#i uh. learned a lot about making comics in csp. my process is still a MESS

[2000sanimeop]

a fine SPARKLE OFF thursday to the jackstos nation! I made this comic in celebration of JACKSTOS JUNE! I put a weird amount of effort into this over the last month and change, so please enjoy!

[allbeendonebefore]

I was tagged ages ago by the amazing @judiejodia​ and i forgot until just now because i’ve been so busy and caught up in my own head so I’m going to sneakily work on this before zoom hell this morning >>

rules: it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 (or so) favourite  works that you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc) and link  them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world  in 2020. tag as many writers/artists/etc as you want (fan or original)  so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works. 

1. I wrote and completed another chapter of my silly comic about cities which you can find @battle-of-alberta​: 

I worked on this set of panels during my first synchronous online class back in March when schools started to shut down (it was presentations so doodling helped me pay attention, don’t worry I wasn’t taking notes haha).

2. Related to that, I also completed a lot of asks for that blog and learned how to animate in CSP, which was pretty fun (and I Will get back to this at some point I just have a Lot going on rn)

3. I’ve been bullet journalling for most of my time in grad school and while it was difficult to adapt to the pandemic and being trapped at home, I did really like having it with me and being able to share some of it with people back when I was still out and about in the world. I’m switching to a different brand this year but I archived my three “Toronto Chronicle” journals before I started the next one.

4. I spent a LOT of the pandemic cooking and baking. I’ve always had a uh, less than healthy relationship with food and so it was nice to just have the space and the ingredients to try things I wouldn’t normally try just to see if I could. I made macarons, I made the ualberta tuck shop cinnamon buns, I made my grandma’s pierogies from scratch (although I haven’t officially gotten her approval seeing as we can’t see each other :c ), tons of cakes and cookies and bread, cornish-ish pasties, I made a whole ton of things so it’s hard to choose one.

I guess the thing I think of as best summarizing my culinary journey is karepan. My family LOVED it and it was actually easier to make than I thought it would be, it’s just a multi step process so it’s one of those things that kind of takes two days if you’re also doing the curry from scratch. (I baked mine rather than deep frying because frying is scary)

5. And I guess one more thing I liked was working on OCtober, it was like a fun combo of research and art that was pretty exhausting but also kind of pushed me through on Finally releasing some commission info, so that’s something. a lot of creative energy has just gone straight to my ocs this year and that is Fine :3

thank you thank you i will now Rest except i can’t because i have to run to zoom ToT