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Tim ZBK
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capture yours if you capture mine, imagination
- watercolor, ink, pencil, charcoal
[ #art #illustration #artyear ]
An abstract watercolor drawing of a dog leaping through time. It has a surprised look on its face and its paws are outstretched. The paper is textured in gold, green, and purple colors.
April 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Shellfish - [ #art #illustration #artyear ]
A pen and ink doodle drawing of a small, shellfish-like creature with teeth and eyes. It has random jutting parts but no clear top or bottom. A pen and ink drawing of another small creature. This one has a single, staring eye and a couple of little beaks. It is sitting upright as if it is about to speak.
March 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Fwooooosh
[ #art #illustration #Februarty #artyear #darkart ]
A pen and ink comic drawing of a small character breathing fire on top of a mountain. The fireball engulfs the right half of the panel. There is a gritty texture to the atmosphere.
February 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Channeling that unquenchable dread ✨
[ #art #illustration #darkart ]
A cluttered desk with a series of stacked pieces of paper, a sketchbook, a pen bag, and a Morkborg zine. The focal point of the image is a half-finished mixed media drawing of a snarling, humanoid creature’s face. It is multicolored in blue, green, and yellow.
February 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Death Tells a Joke - ink, watercolor, gouache
[ #art #illustration #darkart #artyear ]
A small collage drawing of a laughing, disembodied skull. The paper has a colorful and atmospheric texture that looks like the earth on fire. A small pen and ink drawing depicting the coronavirus is pasted on to the lower right-hand side of the drawing.
February 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Tiger in the Garden - ink, watercolor, charcoal
#art #illustration #Februarty #orange #artyear
A mixed media, abstract drawing of a garden in a warm sunset. The image is framed by monochromatic grey textures on the left and right sides. At the center of an image is a transparent tiger character and a drawing of mistletoe floating above the orange horizon. A closeup of the transparent tiger character at the bottom of the image, who is reaching for a butterfly.
February 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Hate Speech #Reflections ..
#art #Februarty #BlueSkyArtShow
A messy, mixed media drawing in charcoal, watercolor, and ink. The composition is a chaotic mix of text-like marks and half-drawn flowers. Some remnants of previous drawings of melted human figures are visible. A second mixed media drawing in black, white, and blue. The letters "N" and "A" are repeated, blended with the background, in large graffiti alongside flowers and half-drawn comic characters A third mixed media drawing that appears burnt or singed by heat. The texture is rough, and dark graffiti, drawn in charcoal and watercolor, are blended together with the remnants of flowers and graphic shapes.
February 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Going Cuckoo
A cartoon pen and ink drawing of a surreal, chaotic bird-like creature. It is comprised of textures and art patterns.
February 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Crystal Castle & Cootie Cavern - conté crayon, charcoal

..Two worlds for Day 31: Angles ❄️ Thanks everyone for a great #JanuArty.

[ #art #illustration #artyear ]
A sprawling monochromatic drawing of exploding crystalline shards. The icy projections bridge and move across the image, which is pieced together. It is drawn using crayon and charcoal but the surface seems rough to the touch. A second monochromatic drawing depicting a chaotic mass of undulating tubular forms. They morph between tumorous shapes and sharp, icy spires. The paper is pieced together.
January 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Line Only Goes Up! - ink, watercolor, pencil
#art #illustration #JanuArty #curve
An collage drawing on a small piece of paper with watercolor, ink, pencil, and tape. A character on a green background gestures behind an abstract representation of a line chart. A collage drawing made of ink, watercolor, some pencil... depicting panic. It's barely holding together.
January 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Ride the wave! 🌊 🌋
#art #illustration #JanuArty #artyear
A photo of an artist book consisting of thick, heavily textured pages. On the first page, a devilish red character gleefully rides a wave of lava from an erupting volcano. In this second image of the artist book, two red goblins contend with a vicious wave of lava. One goblin is on a surfboard. Three red goblin characters hang ten on the violent pyroclastic flow. A stormy atmosphere is visible behind. On this final image of the artist book, a large, grinning goblin is almost entirely submerged under the magma while a palm tree gets blown to smithereens by the hot hurricane-force winds.
January 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Sweet Bird for #JanuArty
#art #illustration #artyear
A painting of a cockatiel, which is a kind of small pet bird. The cockatiel is pictured looking back from its perch, among lots of ribbon and toys. The painting has a pastel texture, with pinks, greens in the foreground, and the bird consisting of purple feathers and a yellow crest.
January 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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You Own Everything - ink, watercolor, collage
..a good day to watch Paris is Burning
#art #mixedmedia #JanuArty #artyear
A square collage drawing of a queer anthropomorphic character blending into a colorful pattern. The pattern consists of an argyle and circular motif, in pink, yellow, blue and purple, like an aged wallpaper. An inscription reads "Opulence is the Aesthetic of Abundance. It is the Aesthetic of Owning Everything", which quoting a Contrapoints analysis of the documentary Paris is Burning.
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Sunday comic set at a moody lake for #JanuArty #liquid
..Under the magic moon, two rats undergo a ritual to become human
#art #illustration #mixedmedia #artyear
A two-page comic spread of a male character emerging from a lake at night. The word "SPLASH" appears above his head as a moonbeam shines on him. A two-page comic spread of a male character contemplating as he looks out a window. The right-hand page is an abstract representation of him turning away. A two-page comic spread of a male character getting an unexpected phone call. The right-hand page shows two male characters floating on the water's surface.
January 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Double Bonds - ink, watercolor, intaglio
#art #illustration #mixedmedia #JanuArty #artyear
A small collaged drawing that is colored yellow, pink, and purple. The surface consists of several textures divided into an uneven grid. Symbols and writing are visible, but their specifics are indistinct. Another small collaged drawing that is colored grey, yellow, and pink. Chemical notes are visible, as well as indistinct writing. The edges of the paper are frayed.
January 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Lonely little chair for #JanuArty #furniture

#art #illustration #artyear #mixedmedia
A watercolor and ink drawing of a chair in a waiting room. The background is cloudy and textured in pink, yellow, green and blue. Some of the ink has bled and blended together.
January 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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David Lynch is essential reading
David Lynch with a cow on Hollywood Blvd promoting Laura Dern's performance in the film Inland Empire in 2006. He is sitting in a folding chair. To the left of him is the cow, appearing to moo, and to the right of him is a large printed photo of Laura Dern with a text overlay "FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: LAURA DERN"
January 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Animal (Foolish Mortal) - ink, watercolor, crayon
#art #illustration #JanuArty #artyear #mixedmedia
An ink and watercolor drawing on collaged paper. It depicts a pink creature peering through an animal mask with a mournful expression. The background is full of textured and alternating patterns.
January 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Just beginning to germinate 🌱 with ink, pencils, watercolor
The waiting is the hardest part
#art #illustration #JanuArty #plant
A layered watercolor and ink drawing on green, collaged paper. It is unfinished, and depicts a plant sprouting from a stack of flattened chairs. The paper is heavily textured. A closer image of the watercolor and ink sketch of the plant, which is fused to the stack of chairs. Sight-lines are visible from the drawing underneath.
January 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Today's #JanuArty is #tools, so here is a work-in-progress that involves my favorite watercolors ✌️

A few of you asked me how I paint! You are welcome to join my monthly newsletter about the techniques I use: timspage.kit.com/newsletter

#art #illustration #artyear
A close up of a watercolor painting depicting a squirrel. The squirrel is drawn in a supine position, as if at rest. The paper is heavily layered in purple, green, and yellow textures. A picture of the previous painting in progress. The under-drawing is visible, and the paper is a greenish gray color. Fewer layers have been applied at this stage.
January 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Mutable Gene - ink, watercolor, crayon
#Layers for today's #BlueSkyArtShow 👋

#art #illustration #artyear #mixedmedia
A mixed media drawing depicting the life cycle of a worm-like creature. The composition is sprawling and busy with intertwined, snake-like forms. The paper is textured and colored various hues of yellow, red, green and blue. A close up of one area of the drawing. It shows a detailed view of some of the snake-like forms, as well as a few hidden characters.
January 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Zigzaggurat - ink, watercolor, intaglio
#art #illustration #artyear #JanuArty
An abstract drawing of a pyramid in green, silver, and red. The paper is textured and blended with a geometric pattern.
January 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Blue Troll - ink and watercolor
#art #illustration #artyear #JanuArty
A drawing in painted watercolor. A blue gem radiates across a textured background, revealing the mouth of a creature.
January 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Phone Game - watercolor, ink, collage
..Here is a textured comic for Day 9 of #JanuArty ✌️

#art #illustration #originalart
A six-page artist book standing up-right. It is heavily textured and multi-colored. It features two characters talking to each other over the phone. The first two pages of the book depict a cartoon character saying "fer sure" into a phone. The phone chord extends through a textured cloud of characters and letters. The second two pages of the artist book. The phone chord wraps around ever more confusing arrangements of characters. The last two pages of the artist book. The first character's distorted message arrives as "f u" to a second character, who looks surprised.
January 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Orion's Belt (My-Space) - pencil, monoprint, watercolor, collaged packaging and aluminum
+ a process drawing

#space means different things to me. It is the expanse, but it is also absence. Without space we cannot change, we need space to grow.
#art #illustration #JanuArty
A colorful drawing in brown and blue colors. A layer of watercolor has been applied to a graphite drawing, with splashes of bright blue intermixed. Two figures are barely distinguishable from an undulating, melting background. One holds a magic scepter that glows red. Five white circles are erased in the arrangement of the constellation of Orion's Belt. A pencil drawing that represents the under-layer of the previous image. The image is ambiguous, and consists of various cell-like textures and exploding patterns. A large, angular shape represents a platform on which two figures vaguely exist.
January 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM