SKULL SNAIL

A stark black-and-white ink drawing of a surreal snail with a large skull instead of a shell, the whole piece feeling like a strange little joke with a slightly dark edge. The skull is packed with tight linework and rough crosshatching, giving it a worn, handmade texture, and the oversized eye in the skull makes it feel oddly alert. The snail’s body curls underneath in a smooth, heavy arc, with a few more eyes hidden along the lower edge and one on the raised antenna-like stalk, which adds to the unsettling, dreamlike mood. I like how the image stays simple overall—mostly clean white space around the figure—so every mark and contour stands out. It feels playful, a little grotesque, and very deliberate, like something imagined in a sketchbook and brought to life with careful pen work.