How do you live?

Dec 22, 2023

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This week I visited my family in St. Louis. It was great to spend the last part of Chanukkah with everyone! I meant to do lots of drawing… and playtest car-2-dle… and neither of those things happened… But that’s okay! I had also planned to do a big 2-page spread called “In My Parents’ House” that will have to wait until next time, but the above is kind of in lieu of that. Here are my references.

Top Left: the background is based off of a really cool painting I saw in the Kansas City Airport. Top right: an embroidery done by my paternal Grandma. Bottom left: my Dad. I love these pictures. Bottom right: a cool towel my parents have that reminds me of woodblock prints.

What I did end up making was this sheet of prints with my sibling. I had never really done printmaking before, but I think it has a lot of promise for “mass producing” (for someone like me) runs of posters or comics. I’m going to have to invest a little bit in supplies, but it’s definitely something I’m going to pursue in the future. If you want to see a study of one of my favorite woodblock printers, you can check out last week’s newsletter.

My Dad gave me his old point and shoot, a Panasonic DMC-ZS7. I really like its aesthetic. Here’s a fun picture of the inside of our apartment.

One of the things I didn’t expect when moving to Southern California was that all of the plants, and I mean pretty much all of them, would be completely different than what you find in Missouri. This really threw me off at first, and I’m still fascinated by all the flora I’ve basically never seen before. Here are some fun shots from the park down the street—see if you can spot the really weird candy-cane-looking cactus.