Back in July I started a new habit of drawing in my sketchbook (no pressure to make anything “finished” or “useful”) for 30 minutes before I leave to work, and it’s honestly been a real game-changer. Some days it’s studies, some days it’s working on personal projects, and some days I just default to PHM fanart because as long as I’m drawing something, it’s a win!!
I never use the monthly spreads in my journal (something something about object permanence), so last month I tried filling it with the books I read during July! It’s mostly going through our TCAF haul…I still got a lot left to read haha….here’s the books if you’re wondering, and/or looking for some new comics to read:
1. “In Real Life” by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang 2. “Testament” by J. Marshall Smith 3. “It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken” by Seth 4. “Absolute Martian Manhunter Vol. 1” by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodríguez 5. “Blind Alley: Five Years On” by Adam de Souza 6-7. “Augustine” by Tas Mukanik and Winter Jay Kiakas 8. “The Wind Beneath The Aspens Ch.1” by Hal 9. “Internal Affairs: Tense Anniversary” by Patrick Crotty, Mel Tow, Michael Furler 10. “Moving Pictures” by Kathryn and Stuart Immonen
Just a whole sketchbook spread of ✨ Project Hail Mary fanart! ✨
I read the book right before the movie came out, and then watched the movie TWICE in theaters—I have not been this obsessed with a book/movie in A REALLY LONG TIME, which is exciting!! It kinda feels like being a teenager on Tumblr again, you know what I mean? Except I now have the responsibilities of someone in their 30s, so I get a lot less time to draw in my sketchbook, but I’m doing what I can here haha…;;
Anyway, this was a fun excuse to play in my sketchbook a bit more often! Good times were had 👎👎👎
I work as a science communicator at a planetarium. Part of my job is making social media posts explaining the latest space and/or science news.
I’ve mentioned before that I want to get more into information graphics, and I would love to be able to create cool things like science comics and hand-drawn infographics more often, but realistically that’s not always possible. But I figured that it doesn’t have to be all or nothing…maybe I can’t make a comic, but I don’t have to settle for a regular text post either. So I’ve been trying some kind of middle ground…now when I have to make one of these posts, I try to ask myself—is there a more visual way to show this? and can I make it in Canva at my work computer?