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So here's a drawing challenge I'm giving myself!! I've always wanted to draw some movie "monsters" and so I decided to do it this year! I've never really made a list like this before, so bare with me. I just hand picked some favorites and some random ones haha. Feel free to join in if you want to. No pressure! This is just something fun I wanted to try and thought I'd share with everyone. There is no "official" hashtag so I picked two appropriately themed songs haha. If you want to share what you did with me tag me so I can see your art! No pressure to do so either. Hope you all are staying safe!! #thisishalloween #monstermash #johncarvajal #drawingchallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/CFmpZT2jzNk/?igshid=15z3fttsjvm3

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Playing with new surfaces while doing @crom_cristianortiz #drawthisinyourstyle of his character #birdking #crom #johncarvajal #ink #watercolor (at Montpelier, Vermont) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFUlu47jAj0/?igshid=ixffsg0dkqoa

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Posted a new experimental comic on my Patreon. Playing around how I layout pages. #johncarvajal #comics #watercolor https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRHb9PAHNS/?igshid=zaxivvfvzsxk

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They laughed at him when he said he would slay the giant. #johncarvajal #dnd #goblin #watercolor #ink #illustration #fantasyart https://www.instagram.com/p/CB5jQJKnK0w/?igshid=6bldhrbi6oie

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I haven't been drawing much lately. One of the few things I have drawn is this at the doctors office. #drawing #sketchbook #ink #drawing #johncarvajal (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBwNv5IgXE7/?igshid=oqigr7wgghqn

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This was a fun little painting to do. You win this round internet. #sailormoonredraw #sailormoonredrawchallenge #sailormoonchallenge #watercolor #johncarvajal #ink https://www.instagram.com/p/CAYphoEsa9H/?igshid=1fn6dq3r1cfo0

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Remembering our trip to Montreal last year. Hoping for better days in the future. #sketchbook #drawing #johncarvajal #ink #montreal (at Clinton Hill, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CANaCqPD9hU/?igshid=1xypld1vnxf8q

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Staying calm through the chaos. . . . . . . . . .#johncarvajal #illustration #drawing #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #crown #staysafe #stayhome #monster #skull #metal (at Clinton Hill, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iAPTsgMCI/?igshid=zgnrse8tokgt

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The last event I attended before this pandemic started was a talk and after party with @francoisschuiten at @danesecorey , thanks to @art9comics @philippe.labaune for putting a great event and being a gracious host. I look forward to events like these in the future once this is all over. . . . . . . . .#francoisschuiten #johncarvajal #sketchbook #danesecorey #art9comics #ink #drawing #comics #illustration (at Clinton Hill, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_faGtRjq9l/?igshid=1s3bzip81nv9q

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Playing some relaxing music. #watercolor #johncarvajal #illustration #sketchbook #ink #cat #guitar #stayhome (at Clinton Hill, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Py5qWD1Xh/?igshid=phqalvwc12s6

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Another sketchbook find from a few years ago hanging out with @fairywarriorcat and @uberrobocorn . . . . #sketchbook #drawing #moleskine #ink #watercolor #ballpointpen #zebra #johncarvajal #illustration #vt #queechegorge #sketch (at Clinton Hill, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fipFij8i2/?igshid=1rx4tv9xoftj3

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Going through old sketchbooks and found this page I enjoy. I was playing with mark making using different inking tools and gouache. Initially was just practicing hand drawings but slowly evolved into a way of emphasizing the folds of the hand by varying the tool I used. Doing little fun things like this is what keeps me going sometimes. . . . #drawing #illustration #hands #moleskine #johncarvajal #painting #sketchbook #gouache #ink #pilot #brush (at Clinton Hill, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UmyCwjl0p/?igshid=c6wqbawd4bmb

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Tekkonkinkreet was my first introduction to Taiyou Matsumoto’s work. Shortly after I devoured all his comics. Takemitsuzamurai is still my favorite of his works, but Tekkonkinkreet will always have a special place for being the one that introduced me to Matsumoto’s stories.

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Every so often I do a self portrait to remind me of where I am and that I’m still here. It really helps me to stay grounded when I do these. 

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Akira is one of those series' that has influenced a lot of people in my generation, and still continues to do so. Katsuhiro Otomo is definitely one of the most influential comic artists in the world.

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trying to do some more fanart, cause it gives me an excuse to splash watercolor around ahaha...

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As an artist I was very much on board the #yanggang Health care for all is great and all, but if I can't even afford to buy food how does having healthcare help me? Hopefully I'm wrong with what I say in this comic, but we'll see come Nov. @AndrewYang #comics #ubi #YangGang2024