february 2022
this was the year of archie and dottie. be ready


march 2022
this snake is named reed. he would become some other stuff.


this one was an enoch bolles study.

arch+dot+our lovely wife.

this last one is reffed from
a picture of marlene dietrich we love. something about the idea of trying to fit all those hugeass octopus arms into a pantsuit... like... i know youre not getting around like that. dont fuck with me.

august 2022
psychonauts 2 mighta let me the hell down but i know a fine woman when i see one.




september-october 2022
my body really started slowin down. i finished coloring a few pieces i started in months prior.

the essence of this guppydog, aggie, would later be channeled into a different guy.


i don't remember much from here. my body stopped processing food, and i guess i stopped eating and drinking water much. this last one was done over several weeks, where i could chip away a few minutes at a time. i stopped drawing after that. i had my surgery in late november.

december 2022
first painting after getting home from the hospital, after my spinal-metal-yoink-out procedure. it means a lot to me.

while i was waiting out the rest of my stay, i could overhear the nurses in the hall say "he" to refer to me in a manner so consistent and seemingly effortless that i felt something new. i'd never experienced it before. i loved it! it was an incredible feeling. so many puzzle pieces clicked into place.
i'd been on T for a minute, but i suppose i'd still read as "female" to people up until that point. when i got home, i remember the process of thinking out loud to my wife. i really had to choke the words out. "christ, i think i might be a man!" it didn't sting as bad as i thought it would. i guess i didn't realize i thought anything about it at all! it's crazy how deep we can bury stuff.
so, naturally, it was time to keep transitioning. i chose the name Roy. this has always been an instruction and a prerequisite to hanging out, after all.
this pink spider, the reborn Dottie, would later become named Kibble. you can still call him roy though, it's not technically wrong-- roy just looks like a lot of other stuff, too.



