Despite everything, I’ve been having a little fun trying new things with my art. It’s been stressful, but I hope this will bring me a lot of new ideas to my future works.
Being slightly bigger bodied than the people here is rough… my heat tolerance is not as great so going outside is like horrific… but then watching everyone else go outside and handling it makes me feel so incredibly weak. Lmao…
I think the hardest part about conversation with people is that I’m a good listener, but not a good speaker. So when I feel like I share something about myself, it’s very very boring! So I choose to ask more questions about other people rather than actually… saying anything about myself.
I think being told “don’t use the air conditioning too much or you’ll make a huge electric bill” is scary because I then just opt to not use it.
But then suffering through 97F high humidity is breaking my brain. So now I’m using the air conditioning but feeling so incredibly guilty 😩
Has anyone who has gone to a residency before… felt like so high key stressed during their trip? Any stories or anecdotes to help an artist out so they don’t feel alone? (Me, I’m the artist)
WHA really changed my life, and like… I unno if I’ll ever shut up about how much I love the manga. I think once the anime releases I’ll either be insufferable or quietly pull into myself like I did with other media I enjoy. 🥲 either way, will be so excited to see more fans.
Only big problem I have is that I can’t read Chainsaw Man updates in Japan until someone reuploads the scans on their illegal website LOL… so all my friends scream and I’m sitting there like Javert looking through the window
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This middle grade graphic by @bottomshelfbks.bsky.social with gorgeous illustrations by @aluhnim.bsky.social is a story I can't wait to share with my students when they come back! Gentle and thoughtful, it explores the MC's reaction to bullying at school through a family meditation retreat 💚📚
My first residency is such a long one, but with the big matsuri events coming up, there’s little time to actually draw left! But I’m going back to Tokyo for a few days so actually screw drawing HAHAHAHA
Watched The First Slam Dunk with folks at the residency and feeling full (of food and love) after I probably my worst day yet…
Hopefully my body will recover tomorrow. I’ll need the energy.
Having a European make fun of me for being a stupid American for not knowing where they were from based on their accent and then being confused by my name when they saw Chan in the given name position. Lmao… so many mixed feelings.
One of the very first pieces of concept art I did for Angvik 2, a Demigod player character design. The story behind the Gods of this world is that they are robotic or synthetic, so the Demigod is a form of cyborg.
