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#echeveria #illustration #artists on tumblr #plants #succulents

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Books read in February 2024

THE PRETTIEST STAR by Carter Sickels

POOR DEER by Claire Oshetsky

STAGES OF ROT by Linnea Sterte

SO LONG SAD LOVE by Mirion Malle

I DO EVERYTHING I'M TOLD by Megan Fernandes

THE TAIGA SYNDROME by Cristina Rivera Garza, Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine & Aviva Kana

SUITE FOR BARBARA LODEN by Nathalie Léger, translated by Natasha Lehrer & Cécile Menon

THE SKUNKS by Fiona Warnick

MAGNOLIA WU UNFOLDS IT ALL by Chanel Miller

A FROG IN THE FALL by Linnea Sterte

HOW TO END A LOVE STORY by Yulin Kuang

SLOW DANCE by Rainbow Rowell

#Books #a good reading month!! #mini books #fiction #comics #graphic novels #poetry #favorites were #the skunks #A frog in the fall #I do everything I’m told #magnolia wu unfolds it all #the prettiest star was also good and so sad

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Year of the Dragon 🐉

#year of the dragon #2024 #dragon #collage #artists on tumblr #arts and crafts #art process #could a depressed person do this #January was rough #feeling so regular again phew #no music cause I didn’t like my options #just paper crinkling

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The weathergirl

#illustration #gouache #artists on tumblr #shooting star #stars #clouds #rainbow #2024

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Started a film sketchbook

#Thursday night cinema #sketchbook #film #movies #past lives #ink #pen sketch #sketch #artists on tumblr #illustration #drawing

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Books read in January 2024

ALL FOURS by Miranda July

GENDER QUEER by Maia Kobabe

THE MAGNETIC GIRL by Jessica Handler

FIREBUGS by Nino Bulling

SCREEN TESTS by Kate Zambreno 

THE GULF by Adam de Souza 

#books #artists on tumblr #2024 #january 2024 #art #illustration #book covers #fiction #graphic novels #comics #galley brag #graphic memoir

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Recent books

#February 2024 #2024 #small press #library books #keeping books out of the rain! #only intended to get 3 and then… #whoops #books #big books

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January 2024

Long and cold but sunny except for when it was raining or foggy. Waiting. Wasting. Staying in bed too long on Saturdays and Sundays. Too much falling into tumblr, instagram, and YouTube holes. Very scattered, but some discipline in staying off social media after 8pm, yoga almost every day, cooking meals, some mindfulness.

Film

Water Lilies directed by Céline Sciamma (ohh man. It felt like This One Summer, and it made me so happy to have survived being a teen girl.)

Screen Tests by Kate Zambreno (a book of film criticism, essays, musings, tiny fictions…recognized more of the philosophers and writers than directors and actors, but it felt good for my brain, references from pivotal learning eras in my life coming together. A bit Rebecca Solnit, a bit Maggie Nelson, a bit Kyo Maclear, if any of them wrote more about the movies. (A heap of Leanne Shapton, perhaps!))

Music

“Pressure to Party” by Julia Jacklin

“Sports” by Beach Bunny

“Map On A Wall” by Lucy Dacus

Crafts

A big sparkly dragon collage that I taped to my wall and worked on all month

Embroidering bows and fish and houses and circles onto my gray cardigan

Knitting pink striped socks

Paint chip Lunar New Year / Valentine’s tiny dragons

Cozy cat collages for Paper JAM January art challenge

Inspiration

Heavy on the comics: Linnea Sterte, Jillian Tamaki, Jade Armstrong, Lucie Bryon, Maia Kobabe

Charlotte Parent

Ulrike Lea Moormann (colors, shapes, houses, knitting, clothing, ceramics)

Food / Drink

Lemon ginger tea

Corn mochi

#January 2024 #2024 #favorite things #favorites #roundup #crafts #illustration

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Scribbling while watching the Books Are Magic livestream for Kelly Link’s book launch of The Book of Love (in conversation with Hilary Leichter!)

#So happy that BAM streamed this #cause i couldn’t make it to any other of her tour stops #also someone talk to me about this book!!! #the book of love #kelly link #journal #doodles #sketchbook

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☀️🌙🌈 sun, moon, + rainbow dragon

#year of the dragon #dragons #2024 #lunar new year #chinese new year #lny2024 #cny2024 #illustration #artists on tumblr

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Happy Year of the Dragon!

#year of the dragon #dragon #collage #valentine’s day #lunar new year #chinese new year #cny2024 #lny2024 #illustration #artists on tumblr #tiny dragon

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Draw some dragons with me and my art pals on instagram!

#illustration #jamwithus #dragon #year of the dragon #2024 #sun dragon #illustrated art #art process #art prompt #artists on tumblr #drawing #sketchbook

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Hourly Comic Day 2024

#hourly comic day #hourly comic day 2024 #hourly comics #hourlies #comic #2024 #ink #autobio comics #day in the life #artists on tumblr

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Having a crafty little January and embroidering sweater embellishments

#2024 #embroidery #rainbow fish #diy #This started out as patching holes and then I got carried away #I’m using a mason jar lid and rubber band cause I think I got rid of my embroidery hoop when I gave up on it years ago

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January cozy cats

#illustration #cozy cats #cats pajamas #cats #jam with us #collage #mixed media #sketchbook #artists on tumblr #2024 #markers #gouache #colored pencil

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Omg I love the idea of painting the covers if the books you read, I might try that myself this year!

Also how did you like the graphic novel Juliette?

Yes! Go for it! I stole the idea from Lizzy Stewart.

I really enjoyed Juliette! It's fun and absurd, and I loved the art (especially the shifts into still lifes without the hard pen outlines) and the focus on small details. It's a pretty subtle and quiet book overall, which I appreciate a lot in graphic novels. It reminded me quite a bit of the movie Amélie, so if you liked that, I think you'll enjoy Juliette.

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#this reminded so much of the graphic novel this one summer!!!! #water lilies #naissance des pieuvres #celine sciamma #Thursday night cinema #sketchbook #movies #french film