Ohh how good it feels to sit down behind the mic again and catch up with you--I've missed doing this. Since I have silly little covid, I have an excuse to slow down, stay home, and record. It's humbling to have something that makes you stay at home right after moving to a new place.
L...
2022-09-22 15:54:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings from my new home in the Chicago area!! Sitting down and writing this makes me feel like I'm officially feeling like I'm back to some semblance of a routine. I'll save the extensive details and nitty gritty of what it's like to be in a new part of America (for my followers outside the US...
2022-09-13 21:54:36 +0000 UTC View Post
ᕦ( ̿ ﹏ ̿ )ᕤ This is a big chunky one folks, 1 hour and 2 whole minutes of talking about the concept of "dream jobs", including answering your questions about dream jobs. I covered everything from feelings of guilt, not wanting to draw every day, harsh realities and the fluidity of jobs--a...
2022-08-16 17:04:40 +0000 UTC View PostLike I mentioned in my last post (listen here!), I want to start gearing this space toward having more theme-sp...
2022-08-07 19:56:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all, welcome to August! (or for some, happy halloween the 1st)
I'm really excited to start making these podcasts more regular and more theme-specific. Moving forward, I could use your input too (like what topics you'd like to hear about) and soon I'll be taking questions for future them...
2022-08-02 14:36:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and happy mid-to-late-July! Maybe I should just stick with saying mid-July because saying it's late July feels like we're rushing things (and we certainly don't need that). I've got a smaller batch of secret sketches to share today, mostly because ARDEN HIGH: King Cheer (and moving stuff, a...
2022-07-20 14:37:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Helloooo horned hercules beetle! How are you? I've got a fun mixed bag to look at today. Before we get into the art notes/explanations, let's chat a bit about what's been going on.
In my previous secret sketche...
2022-07-02 15:29:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Questions covered in part two of this Q&A:
do you have any tips on how to loosen up lines? your top three go-to snack choices? have you ever considered working in animation? any tips on learning how to hand-letter confidently? how you manage a consistent work/life schedule as an illustr...
2022-06-28 15:34:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Questions asked and answered in this first segment:
how do you usually get through art block? what made you want to move? how are you feeling about moving in with roommates after living alone? what are your thoughts on creative instant gratification? how do you feel about the tattoos on you...
2022-06-21 13:48:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there! I think this is one of my favorites because it represents the wide variety of the projects I'm working on.
I haven't gotten to touch my sketchbook, or traditionally paint something in some time, which used to affect me more but it's weird how I've gotten used to it. In art ...
2022-06-10 14:07:52 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a while since we did a Q&A session here, and I'd love to answer your questions in a big podcast and/or newsletter post. Let's catch up! Ask me absolutely anything--nothing ...
2022-06-08 14:39:27 +0000 UTC View Post
As stated immediately in the audio of this podcast, I'm in my no-typing era, meaning that typing on a screen has been especially unappealing to me lately. But! I had a lot I wanted to update you on and hare today.
2022-05-28 22:41:46 +0000 UTC
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Today we're talking about lots of personal stuff, it's a juicy 40 minute podcast (I want to call this something other than a podcast eventually because I feel like a real tool calling it a ~podcast~). This is perhaps my most personal audio recor...
2022-05-09 22:56:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and welcome to you, and welcome to the month of May. Here's a song for you to enjoy today, it's called Komorebi which means sunlight filtering through the trees, making...
2022-05-02 16:02:10 +0000 UTC View Post
You guys voted on what video I'd film this month, and the popular choice was USING COLOR! I have struggled in the past with explaining my choices because they all feel second nature to me, and I didn't know how to put it into words. (In fact as I mention in this video, I've actua...
2022-04-29 17:45:47 +0000 UTC View PostI'll start of by saying HOOOOO BOY
I got all the character sketches approved, the final manuscript in hand, and the green light to go!!
It's only the very b...
2022-04-16 20:17:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and welcome to an image-filled and deeply personal newsletter blog. Today we're covering everything that has been going on in my life as an illustrator between big projects, as wel...
2022-04-12 18:24:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm so happy to say Happy Spring (to all my northern hemisphere friends)!! I'm sitting outside my apartment in the direct sun, kind of sweating, kind of squinting at my computer screen to see literally anything at all, but so jazzed to be out here. Let's get into it!! 2022-03-22 19:43:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello campfire besties, I'm here with something I promised a bit ago: a podcast all about my experience with tattooing, how I got into it, what supplies I use, my insecurities, and my thoughts on how it might (or might not) fit into my regular career as a book illustrator! I also...
2022-03-19 21:27:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi and welcome to a new blog installment format where we're just going to hang out and casually chat about the past week!
We're talking low-workload periods (and how I fill m...
2022-03-11 18:06:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all! This first *highly* casual installment is an introduction on how I use procreate, including canvas settings, app organization, brush preferences, pressure sensitivity, and some rendering techniques using my favorite texture brushes! This is by n...
2022-03-01 00:04:22 +0000 UTC View Post
What!! The return of the printable!! Yes, that's right! Although I won't be making a monthly printable like I did with the harvest tier, I missed making these too much and wanted to pepper some in once in a while. And no, it's not even really Spring yet....I think we still have a...
2022-02-22 15:54:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello~! ✸ Welcome to a sort of vlog-style gallery-view post. I just got home a few days ago from a roadtrip to and from Washington DC. I had been previously, as had my partner, but we were both around 10 years old when we went. Our intention was to just enjoy the journey to and from, as well as...
2022-02-20 17:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there, happy Wednesday February 9th! No, this day doesn't mean anything. But I wanted to say it regardless.
This isn't a hefty batch of sketches, but that mostly because I can't show you too much of the ARDEN HIGH: King Cheer cast list yet...not until ...
2022-02-09 19:41:12 +0000 UTC View Post
As we near the end of our first week in February 2022, I wanted to stop in and say a few things! First off, thank you for being here, and welcome if you are new to our community. A lot o...
2022-02-06 17:57:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Monday January 31st! For me, it felt like a long and rewarding month. Did it last a while for you too? I saw a post that said something like "January feels like forever, then February flies by, then comes March, April, then Summer and basically it's already over. Happy 2023...
2022-01-31 14:38:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all, today I had the idea to do a spur-of-the-moment voice over, just chatting you up about what's currently floating around in my mind, over top of a speedpaint screen recording featuring the first page of ARDEN HIGH: Twelfth Grade Night. I recorded this as sort of a celebration when finishi...
2022-01-28 16:56:18 +0000 UTC View Post
As I promised in my last post, it's a newsletter/blog post! I figured it would be a great start to our new year together to cozy up and chat. How are you doing? Do you have anything you're aiming for in ...
2022-01-13 18:47:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy new year, you. 🐯
Last year I set resolutions that I was not able to stick to, mostly the learning Japanese one...I will blame how busy I was with work for that one. Genuinely! I would have kept going with it if I had enough time in every day to set aside f...
2022-01-04 18:12:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Answering questions in a clunky fashion on the fly! Doesn't it feel right to wrap up 2021 in such a way?
Here's the link to my art inspiration pinterest board that I was talking about: https://www.pinterest...
2021-12-23 02:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post