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Past Brenda is a jerk.

Early look at the comic coming out later. I sometimes find it super helpful to imagine my past, present, and future selves as these three completely autonomous beings. It’s helpful when I need to...

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Little sneak peek!

Hello lovely Patrons!

I'm still gathering all your books for our collective Shelf Portrait (see my previous post and send me your book picks if you haven't!) That one will be a bit of a longe...

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Make. Always Make.

Hello beautiful patrons,


Just posted this wee comic and wanted to pop it in here. I’ve been feeling very slow moving lately - sluggish and overheated and a little low on inspirat...

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Live Painting in the Byward Market!

Hey beautiful Patrons.

Wanted to load this video for you guys here before it goes on any socials. I was delighted to have Ottawa Markets ask me to paint one of the giant Tulip Festival tulips...

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The Mental Load of Managing Risk

It’s time for the Patron-Exclusive comic!! 

I’ve been a bit squirrelly lately. The way that we seem to be pulling out of pandemic, slowly easing restrictions and opening the world ba...

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Remember class photos? I need your help...

Hello lovely folks.

It is SWELTERING hot in the studio these days. My heat-addled brain has been coming up with some strange ideas. One of my personal favourites has been the Self-Portrait St...

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New Skill Share class! Free link for Patrons <3

A new Skill Share class has just gone up all about making comics for creativity. You don't need anything more than a pencil and paper for this one so no trip to the art supplies store required.&nbs...

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the tiniest zine

I posted a comic a little while back about wasting time and the things I do that actually help me think. Fun fact, that little comic actually started out as a teensy weensy zine I made during a Cre...

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July downloads are here! Socially Distant Dinos

It's time it's time for desktop and phone backgrounds! These socially distant dinosaurs are here to remind us of the simple things we can do to stay safe and healthy and like...NOT contribute to th...

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Sneak peek!

July perks are coming together. Get ready for Socially Distant Dinos!

Wanna send someone a little mail-art love? Let me know before July 1st if you’d like to gift your perks this month in e...

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Early look at the sketchbox vid!

Hello beautiful patrons! 

The June Sketchbox arrived and wanted to share the little video I made about it here before it goes out on socials. This box of supplies was a very graphite-hea...

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Hey. Hey! HAY!!

Wanted to share this little comic with you guys first before I put it out on socials. Just a wee reminder to myself and others to REMEMBER TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF DANG IT!

I will shake my fi...

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How to comic when you can't.

Hello lovely Patrons.

I posted a little while back with the portrait I did of George Floyd but I knew I wanted to make this month's Patrons-only comic on the subject of the The Black Lives Ma...

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the work

Hey friends. This painting of George Floyd went up on instagram today. I'm working on a bit of a longer comic to post here just for the Patreon fam about the Black Lives Matter movement and some of...

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Loose landscapes: digital downloads are here!

Happy June you wonderful Patrons. I for one am not getting nearly as much outside time as I would like so I decided to paint my way out into the world. I turned these loose landscapes into desktop ...

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YOU GUYS!!

I made a Skillshare class and I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 

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Here we are in May

Sketchbox time! I wanted to share this here first before it goes out on socials. I don't usually do the MerMay drawing challenge &nbs...

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Goldfinches for joy and simplicity

Hello beautiful patrons.

I've been a wee bit obsessed with Goldfinches lately. Why?? Who knows. 

Birds always, Goldfinches lately, reasons never. 

I posted this photo on...

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Textity text text!

Hello lovely Patrons - I hope you had a lovely restful safe and healthy long weekend. Do long weekends still count as long weekends in quarantine? I mean the sunny warm weather and relatively murde...

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Too little / Too much : a patrons-only comic about balance

Happy Friday beautiful Patrons.

I hope your having a socially distant, safe and healthy week. As the weather gets warmer it’s getting harder to stick to the safety precautions but I’m doi...

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Oh that process part

Hello lovely patrons.

Wanted to share a little peek at those landscapes I've been working on. I loved making the video sharing the behind the scenes process of that one landscape in the centr...

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Getting dressed. Differences.

Hey listen, any day my socks match is a BIG DAY. What’s gettin’ you guys out of pyjamas these days? If the answer is nothing hey that’s okay too! Your perks should be landing right about now ...

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OOoo we dunno what we're doing!

Hey beautiful Patrons! I am loving trying out these landscapes but man are they ever out of my comfort zone. Wanted to put up this little video over here for you folks first before it goes out on s...

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Landscape done!

Little peek at the sketchbook spread from that landscape I was working on. Taking painters tape off the edges is definitely my favourite part.

In other news, landscapes are hard!! I’m worki...

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Pandemic Awards! 'Cuz ya gotta treat yourself y'know?

Ooooookay okay okay SO. It's getting really nice outside AND I am finding it progressively more difficult to maintain the safety precautions in place as a result. Ottawa is a city that experiences ...

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Owiieeee my comfort zone!

I wanted to share a little early look at the first stages of some sketchbook studies. My sketchbooks are sort of a mixed bag of more finished pieces and some cringe-y behind the scenes stuff. This ...

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Life (Drawing) on Lockdown

For the moment it isn’t an option to go out into the world and just hang out and draw people and places. This is certainly the smallest of problems in the grand scheme but it’s one I needed to ...

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Quarentine made me do it.

Okay full disclosure I did not, in fact, give myself an accidental bald patch. Also having fluffy curly hair means it’s already kind of just going in all directions so you can get away with a lot...

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Pandemic Awards!

Happy Monday you wonderful folks!

Didn’t speak moistly this weekend did you? Oh good I’m glad. Just sharing a sneak peek of one of the sticker designs for the coming April perks.

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Oh it's happening.

Wanted to put this little gem of a moment here for Patrons only before it goes out on socials later today. 

Fun fact: I've cut my own hair many a time with varying degrees of success and...

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