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Here is a sad thing in a field. In order, here are the reasons he is sad:

1. The grass in the field is dry

2. His bones are all wrong

3. He is underground and thus cannot appreciate the beautiful sunset

4. He cannot see his feet

5. He is dead

FISH

Quick sketch for my book The Boy Who Was Actually An Octopus, a work in progress. There will be lots of fish in it. It's a coming-of-age tale. No, it isn't. It's just a book about a boy who was actually an octopus. Due to be completed late this year

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There are now FOUR SAD THINGS.
I was hoping by the fourth I'd at least be able to colour inside the lines

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Number three.

Wow.

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I know I said it was a series of one. Then, for some reason, I did another. Now it is a series of two.

Mostly just excuses to play with my tablet I guess.

The thing is sad because

a) it's cloudy

b) nobody showed up to his picnic

c) the grass is too itchy

or d) all of the above

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This is a thing. It is sad- possibly because it is in a field, but without further contextual information that is purely speculation. This is the first in a series of drawings of sad things in fields. A series of exactly one.