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graduation
May 30, 2025
inside the box
April 30, 2025
the making of a comic book school thesis
thumbnails to inks
March 21, 2025
it's wizardry
coming at it sideways
March 8, 2025
secret sketchbook pages
Hourlies
February 4, 2025
an illustrated record of February 1st 2025
sourdough pumpkin cinnamon rolls
January 15, 2025
a recipe zine
the turning of the year is an ouroboros
January 2, 2025
it's actually just my annual post about my planner
knits 'n crafts
December 29, 2024
and one zine
woolgathering
December 16, 2024
my senior thesis presentation
little
November 8, 2024
a dream comic
Halloween Fun(guy)
November 2, 2024
In mid-October I got slammed with a gnarly chest cold and spent four days in bed. My brain was slime mold so all I could manage was to marathon my favorite...
puffin & troll
$ · October 11, 2024
sneak peek of (most of) a mini-comic
studio tour
September 28, 2024
I have ascended to the rank of second-year student at comic book school, which means I am allotted a desk in the senior studio. I picked a spot right next to...
an object at rest
September 20, 2024
is a magnet for monsters
tiny zine of one pot vegan soup recipes, vol. 1
August 31, 2024
it's always soup season in my heart
summer 2024 roundup
August 24, 2024
a forced break from comics but not from making things
Behind the Scenes Part 2: Harebells
July 21, 2024
come do production with me!
entangled
June 21, 2024
an experimental comic about fungi, neurodivergence, and dysphoria
SOAR!!! a roller derby manga
June 7, 2024
and a blog ramble about doing things you thought wouldn't be your jam
Behind the Scenes: Harebells
May 17, 2024
process post about how I made my first year final project
Harebells
May 10, 2024
my first year final project
Year 1 of Comic Book School: That's a Wrap
April 30, 2024
more art coming soon!
safe zone
March 7, 2024
Sorry it’s been quiet over here, it’s been pretty loud in my brain. Also, I have been absolutely maxed out between school, work, and keeping myself alive....
the planner that will solve my life
January 12, 2024
new year, same brain
comic book school semester 1: art dump, pt. 2
December 30, 2023
what the heck happened in the past 4 months according to my journal sketchbook
comic book school semester 1: art dump, pt. 1
December 24, 2023
a load of stuff I made in my first semester at the Center for Cartoon Studies
controlled burn
November 29, 2023
a bibliomancy comic
driftwood
November 7, 2023
a reinterpretation of a fable
Riso is Magic and Nothing Ever Goes Wrong
October 27, 2023
a cartooning school field trip
infinitesimal
October 15, 2023
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sweetness
October 6, 2023
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screenprinting
October 3, 2023
In my Publication Workshop class at CCS, we learned how to use the screenprinting lab! Our assignment was to screenprint a two-color “profile picture” (very...
seeds
September 19, 2023
[from the archives]
sneak peek: Ace 101
$ · September 11, 2023
behind-the-scenes developing a guest comic for OJST
shine
September 5, 2023
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Season of Ash
August 22, 2023
my application comic for CCS
compass
$ · August 13, 2023
a blog post about resurrecting a dream ft. journal comics from the vault
sketchbook dump: top surgery recovery journal
August 4, 2023
Content Notes: bruising & incision scars I kept a journal/sketchbook during top surgery recovery to document the experience. Here’s a selection of pages,...
cracks
July 28, 2023
Content Notes: nudity, dysphoria, mental health Subscribe now
welcome :)
July 11, 2023
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