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<\/p>\n…before Sketchfest. And you probably already saw it. But hey.\u00a0 Even small rodents can have obsessions. Perhaps this one is working towards a Big Year!<\/p>\n
Graphite on smooth piccadilly paper, about 4″ x 7 ” (I didn’t measure it).
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I actually scanned this and tweaked it a bit but it was the GodAwful Scanner Of Doom, so …<\/p>\n
Insanely optimistic as well, I put it on Stuff at metasilk prints plus at deviantArt<\/a>, at metasilk at RedBubble<\/a>, Critters with Gear Zazzle<\/a>, and Critters with Gear CafePress<\/a>. Not society6, though, I guess because I am thinking that’s for watercolors. (Like redbubble is sketches maybe with a touch of color.)<\/p>\n If you notice something looks odd on one of those items, do please tell me so I can fix it! It’s entirely likely…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …before Sketchfest. And you probably already saw it. But hey.\u00a0 Even small rodents can have obsessions. Perhaps this one is working towards a Big Year! Graphite on smooth piccadilly paper, about 4″ x 7 ” (I didn’t measure it). I actually scanned this and tweaked it a bit but it… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,12,94],"tags":[18,201,28,202,104,151,14,89,24,150,99],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-shameless-commerce","category-sketches","tag-bw","tag-birder","tag-birds","tag-birdwatching","tag-cafepress","tag-deviantart","tag-mouse","tag-oswoa","tag-pencil","tag-redbubble","tag-sketch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-4A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":261,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/love-is-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":284,"position":0},"title":"Love Is Love","author":"Kir","date":"29 August 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Love Is LoveFor Sketchfest #40, prompt \"teapots in love\".Pencil sketch on 65lb sketch paper. 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