Compilation of 6 Detox Doodle pages. The top row are pages of drawings of Donkeys, Whale Sharks and California Quail. Bottom row are drawings of Maine Coon cats, Hares and Geckos.
Sketchbook page of 5 drawings of California Quails in purple ink. The top of the page is the text 6/28/25 and California Quail. To the left is a quail walking in grass with its head to the right with a heart and the word Strut. To the right are two round quails (quorbs), one in profile and one facing the viewer, with a heart and a star. The word Borb is next to the one below. The bottom left is a closeup of a quail in profile and a heart. To the right is a running quail in profile with the word Sprint! underneath.
Note: For those who have been following The Moon’s Hindmost Wound, this story takes place between chapters 11 and 12, before the debriefing.
When Mao got out of the carriage, she was exhausted. The events of the last two days had been draining. First, there was the Mushroom Princess, and then the attempted assassination of the Moon Prince. Everything turned out fine in the end, but Mao would rather live a peaceful life away from royalty and people with wind in their heads.
Speaking of people who were touched, she sighed. The Mad Frank was standing in front of a neighboring brothel, shouting about a guiding star, gifts, and three kings.
At least he wasn’t raving about the end of times. Some of the younger girls got worked up over that. They hadn’t learned yet that someone was always predicting the end of the world. Sometimes, their followers gathered to celebrate when the event was to occur. She had heard of one group that drank poisoned fruit juice when the world failed to end. They were either the Jonesites or the Seven Stars Approach.
Never mind. She was going to get some rest and enjoy her spoils.
“He’s at it again,” said Ukyou, Verdigris House’s bouncer, greeting her.
“Very,” she replied.
“You look tired. I’ll try to steer Madam away from you if she comes looking.”
She nodded in thanks, thinking, “A fool’s errand. Grams is unstoppable, especially if someone tries to deter her.”
She made her way to the shack she called home when she wasn’t at the palace. Luomen was out, which she was glad about. It meant she could do as she pleased.
Before going to sleep, she wanted to look over her treasures. First was the small pot of poison she had received from the assassin. Then came the mushrooms and herbs she had gathered. Of those, the best were the windhead mushrooms and bugbane berries. She carefully put the lemony deathcaps aside.
On second thought, though, she hid them. No point in risking someone eating them or a lecture from Luomen. She wouldn’t sample them, no matter how tempting. And finally, the three roasted #quail she had snagged coming back.
A series of 4 drawings, imitating the opening of Kirby's Adventure except it's a quail: "First you draw a circle," "Then you dot the eyes." "Add a great big ahoge" "And presto, it's" Kirby has been crossed out, and the words "a quail." have been crudely written next to it
I got this done on Tuesday on my live art stream. I’m calling it “California Regalitus”, which means ‘California Royalty’. It features a CA Quail and and egg, as well as a few CA Poppies.
California Poppies are my favorite flower. They have such gorgeous papery petals that appear translucent sometimes and create such lovely lights and shadows!
I tried to make it a wrap-around cover like I’ve done in the past for most of my greeting cards, but the way I put it together prohibited that. I had to package it as a sort of pseudo-scientific poster, but I honestly love it more this way! I think somehow it was always going to end up as a poster.
Stylized and textured Art Nouveau illustration featuring brilliant orange California Poppies and a California Quail and egg on a textured background with “clay” filigree.
Compilation of 6 Detox Doodle pages. The top row are pages of drawings of Donkeys, Whale Sharks and California Quail. Bottom row are drawings of Maine Coon cats, Hares and Geckos.
Sketchbook page of 5 drawings of California Quails in purple ink. The top of the page is the text 6/28/25 and California Quail. To the left is a quail walking in grass with its head to the right with a heart and the word Strut. To the right are two round quails (quorbs), one in profile and one facing the viewer, with a heart and a star. The word Borb is next to the one below. The bottom left is a closeup of a quail in profile and a heart. To the right is a running quail in profile with the word Sprint! underneath.
Amidst dense dry grass, a small bird with speckled brown and white plumage peers out, blending into its natural habitat. Its surroundings provide camouflage, making it look almost part of the textured landscape. Photography by Debra Martz
Image printed on a Coffee Mug