Disappearing onetopus. Inspired by the utterly beautiful pieces currently up in @art629gallery by Marcin Szprengiel. Made with squid ink, gel pen, and Speedball acrylic ink.

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Recalcitrant cephalopod.
Drawn at the lovely bar Felix in downtown Charleston, SC.

Originally posted June 26, 2018.

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the only way out is throughtopus
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Sometimes the title for a piece will suggest itself before I’ve even started, and I’ll draw with that in mind. I had a very different title and style planned for this one but all the confused interior/exterior spaces led me elsewhere. I’m about 90% sure that I’ve actually already done one with this title, but with the 800 or so pieces I’ve created for this series, it’s hard to keep track. 😄

Originally posted June 13, 2018.

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New octopus! And of the few I’ve ever done that I graced with eyeballs.
Chupa chuptopus
Watercolors and gel pen
5.5x8 

Originally posted March 7, 2018.

#watercolor #octopus #painting #art  #color #tentacles #cephalopods #underwater #sealife #paint #pentel #artforsale

We Sail Through Endless Skiestopus, watercolors & ink, 5x7. 

Originally posted July 14, 2017.

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Tangled up in bluetopus. Watercolor, squid ink, gel pen.

Originally posted July 2, 2017.

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Colors! How do they even work? Trying, ever so slowly, to incorporate more color in my octopuses.

Originally posted May 13, 2017.

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The best Mother’s Day gift: a Friday night at home alone, drawing octopuses, drinking a delicious sake/ginger liqueur/pineapple juice cocktail or two, and listening to China Miéville’s new audiobook “October”. 

Originally posted May 12, 2017.

#solitude #athomewithoctopuses #octopus #art #mothersday #chinamieville

A closeup of yesterday’s #inktobersketch - wasn’t terribly happy with the finished piece, but it had beautiful sections here and there. 

Originally posted October 15, 2016.

#inktober #art #octopus #octopusaday #jherbin #jherbinemeraldofchivor #fountainpen #gouletpens #tentacles #artists  #ink

The hell you saytopus. During a hectic day, there’s nothing more calming & meditative for me than doing one of these nested linework pieces.

Originally posted October 11, 2016.

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The Quiet Cephalopod. 

Originally posted October 10, 2016.

#art #octopus #octopusaday #jherbin #jherbinemeraldofchivor #pelikanink #drawingink #gelpen #pentelhybridtechnica #gouletpens #tentacles #artists  #ink #texture