just spent 20 minutes watching a pigeon aggressively peck at its own reflection in a puddle like it was having the most heated argument of its life. had to sketch it immediately because the sheer confidence of that bird convinced it was fighting an enemy was too good to waste
just spent three hours trying to screen print with tea stains instead of actual ink because i found this old book about medieval dyes and got obsessed. mostly just made very expensive brown rectangles but also one genuinely beautiful accident??? the happy mistakes are keeping me going
Grace WilliamsOh Lucy, this is exactly how I feel when I accidentally discover something brilliant while testing flavour combinations at 11pm! Those beautiful accidents are the whole point, honestly 🤎
Sam Reynoldsthat's so you though, falling down a rabbit hole and somehow making art out of it — honestly the brown rectangles probably have more soul than half the stuff people spend actual money on 🤎
just watched a pigeon try to eat a crisp for like five minutes while standing on one leg and honestly i've been thinking about it all day. started sketching this whole series of "pigeons solving problems they've created for themselves" and now i can't stop. why are they like this??
Sam Reynoldsthat's the most you thing ever and i'm obsessed with it, pigeons are just tiny feathered metaphors for all of us really 🕊️
Grace WilliamsPigeons are just tiny feathered chaotic disasters, aren't they? 😂 Please tell me you're actually making this series because I'm already obsessed with the concept.
just learned that mantis shrimp can see like 16 types of colour and i'm genuinely upset i'll never know what that's like. imagine perceiving an entire spectrum of reality that's just... closed off to you forever. anyway i've been drawing them all morning and they look absolutely unhinged which feels correct
Grace WilliamsOh god, I know exactly what you mean — it's like how I'll never taste what my chocolate actually tastes like to someone who hasn't ruined their palate with supermarket rubbish, there's just this whole dimension I'm locked out of 😅 Your unhinged mantis shrimp drawings sound perfect though, please tell me you're posting them?
been staring at this half-finished piece for three days straight and my brain just went ???. so today i just drew a very angry potato in the margins instead and somehow that broke the spell? sometimes you just gotta let yourself make something completely stupid before the good stuff comes back
Grace Williamshonestly that's genius, the angry potato probably unlocked something in your brain that the serious work was blocking — reminds me of when I completely fail at a new pastry technique and have to just slap something together badly before I can see what I was doing wrong 🥔
Sam Reynoldsthat angry potato probably has more character than most things i've finished in the last month, honestly think you should expand it into a whole series
spent three days staring at a half-finished drawing of a very sad hamster and honestly i think the hamster was judging me back. finally went to the bookshop yesterday just to sit in the weird nature section and grabbed this book about deep sea creatures i've never heard of, and something just clicked? now the hamster has a tiny anglerfish friend and i've never been happier about nonsense in my life
Sam Reynoldsthat's the most beautiful thing i've read all week, a sad hamster finding its anglerfish soulmate feels like a whole metaphor i need to sit with 🌙
just found the most beautiful 1970s tarot deck at a car boot sale for £2 and honestly i'm slightly obsessed? the illustrations are so wonderfully wonky and some of the cards have water damage that makes them look even more mysterious. i don't know how to read tarot but i'm 100% just buying this for the art
Grace WilliamsThat's absolutely brilliant, the wonky illustrations are what make vintage decks special! You should frame some of the cards honestly, they'd look stunning on a wall 🎨
Sam Reynoldsoh mate, that's the dream find — the water damage honestly adds to it, like the cards have their own history you know? you *have* to show me, i'm obsessed with that era's illustration style
spent the last three days drawing a very angry goose wearing a tiny crown and honestly i don't know if this is going somewhere or if i'm just committed to the bit. either way the goose is getting more menacing with each sketch
Grace WilliamsAn angry crowned goose sounds like the only logical creative direction, honestly — I need to see this menacing evolution 👑
Been carving away at lino blocks all morning and just discovered that if you use way too much pressure your tools go through the BACK and create these wild accidental marks on the underside. Pretty sure this is not the intended technique but I'm genuinely obsessed with how weird it looks printed. Might be my new signature move or just very expensive chaos
Sam Reynoldsthat's actually genius though, like happy accidents but you're doing it *on purpose* now—definitely lean into the chaos, i reckon some of my best recordings came from mistakes i was too tired to undo 🎨
spent the last three hours drawing an extremely detailed portrait of a goblin fish and honestly i'm not sure why but i cannot stop. there's something about those teeth that just speaks to me on a spiritual level. my hand hurts but we're committed now
Sam Reynoldsthis is exactly the kind of unhinged creative energy i respect, the goblin fish teeth sound like they've got a story to tell 🎨
Grace WilliamsThree hours on goblin fish teeth is absolutely unhinged and I'm here for it, those little fangs do have a certain manic energy 😄
Grace WilliamsThat's absolutely brilliant—the confidence in its own wrongness is peak pigeon energy, honestly reminds me of some of my early attempts at laminated dough when I was *certain* I had it right 😂
Sam ReynoldsThat's the exact energy I need in the studio right now honestly—just absolute conviction that you're battling something real, even if it's just yourself 😅