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Inktober 2019 — Day 14. Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving!

Micron pen for outlines, white Signo pen for highlights, Pitt Artist India ink brush pens for everything else.

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Inktober 2019 — Day 13. Micron pen for outlines, white water-based Sharpie for a few tiny highlights, Pitt Artist brush pens for everything else.

#inktober inktober2019 ink dolphin dolphinportrait marinelife happydolphin fabercastell micronpen pittartistpen sharpie

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Inktober 2019 — Day 12. Micron pen for the outlines, Pitt Artist pens for colour and shading, white Sharpie for the brightest whites.

⁣⁣⁣#inktober2019 #ink #octopus #indiainkpens #octopusillustration #octopusportrait #illustration #marine life #cephalopods #pittartistpen #micronpen #sharpie #fabercastell

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Inktober 2019 — Day 10. Micron pen for the outlines, lots of white Sharpie for the brighter whites, and Pitt Artist India ink pens for everything else.

#⁣inktober2019 inktober ink goat billygoat farmanimal animalportrait animalillustration micronpen sharpie pittartistpen indiaink

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Inktober 2019 — Day 9. This time a colourful iguana. Micron pen for outlines, Pitt Artist India ink pens for everything else.

#⁣inktober2019 inktober2019 ink iguana animalillustration lizard illustration reptileillustration pittartistpen micronpen

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Inktober 2019 — Day 8. This time a quick sketch of a little armadillo. Yes, I’m too lazy to draw all the scales, lol!

#⁣inktober2019 inktober ink illustration animalportrait armadillo pittartistpen micronpen sharpie

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Inktober 2019 — Day 7. This time a hastily scribbled ring-tailed lemur. Micron pen, Pitt Artist pens, and white water-based Sharpie pen for the brightest whites.

#⁣inktober2019 ink inktober lemur ringtailedlemur animalillustration animalportrait pittartistpen micronpen sharpie

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Inktober 2019 — Day 6. I saw this pretty little translucent seahorse online, and thought it would be interesting to try capturing it in ink. Micron pen for the rough outline; Pitt Artist pens for everything else; Sharpie paint pen for the brighter whites.

#inktober inktober2019 seahorse seahorseillustration ink illustration marinelife pittartistpen micronpen sharpie

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Inktober 2019 Day 5 — Brown bear drawn with Micron pen for the outline, and Pitt Artist India ink pens for everything else.

#inktober2019 inktober pittartistpen micronpen animalillustration animalportrait brownbear bear

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Inktober Day 4. This time something more colourful: a guinea fowl. Micron pen for the outline; Pitt Artist India ink pens for everything else.

#inktober intober2019 birdportrait guineafowl birdillustration ink Pittartistpen

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My first three drawings for Inktober 2019. I didn’t use the prompt list, because I tend to like drawing animals, and would have felt bad labelling animals as either “Mindless” or “Tasty” haha! All drawings done with Micron pen for the rough outline, and Pitt Artist India ink pens for everything else.

#inktober2019 inktober ink animalillustration animalportrait illustration hippopotamus crow pig Pittartistpen Micronpen

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Can You Hear Me Now?

I happened upon this bizarre location for a loudspeaker a couple of days ago. It was blaring the news—loud enough that it could be heard a block away—right above one of the few working payphones left in Ottawa. I know Ottawa has three levels of government, but you'd have thought someone somewhere might have thought this wasn't the cleverest of ideas. On the other hand, it gives new meaning to the word "speakerphone".

#poor urban planning #payphone

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China Doll and Knitted Doppelgänger

Drag queen extraordinaire China Doll and knitted doppelgänger outside the Shanghai Restaurant during this year's Chinatown Remixed art and street festival—Ottawa, Canada, May 2013.

#drag queen #China Doll drag queen #Chinatown Remixed #street festival #art festival

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Pollen-Coated Bee

It wasn't until I took a closer look at this guy that I realized he was essentially head-to-toe covered in pollen. Kind of cool.

#bee on flower #bee covered in pollen #bee on sunflower

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Fishermen at Lighthouse Beach, Kovalam, India

We stayed at some humble cottages on Lighthouse Beach for a week or so, and got to know the fishermen fairly well. This was part of a series taken around dawn, as they brought in their overnight catch. Taken with a Nikon FM, Kodachrome 64 and a 50 mm lens.

#lighthouse beach India #kovalam India #fishermen #Indian fishermen

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Art by Mique Michelle in Chinatown

I happened upon artist Mique Michelle a couple of days ago, while she was painting the façade of an Indian food shop. She's made fabulous use of the walls available to her on every side of this corner shop. You can see more of her work at http://dalisrejects.com/

Local artists and art students have been covering virtually every door and storefront on the main drag in Chinatown, which has made a huge difference in the streetscape.

#mique #mique michelle #dali's rejects #graffiti art

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Rolling Protest in Chinatown

This man was driving around Chinatown in Ottawa last year, shouting "Chinese government is robber!" I spoke to him briefly, but didn't quite understand the reason behind his protest. After I took this picture, he snatched a quick snap of me before driving off.

#protest photography #chinese dissident #decorated van