Bad Art for Bad People

Warm-up ink scribbling before starting Actual Work.

Get your coat, it is time to solve crimes and be an annoying dick.

#ibelieveinmycroftholmes

can that also be a thing?

Uhh, I made a Reichenbach.

Is it season three yet?

Can you hear something? Yes, IN SPAIN.

Sadly most of my thoughts during this episode were, “oh hey Alonzo, how’s Captain Jack?” because Doctor Who ruins everything but other than that there were some genuinely creepy moments. Not as visually stunning/well-designed as A Scandal in Belgravia, though—except for the memory palace part, which was very cool. The memory palace/method of loci is a real (and ancient) memory device that works, if you’re curious, as long as you remember where you put the thing that you’re supposed to remember. Also it’s the name of a really good podcast.

Experimental offhand scribbling.

ALL CYMK, ALL THE TIME HECK YES

kitmallsdraws:

Water-soluble ink, I’ve missed you. You make everything so moody.

Study for a bigger (and better) piece from a less boring angle and with a less static pose.

Dubious violin because I used my ukulele as reference and didn’t think to google “violin” until after inking. Because I’m a professional.

Reblogging my own post to point out that this has OVER A THOUSAND NOTES, which is mind-boggling because the average number of notes I get is like, twelve. This wasn’t even intended to be a real piece.

WHAT. All of you come here, let me love you.

Team Moffat & Gatiss must have drawn at least some inspiration from Withnail & I.

Personally my vote’s on Withnail, Sherlock may keep severed heads in the fridge but at least he doesn’t have an Uncle Monty. Uncle Monty is definitely worse than Mycroft.

Uh. My caricature skills may be a bit rusty. And the colors are atrocious.

So I’ve just spent a really enlightening block of time investigating at random the tumblrs of various people who reblogged that Sherlock thing I made that’s just exploded with notes (baffling), and I would just like to say.

SHERLOCK FANDOM

you

are so

WEIRD.

what is with all the jam?

not to mention the cat sweater

I can’t even.

oh my god.

Water-soluble ink, I’ve missed you. You make everything so moody.

Study for a bigger (and better) piece from a less boring angle and with a less static pose.

Dubious violin because I used my ukulele as reference and didn’t think to google “violin” until after inking. Because I’m a professional.

JOHN, we must solve the case. The case of the INDISTINCT BACKGROUNDS and BORING POSES. This is VERY IMPORTANT.

Oh hang on, I’ve got it. LAZINESS. How tedious.