For a few years now I’ve been drawing almost exclusively in my sketchbook, letting digital fall to the wayside. Wasn’t getting joy out of drawing digitally, there was this pressure for perfection & polish. Working digitally also came with the implicit pressure to post it online, share with the world, build a following. It always came back to more grind, less joy.

Putting digital aside has allowed me to slowdown, think more (seriously, just let my brain run wild), & embrace more mistakes. While I often feel deeply insecure about my work, it is a healthy insecurity in that Im comparing myself much less to others & just enjoying the good & bad about whatever it is I just drew, & moving on. It’s all rough with lots of mistakes, imperfection, exploration, but Im happy & drawing is truly fun again.  

All that being said I’ve decided to just take some of my latest doodles to make some stickers. I haven’t made them in a long while, & seemed like a great way to share a little goofy piece of me with the people of my new city. 

First thing I am making will be these fun little guys on glittery stickers because why not balance the gross disembodied heads with a little Lisa Frank sparkle energy. Seriously, they’re going to be sparkly stickers.

Here are a few doodles from the book, & the “final” art I did in Clip Studio Paint.