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I think that’s enough reasons to donate to the RNLI if you can afford it. You may just save a life AND piss off a facist/racist at the same time!!

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Day 11 ‘Rescue’ And the reason for this? They want to stop immigrants coming in by boat. They think that if a boat is in trouble and the RNLI respond but the occupants have brown skin, they should just let human beings drown to death.

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Despite this, the right wing in this country have started attacking lifeboats, releasing the names and addresses of RNLI volunteers and blocking ports to try and not let them dock. As if their job isn’t hard enough.

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This is why a large proportion of staff are volunteers, going out to sea in all conditions, risking their own lives to try and save others.

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LazyLino @lazylino.com · 10/10/2026

Day 11 ‘Rescue’ #inktober2026 #inktober #inktoberrescue #rescue #RNLI The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is one of the greatest institutions this island (UK) has ever had. It’s mad that they are a charity and are not funded by the government like the other emergency services are.

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Day 10 ‘Mystical’ #inktober #inktobermystical #inktober2026 #mystical #ladyofthelake “Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”

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LazyLino @lazylino.com · 09/10/2026

Day 9 ‘Ram’ #inktober #inktoberram #inktober2026 #ram #ramman It’s Ram Man, man! Typically, after spending months learning dynamic poses, I decide to draw Ram Man, who is stiff as a board while ramming.

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LazyLino @lazylino.com · 07/10/2026

Day 7 ‘Panic’ Ironically, I think I pulled all of these expressions while creative block took root, leading to a bout of panic. #inktober #inktoberpanic #inktober2026 #panic #penandink

Various heads panicking while hands are clutching and touching their heads

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LazyLino @lazylino.com · 06/10/2026

Day 6 ‘Ogre’ I’m available for portraits. For more information, please contact me via my website (link in bio). #inktober #inktoberogre #inktober2026 #ogre #penandink

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LazyLino @lazylino.com · 02/10/2026

Day 2 ‘Relic’ #inktober #inktoberrelic #inktober2026 #stvalentine #beekeepers St. Valentine, the Partron Saint of beekeepers.

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LazyLino @lazylino.com · 01/10/2026

Day 27 ‘Apple’ #inktober #inktoberapple #inktober2026 #goldenapples #Ladon This is Atlas trying, after being tricked by Heracles, to steal a golden apple in the Garden of the Hesperides. The only problem is that the apple tree is guarded by a 100 headed serpent-like dragon called Ladon. Yikes!!!

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I trust you’ve all preordered the CD but if not, there’s a link to the CD below. There’s also a T-shirt with the album design on it. Theres an album release party at the @peoples_bookshop in Durham on Wednesday evening. It’ll be good to see you all there. .

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Luckily, @fjwords’ lyrics painted such vivid pictures in my mind that it was easy to come up with ideas and sketches. Then, with a sketchbook full, it makes the final design choices so much easier to make.

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Many thanks to Faithful Johannes @fjwords for trusting me with the album design. I was pretty much left to get on with it. This allowed me to crack on and find my own meaning from the lyrics and express them in the artwork.

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On the back cover I added the ‘moon’ drawing scan from the CD itself in Facebook and added the same blue filter. For the CD itself, I created an image of the moon (mentioned above) with pen and ink (and a brush) and ran it through another colour filter to give it a warmer hue.

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I scanned the images into photoshop and ran them through a colour filter, adding blue to the design. I cleaned up the blue pencil sketch marks underneath the ink and I moved the pendant down, so it’s in line with @fjwords name.

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Durham, Come Save Me Faithful Johannes @fjwords OUT NOW So here it is, the final design.

Album cover with a crying witch as the main illustration

Back cover design/illustration with a tightrope walker falling between Durham Cathedral’s Central and West towers

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It’s full of off the wall perspectives on well known and not so well known local stories, and is coated with humour and sadness. . Pre-orders for the CD with a lyric sheet/ download available now at: faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/album/durham... #durham #witch #faithfuljohannes #inksketch

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The CD is out tomorrow and is available to buy via the link below. I love this album and I exclusively listened to it while working on the design without feeling the need for a change. .

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The CD image is a pen and ink drawing of the moon, chosen from the lyric ‘I’ll eat beans when the moon’s full.’ It was also then scanned and superimposed behind Hob and the Cathedral for the back cover.

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On the back we can see ‘Hob of Pelaw,’ the tightrope walker, falling to his death between Durham Cathedral’s Central tower and one of the West Towers. The moon helping to silhouette Hob’s figure.

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All of the images you see here are made with pen and black ink on Bristol board. A brush pen was used for blocking in black and grey and for some of the thicker lines, including the hair. At this point you can still see the blue pencil sketch lines, which would be removed in photoshop.

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As it happens, the 4th one turned out just as I wanted it, so I didn’t have to take any elements from the previous pieces. I’ve included the three previous drawings at the end for your amusement.

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And here is the final design before adding colour in photoshop. I still felt that I needed to refine the final image but as I was keen to start, I decided to draw the final piece four times, then choose the best elements from each one.

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‘No one thought I was a witch when I was young or Had some money When my skin was clear And I lived in Muggleswick with mummy I prayed on bended knee I begged “forgiveness please”’ ‘Elizabeth Lee Was Not a Witch’ Durham, Come Save Me Faithful Johannes @fjwords Out 3rd July (((TOMORROW!!)))

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At this stage I was feeling confident that I was ready to start on the final piece. . Pre-orders for the CD with a lyric sheet/ download available now at: faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/album/durham... #durham #witch #faithfuljohannes #inksketch

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Behind is a full moon, taken from the earlier sketch based on the lyric ‘I’ll eat beans when the moons full.’ In the third sketch you can see the hair developing more, the decorative strip behind the title is gone and the expression on her face is getting a little tighter.

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You can see the back cover taking shape. For this I brought a few elements from the sketchbook together. There’s Hob the tightrope walker falling from his tightrope suspended between 2 towers of Durham Cathedral.

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I’ve started working on the hair. Along with the untidiness of it, i started adding single strands of hair. This is to feel like there’s an electrical force supercharging the air. Is this due to her being a witch and having magical powers or is it born out of sheer frustration? I’ll let you decide.

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The title text is based on text from the Lindisfarne Gospels and the ‘Faithful Johannes’ text and the song list on the back is based on ancient runes. I liked the decorative strip behind the title but again it was starting to feel a little cluttered.

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Here I’m sketching out the album artwork a few times to refine the layout and get Elizabeth Lee’s (the witch’s) image looking right.

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‘No one thought I was a witch when I was young or Had some money When my skin was clear And I lived in Muggleswick with mummy Yes, it was me that freed the corvids Now, that’s a cruel and evil torment’ ‘Elizabeth Lee Was Not a Witch’ Durham, Come Save Me Faithful Johannes @fjwords Out 3rd July

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Pre-orders for the CD with a lyric sheet/ download available now at: faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/album/durham... #durham #witch #faithfuljohannes #inksketch

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I think the first sketch captures what I was after. Elizabeth Lee’s eyes are looking up toward where the ‘Durham, Come Save Me’ title will be on the cover, as if this is what she is silently pleading for. She’s obviously been crying and in distress but there’s a little bit of hope in the despair.

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Now I had an idea what I wanted from the hair, it was time to get the expression right on her face.

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‘No one thought I was a witch When I was young or Had some money When my skin was clear And I lived in Muggleswick with mummy I’d pray on bended knee I’d beg ‘forgiveness please’’ ‘Elizabeth Lee Was Not a Witch’ Durham, Come Save Me Faithful Johannes @fjwords Out 3rd July

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Pre-orders for the CD with a lyric sheet/ download available now at: faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/album/durham... #durham #witch #faithfuljohannes #inksketch

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The second image was a quick sketch and this time, I deliberately tried to lean into looking like a witch or hag. I still thought I was on the right track making her look like a normal lass though. .

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Even without adding any witch like meaning to the wild hair, it was certainly a striking image. I just had to make it my own. More on that in future prints.

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In my mind, a woman with wild, unkempt hair was another element that could lead people to be tricked into believing she was a witch by the people who accused her.

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This was a critical point in the development of the Elizabeth Lee character. The reference model I used had crazy hair, which I absolutely loved.

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LazyLino @lazylino.com · 28/06/2026

‘Then I learned to stay sort of blank Kinda calm Sometimes that’d slip though and I might play along Plucked a hair from a kid one year Said I’d curse her with a tincture’ ‘Elizabeth Lee Was Not a Witch’ Durham, Come Save Me Faithful Johannes @fjwords Out 3rd July

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I’ve leaned in to getting the period clothing right a bit more in one of the sketches too. . Pre-orders for the CD with a lyric sheet/ download available now at: faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/album/durham... #durham #witch #faithfuljohannes #inksketch