Miscellany – Page 5 of 30

Making comics, creating zines, and daily life – Miscellany is odds and ends, curiosities, and the stuff between the couch cushions.

Watercolour drawing of a penguin in sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt.

Hawaiian penguin

March 23, 2023 | Miscellany

It’s still winter here, but sunny days are ahead. I mean, probably. After the freezing rain, and 10 cm of snow. This penguin is clearly ready, as are we all.

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9 Ways To Draw a Person

9 Ways To Draw a Person

March 20, 2023 | Miscellany

Director, artist, and animator Sasha Svirsky’s 9 Ways To Draw a Person rolled through my feed today, and I found it inspiring.

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Talk less, listen more

Talk less, listen more

March 19, 2023 | Miscellany

Author Dan Lyons had a bit on CBS Sunday Morning about talking less and listening more, and how social media forces over-talking. I’m going to shut up now.

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Watercolour illustration of an astronaut floating on an alien rock.

Floating astronaut

March 15, 2023 | Miscellany

A watercolour doodle of an astronaut questioning his life choices, and a winter snow update because there’s absolutely nothing else to talk about.

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Watercolour illustration of a robot tending to a garden.

Gardenbot

March 7, 2023 | Miscellany

A few thoughts on gardening mistakes last year, creative malaise, and the scientific advancement we all need: Gardenbot!

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Watercolour illustration of a scared cat with it's fur all poofy.

Cat go poof

March 2, 2023 | Miscellany

I spent a half hour trying to write something pithy to go with this illustration of a scared cat with it’s fur all poofy.

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Watercolour drawing of a radio on fire.

Radio on fire

February 20, 2023 | Miscellany

A small drawing of a burning radio, and the story of why I returned to analog radio a few years ago.

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Watercolour illustration of a cat in a taco.

Tacocat

February 14, 2023 | Miscellany

I’d like to go on record and say that cat is not an acceptable taco topping. If for no other reason than the hairballs. But also because of the cat.

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A watercolour cartoon of a cat wearing a ninja costume.

Ninja cat!

February 6, 2023 | Miscellany

It’s a Ninja Cat sneak attack!

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Mark Manson on progress

Mark Manson on progress

February 2, 2023 | Miscellany

Learning can feel like progress, even when it’s not progress. How many times have I used learning as a replacement for creating? Too many, that’s how many.

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