Category Archives: Drawing

Scragamuffin: A New Chapbook on Patreon

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Mandolin

Today, I’m sending my patrons a new chapbook–Scragamuffin. I didn’t intend to write another chapbook; it just sort of happened. Unfortunately, we lost another one of our cats, and this one was only nine. So, it’s been kind of a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Something’s Over There

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Mandolin

Something’s over there, and it will cower in the face of her glamour.
 
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If You Say So

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Mandolin

She’s pretty sure you’re full of shit, though.
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Cloud-Haired Woman

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Mandolin

This reminds me of the art my parents had from the sixties, feminist with interesting proportions and bodies. I called it cloud-haired woman after a character in Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore, my favorite of Sheri Tepper’s books which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Birds

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Mandolin

I’m honestly mostly amused that when I drew this in my notebook, I felt the need to label it “birds.” In case I was confused later
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Fran!

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Mandolin

  Fran is a character I drew for a role-playing game I was sketching out called Cats and Dogs Living Together. Fran is a medium-sized, white American French bulldog with an incessantly cheerful personality. She’s two years old, and a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Suzie Q

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Mandolin

Suzy Q is a character I drew for a role-playing game I was sketching out called Cats and Dogs Living Together. She is a sixteen-year-old Scottish Fold whose thick grey fur makes her look even larger than her twenty pounds. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Serpent of Smarm

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Mandolin

Sometimes I draw a head and then I don’t want to draw a body so the neck becomes something else. A snake is often that something. 
 
This guy would totally try to sell you on an apple.
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Posted on July 24, 2019 by Mandolin

Mozart is a character I drew for a role-playing game I was sketching out called Cats and Dogs Living Together.  Mozart was raised as a potential show dog, but only competed once before retiring. At six pounds, the handsome eight-year-old … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Cloud Haired Woman

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Mandolin

“Cloud-haired Woman” This reminds me of the art my parents had from the sixties, feminist  with interesting proportions and bodies. I called it cloud-haired woman  after a character in Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore, my favorite  of Sheri Tepper’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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