![A cabinet of curiosities filled with 31 objects of varying rarity](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/8450d8d1-9787-436f-b285-e79a7c13b703_rw_3840.jpg?h=4a2e9e7167d18e0f971275b9ff174956)
The full cabinet with each illustration from the challenge included along with a legend identifying each object.
An illustrated cabinet of curiosities created during the month of October 2020 as part of the DRAWTOBER challenge. The prompt list came from Chloe Christine (@heyitscloe) and the color palette was grabbed from Awesome Color (@AWSMColor).
Along with limiting myself to a four color palette, I limited myself to using 5 brushes in Procreate for the series.
Fairly early on in the series, I knew that I wanted to compose a full piece of each object within the cabinet. I roughed out a sketch based on the pieces I had already done at that point, but it changed quite a bit once all of them were completed. Some of this had to do with the scale of the objects: how later in the series there was less variation in the size of the objects. So in order to keep it more considered and appearing full- almost cluttered, I moved the objects around and added more shelves to make it less orderly. From the start the one thing I knew was that the bone (whale vertebrae) would be too big to fit inside the cabinet.
I made prints of the full cabinet available at INPRNT.
![A zuni fetish carved in the shape of a bear](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/8b0ca363-99f2-4aa9-9f9a-aa711a858b7b_rw_1920.png?h=b2912e4a830a9eb91592859462ef3fea)
The one that started it all: Figurine
I hadn't really planned out exactly what I was going to do for each piece. I looked over the prompt list but had no definite ideas of how it would all come together. The decision to make the Figurine a Zuni fetish set the tone for the whole cabinet. I wanted to find specific objects that had either a cultural significance, objects that were famous for some kind of rarity, mythology or specifically unique.
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![A moth mounted in a shadow box for display](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/34112bfd-9f30-4ed9-a840-844c12da7319_rw_1920.png?h=750711f04c99a4d91220015659419347)
Moth
![3 pressed leaves set in a gilded frame](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/1dbfc847-0185-4fa6-81a5-a1cc25685b29_rw_1920.png?h=025d6867bff1a4f6fceefb925a62b546)
Leaf
![A cluster of mushrooms set in moss growing in a terrarium cloche](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/a092f0ed-073f-4837-a6cb-32807098c587_rw_1920.png?h=800776f3f23a00a23321afeabf86730a)
Mushroom
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![The 340 cypher written by the Zodiac killer displayed on an easel](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/9c7607d6-d01f-4408-ba14-055a411fd268_rw_1920.png?h=c39fd0ad61c795443180c5832af7e233)
Note: This one took a minute to settle on ultimately landing on the Zodiac 340 Cypher
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![A Swedish Dalecarlian, or Dala horse carving with painted decoration](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/d1fb7704-3269-41df-a973-76c5f8691c38_rw_1920.png?h=3e9bea3ed9d6a682916b1415ca54b45a)
Trinket
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