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!!
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 👎👎👎
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!!
This year, Hourly Comics Day got moved a week to February 8th—which happened to be the very last day of my week-long vacation. Overall it was a good day, with lots of stay-at-home adventures!
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On July 22nd I broke my arm after falling out of a car, just as I arrived to Boulder, CO for a planetarium conference. Yikes! First time breaking a bone, first time going to the hospital in another country…
(yes, I had travel insurance. NEVER EVER EVER travel without insurance! this could have gone very badly!!)
Despite this being a serious fracture, I got pretty lucky—I didn’t need to go through surgery, and it was my non-dominant arm. Silver linings, right?
After getting back home I found myself with a lot of time and not much to do, so I naturally gravitated towards my sketchbook…it felt relatively easy to do with one hand (except for the part where I can’t use a ruler), and it just felt good to draw for fun, you know? it’s like “oh yeah, I LIKE doing this!”, who knew!!
The bones painting was done in acrylic gouache, using a 3D model of my CT scan as a reference—you can see it’s horribly broken, but all the pieces are in place! I went into this painting with absolutely no expectations, and then it turned out surprisingly good… am I a bones person now??? (probably not)
Anyway, I still have MONTHS of rest and physical therapy before I make a full recovery, but I’m making good progress! It’s all time and patience now… 😌💦