Where to go from here
1312, painted in 2022 This week’s question comes to us from Anonymous. I spent 25 years building a career in what people now call UX. Now it seems like every...
How to be here
A little painting from 2022(?) Today’s question comes to us from Dan Ryan: So much of my personal growth is from small changes in how I look at the world....
Why is ABBA the greatest pop band of all time?
Detail from Felix Revolts, 2022, a series of painted cartoon stills turned into signs with sticks. This week’s question comes to us from Johan Berndtsson:...
Do you explore different materials when you are painting?
We eat tonight. This week’s question comes from Thiago AMS: Do you explore different materials when you are painting/making art? I don’t. Mariano Rivera was...
Do you miss Twitter?
Do you miss twitter?
Should I move back to France?
Detail of a painting I did in 2022. Clown Show. It’s quite large! This week’s question is from Lola Masson: Should I move back to France? Yes. No. Well,...
Should I get a tattoo?
Sad Porky, painted sometime in 2022, best I recall. This week’s question comes from James Callan: Should I get a tattoo? And if so, how do I decide what to...
How to fix the internet
I was in a very good mood when I painted these. This week’s question comes from John V Willshire: Which internet do you wish we’d ended up with instead of...
How to be happy
Everyone deserves to feel safe in their home. This week’s question comes from Stephanie Reith: Looking back on your life, what was your biggest obstacle to...
How to get up tomorrow
Recent-ish painting. I was in a very good mood. This week’s question comes from Cody Almond: How do you think about answering the question “what is my reason...
How to actually be helpful
Detail of a painting I recently finished This week’s question comes from Milly Schmidt: What's your most annoying bad habit? My most annoying bad habit is...
Let’s sync up.
This week’s question comes from Dinah Sanders: What activities make you feel the most like your mind and body are in sync, in the same place, doing the same...
Value and quality
This week’s question comes from Douglas Dollars: What is the role (and value) of “quality” when often simply having something in the first place is so much...
Let's start a habit!
TL;DR SEND ME QUESTIONS Once upon a time, I wrote. And then things happened and I stopped writing. (I started painting again, but that's a story for another...
Something new to look at
Happy Saturday. The world is shit, but I finished a painting yesterday and wanted to share it with you. Hope you get some joy out of seeing it. I got some...
Let’s help someone today
Hello. I want to tell you about Taysir today. And let me start by telling you right off the bat that that I've never met Taysir, and I may never meet him,...
It’s easy not to talk about it…
It’s easy not to talk about it. It’s easy not to talk about Palestine. All you have to do is sit at home, where it’s warm, where it’s comfortable, where you...
Meet Cardi
Hello! TL;DR: give me money and be pleasantly surprised. Part of the fun of publishing your own shit is that you can keep making weird shit to give away with...
The Perfect Gift
TL;DR Click here, gimme money. Yes, yes, yes. I know I just sent a newsletter out yesterday, but this is a good one. As you may or may not know, earlier this...
TOO COOL TO JOIN A UNION? JOIN A UNION.
Hello. Mike here with a merch update! If you order a Design Is a Job zine this week you’ll be getting three things: A lovely hot pink pencil with a fun...