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Happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough.

Don't we have some sort of human of the year award? I don't know a year that you didn't win it... In some shape form or another, every single person on this planet is a is a child of yours... I can think of no one else that I would rather see sitting at the head of our table 100 years old. Wow!...... read more

Work in Progress – Ink Study of a Brown Crab

Here is a glimpse of my current illustration of a Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus). I am primarily using stippling to capture the granular texture of its shell and the power of its claws. It is an exercise in patience, but I love seeing the form and depth emerge point by point.

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Under the sea, but make it monochrome. 🖊️ Really pleased with the payoff on this Brown Crab; the texture was a challenge, but it ended up exactly where I wanted it.

Details in the depths. 🌊

Current state of the studio: Crab mentality. 🖋️ Focusing on those textures today.

Vietnamese Crab noodle - Bun Rieu

I love making this on a rainy day - rich tomatoes soup base (chicken stock) with crab meatballs (crab and pork) all soaked with Rice vermicelli noodle 🍜

Asian carrot 🥕 salad 🥗

I've been obsessed with this asian carrot salad. I decided to put some artificial crab and some chili oil in it. It was really good.