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New England gothic

-Look to either side as you drive: there, you will always find the crumbling stone fence. It’s a wall of neatly-fitted rocks that shimmers dimly in the light, staying firmly put there for three hundred years. It lines every street; every off-road path; the highway; your house. You stay inside the lines. The boundaries were drawn long before you were born.

-Past the stone fence, you can see a forest. Seeing, after all, is believing.

-Venture into the forest in groups. Bring your your basket, your lighter, your boots; but linger not in the dreamy shade for too long. Linger not, for as your legs grow weary and your tongue grows thirsty, the smell of wet earth and the sound of the river will lead you in endless loops.

-Sunset falls quickly, but don’t hurry. Nothing ever happens here. Nothing makes the news, and no one has died- nobody ever, none since you’ve been alive. (None of the ones who stayed within the lines.)

-Wait quietly at home as night plows across the lawn, with the wind bringing in all the crooked sounds from nearby: moans from a tree struck twice by lightning; scrambled words whispered through gritted teeth at the house next door. Rhythmic gasps from the railroad a mile away. Something hunted; something caught. Rustling leaves? Maybe not.

-Day breaks clean open. The pale morning sun floods the roads and causes an accident. Traffic on I-95; all cars line up side-by-side to get a glimpse of the wreck.

-Hot beneath the windshield, or maybe on the train, sweat threatens to melt the glue that fixes your smile to your face. This is fine; this is okay. People will politely turn away while you put yourself back together.

-Speak not a word to those you pass on the main roads. They will not speak back.

#save

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Gemini 2017

#gemini #horoscope #astrology #twins #sketchbook

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A @forehead-mouth Original Poster.

#WOOO #thanks for the shoutout Ellen!! #poster #the bones of j.r. jones

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Self-image, 2017

#illustration #comic #halftone #hands #ghosts

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Rodrigues Flying Fox. 2017

Mixed media on board

#scientific illustration #flying fox #fruit bat #bat #rodrigues flying fox

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Human Skull. 2017.

#scientific illustration #human skull #skull #geometry #anatomy

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Double, double, toil and trouble; come in costume and make some trouble…

#witch #summoning #all hallows eve #halloween #ouija board #illustration

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Ad design for the place where I work. If you love comics, retro (and new!) viddie games, come by Planet Fun in Savannah!

#planet fun #retrogaming #gameboy #comic #illustration

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Redesign for Junji Ito’s Fragments of Horror for class.

#junji ito #fragments of horror #illustration #manga #horror manga

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update: he just wanted to be naked

There’s a story going on here. Can you guess what’s going on?

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1-hour study of young Agaricus bisporus, or portabella. 

Colored pencil on mylar, 2016.

#scientific illustration #mushroom #mycology #forest witch #mori #forest #portabella #colored pencil #botanical #illustration

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my day in pictures - some of these are so oddly specific, good luck

#i haven't drawn in a long time guys #for myself i mean #comic #in the second one i'm throwing a snowball at my reflection

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There’s a story going on here. Can you guess what’s going on?

#illustration #watercolor #cute #demon #classwork #mixed media

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more analog cat pictures!

#cat #pet portrait #painting #classwork #acrylic

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it occurs to me that I haven’t shown you all my pride and joy yet: Pinus palustris, in colored pencil on mylar 🌲✏️

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🍁 some leaves 🍁

#autumn #leaves #marker #field sketch #scientific illustration

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sometimes you just gotta draw your ootd

#ootd #doodle #sketch