-based shading. Hatching, cross-hatching, creating forms, and giving...