About

Cole Phoenix Skaggs
Hello, my name is

COLE PHOENIX SKAGGS

Welcome to SUPER EXTRA FANCY !!! I’ve been a compulsive left-hand drawer my whole life — over 7,000 (and counting) original ink drawings, all inspired by patterns in nature: trees, water & wood.

Cypress tree drawing Birch trees drawing Palm tree drawing

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As Featured In

415 Zine Issue 10 cover

415 Zine · Issue 10 — a beautiful writeup on my work. Grab a print copy from them.

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My Supplies

The exact tools behind every Super Extra Fancy drawing — and where I get them.

Water brush pen

Water Brush Pen

Large Pentel Vistage — filled with ink, my everyday workhorse.

JetPens →
Noodler X-Feather black ink

Ink

Archival Noodler’s X-Feather Black — lasts for centuries.

JetPens →
Strathmore toned tan sketch paper

Toned Sketch Paper

Strathmore 400 Toned Tan — the surface I draw on most.

Blick pads: 9×12 · 18×24

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Strathmore mixed media pad

Mixed Media Paper

Strathmore 400 Mixed Media — heavier, takes wet media.

Blick pads: 9×12 & 18×24

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Stonehenge kraft paper

Kraft Sheets

Stonehenge Kraft, 22″×30″ — for larger finished pieces.

Blick →
Kraft paper roll

Paper by the Roll

50″ Stonehenge roll — for the really big work.

TALAS →

My go-to shops: JetPens · Blick · TALAS

— and to hang it all —

Polaroid of a Super Extra Fancy drawing hanging in a wood frame

Hanging Frames

Inexpensive magnetic wood poster hangers — how I hang my drawings.

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My Playlist

The SUPER EXTRA FANCY PLAYLIST — 30 hours of vibey hip-hop, instrumental, jazz & pop. Leave it bumpin’ while you draw.

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Further Reading for Wood Lovers

The Hidden Life of Trees coverThe Hidden Life of Trees — Peter Wohlleben

The Overstory coverThe Overstory — Richard Powers

The Intimacy of Paper coverThe Intimacy of Paper — Jonathan Senchyne

Eager coverEager: The Secret Life of Beavers — Ben Goldfarb

The Giving Tree coverThe Giving Tree — Shel Silverstein

Movies Every Wood Lover Needs to See

Hoppers posterHoppers (2026)

Hundreds of Beavers posterHundreds of Beavers (2024)

My Neighbor Totoro posterMy Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Clear Day Thunder posterClear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut

The Beaver Believers posterThe Beaver Believers (2018)

Microcosmos posterMicrocosmos (1996)

Use My Work

Stained glass willow drawing Moonlit water drawing Floriography flower drawing

Every drawing in my Archive is free to use — download it, adapt it, get it tattooed. Just credit Super Extra Fancy and keep it non-commercial (Creative Commons BY-NC). Want to use a drawing commercially? Email me for a license. No fee should stifle your creativity — but if a piece helped you, pay what feels fair. And if you get my work tatted, PLEASE SEND ME A PHOTO !!!

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Commissions & Questions

Want something custom, or just have a question? Drop me a line — I read every one.