work in progress Reviewing My Struggling People This week was all about people straining, stressing, and grimacing—and I’m proud I kept pushing through my weak spot!
work in progress Ouch and Brrr! Drawing Practice Today’s drawing drills: people in pain and people freezing. Needles still terrify me, and Chicago winter is already creeping in!
work in progress Drawing Practice: Full-Body Protest Today’s sketch theme was “angry and resisting”—basically full-body protest poses. Way more fun than I expected, and I couldn’t stop laughing while drawing.
work in progress Just Another Lazy Day Practiced drawing, went for a walk, snacked, lazed around… and somehow the day’s already gone.
work in progress Some Days You Just Draw Bad Tried sketching at a café today and… wow. Truly terrible. But hey, still my “progress,” so up it goes!
work in progress Gold Star for Just Picking Up My Pen Today! Finally feeling better, and my doodling urge is back! Today I sketched a boxer and a tipsy characters as rehab practice.
work in progress Hang in There, Little Quarterback! Back from Japan and still wiped out, but my husband’s “Hang in there, my little quarterback!” pep talk weirdly hit the spot.
work in progress I Need a Doraemon Door, Urgently Had to rush somewhere out of the blue and kept thinking, “If only I had Doraemon’s Anywhere Door right now…”
work in progress Another Day at Spudnik Press! Checking colors, fixing tiny details, and double-checking everything right up to the very end.
work in progress Melting Like an Ice Cream in Chicago Chicago is melting. I’m melting. Everyone’s melting. Please put me in the freezer.
work in progress Riso Print Day at RISO POP I skipped the cheese and printed risos in Amsterdam! Here's how Charlie the noble herring-lover was born.
work in progress Happy July 4th! July 4th means fireworks to me—whether you're launching them or just watching, here's to a safe and sparkle-filled holiday!
work in progress The Art of Goro Goro I spent the entire day yesterday doing absolutely nothing—and I'm here to explain why that's an art form.
work in progress One Year of Morning Pages I’ve been doing Morning Pages for a whole year now! They’re like a brain flush every morning—less emotional fog, more clarity, and way fewer useless news rabbit holes.
work in progress Too Many Menus, Not Enough Hands—But the Stars Had a Plan Star charts, strength tests, and ramen metaphors: here’s how I learned to stop fighting myself and lean into what I do best.
work in progress My Orchid Bloomed—Three Years Later! After years of care (and one summer of neglect... oops), my adopted orchid finally bloomed—and taught me something big about light and love.
work in progress Bathtime Brainwaves My best ideas come when I’m not even trying—usually in the bath, when my brain finally gets a chance to relax (and throw me a surprise idea!).
work in progress Sugar Smarter, Feel Better I used to get crushed by sudden waves of anxiety, sleepiness, or brain fog—until I realized it wasn’t a mindset problem. It was sugar.
work in progress Risograph Experiments, Round 2! (Now with More Shadows) Printed a bunch in two hours! Shadows, gradients, emergency teal ink, and a few coal-miner faces later—I learned a ton and had a blast.
work in progress Gradient Revenge: Risograph Test Round Two! My last gradient print flopped a little… so I made an army of shaded faces and colorful hair to get my revenge. Let’s print!
work in progress When in Doubt, Make the Card Yourself None of the store-bought cards felt right… so I made one myself. With kanji. Using our bodies. It’s ridiculous. And perfect.
work in progress My Risograph File Adventure This time I did the color separation myself! Some mess, some stress, and sneaky leftover blobs—but hey, that’s risograph magic.
work in progress Fold, Cut, Repeat! The Something Long Saga I folded! I panicked! I learned! “Something Long” is done (maybe?) and I’ve got notes for Future Me.
work in progress RISO Meetup Magic I’m usually way too shy to talk to people, but thanks to risograph (my new secret superpower), I made real-life art friends! Bonus: I gave out Something Long and it made people smile.
work in progress Printing Day at Spudnik Press I finally printed Something Long! One upside-down file and one ink surprise later, I still had so much fun.
