“Watch Out, It’ll Bite” is a black-and-white India Ink and Acrylic Ink illustration using a dip pen. It was an intro project for Art 273 at Cal Poly Humboldt for the Fall 2023 semester. The project started as a class exercise of Lynda Barry’s Scribble Monster Jam drawing exercise. From this, a selected drawing was chosen to be recreated using traditional materials. Illustrated is a venus flytrap monster with eyes embedded in its traps, planted in a cute terracotta pot.
Process Images
Scribble Monster Jam with other classmates
Selected monster drawing
Initial sketch

Sketch planning
Detail idea for top flower
Finalized sketch
Sketch and reference monster
Sketch on final support
Inking stage
Finished inking + white ink