Jocelyn Curry

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As a retired lettering artist and illustrator, I still create a lot of visuals and have fun doing it. My website is a place I can post and share them from my Shoreline, Washington studio in my home.

Ink Spills Become Faces

November 23, 2025

Did I need a deep plunge into a new blog site, right when such a time-consuming challenge really didn’t fit into my crowded calendar? The answer, no surprise, is “no” but at least I was able to navigate the mind-befuddling process of transferring the data from my old platform to this new, AI-enhanced version of good ol’ WordPress. My previous experience of working on good ol’ WordPress wasn’t stellar, so I’m hoping to improve my relationship with it asap. So far I have been able to upload my seasonally appropriate squash painting! But now, HOW do I get rid of “Hello World!” which was placed there by Good Ol. I’m not sure about this, but I think Good Ol’s default tips will stay on this, my First Post until I figure out how to discretely remove them without being told “This is not a good idea.” At least I got my squash up on this new site for your viewing pleasure! Happy Thanksgiving :-).

Ink blob faces

During the past couple of weeks I have been doing a lot of experimenting with different pens and writing fluids. FYI, this is part of a big map project I'm working on. Jet black India ink tends to get everywhere when one is dipping into little containers of it…some of you are very familiar with this messy phenomenon, I'm sure. Well, yesterday, when I was not working with ink but with harmless pencil, I looked beyond my drawing and saw three random ink blobs (dried and until then unnoticed) left from a previous, inky session. For the sheer fun of it I picked up a regular, commercial ink pen and quickly made faces that incorporated the blobs. I'm liking these three new friends!

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    Katy Callaghan Huston

    Very clever–might be fun to make a few blots in a sketchbook to start doodles while waiting for…something!

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