#iamp saskatchewan

[nakamopapina]

Did another drawing, but Bertie is not afraid to pull the trigger, but he wants answers more.

This was mainly for practice with poses and hats.

Same thing as the previous pic, it’s an AU where Alberta and Sask swap places.

[funofcanada]

owen & joel

[whimsicaldimples]

Happy Halloween! (its been a hot minute)

[tunnels-by-the-river]

So, to finally post something for Indigenous history month, I made a Cutesy comic with Nanook and Owen.

So the name that the province of Saskatchewan goes by, is a shortened and modernized version of the original word of the Saskatchewan River, Kisiskatchewanisipi, which is Cree for ‘Swift-flowing river’.

Which was what most people called the river.

It is unknown (at least to modern peoples) as to the reason why Government did this when the District was formed in 1882.

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Unfortunately not much is known for the origins of the names of the Provinces, and Territories. Some have more info than others.

[acetechne]

in true canadian fashion: sorry i'm late

although, in some ways, i'm actually early. You know what I realized doing this ambitious painting? this year is going to be the 15th anniversary of IAMP.

The call for auditions was uploaded September 22, 2009, and if I recall correctly my audition as artist and VA was accepted around October or November of that same year. I've grown a lot as an artist and as a person in that long time and for some weird reason I just can't let these guys go.

anyway, thanks for everyone who participated in the roulette, I know it doesn't seem like a big deal but I really struggle drawing all of these guys without losing steam. it really helped! especially since I don't do a lot of gouache work and I second guessed myself a lot. It warms my heart a little to see you guys engaged in this silly game.

what else is there to say. oh yeah, I put two types of maple leafs. the stereotypical sugar maple is in the upper right of course, but I also put a manitoba maple in the lower left because that's the kind of maple I'm most familar with where I'm from. it's long been my mission to bring the western rep in whatever I do, so it's kind of my love letter signature to my own constantly changing understanding of Who Am I and Where Am I From.

anyway. enjoy :) i enjoyed making it. thanks to ctcsherry for creating these guys

[nakamopapina]

Alrighty then @madam-of-lithuania I told myself I’ll give it a go after work , and I did it.

Couldn’t find Cymbeline in the list, So I chose the closest name I could find.

I chose December because it was the most neutral route. Chose the time capsule title because opening your Grandma’s recipe books always feels like you’re opening a time capsule!

(A holiday movie where Kokum’s cooking saves the day? Sign me up! lol)

Lmao, I had to play it because the description options are hilarious

@madam-of-lithuania tagging to see your CanLiet version >:D

[canadianconstellations]

i was watching global news bloopers (canadian news channel, fitting) and this showed up

i found it fitting ! i do insist you watch the full video, i found it quite amusing lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpejGoiI9yE

[surfingthesealand]

Happy Birthday to the @project-canada Prairie Bros! 🎂🎉🤠🌾🚜

[allbeendonebefore]

Health Cards: [ part one ] [ x ]

It’s true! Everyone else has normal regular idiot-proof health cards except us and mani, although mani actually prototyped plastic cards and then elected a government that went “you know what, nah”. 

anyway bert is a crybaby

like i think its true that a lot of people misunderstand us and don’t know what it’s actually like, but that goes both ways and i’m learning new stuff all the time. 

[roniebuttercups]

Awhile back I was doing some IAMP doodles... and here are the prairies.

[nakamopapina]

Remember that episode when Sealand posed as Canada, and got busted by England?

So I drew that with Yukon and Sask, for no other reason than for laughs. No other context!

I also got inspired by a certain scene from Prisoner of Azkaban, too.

[funofcanada]

trust me

sask is a barber

[askminne]

// @cherisezed it’s the dough bby himself

[tunnels-by-the-river]

Don’t take this too seriously, this was made just to poke fun at the Sustainable Sask Ad/s.

If you’d seen the sustainable Saskatchewan ads, it feels like Saskatchewan is doing a very great job, Right? Well, it’s just Moe trying so hard to brag about how we are a strong, and successful Province, all while not really acknowledging how underfunded our Education, and Healthcare systems are, among other problems...

Yeah, Despite the claim of the ads, we’re still a dumpster fire, lol.

[acetechne]

@canadianconstellations ok so how'd i do

how to put it... i dont even need to look at the date that video was posted to know it was early July, they're just Like That

[battle-of-alberta]

Battle of Alberta 2021 Survey Results

It’s time!

Quick Summary:

An average BoAB reader is female, age 19-24, and Canadian. Some of you live in Alberta but a bigger chunk of you don’t, and of those that live in Alberta most of you live in or around Edmonton or one of the other two bigger cities.

Most of you found my blog through IAMP or one of my other blogs, most of you all are here for art, jokes and stories, and most of you enjoyed answered asks, illustrations, and character profiles this year. Generally, people are most anticipating more gag comics, asks, and historical stories for the coming year.

Ed and Cal are deadlocked in a tie for favourite character, and most of you are looking to see more of Mac or the Paranormal Trio of small towns followed by Ed and Cal. 

More specifics and the winner of the Battle of Alberta this year below... thanks for participating :D

Demographics

Consistently the main readership of the blog is female, but for the first time there’s some male readership represented! Howdy, fellas.

The biggest age group represented is what I think of as “undergrad”, which is quite pleasing to me. Either the readership is sticking around as they age or maybe I’m just attracting different readership than before. Either way, welcome everyone!

Most readers identify as Canadian, with the rest evenly split between North Americans and readers from elsewhere in the world.

Of those, most readers identify as Albertan, though they are still evenly matched by those who have never set foot in the province.

Of those who have lived in Alberta, most readers live in Edmonton. This is probably skewed somewhat by my own bias because myself and most of my friends are from Edmonton :’) I try to keep this blog from careening straight into an Edmonton-centric blog, but it pleases me that at least someone is going to get my weird references.

Blog

Most of you found this blog by following my other blogs or via the I Am Matthewian Project, which is also very unsurprising. I’m always baffled by the rest of you, but I attribute that to happy accidents of tumblr’s broken search.

I’m so flattered that most of you follow for the art followed by the jokes and stories, I am going to continue to work hard on improving those things in the coming year :) I am now quite comfortable with the basics of CSP, so this year I am going to start applying a bit more of my own style and trying new things.

I also realize that I do sort of skirt around a lot of the history despite spending so much time studying it, it’s always a struggle to think about how to communicate it but I will be working on that a bit more.

Answered asks were by far your favourite category this year, and I’m happy to say I still have a decent chunk of them to get through. I will also be working a bit more on character timelines because it’ll be helpful for approaching more historical stories.

I guess it’s interesting because while I did start this as an ask blog, I have always been more concerned with my own directions and always worried that I’d be unable to answer asks well enough to entertain anyone, so I’m glad!

I’m also unsurprised that everyone’s thirsty for humour in this Very Trying Time, and even when developing my current part-historical-mostly-current storyline chapter I’m trying my best to incorporate a bit more humour and slapstick for you :) And I do love that meta stuff, it’s just been a challenge to strike a balance between kind of supernatural and also logistical questions.

Characters

I forced you guys to only pick one favourite character. Ed and Cal are deadlocked for first place with a very tight three-way race for second (Red, Lilith, and Mac). Veeeery interesting, I always suspect hometown-loyalty plays a role in this answer but I’m curious to know how you pick a favourite otherwise!

You know what’s funny, I have “favourite character is background character” syndrome myself and yet I’m still completely shocked at the results. I’m happy to say that one of the top results is going to get their wish soon. (Also apologies: I completely forgot to add Eleanor to the answers until halfway through the month)

Of course, I’m also always happy to oblige with more hyper-local stuff about Ed now that I’m back in Edmonton for the first time since before creating this blog.

[But who is Orson... any guesses] [How did you know... that there’s a drawing of him on my fridge, just waiting to star on this blog...]

(and why are yall SO THIRSTY for mac i want to know) (DON’T YOU KNOW HE HAS A STICKY PATCH ON HIS KITCHEN FLOOR HE JUST DOESN’T STEP ON INSTEAD OF CLEANING)

This year the Battle of Alberta was cancelled as the majority of respondents voted for the swarm of norwegian rats at the saskatchewan border to overwhelm the rat patrol and take over the province in order to save us from our completely incompetent leadership (whoever responded “J*son K*nney” for Other, come meet me in the WEM parking lot outside the ghost of Target. I just want to talk.)

Miscellany

( I scrapped the UQuiz question because it was poorly thought out. I’ll just have to make one p: )

Thank you everyone who took a little extra time to write me a note about what you think of the blog, I’m so happy you’re enjoying it and like considering the implications of the “universe” i’ve expanded and created. It’s really inspired me to think more seriously about my mission/vision and approach to creating this stuff now that I’m back home And that we are in worse shit than ever before.

This blog is kind of how I cope, but I have always envisioned it as something to inspire and encourage other people to think positively, to imagine and to create a better future. It’s hard for just me to do on my own, but even if I can just make you guys think twice before writing off this hellhole and moving to BC, it’s an improvement.

Thanks for filling this out, I will take these results to heart as I hibernate on the west coast briefly for Thanksgiving and start to plan the blog’s direction for the coming year.