More Project Hail Mary fanart! ✨
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
The veredict: comics rule actually 👍
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 👎👎👎
It’s another birthday comic! 🥳
(no, today is not my birthday…it’s actually in October! but these take me some time to make.)
This is the second on my “birthday comic series”—you can find the first one here. It was quite a year, but all’s well that ends well, right? right…???
This morning was my first time attending a ✨ botanical sketching meetup! ✨
It’s a local group that meets once a month in different parks to draw/paint some nature. I’ve been wanting to paint outside more AND I’ve been wanting to share with other artists, so this was a win-win situation! Plus, there’s something about “go paint around the park and we’ll meet back in an hour to show what we did” that really forces you to focus lmao…..
I got to draw and paint 3 different trees in an hour, which was…surprisingly faster than I expected? Like, what do you mean I can draw and paint a tree with watercolors in about 20 minutes? That’s not even too long! And it’s fun! I should be painting more often!!