Emje McCarty's Blog, page 21

inktober 12th

i took a request from my son today for dinosaurs. turns out, i’m not very good at drawing dinosaurs. plus…just a dreary day & my motivation is low. so….
any other requests?

inktober 11th

i asked my daughter what i should draw today. she said, “a big dragon.” so here is that.
any other requests?

inktober 10th

inktober 9th

so i had to take my oldest to get his wisdom teeth removed today & then most of my day was spent dealing with the drama of said teeth being removed & i did not once bring up the fact that i had to have my entire lower half numbed (not just part of my mouth) so he could be cut out of me (considerably more traumatic then having teeth removed–which i have also experienced–at a dental college because i could not afford anything else)… nope. i was a good mom (mostly) & was sympathetic & reassuring (mostly)….
then around eight pm. i realized i had not done my inktober. so i did it, but being as i refuse to have internet in my house, it took me a couple more hours to convince myself to hike out into the cold night to get to the internet on the bench outside of the library.
but here i am, taking this seriously…(even if the caliber of my art does not reflect that.)

inktober 8th

i am not a cat lady…but drawing cats is fun.

inktober 7th

my mom would always say to me, “emje, no man is an island.”
& i would answer, “i’m a peninsula, mom.”

i think maybe i need to figure out a way off of my island after all.
i hate admitting when my mom was right. (it’s happening a lot lately)

inktober 6th

more inktober thoughts on my blocked heart center & the crumbling foundation of my self-image….
(im not okay)

inktober 5th

here’s a look at that crumbling tower i am so desperate to keep up. why won’t i just admit it’s a bad idea?

inktober 4th

being witchy, i do my tarot pretty regularly to check in & see how the universe is feeling about me….
i use the celtic cross spread & two spreads in a row (the second one today) i have pulled the tower card for my “in conclusion” card….
fuck.

scary, right? the scariest card in the deck in possibly the most important spot in my spread.
basically, i feel like i am sitting in the ruins of my tower, in shock, sifting through the rubble for a clue, trying to figure out what exactly i keep fucking up.

ps. i’m trying out new titles for my site.

inktober 3rd

i am purposely keeping my inktober drawings very simple. to quote pablo picasso, “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” of course i have never painted like raphael, but i have often envied the way my children draw. i like my style better when i stay loose & simple. so im using inktober to practice that.

otherwise, i am still playing with exorcising my demons via my two minute neurotic comics:

& i’m learning how to ink moose to complete a card order for a deer friend (haha)

speaking of which, i have added information on ordering your very own set of gift cards to my art for sale page.