My Pencil is my Security Blanket

Hey, I'm ZJ. These are my doodles, illustrations, sketches, and original ideas. Please do not repost my art!

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It’s been 84 years... but here’s a digital art of some wild, wild guys.

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First art of 2020! It’s a NEW STORY!!!!

Well, the first hype of it, that is. Meet Walt and Jackie. Their story will be told in a comic. It’s cross country road trip madness in the late 60s... plus an alien/human romance. You know how that goes, when an alien crashes in your field and you just fall head over heels for ‘em. Lighthearted silliness and Route 66 tourist attractions! Woohoo!

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I made something shiny!!

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I painted a Spock! 

About 8 hours, done in Corel Painter (with help from Photoshop)

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I gotta say, older people are really fun to draw. So much lovely detail!! I need to learn how to translate that gracefully into my cartoon style, but I’m working on it.

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Today is my birthday, and the incomparable @timekeeperart drew me this absolutely gorgeous bookmark!

(It hasn't escaped my notice that she managed to include the iconic back view of Jim's pants, as well...)

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A flock of Spocks

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Hey, I'd contacted you a few months ago re: getting a tattoo inspired by your spoon/flower work. I've posted a pic of the healed tattoo and the steps taken along the way. :)

Ahhhhh, it’s gorgeous!!! Thank you so much for sharing!

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So I can’t get the photo distribution to behave for the life of me, but I wanted to share- I got a new tattoo last month based on @timekeeperart ‘s delightful concept re: flowers, defiance, and spoon theory. They were kind enough to give me permission to mess with it on my own. :) I did my own spin on it with my favorite flowers and sketched a version of it that my tattoo artist turned into something magnificent. Here are some pics from along the way, with the pic of me in the grey shirt a recent one after it has healed.

I GREATLY appreciate that, as this was a personal thing for me and it’s encouraging to see it in the mirror every day (especially as my Gram recently passed). As someone with pretty severe clinical depression and anxiety and a chronic lack of spoons, every little bit helps. :) It’s aided by the fact that I found a truly amazing tattoo artist at the Pino Bros Ink location in Cambridge, MA who did this for a STEAL and was a delight to deal with.

Forget-Me-Nots mean memories and nostalgia- for me that’s a representative of positive childhood memories. They’re also my favorite flower. My parents planted some the first year they moved into my childhood home (a trailer in the middle of the woods) and by the time they moved out when I was 15, they’d spread into this wonderful field of blue. These make me think of my friend Kit, my first-ever friend.

Pine- meaning longevity and perseverence in some flower languages, this plant for me will always represent my dad, who’s been in the Christmas Tree business since he was small. I got my temper and my curly hair from him, but also my tenacity.

Lilac- meaning purity, this is the NH state flower (my home state) as well as my mom’s favorite. Mom’s the source of my stubbornness and willingness to help others.

Dandelion- perseverence despite adversity. This, combined with the Black-Eyed Susan (encouragement) rounds out the picture, but also represents a lot for me- my own stubbornness, in addition to my brother (dandelion) and friends I care deeply about who supported me when few others did (my friends Ashley and Puck, re: the black-eyed susan.) 

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Ahhhhh, this turned out lovely!!! The colors are wonderful! I love that you incorporated flowers and plants that hold personal meaning to you. This is fantastic!!

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Rose Buds - Kindle edition by ZJ Bickel. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Rose Buds.

*emerges like a cryptid* I have an eBook for sale! It’s a romance comic about two ladies who are into competitive jousting! This project has consumed my life for the past month, haha. But I’m very proud of it and it would me a lot to me if you would check it out! 

There WILL be physical copies available in a week or two - I’ll post details here when I have them! If you know you DEFINITELY want a physical copy, please message me soon so that I can include your order in my printing calculations!

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Notre Dame - Elle vit, elle résiste

Notre Dame has experienced a terrible fire. But as this print says, she lives. She stands. She resists. This print is a tribute to the gorgeous cathedral that we all love. 50% of the proceeds of this limited run print will go to the repair efforts for three churches in St. Landry, recently damaged

Elle vit, elle résiste.

Notre Dame still stands, though she's damaged. She's gotten a lot of love over the past few days, and rightly so! But there are other fire-damaged churches that haven't gotten as much attention, like the ones in the St. Landry parish in Louisiana.

For every print sold, I'll donate $4.50 (50% of the proceed) to the repair effort to the St. Landry churches.

(FYI, I considered donating to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, also damaged by fire the same day as Notre Dame, but I cannot for the life of me find info on donating to the repair effort! Honestly, regardless of your religion or denomination, we can all agree that no one deserves to have their church burned.)

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Inking

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Pride Equestrian

Lesbian flag colors! Trying some experiments with color schemes! This will be available after June 8 as a print as part of a Pride series I’m working on.

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Pride Knight

Newer lesbian flag colors, anyone? Trying some experiments with color schemes! This will be available after June 8 as a print as part of a Pride series I’m working on. 

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MY PORTFOLIO SITE IS FINALLY BACK UP. It’s not all there, but it’s there enough to be functional!

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Next in my Star Trek road trip AU!

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I was feeling nostalgic.

This is available as a phone or desktop background on Patreon!