For the Fun of It - little brain jellybeans

pops of joy

Hello again!! I keep hoping to have some time to do a longer form comic or story here, but I’m still in the midst of recovering from burnout (while still in the situation that caused the burnout, a tricky balance!). So instead, I thought I’d share some squiggly sketches and some of the things that have been giving me joy.

I’ve been really enjoying watching collage videos lately! A couple years back, I got this lovely “Cut Paper Pictures” book.

I’ve always loved a lot of texture in my work, so it’s been fun to ingest these. I found a lovely kids book artist, Emily Schofield, and I’ve been devouring her videos too. Soothing, pretty, and kind of like watching someone assemble a jigsaw.

There’s a new ~ trend ~ of “junk journalling”, a sort of scrapbooking on steroids that I’ve been liking. I did some minor version of this when I made my Halifax sketchbook. I would love to keep doing this in my sketchbooks, gluing things in and making it feel more textured and fun.

I’ve been continuing sketching just a little here and there, and it’s been emotionally so helpful for me!! I have returned to a practice I used to do back in college- filling a page with many different versions of the same thing. I used to do it with “matryoshkas”, where I would make many sizes of something (like a bear) from big to small.

pools ~

Anyway I hope you’re holding up okay!

i thought of Chey Curtis when I drew this, she is the queen of all things bows.

ok love u bye