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December 2, 2023

Oopsies and Goofs

"Wherever we go, we are friends" -Sloth and Manatee

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Oopsies and Goofs. Things that get goofed up. Or knocked over. Spilt. Lumpy. Messy. Out of bounds.

Cartoon of a frog caught on a giraffe's head with the caption "mistakes of the serengeti"

Sloth and (Moon)atee

Sloth and Manatee and their Tardigrade friends are following Penguin along the rock path towards what Penguin calls a "bloop," which apparently has a "bloop-master," whoever that is. Meanwhile the lil microscopic fellows are hanging out on a tiny leaf...

Comic in which Tardigrades are playing croquet and wondering things

Well, darn.


What is a mistake, anyway?

Cartoon of people trying and failing to fill out a form with a sign, "perfectionist convention registration"

What do you consider a mistake? Is it when something doesn't come out the way you wanted? When it's not what someone else wants?

Here's a post called "Bad Art," about what supposedly makes art Bad. Hopefully reading it will make you feel inspired and encouraged about trying things and creating stuff, no matter what...

Front page of a blog post entitled "Bad Art"

Sometimes we fear making mistakes because we think others will judge us

Illustration of a giraffe and dog with a bird on the dog's head all looking in the same direction
Everybody's LOOKING.

Judgment is all relative, though.

Cartoon of a cat failing to take down a bison and realizing this is a reason to hunt in packs

I've currently got maybe 6 copies of the Brainwaves book on hand to sign if you want one, I do love sending em direct to people from my book shop. With stickers!

Photo of a copy of Brainwaves Volume One cartoon collection amongst some rocks
I placed it in a scenic way amongst some rocks.

Many of my illustrations start out as a mistake or unexpected result. I almost never know how something is going to come out. Start with an intent and then pretty soon the frog is in space. Or there's a toy accordion.

A lot of these messes end up in the print shop, and lil mini prints and art prints and stickers are quite good to buy for folks you like, here's where that's located

Screen capture of a selection of art from the print shop

Okay! That's enough nonsense for now.

May you make a very good mistake, may you just keep drawing or sewing or building or whatever because you want to, won't you be my neighbor?

-Betsy


HELLO AND THANKS FOR READING!!

Pika mighty 400.jpg

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CartoonStock has gobs of cartoons to license

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