The Velveteen Rabbit and the Polyester Koala

Drawing, Writing, and Tumblr-ing down the Rabbit Hole.

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#TBT. Holding Snoopy, a sweet baby boy kitten ❤ Adoptable at @crumbs_whiskers cafe! #tbthursday #ThrowbackThursday #Melrose #crumbsandwhiskers #adoptdontshop #blackandwhite #blackandwhitecat #blackandwhitephotography #phonephotography #crazycatlady #midcity #westhollywood #rescueanimals (at Crumbs & Whiskers)

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Final #Inktober from yesterday. #SleepingCat. Sweetest kitten. Again, at @crumbs_whiskers cafe. #inktoberday25 #catart #gato #sleepingcat #purrfect #meow #gesturedrawing #inkdrawing #inktober2017 #inktober2go #laart #illustration #illustracion #kuratake #Melrose #crumbsandwhiskers #adoptdontshop #brushpen #ink #blackandwhite #sketchbook #crazycatlady #quicksketch #dailysketch (at Crumbs & Whiskers)

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#Inktober, also from yesterday. #TabbyCat at @crumbs_whiskers cafe, who was nearly asleep but kept up the valiant attempt to keep his eyes open. ❤🍪☕🍪❤ #inktoberday24 #catart #gato #sleepingcat #purrfect #meow #gesturedrawing #inkdrawing #inktober2017 #inktober2go #laart #illustration #illustracion #kuratake #Melrose #crumbsandwhiskers #adoptdontshop #brushpen #ink #blackandwhite #sketchbook #crazycatlady #quicksketch #dailysketch (at Crumbs & Whiskers)

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#Inktober catch up. Inspired by the #Toad Deity, from the same #Mayan #Vase with the #Jaguar Deity on it at @lacma. Love the art and #ink details on each vase, as each one is a narrative art piece, like a comic with a story and hieroglyphics on each one. I am so out of order on my #Inktober2017 posts. I'll list this one for Monday, #inktoberday23. #inktober2go #inktober2017 #laart #losangelesart #illustration #illustracion #illustrazione #inkdrawing #blackandwhite #kuratake #dailysketch #dailydrawing #dailydoodle #sketchbook #characterdesign #lacma #ancientart #deities #🐸

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Moar #Inktober, con un #gatito ❤ #Graceful, for #Inktoberday17. Cats are graceful, even as they sleep, like the lil' fella I sketched yesterday! After resting all day, I felt well enough to get to the the @crumbs_whiskers cafe last night for their final appointment. Had never been. Was healing for the mind and body 😻 Absolutely lovely place run by lovely people, and many adorable cats who need homes. And great ☕/🍪s, as well. Visit and find a #fureverfriend! ❤❤ #catart #gato #sleepingcat #purrfect #kitten #gesturedrawing #inkdrawing #inktober2017 #inktober2go #laart #illustration #illustracion #kuratake #Melrose #crumbsandwhiskers #adoptdontshop #brushpen #ink #blackandwhite #sketchbook #crazycatlady #quicksketch #dailysketch (at Crumbs & Whiskers)

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#Inktober behind, from being sick. But here is what I drew, inspired by the pretty @fremontbrewing coasters, at the #craftanddraft @societyofillustratorslosangeles meet up 10/19/17! Girl was based on one I saw at the Congregation Bar in #Pasadena where we were. #drinkanddraw #inktoberday19 #inktober2go #inktober2017 #fremontbrewing #localbrew #societyofillustrators #societyofillustratorsla #portraiture #kuratake #dailydoodle #dailysketch #backonthegrind #JustKeepSwimming #latenightart #headdrawing #illustrazione #illustration #roughsketch #newsprint #crane #wheat #animalart #ink #blackandwhite

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#WildoutWednesday was super fun! Thank you @jerodwilliams for an awesome #ujam class and everyone at Downey Super Sport for being so welcoming 💃☺💃 And for posing with my 🐨 #fuzzles #FuzzlesTheKoala #mydayinla #downey #southbay #cardiohiphop #cardiodance #dancefitness #dancefloor #dancefriends #dancepose #ladance #ujamfitness (at 24 Hour Fitness Downey Super Sport)

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#ThrowbackTuesday to four years ago, when @alishadoesit came to L.A./we hiked to the #HollywoodSign! Or as it should be renamed, Fuzzywood 🎥🐨🎥 Present day me is so glad to now be #shorthairdontcare/no longer have a long mane to deal with. #traveltuesday #nytola #TBTuesday #tbt #mydayinla #oldhair #longhair #sarahlawrencegirls #hiking #hollywoodhills #canyon #fuzzles #FuzzlesTheKoala (at Hollywood Sign)

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#DATLOOK DOE. That's okay, this BAYBEE DOG VISITING @barnsdallartcenter AND I ARE BFFS EVEN IF HE DOESN'T KNOW IT! #horrormovie style photos because of the creepy #TheRing bluriness that I and/or this adorable little 🐕 somehow managed. Can't stop laughing at his expression in photos one and two. #mydayinla #doghugs #barnsdall #easthollywood #dog #CrazyAnimalPerson #crazydoglady #ilovedogs #woof #littledog #funnyface #puppeh #chiuahuahmix #phonephoto (at Barnsdall Art Center)

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Catching up, #inktoberday13. On theme. A pot and drawing #teeming con flores 💐🌹🌸🌹💐 #inktober #inktober2go #flowers #plants #botanicalillustration #botanical #ink #dailysketch #dailydrawing #sketchbook #illustration #illustrazione #illustracion #leafmealone #laart #inktober2017 #blackandwhite #kuratake

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#Graphite. Oopsie. Pencils flying in the face of #inktober. #Botanical piece. A #wip working on leaf veins 🍃 #workinprogress #plants #botanicalillustration #🍂 #leaf #illustration #illustracion #illustrazione #illustracion #leafmealone #leafdrawing #pencil #laart #grayscale #leafveins #drawing (at Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden)

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Been #plantdrawing all night, but, instead, for #inktober here is a #facedrawing break. Added some #brownink and #sepiaink to a technical face pencil sketch from a while back. These ladies are all I have had time for #inktober2017 wise these past few crazy days. #inktober2017 #inktober2go #portraiture #figuredrawing #pentel #kuratake #dailydoodle #dailysketch #backonthegrind #headdrawing #illustrazione #illustration #roughsketch #newsprint #sketchbook #portrait #portraiture #girlsface

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#Inktober for 10/12. Added #ink to this old pencil/🍷 sketch during a train ride. It is a great natural material to paint with! And now, much like me (as one of my roommates says) this character has a "serious Wednesday Adams vibe going on." This Goth-y, Ink-y girl has a watch that was painted literally by #wineoclock materials. #inktoberday12 #illustration #illustracion #illustrazione #inktober2go #laart #characterdesign #gothgirl #inkblot #kuratake #sketchbook #dailysketch #quicksketch #brushpen #blackandwhite #wineart #artonthego #limitedcolorpalette #colorchart

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Organizing #phonephotos and found this oldie but goodie! #TBT, @seejasen and I hanging throughout a moment of #FuzzlesTheKoala madness. Always making faces of Cray 🐨😃🐨 #photocollage #phonephotography #funwithfriends #sillyface #laughing #photobooth #newyorknewyork #ThrowbackThursday #selfies #sarahlawrencegirls #tbthursday

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For #internationaldayofthegirl, here is a #girlsface. Also #inktober. Got to catch up. This is #inktoberday11. #inktober2go #inktober2017 #portraiture #figuredrawing #pentel #kuratake #dailydoodle #dailysketch #backonthegrind #JustKeepSwimming #latenightart #headdrawing #illustrazione #illustration #roughsketch #newsprint #sketchbook #portrait #portraiture #pelonegro

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#Haircut face pre 🎃 cookie, vs. haircut face post 🎃 cookie. #HALLOWEENISCOMING, EVERYONE. ❤🙌👻🐨 👻🙌❤ Let us praise All Things Koalaty and The Great Pumpkin. #gotmyhairdid #shortlayers #shorthair #shorthairdontcare #brunetteshavemorefun #blueeyedbrunette #happyfallyall #october #sugarcookie #pumpkincookies

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Happy #indigenouspeoplesday ❤ The day inspired me to draw another mythological creature, based on more #Mayan art I saw at the @lacma #LatinAmerican art exhibition. From "La Comida De Campeche," featuring a mythological bird. There are so many amazing illustrations and such cool history in this exhibition and the whole pavilion. #inktober #inktoberday9 #inktober2go #inktober2017 #laart #losangelesart #illustration #illustracion #illustrazione #inkdrawing #blackandwhite #kuratake #dailysketch #dailydrawing #dailydoodle #arches #characterdesign #mydayinla #midcity #wilshire #lacma #ancientart #Campeche