Aug 21, 2025
Little ballpoint pen doodles that I used as dinkus in my new post about the treasure of Montségur 🏰✨️
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Little ballpoint pen doodles that I used as dinkus in my new post about the treasure of Montségur 🏰✨️
Watercolour doodle of Sophie and Christian in the new sketchbook 🪻
So I made myself a little visual guide to keep a few things in mind as I write or draw. It was entirely based on manuscript art and archeological findings. Hopefully it can be useful to someone else too.
Christian and Sophie, the main characters of my novel-in-progress 🪻
It's been forever since I last made any illustrations of them. Lately I felt like I needed to unwind, so I decided to give myself a treat and made some personal art for a change.
My own characters for a change.
Super quick late night doodlings. These are old photo studies of sorts, featuring my OCs.
About that novel I'm writing
It's always terrifying to come talk about it here because I can feel the judgement behind the screen from my older followers. But I'm too stubborn to give up on this project. For those who don't know, I'm witing a novel.
Yes, I'm still writing it. Now a bit more consistently.
So I decided to create a place specifically to talk about this project, update those interested in the progress and offer some peeking behind the scenes.
This is an art blog, not an author's one, and I suck at blogging. So I opted for a mailing list. I looked up many cool places before deciding on Substack, mostly because I had help setting it up. I've been subscribed to some mailing lists there without an account for some time, so I believe you really just need an email, no account. Or so I think.
Tumblr kills posts with links, so please just copy-paste the written link in your browser and subscribe to the mailing list. I'll be sending the first update on the project soon, and hopefully will be able to keep a consistent schedule with these updates as well. No spam, promise.
https://ncagutierrez.substack.com
Also, every new art I have of this project I'll keep posting here, so if you're just here for the art, no worries. However, I'll be delighted if you decide to subscribe and support the creation of this project specifically.
Thank you so much and these are the news for now!
"There's nothing left for you here"
A little experimental doodle.