John, Aspiring Creative

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IT tech by day, aspiring artist and photographer at other times.šŸ˜ Not sure what my plans are for my art: all I know is Iā€™m having fun with it and thatā€™s enough for now.

Rough black and white pen sketch of a female elf adventurer, armed with a broadsword and small shield from a high vantage point. Guidelines that helped place the forms of the sketch are still visible.
Image of simple black and white pen sketch of a mermaid, facing left.
Photograph of marigold seedling in 4-inch nursery pot, showing first set of true leaves, emerging second set of true leaves, as well as cotyledon leaves.
Photo of Free Tiny Library, Charter #45317, in Calgary, Alberta, showing an Artist Trading Card left for someone to discover.
Image of a walrus with long tusks on an ice shelf, drawn with blue ballpoint pen.
Image of four cards featuring a rough black ink block print of a bison, overlapping each other along a diagonal line down and to the right, and placed beside the carved block of Speedball Speedy Cut Easy they were printed with, in a red surface.
An image of a postcard-size piece of cold press watercolour paper with alternating hand carved black ink stamps of duck head and swimming duck, arranged in a rough 3 x 2 grid.
A full colour sketch of a lemon with a mouth wide open in a cry, using markers, on a light blue surface and a dark blue and purple backdrop.
Rough a ketch of a male merfolk character hold a trident in his left hand, body is shown in a 3/4 pose while the head is in profile and has an aggressive expression , over a roughly drawn red rectangle
Abstract picture, 6ā€ x4ā€. A white border surrounds a fright field of yellow that transitions to an orange with a soft and straight border, which in turn has an uneven , ragged border with red, purple circle in upper third of the piece.
Ballpoint sketch of an female elf rider on a two legged fantasy dinosaur, the dinosaur has a feather crest and large eye on the top of its head, and a long neck. It has a saddle for its rider, who shades her eyes as she looks in the distance. The background is two tones, light blue for the sky and yellow for the ground, the rest of the image is uncoloured.
Colour sketch of a mermaid in ballpoint pen and Sharpie Creative Markers, the mermaid has blue skin, mauve tail, and green hair and fins, and swims up and out of a field of alternating blue and yellow
Colour landscape sketch of a mountain river valley in primary and secondary colours, red sky reflected in a calm stream, distant clouds and mountain bathed in yellow light while the foreground is dominated in dark blue and purple.
Photo of a smallLEGO MOC build of a church using element from set 30435
Image of a black and while ink drawing of a mermaid holding a trident in her right hand and a human skull in her left hand.
Image of a sketch in a bullet journal, showing the 3 thumbnail sketches used to plan out the daily drawing for this day.
Image of ballpoint sketches, on the left there are some spaceship doodles, and on the right is a monster that combines the upper body and head of a woman with horns, an extra pair of arms with crab claws, and four insect wings sprouting from her back, while her lower body resembles a caterpillar or centipede
Image of a page from a sketchbook with four ballpoint pen drawings done in red, blue and black ink.
Image of a black and white pen and ink sketch of a woman in a spacesuit in a desolate world, holding a futuristic pistol, saying, ā€œApril 11, 2025. Itā€™s out here, somewhereā€¦ā€ Meanwhile, a dark shadow rises behind her while a claw and tentacles reach for her.
Image of a pen and ink sketch of a spaceship approaching an astronaut floating in space
Image of a pen and ink sketch of a male and female satyr-like characters, the male is holding a human skull.
Image of bullet journal page with ballpoint pen sketches.
Image of a ballpoint pen sketch of an anthropomorphic tree with a human girl siting in the treeā€™s left ā€œhand.ā€
Image of a pen and marker sketch depicting a sinister, humanoid tree looming over a mysterious figure
Image of a black and white ink drawing of a happy mermaid and friendly dolphin
Image of a color sketch of a mermaid done with ballpoint pens, water-based markers and a water pen
Image of a ballpoint pen sketch of a womanā€™s face, olive green background
Image of a pen and ink sketch of a car from imagination, based on car ads from the 70ā€™s and 80ā€™s
Image of three Canada Goose marker sketches in colour
Image of a small watercolour painting of a Rhode Island Red rooster.
Image of ballpoint pen sketch featuring a fantasy lizard creature with a quill and parchment
Image of a bullet journal page with four rough creature concept sketches drawn with ballpoint pens
Image of a sketchbook page, with various small sketches of a woman from a reference photo, various imaginary creatures and a sketch of an African elephant drawn from memory
Image of a sketchbook page, with a drawing of a ghostly woman rising from the flame of a burning candle
Image of a ballpoint pen sketch featuring a mermaid and an enormous jellyfish
Image of a pen and ink sketch an avian fantasy character holding a spear with a glowing gem in the blade
Image of a pen and ink fantasy bird character sketch