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She then tried to taste the spaghetti off of the HOT SHARP knife and I got too scared. A close-up on the chef's face in the foreground, her eyes unnaturally wide with madness, and her tongue worming out to meet some spaghetti dangling from the point of the incredibly sharp and on fire knife she is loosley holding pointing directly into her open mouth. A man in the background looks on, hands covering his eyes, but peeking through in horror.

But Becky is my friend and she didn't want me to feel uncomfortable so she put down the knife... The chef siddles up to the man and puts a hand on his shoulder and comforts him. They both look at ease.

And she used her hand instead. A zoom out of the previous panel to show the chef's other arm stuck directly into the steaming pot with fire licking at it. Her expression has changed to be an even broader more unhinged smile, whilst the man's shoulders and face have dropped into unyielding shock.

Reckless (Part two).

Inktober day eight prompt: reckless. One of the most reckless things I've ever seen is my friend Becky cooking pasta. A little but very proud woman dressed as a chef with long dark hair, generously adds seasoning to a pot of boiling pasta almost as big as she is.

Mainly because she stirred the spaghetti whilst in boiling water with the biggest and sharpest knife she owned. The chef launches herself at the giant pot wielding a big knife and maniacally creating a whirlpool as she furiously and gleefully stirs it.

#Inktober eight was "reckless". And I am being reckless with my time and scheduling and cross-hatching abilities. Also Becky was fine. (Part one)

Inktober day seven prompt: starfish. Things Pisces looks more like than two fish tied together with string... image of a starry sky with the Pisces constellation highlighted and a drawing of two fish tied by the tails superimposed over it.

A pelican with a little wing. The point where the strings converge is the tip of the pelican's beak, the stars of the leftmost fish making up the pelican's head and the rightmost fish becoming a little wing.

Someone trying to catch a naughty mouse. The V of the two strings from Pisces form the crook between the thumb and forefinger of a grasping hand, whilst the rightmost fish becomes the naughty mouse running away.

A half-demolished old Pizza Hut hut. It's an old Pizza Hut building cut in half and collapsing. I feel like this one doesn't need explaining if you know the shape of Pisces.

#Inktober day seven was "Starfish". But I accidentally already did a starfish joke on day five and didn't read ahead. So now we get this.
Also I spent like 2 hours trying to draw a frowning Wallace Shawn over Pisces, and I swear it would work in someone else's hands. I just couldn't capture his eyes

Inktober day six: Pierce. When I was eighteen a close friend returned from a gap year in China and gave me a little knife shaped like a boot a trio of images of this little ornate knife unfolding.

It was inscribed in Mandarin on one side and Uyghur the other. She didn't know what it said but told me she thought it might mean "hero" or maybe "fish". Either way it's nice to be thought of. The possible meanings are shown written on the knife blade underneath the imagine Mandarin and Uyghur for "might mean hero" and "or maybe fish".

Along side a triptych of images showing a close up of a worried man's eyes, his anxious fist clenched, and then that hand reaching into his pocket, text reads "I'd just left home and started going blind. I felt so anxious. I felt so alone. But in my pocket I had this... a reminder someone a world away thought of me. A small weight to help ground me. Images of the contents of his pockets, house keys, the knife, and loose change, are labelled home, community, and money for snacks.

The same format as the second panel with two large knife blades with translations of Mandarin and Uyghur. Text reads: a few years later I met a chinese student at a picnic. She was fascinated by the knife until she told me it said made in china on both sides. Fish indeed.

Day six of #Inktober was "Pierce".
I'm trying to produce these quicker and just lean into the roughness of them and try not to let that bother me too much, all of which to say is this one was quick and sloppy.

Too many soft functionless cushions? Mantlers! We sell them! A pile of fluffy cushions are impaled on a giant set of antlers.

Eating from a BOWL like it's a mooncup? Mantlers! It's different now! The fruit bowl is empty with two antlers screwed to either side and multiple pieces of fruit forced onto their many tips

Ottoman? Otto-Mantlers! Gun noise! The ottoman has an antler screwed to one leg unbalancing it, whilst two more antlers are protruding from it's cushiony flesh.

Mantlers! Make your exterior as uncomfortable as your interior! The living room from the first panel but this time there is a woman cowering on the sofa as antlers jut out from every conceivable surface. Through cushions and furniture. Out of the art and on books. Through the leaves of plants and even the glass of the window. The man stands proud to one side looking like he has accomplished something worthwhile.

... and part two.

Inktober day five: Deer. MEN! Tired of all your decor being decided by your wife, grandmother, or female neighbour? The image is of a black and white modern nicely decorated living room with a man standing in the corner looking fed-up, like a tired dad in an infomercial.

Introducing all news MANTLERS! (With screws). They go on things. Exploding on to the page is two big deer antlers with screw holes to attach them to things.

Day 5 of #Inktober was "Deer".
Here is part one of what I did...

I really like this one. Good job.

I know it. And anyone who has ever spent more than a couple of days in my company has probably heard it as well.

Inktober day four prompt: murky. Fish we are yet to discover. Balloon-dog puffer fish: a puffer fish tied into the shape of a balloon-dog, spines all over, two bulging eyes on the top of either ear, and some little lips out the front. Lighthouse fish: a tall stripey angler-fish in the shape of a lighthouse, with a big long forehead, and tiny little tail and fins. Fire eel: an angry dynamic eel with billowing fins and wreathed in flame. Little Mouth Billy Bass: a living version of the wall-mounted singing novelty but with only a wee small gob. Gaullier Clownfish: a black and white clownfish with an exaggerated frown, wearing a beret, and letting a damp cigarette dangle from it's lip. Pentagram Fish: a starfish in the shape of the pentagram, it's limbs tied pretzel like to create the illusion of a single line. Glorm The Unknowable: a writhing wretched mess of texture and shape that is indescernable, except for it's many tiny adorable fins and goofy little cartoon face. Gun ray: it's a stingray with a gun.

#Inktober day four was "Murky" and I am bringing you the news Science refuses to.
(I'm actually pretty pleased with this, I worked really hard on the textures of these stupid little guys, but have probably worked too small for it to actually be noticeable. But I know.)

Inktober 2025 day three prompt: Crown. I feel like we don't see the Nigerian Prince scam emails anymore. A cartoon of an email inbox where the folders are inbox at infinite, important at zero, spam (actual) and spam (mistake). There is an email marked "ad" for "get even bigger returns with Ponzi plus (now with AI). An email from Subtack "you've not read any of your many many subscriptions", one from Big Chomp Dog Food "we're proud to unveil our new AI powered chunk mix", one from your Dad "here's a broken link to an article I mentioned over a year ago", and finally one from Brian Name that says "hello fellow human, I love your good/service and can help...".

Maybe enough of us pitched in and they all reclaimed the throne. A black and white cartoon of a vintage 1990s desktop monitor decked out in a royal cape and crown and the screen displaying. A simple smiley emoticon.

Or maybe they got fed-up of constantly being called scammers so they just quit the internet. Sillouhettes of three princes skip off into the sunset as they leave their laptops and phones abandoned in the grass.

Day Three of #inktober is "Crown" and I am only two days late.
I hope the lads are OK.

Panel 5 shows me wide eyed sat atop a Mickey Mouse shaped throne and holding the skull of Goofy. Text reads: for a brief moment I knew what it felt like to be Walt Disney: all imagination & greed.

Panel six text reads: but then I won second place, other children started to cry, and I felt something Disney never felt... shame. The image shows a mother angrily dragging away the crying child in the bunny hat, which is also crying. The mother is muttering "maybe next time you should lay the foundations for all of Ducktales, or is life too much of a duckblur?"

Panel seven text reads: and now as we all are forced to grapple with questions of authenticity in art, all I can do for penance is keep drawing the duck, hoping he turns into something "mine". The image is a nightmare of repeated drawings of Donald Duck each one stretching further on the mistakes of the last until he becomes a wretched distortion of himself that looks more like an anime egg only half remembered to hatch.

Panel eight, the final panel, text reads: and until then I should at least get a new cap. The image is of a baseball cap with the dictionary definition of "liar" on it, but redefined as "runner-up west wiltshire funniest hat 2000".

And #inktober day 2 "weave" (part two) (final part).

Inktober 2025 day two prompt "weave". Panel one of a black and white comic. Three small adorable children are lined up in crazy crafted hats, one looks like bunny ears, one is a top hat full of hay, and one is a crown overflowing with ribbons. Text reads: when I was ten years old I went to the county fair. There was a "funniest hat" competition.

Panel two shows an overweight older kid in a baseball cap slide in confidently beside the younger children who are all annoyed. Text reads "every other entrant was five and had hand-made elaborate hats of card & glue. I had a baseball cap with Donald Duck and the dictionary definition of "duck" on it.

Panel three text reads: obviously all the funniest things are rigid well-boundaried definitions, it's why if you look up "joke" in a dictionary you just find another smaller dictionary inside. The image is of a series of nesting dolls of dictionaries with the smallest one open at the definition of "Knock": verb. To strike in collission. Oft repeated to begin a joke.

Panel 4 text reads: The judges asked me who was on my hat as if they didn't know him, so I was left with no choice but to tell everyone I invented Donald Duck. Image of me as a young boy grabbing an amazed competition judge round the shoulder and wildly gesturing to the horizon as I tell him "so I thought, he's not just a bird, he's a duck! What if that meant he was in the navy?!"

I got over ambitious on how much I could draw in a day, and then got food poisoning. But here is #inktober day 2: weave (part one)

A cartoon based on the Inktober day one prompt "Moustache". Advanced Moustache Techniques. Each style of facial hair is accompanied by a drawing of a blank man's face with the stated style in bolder in. Pencil: a thin wirey moustache like a pencil line. Quill: half of the pencil 'tache but the other end is styled as a feather. Soup Strainer: a bushy moustache covering the top lip. Spaghetti Strainer: an even bushier moustache with sieve holes in. Goatee: a moustache that wraps around the mouth area ending in a point on the chin. Mountain Goatee: a reverse of the Goatee that travels from filtrum to the top of the skull ending in a majestic peak. Handlebar: a long thick moustache that frames down either side of the mouth. Full Bicycle: it looks like a bike.

Going to try and do #Inktober.
Also going to try posting comics to BlueSky finally.

Checking out the local haunts

Ouch, seems the sword isn't the only thing that's sharp.

No, the point is the sharp bit at the end.

A casually dressed smiling black man with a limb difference. Behind him is a colourful mural. Under the picture the words 'recruiting now' are written in bold black text on yellow tape. Matching yellow arrows point to the man and words. The image has a lurid pink background.

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Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to…
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.

Happy Father’s Day Daddy.

And pulp the croutons.

Sounds like the kind of complaint a big poo head would have.

Oh wow that would be amazing, I'll buy one though, I had just assumed it must be out of print as it had been so long.

Cover design for my upcoming comic „The Ecstasy of Jenny D”. Merging medieval ornaments with the vibes of a teenager’s diary decorated with stickers. The nun in ecstasy on the cover is inspired by the sculpture Ecstasy of Saint Theresa.

A pagan folky lady adorned with flowers for the band Ophelia’s Beard

A book cover of a folk tale story „Selkie Song - The Mermaid of Scottish Sea”

Moody, dark comic page set in the woods. A young girl sits on the ground among red mushrooms. She’s looking up onto a tall house on a chicken foot which is towering over her and staring at her intensely with a single bright yellow eye.

I’ll be wrapping up a freelance gig in May and so I’m open for work from June onwards!
Hit me up for:
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🌱Cover art
🌱Comics
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Contact: pigeonmakesart@gmail.com

Last but not least @julesscheele.bsky.social's work cuts right through me. Striking in every way, demanding to be paid attention to, demanding to be felt. "I have no words for this feeling" is a recent gem of page after page of knockouts.

@lubellwoo.bsky.social's work makes me jealous and excited all at once, not just from the adventure she is having but the beauty of the colouring and linework, real exciting cartooning. Grand Adventure is my fave, I leant it to someone nearly a decade ago, never got it back and miss it dearly

@neilslorance.bsky.social prolific autobio work that is adorable and optimistic, Plant Daddy feels like it's bringing all his work together.

@marielashlinn.bsky.social's Thirty Island is a lovely rumination on ageing and making things. Whenever I am struggling with a project or feeling lost in the creative world I pick it up and remind myself others do too.

@kbaczynski.bsky.social does such great layout work where everything looks so cool and pop and intentional, and having that graphic mix with the mundane of hourly comics or monthly diaries makes it feel exciting being alive and just watching your favourite shows, seeing pals and trying tasty foods

@michaelsabine.bsky.social has done so much incredible work since but Reverse Flâneur from 2017 will always hold a special place in my heart for being an introduction to blind people in comics, and showing blind people being very stylish.