This is one of the oldest comic ideas I have; I started this before Barrel Scrapings even existed. Here is the original sketch: I’m pretty sure dreams of losing your teeth are a fairly common occurrence but it never ceases to freak me out when it happens. I thought it might be fun to imagine why those teeth were in such a rush to exit someone’s head. Hopefully it’s not too disturbing.

First try using bristol board and dip pen. I think I broke a nib while trying to do this. And turns out this paper is pretty garbage for watercolor (dries too quickly and isn’t strong enough). I also have a very hard time photographing these images to have them display properly; they come out far too dark. I played around with it as best I could in GIMP but this doesn’t quite do the real thing justice.

I had the idea for this one while walking along the water a few weeks ago. It’s a simple premise, so I wanted to have somewhat more fully rendered/realistic art. I worked extensively from photos I took of myself, and contrasted the flat look of the figure with more depth for the background. I’m mostly happy with it, though the water looks a bit like starry night rather than the dazzling shimmers you see in real life.