Year: 2023
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some arm news
So, some news: tomorrow I’m having surgery on my right arm – my dominant arm – my drawing arm, my writing arm, my brushing-my-teeth and typing-in-chat and unlocking-my-door arm – and will lose most use of it for years, and an unknown (but hopefully less dire) amount of use of it forever. As you might…
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asking for recs
i am starving for all the “how to art direct but not at a AAA company” content the universe can provide, certainly so i can continuously get better at my job, but also because I don’t yet have a language for what I’m doing all day every day at work and, like in this Lee…
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Plein Airpril 2023
In April 2023 I tackled the annual Plein Airpril challenge, and painted from life or from my own (or a couple of friends’) photos every day for the full month! I mostly but not only used gouache. It kicked my ass but I was very proud to complete it, and I think there are some…
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Plein Air Painting
I love it and it’s so fun and also it’s really infuriatingly hard and I’m on year 7 of seriously trying to make it a part of my life, so, y’know, I have some thoughts! Regarding getting started, there’s some real rabbit holes you can fall down, including ones such as “what sketchbook is best”…
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Rug Tufting Adventure
I took a few friends to a rug tufting workshop for my birthday! We brought our own designs, and I spent some time earlier in the week making mine more and more simple. It was still definitely way too ambitious, but I had a lot of fun making it and would love to try again…
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Astronomics!
My first art directed game has been announced! Now I can tell you all about all the robots! We made a lot of robots, robots I have become emotionally attached to. Please, check them out.
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High Intensity Comic Work
So my first round of art school was a fine art degree. And I didn’t really know a lot about art careers and I wasn’t really sure what I WANTED to be doing, but I did kind of chafe against the “comics aren’t art” vibe some teachers had. And then Shannon Gerard came and talked.…
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The Immortal
Mixed media painting, watercolour and pencil crayon on watercolour paper.