BigFatPapaCat

Helped by AI, chased by AI,and before I knew it, worn out by AI — every single day.Missing the warmth of analog things,I let my pen run across a paper notebook.

Newest drawingDay 22

Welcome to a fairy-tale world of little animals, a little bit magical.

Pen and ink drawing: a little mouse stands in the rain, holding a hydrangea flower and its leaves as an umbrella. A ribbon on one ear, and a duffle coat with a heart-shaped pocket. Puddles at the mouse's feet. Black-and-white pencil and ink, picture-book style.

A pen in my hand again — for the first time in 30 years.
One line at a time, by hand.
And then, on the paper —
a little friend was born.

Little Friends on a Rainy Day

One drawing at a time. A story of little animals that began on a rainy day.

Pen and ink drawing: a little mouse in a raincoat stands in the rain, holding a leaf as an umbrella.

Day 1

A Little Friend on a Rainy Day

It all began on this day.

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Ink drawing: a mouse papa wearing a hat and a jacket.

Day 2

The Papa of a Little Friend on a Rainy Day

This is An's Papa. Work was really tough today — Now he's off to pick up An.

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Day 12

A Little Friend on a Rainy Day

Today, a big rain. One big hydrangea. Under its leaves, I won't get wet.

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Pen and ink drawing over a pencil sketch: a frog standing on two legs in the rain, holding a leaf umbrella in one hand and hugging a bouquet and a letter sealed with heart-shaped wax to its chest with the other. It wears a bow tie; at its feet, a puddle with ripples and raindrops.

Day 4

A Rainy-Day Little Friend's Big Love

Sudden rain. But surely, it'll be all right. Today's the day—

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Pen and ink drawing over a pencil sketch: sheltering from the rain under a big mushroom used as an umbrella. A wallaby standing on two legs rides on the back of a pony with a fluffy mane, gripping the mushroom's stem tightly. Rain ripples spread in the puddle at their feet.

Day 5

Rainy-Day Little Friends Take Shelter

Miss Wallaby and Pony. A sudden downpour on the way home from school. "Let's run to that mushroom—" So they won't catch a cold, they take shelter under a big mushroom.

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Pen and ink drawing: a hedgehog in a coat stands on two legs, holding two sprigs of lavender in front of its chest with both paws. Its round eyes look slightly upward, and it is smiling. The coat has a pocket and buttons. Grass grows at its feet. Black-and-white pencil and ink, picture-book style.

Day 11

A Little Friend Before the Big Rain

The clouds look threatening. I have to hurry home.

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Pen and ink drawing: a dolphin wearing a cap, holding a letter in its mouth and carrying a bag full of letters, swims through the rain. A cloud is wrapped around its waist. The cap has an envelope mark. One letter is falling out of the bag. At the lower right stands a mushroom-shaped mailbox with a small flag. Rain ripples spread in the puddles. A monochrome, picture-book style drawing in pencil and pen.

Day 13

The Mail Carrier Who Only Comes on Rainy Days

Delivering mail on rainy days is hard work. So, only on rainy days, the dolphin mail carrier goes out on duty.

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When the rain stops —

Pen and ink drawing over a pencil sketch: a big polka-dot mushroom house with smoke rising from its chimney, a round door, a window with a flower box, a mailbox and a stone path. Beside it, a Scottish Fold cat standing on two legs, in a pointed hat and a cloak, raises a twig wand high, calling up sparkling stars and hearts.

Day 6

The Cat Wizard's Little Magic

A Scottish Fold who is a wizard. With freshly learned magic, the wizard made a mushroom house for a friend, Little Mouse. "I wonder if Little Mouse will be happy?"

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Pen and ink drawing over a pencil sketch: a squirrel standing on two legs, wearing a beret and hugging a large paintbrush with both arms. Simple picture-book style with hatching.

Day 3

Ms. Squirrel, the Forest School Teacher, Is So Good at Drawing

A beret on her head, a big brush in her arms — today, again, her students keep asking her for portraits.

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Black-and-white pen and ink drawing: a chubby pug wearing a tiara, a bow, a ballet tutu and flower-decorated ballet shoes, raising one paw and standing on tiptoe as she dances on a stage. Fairy-tale picture book style.

Day 9

The Pug Ballerina, Dancing with Grace

The World Ballet Championship. The grand final. A tiara, a little bow, and flowery ballet shoes. One graceful twirl — and strike a pose.

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When night falls —

※ Tap the night sky — a star will be born.

Black-and-white pencil and ink drawing: a lop-eared rabbit in a white coat stands on its hind legs on a cliff, holding an ornate antique telescope with both paws and peering through it. The telescope rests on a scrolled three-legged stand. In the sky: a river of stars drawn in tiny dots, a spiral galaxy and twinkling stars. Fairy-tale picture book style.

Day 10

The Lop-Eared Astronomer's Secret Discovery

At the edge of a cliff stands an old telescope. Peering through it: a lop-eared rabbit in a white coat.

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Pen and ink drawing over a pencil sketch: a fluffy bear cub with a big bow on its head sits hugging a glass ball with a swirling galaxy inside. Scattered stars and sparkles surround it.

Day 7

The Bear Who Makes Stars

The sky is full of stars tonight. Looking through the telescope, far, far away in space,

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Deep, deep in the forest —

Pen and ink drawing: deep in a forest, a penguin chick wearing a leaf hat, with tiny wings, sits perched on a mossy fallen log. Mushrooms and fallen leaves at its feet; behind it, trees stretch on like a tunnel. Black-and-white pencil and ink, picture-book style.

Day 8

A Little Fairy Living an Easy, Unhurried Life Deep in the Forest

I wandered into a deep forest. Through a tunnel of trees, on a bed of moss, perched a little shadow.

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After the rain.

Day by day, a fairy-tale world of little animals, a little bit magical, comes to life.

My dream is to one day turn these little friends into a picture book⭐️

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After the rain.