#ragdollcircus10

[josiebelladonna]

Ah, stippling, we meet again; thou art a monotonous bastard.

You sure know how to make glitter look like... well, glitter.

You’re giving me a million reasons..

Lady Gaga in pen and ink and markers

[josiebelladonna]

30 Day Rag Doll cartoon Challenge - Day 2: B&W

My beloved archer 🏹

[josiebelladonna]

30 Day Rag Doll Cartoon Challenge

By the way... 

Rag Doll Cartoons - a collective of cartoons created in December 2006 by American illustrator H.C., or nirvhannah. They parody real life people and also spawn original characters. The name itself originates from the Aerosmith song “Rag Doll”, and the Circus part from nirvhannah's loony, twisted sketch comedy-meets-dark comedy sense of humor. The cartoons are known for their round, full moon like faces that are 99.9% of the time turned to the side (which, a handful of people say is a stab at Disney), displeased facial expressions majority of the time, manga style hair, and paper like bodies that give the impression of softness. They're seen either in big bold jewel tones, soft mellow colors, or monochrome, and are said to be “still waters run deep” yet adventurous illustrations based off nirvhannah herself (even her parodies)

Yeah, I’m cheating because I made my first ones in late 2006, but I didn’t get them going until early 2007, so this year *technically* marks 10 Years of the Rag Doll Cartoons (I even came up with my own hashtag! #ragdollcircus10).

Every day for the next 30 days, you will see a new cartoon doing whatever it is that is written here (so either follow me on here, on Instagram, or on Twitter). I studied some 30 Day Art and Character Challenges, and melded together the ones I thought I could potentially do (not all of them are entirely easy: some of them can and will take me out of my comfort zone, but that's just the beauty of it).

Day 01 – Self portrait Day 02 – B&W Day 03 – All colors of the rainbow Day 04 – “Freaky Friday” switch Day 05 – Melancholy Day 06 – Angst Day 07 – Apprehension Day 08 – Hope Day 09 – Amorousness Day 10 – Psychedelic based Day 11 – Alone time Day 12 – Slumber Day 13 – Parodies Day 14 – Genre breaking Day 15 – Silhouettes Day 16 – Favorite medium Day 17 – Mixed media Day 18 – Watercolor only Day 19 – Graphite only Day 20 – Based on a dream Day 21 – (Pluto in Aquarius) Ivan and Zelda's house, inside and out Day 22 – (Pluto in Aquarius) the Allison house, inside and out Day 23 – (Pluto in Aquarius) Angelica's house, inside and out Day 24 – Something ghostly Day 25 – Something lively Day 26 – Something mostly… red Day 27 – A color I don't use often Day 28 – A figment of my past Day 29 – Mirrored Day 30 – Anything goes

[josiebelladonna]

Top: me at the start of 2016 Bottom: me at the end of 2016

Aside from getting SG’s attention, (officially) Ben’s attention, and Paul Lorkowski’s attention, and the Temple of the Dog show, this year sucked. Too much loss, too much dysfunction (which I’ve officially distanced myself from for the sake of my psychological health, thank you very much), and too much crap going on and not enough good things to balance it out, either.

Yeah, there’s still a couple of weeks left, but 2017 is a new year.

It’s Year of the Rooster, too: I’m a Rooster (or Hen, if you want to be P.C.). Not getting my hopes up (after this year, I refuse to get my hopes up), but every Chinese horoscope I read is saying 2017 will be a good year for us. Who knows what’ll happen, but even if you’re not a Rooster/Hen, remember this: remain open to the experience. It’s the only way you’ll live.