ZINE UPDATE

“Coping with Paradise” is officially sold out of its first print run! Hooray, thank you everyone who purchased a copy! I’ll be making the second print run late spring: if you’d like to be updated when it’s released, feel free to sign up to the mailing list.

In other news, I only have 10 copies of Indigestion Issue #1 and once they’re gone, it will be out of print. Yes, unfortunately I won’t be reprinting this issue so if you’ve grab a copy, you’ve snagged one out of 50 comics printed.

Happy Friday! Here are a couple of panels from a swimming themed zine I’m currently working on. Many more strokes to go.

“A Collection: Spring Flowers”, acrylic gouache on paper

Spring is inching closer and closer and to commemorate it one week early, this Collection bit is full of blooming flowers. 

A Collection is a year-long series of small gridded paintings updated bimonthly. If you’d like to see the progress so far, take a look. 

PORTRAIT STUDIES: WORK IN PROGRESS

I’ve been doing a lot of ink portrait studies lately so I thought I’d show a few WIP shots. Above is Neil deGrasse Tyson, J. K. Rowling and Natasha Khan, a.k.a Bat for Lashes, one of my favorite musicians.

“Follicle Farming”

“Gourmet Junk Food”

MINI STUDIO TOUR

Looking back at all the Studio Sundays I’ve done, I realized that I have completely forgotten to give an introductory tour! Well, here it is: my modest corner in my live/work home. Modern condos have a tendency to look really sterile so I’ve been slowly adding touches to make my environment cozy.

Shelf of Coveted Treasures: I reserve this shelf for amazing books I’ve obtained over the years to serve as inspiration and great cover art and design really perks up any room. Currently I have Jillian Tamaki’s embroidered Penguin covers that I am still in love with.

Hanging Zines: I have a curated collection of zines (and sometimes small prints) hanging below my shelf from all the fairs I’ve attended. Zines are something I hold really dear to me, especially from my friends. Instead of shoving them all in a box, I try to keep my favorites out to be admired.

Storage: When I can, I try to store everything flat and easy to find otherwise things get messy very fast. I don’t have space for a proper flat file so I use a shallow shelf. Restricting myself to limited storage space helps me to resist impulsively buying cool/gimmicky supplies and simply sticking with the bare basics.

There it is! Next week I’ll work on making more work in progress shots, promise.

“Animal Grid”

Pattern wallpaper version: (here)

Portraits of the famous faces of Jeanne Beker, Gordon Ramsay, Ira Glass, Conan O’Brien, Nicki Minaj

“A Collection: Mushrooms”, acrylic gouache on paper

A Collection is a year-long series of small gridded paintings updated bimonthly. If you’d like to see the progress so far, take a look.