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A zine with an orange and black cover, featuring a woman crying and the title "The Storm That Speaks My Name: Sketchbook Pages from October 2025."

I had to learn to clean my printer for this zine, but it was worth it! And I probably should know that anyway...

Check out "The Storm That Speaks My Name," a sketchbook share zine: periwinklepaladin.etsy.com/listing/4398...

#zine #illustration #art #sketchbook #Halloween #diyprint #diy

Two copies of a zine held in someone's hand. The title is "The Storm That Speaks My Name" and the covers, one orange, one white, feature a sketch of a crying woman.

A page from a zine, featuring a drawing of Emil from NieR

A zine page with a drawing of an ominous monster

A zine page with a drawing of an attic opening with a creature looking out

Made my October sketchbook pages into a #zine. "The Storm That Speaks My Name" is available now! I am slightly ridiculously excited. periwinklepaladin.etsy.com/listing/4398... #diyprint #art #sketchbook #drawing #illustration

A drawing of a woman floating downwards from a grave

Oct. 30: "The grave that isn't empty."

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." - Isaac Asimov

#art #illustration #drawing #sketch

A cracked bell with a rope hanging down, held by a person looking up.

Oct. 29: "A cracked bell still ringing." This one got a little morbid but, eh 🤷‍♀️

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch

A drawing of a woman in tattered clothing

Oct. 28: "The quiet between heartbeats." This is a character from a web serial I'm currently obsessed with. She was around for five chapters, had one line, and made me ugly-cry for half an hour.

#art #illustration #drawing #sketch

A miniature watercolor painting of a mouse taped to a glass pane. The words: Do not surrender. Are written in ink.

Do not surrender.

❤️✨🐁✨❤️

#art #traditionalart #miniatureart #miniatures #queerart #transart #mice #mouse #cute #rodents #inspo #streetart

A shadowy figure in a coat and hat

Oct 27: "A shadow wearing your coat." This one was really fun to do.

#art #sketchbook #drawing #illustration #sketch

A drawing of Emil from NieR - a skeletal figure in a coat and scarf, with a round, smiling head

Oct 26: "The empty carnival." I forever love Emil 😭

#Emil #nier #art #drawing #illustration #sketch

A drawing of an inhuman character with pointed ears, sharply angled eyes, and a long pointed face

Oct 25, "The unblinking moon." Just messed around with a space elf design.

#art #sketch #drawing #sketchbook #illustration

A drawing of a crow sitting on a scarecrow's head

Oct 24 - "The scarecrow's dream." Bad dream, probably, but still!

I am so enamored of this drawing. I want to go in and fix the ha,t but otherwise, I'm really proud of it.

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #pencilsketch #sketchbook #traditionalart

A drawing of a slightly open door at the edge of a precipice

Oct 23: "A door that opens inward." I got so excited by this idea that I drew it ahead of time, out of order.

#sketch #drawing #pencilsketch #art #illustration #traditionalart

A drawing of a hand crumpling a letter, with blood running down the edges

Oct 22: "The letter never sent." I am... really proud of this one? Poses/gestures that express emotion have always been hard for me; I tend to lean on faces too much to tell all the story. This one felt like a minor breakthrough.

#art #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #pencilsketch #traditionalart

A drawing of sunlight coming through trees.

Day 21: "Where the wind won't blow." The Pine Barrens in New Jersey always struck me as both beautiful and creepily still.

#art #drawing #illustration #nature #sketchbook

A drawing of a woman with red hair wearing a sweater

I print my own DIY planner pages for an A5 rings binder, and I like to have art at the start of each month. Here's November!

Done in #clipstudiopaint with a #wacom #cintiq

#autumn #fall #art #drawing #digitalart #illustration

A photo of five small zines printed on brightly colored paper

A brief break from daily sketching to show the color paper editions of Fabulous Words, my first 8-page folded zine. I made it at a workshop from @novaprismcenter.bsky.social - it was wonderful and I still enjoy this zine.

#zine #drawing #illustration #diyprint #diy

A drawing of a mouse in a spotlight

Oct 20: "A secret under the floorboards." I was going to go way darker with this one originally, but then thought of a mouse and went with this instead.

#art #drawing #illustration #sketchbook

A line drawing of a woman with long curly hair, wearing a sweater, walking amongst trees

Lineart for the front page of November in my planner. I print my own and keep it all in an A5 binder; I love the flexibility (and adding in my own art).

Inked in #clipstudiopaint with a #wacom #cintiq

#drawing #illustration #digitalart #inking

A drawing of many hands reaching out of the surface of water

Day 19: "Hands in the dark water." I have genuinely been waiting WEEKS to draw this, the image was already clear in my mind. I'm not sure why I made myself wait... I'm so happy with how it came out, though the little hand (top left) makes me kinda sad.

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch

A drawing of a sketchbook with a sketch of a person, with one arm reaching out of the book to grasp a pencil

Day 18: "The portrait that changed."

I wanted to go a little more funny/whimsical with this one than most of these. I'm enjoying the spooky October vibes, but I don't think they all have to be serious.

#sketch #art #drawing

A drawing of a person with their head thrown back, crying.

Day 17: "A storm that speaks your name."

What I thought of was how it feels to care so deeply about someone or something, that you just can't hold the feelings. I feel this a lot.

Caring is sometimes the most punk thing in the world.

#sketch #drawing #art

A drawing of an attic door, partly open, with a dark creature peeking out.

Day 15: "Something watching from the attic."

I feel like this one is really basic, but I like it anyway.

#art #sketch #drawing

A drawing of several small items scattered around the ground in a cave near two mushrooms.

Day 14: "Forgotten offerings."

I used to leave offerings for the fae, when I was a kid. I suspect they remember - I have uncanny good luck even now.

#sketch #drawing #art

A sketch of a young person with a forest tattoo on their neck, and a forest and mountains in the background

Personal sketching challenge, day 13: "The forest that hums."

#sketch #drawing #art

A sketch of a monster in a doorway

Personal sketching challenge, day 12: "A visitor after midnight."

This one was fun. I don't do much horror art, so this was a good challenge.

#sketch #art #drawing

A sketch of footprints in a circle

Personal sketching challenge, day 11: "Footsteps leading away."

#sketch #drawing #art

A sketch of a desk drawer with blood around it and a bloody key on the floor

Personal sketching challenge, day 10: "The locked drawer."

#art #sketching #drawing

A drawing of a sleeping baby and swirling music notes

Personal sketching challenge, day 9: "A lullaby with no singer."

I don't ever draw babies, so this was weird, lol.

#sketching #art #drawing

A drawing of a man holding a torch, looking back at a procession of hunched figures

Personal sketching challenge, Day 8: "The path that wasn't there before."

#sketchbook #drawing #art

A drawing of a shadowy creature dancing through flames

Day 7: "Shadows at the edge of the firelight"

#art #illustration #sketch #sketchbook #traditionalart #drawing

A drawing of a person's reflection in a mirror, with no facial features

Art for the idea "The mirror that won't show your face." I'm proud of this one.

#art #drawing #sketch #inktober #sketchbook #illustration