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Whenever I’m asked to design something I bring these babies out. Instead of spending hours in Adobe hell rendering a concept, I just sketch it out in watercolors, scan it, tweak it and add in dimensions. I can’t tell you how many people are blown away by this. The deeper we fall into a AI/VR/algorithm run world, the more handmade touches become a true sign of luxury and taste.
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They’re so fun. I’ve been doodling with colored pencils for a while but the water really fills things in and makes them look… perfectly imperfect ??
Jan 5, 2025
Just like a small little set. Gouache is good because it dries really fast and you don’t need much water. If i have space for a laptop i have space for paints.Feel so much happier when i look back through my notebook and there's colours instead of weird sentences :)
Oct 2, 2024
I’m mostly an analog drawer, but sometimes playing around on Procreate helps me work out ideas quickly without wasting lots of paper. It’s also super fun to try to achieve the texture of real pencil and paper digitally by drawing on top of scans and messing with settings. I’m making Mk.gee fanart with Lord of the Rings fonts 🧘🏻♀️
Dec 16, 2024
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This goes against the grain of my anxiety riddled brain, but if you find yourself in a bout of unemployment I encourage you to lean in. From what I read, this very platform would not exist were it not for unemployment. Granted I know this perspective sounds like and is a privileged take, but just know I have no idea where next month’s rent is coming from. I find that the psychic terror of not making money creeps in when I’m most idle, so I try to do one or more of these things a day to keep that feeling at bay:
- Walk my dog
- Go to a museum
- Research for creative projects
- Make said creative projects
- Call a friend
- Go to the gym
- Read a book or long form journalism
- Cook
- Clean my house
Eventually I know that the capitalist grind will rear its ugly head, as it always does, but for a brief moment in time it’s nice to just shut the door on its face.
Mar 2, 2024
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Most New Yorkers loathe midtown, but I’m not one of them. Name another neighborhood where you can find the city’s most iconic institutions (Keens, Grand Central Oyster Bar, NYPL), specialty material stores (B&H Fabric, Toho, Jamali), great baked goods (Culture, Rose Bakery, Cafe D’Avignon) Japanese grocery stores (Dainobu, Katagiri), all your doctor’s offices, restaurants that stand up to their hype (Sugarfish, Lodi) and your corporate basics (Uniqlo, Muji)? Excuse me…I’m waiting. What I love most about midtown is that it’s an area for getting shit done. No lollygaggers allowed!
Feb 15, 2024
- For when you need a buffer between you and the world.
- Like wearing a very thin turtleneck and pulling it over half your face.
- The lazy girls version of meditation
Feb 10, 2024