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Welcome to this week’s Premium Subscriber exclusive video! We continue our “Lord of the Rings” series with Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, and I answer a questions about “dumbing down” the quality of my art for...
The Ink Stained Wretch #242 6/24/26
Time for another of the fetid, fraudulent, feeble bits of frivolity that are these newsletters! This week we draw a dirty looking Dúnedian, celebrate 20 years of blogging and sketching, share a sneak peek at MAD #600, and we revisit the 200...
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The Ink Stained Wretch #241 6/17/26
Here we go with another of the obnoxious, overbearing, and obtuse collections of oddness that are these newsletters! This week we do a half-ass sketch of a half-elf, reflect on a surprising effect of A.I. on the freelance business, share a...
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