ps i loved the parka + shorts person - i live in boston and...yes, exactly. (it was nearly 90F the past two days and then the temps dropped 40 degrees. in the same day i had the a/c and fans on but then later the electric blanket.)
i was just talking about "the creative power of limitations" (this is such a great and succinct phrase and i will be finding a permanent memory slot in my brain for it) the other day. it was in reference to top chef, as someone always bungles it when they have access to everything and a buttload of time; but also when i was getting my BFA i definitely did some of my best work when my professor was like "and you can only use one font, no color, two sizes and two weights." and everyone would groan and feel stressed like a quickfire challenge but then you would churn out some truly beautiful stuff. the projects that i took the longest on and had the hardest time with as a working adult were definitely the ones where i had to start with a blank canvas like it was this great gift of open ended creativity.
I think that's the been the challenge of full-time cartooning, too - the assumption that everything would be fixed once I had all my time to devote to it, and the result being sort of the opposite!
i love that your paintings bring people watching experiences to life. like i feel the same sort of awe and comfort looking at your paintings the way i do when im listening to music and people watching IRL except your paintings are more wholesome heh
I relate a lot to the taking for granted to want to make art. I did too, and now that I don't feel like doing art constantly a little crisis has come up. Thanks for sharing, I love the texture of the watercolors!
ps i loved the parka + shorts person - i live in boston and...yes, exactly. (it was nearly 90F the past two days and then the temps dropped 40 degrees. in the same day i had the a/c and fans on but then later the electric blanket.)
i was just talking about "the creative power of limitations" (this is such a great and succinct phrase and i will be finding a permanent memory slot in my brain for it) the other day. it was in reference to top chef, as someone always bungles it when they have access to everything and a buttload of time; but also when i was getting my BFA i definitely did some of my best work when my professor was like "and you can only use one font, no color, two sizes and two weights." and everyone would groan and feel stressed like a quickfire challenge but then you would churn out some truly beautiful stuff. the projects that i took the longest on and had the hardest time with as a working adult were definitely the ones where i had to start with a blank canvas like it was this great gift of open ended creativity.
I think that's the been the challenge of full-time cartooning, too - the assumption that everything would be fixed once I had all my time to devote to it, and the result being sort of the opposite!
i love that your paintings bring people watching experiences to life. like i feel the same sort of awe and comfort looking at your paintings the way i do when im listening to music and people watching IRL except your paintings are more wholesome heh
Thank you! :)
Cloudy ☁️ with a drip💧 of ☔️ = beautifully day🤓
Sometimes it is important to just do a thing without letting second thoughts get in the way!
Case for Making has great online classes too good for rut-busting and don’t-feel-like it-but-need-it fun 🤩
ooooh I'll have to check those out!
I relate a lot to the taking for granted to want to make art. I did too, and now that I don't feel like doing art constantly a little crisis has come up. Thanks for sharing, I love the texture of the watercolors!
I'm so jealous of your style! Shades of Quentin Blake with a whole new "You"-ness. So much fun and movement!
Thanks so much! :)