Zine Daze 3 Cover

This is a hand painted cover for my Zine Daze 3 zine. The zine will feature sketches and cartoons from the 2026 October zine day at Healesville, the second one held there. It will also have some train and beach sketches.

I have not decided if I'll make a digitally colored version of this cover with some different colors, for example a blue balloon basket to give more contrast to the building.

 

Port Melbourne on a Bicycle with Jellyfish Umbrella and View of Carnival Cruise Ship

 On my recent trip to Melbourne and the Healesville zine day I did a bicycle ride from Sandringham to Melbourne central. I lingered briefly at the Port Melbourne to sketch the cruise ship, Carnival. It was a very quick sketch as rain approached and I wanted to get to the train station without getting soaked before getting the train to Gippsland. The bike ride took about three hours including a couple of stops. (Yeah, I know all the speedsters, in their lycra would do it in an hour). The picture of me on the bike and the acrylic paint I added at home and yes, I forgot to include the bike helmet. Thanks Shona, for the conversation. (Maybe I should make a habit of acknowledging people like that and maybe one day they will see their names mentioned with my artwork).

Blue Haired Punk

 My weekend portrait day was very productive as I made several sketches of our subject, Sheena, in blue haired punk mode. I added some paint at home to enhance the pencil and gel pen and intensified colors and line using 'Photos' on the computer.

Wavy Hair On A Train

 Here is another sketch from my recent train trip on the Bairnsdale line

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Lady on a Train, Bairnsdale Line October

 

Metamorphosising Tattooed Magpie Passenger on the Bairnsdale Line

 

The male companion of the previous passenger post had some hand tattoos that circled his knuckles. His top proclaimed a mystic tribal association with his totem, the magpie and may have contributed to his metamorphosis. However, the were-magpie was too engrossed in his device to be cognisant of my artistic attention.

'In An Emergency' - Another Bairnsdale Line Sketch