work in progress Shark vs. Swimmer: A Picture This Exercise in Fear This week, I stepped away from my usual illustration assignments to try a visual storytelling exercise from Picture This.
What I Learned from Picture This While working on my AI-themed illustrations this week, I also started reading Picture This—a book recommended by my academic advisor, ChatGPT-sensei. It’s exactly what I needed.
work in progress Final AI Illustration: A Week of Obsession and Adjustments Still on the AI-themed illustration! After lots of redrawing, zooming in, and tweaking binary-code faces, I think I’ve finally reached my personal best—for this week, at least.
work in progress AI Illustration Woes: Trying All the Angles I tried every possible angle but couldn’t land the right vibe. Why is drawing AI so hard—and not in a cool way!?
work in progress How Should I Draw AI? The Challenge Begins! Still working on my AI-themed illustration! Today was all about figuring out how to draw something that doesn’t really exist...
work in progress This Week’s Art School Topic: AI Editorial Illustrations Can AI be your therapist, your mom, or your only friend? This week I’m sketching out some thoughts on tech, trust, and talking to bots.
inspiration Street Art Forage in NYC Wandered through NYC and picked up street art inspo for Halloween, greeting cards, and general weird-and-cute joy.
inspiration Explored the magical world of Moomins at a Brooklyn Library Visited a Moomin exhibit in New York and got hit with nostalgia, deep thoughts about art, and serious Brooklyn Library envy.
work in progress Ant Candy Parade: Color Trials in Progress Gave my candy-loving ants a fresh coat of color! Still not sure about that one tiny hat, though. Might need a sleep-and-see.
work in progress Hot Dog Dog Gets Some Risograph Colors! I finally added color to my hot dog costume pup! It’s riso-ready… maybe. We’ll see how it looks after a good overnight stare.
work in progress Ant Marching, Candy Angles, and No Magic Today I tried flipping the candy every which way, hoping for a composition breakthrough—but turns out, the original sketch still wins!
work in progress Halloween Card Progress: Hot Dog & Ant Designs One card is locked in—hello, hot dog dog! The ant idea? Still wrestling with it… but at least I’m moving forward!
Halloween Card Sketches: Narrowing It Down to 3 Today I picked 3 Halloween card ideas and made quick roughs! Tomorrow’s mission: more polish, more personality!
work in progress Halloween & Holidays: Double Research Week! This week I’m researching both Halloween and holiday themes—one for class, and one for a real October card project!
news 200 Days of Daily Blogging—Still Going Strong! It’s been 200 days of non-stop blog posts! Even on rough days, I kept showing up. Today, I’m giving myself a big ol’ gold star.
work in progress Final Touches on a Bear Hike Turns out the clouds weren’t quite right. My perfectionist mode activated, and I ended up reshaping the whole composition one last time!
work in progress Coloring Bears: Risograph Style Decisions I tried to keep it minimal, but color and composition had other plans. This week’s final assignment: postcard-ready hiking bears!
work in progress Bear Hike Illustrations: Exploring Angles Today’s class was all about composition studies, and I ended up picking the toughest angle—looking up! Time to let the bears go big.
work in progress Simplifying Two Asheville Illustration Ideas Today’s class was all about cutting elements, boosting clarity, and giving my hiking and beer-loving bears room to shine.
work in progress Asheville Postcard Sketches: Bears & Storytelling Today’s class was all about picking three Asheville-themed ideas and expanding them. Turns out “minimal” is harder than I thought!
Week 2 at My Imaginary Art School: The Asheville Theme This week’s theme is Asheville! Bears, birdsong, craft chocolate, and a chorus of memories from a town I used to call home.
inspiration Street Art Forage in Asheville A quick getaway to Asheville turned into a sticker-spotting spree. Art everywhere, weird aliens, familiar cats—and a wild reunion!?
work in progress September at My Imaginary Art School: Storytelling & Drawing Each week has a full art cycle—from research to sketch to final illustration. Week one was all about summer turning into fall!
Street Art Forage: September’s Spicy Harvest Tanuki armies, surreal ladies, political genius, and street sticker mystery. September’s forage is already off to a wild start.
work in progress Learning Composition with ChatGPT-sensei I used to be scared of the word “composition.” Now I’m kind of obsessed with it—and I owe it all to my imaginary art school.
