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I love my bad art

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Allie Sullberg
Apr 22, 2024
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First attempts at editorial illustration, using colored pencil, circa 2017. I’m guessing these were about halloween costumes and memes.

Yesterday, I attempted to clean out a bin of files of old sketches and watercolors and prints and collected artwork. Yellow file folders hold names like “2018 watercolors” and “2019 pen drawings” and “2020 sketches” and “other peoples art.” I am far too attached to most of these and will have to dispose of at a later date, or perhaps keep forever. After all, this is my personal art archive, which I am saving for my future retrospective when I am a famous artist ;-)

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