New York, New York!

Since I’m away from my Photoshop and equipment at the moment, I thought I’d leave this as an erstwhile placeholder. So:

Ask me questions! Anything you’d like to know about my art, me, what have you. Anon is on if you’re shy but be warned: I respond selectively.

Some words of praise:

• Hi and hello, new followers! Thanks for your support!
• Please keep commissioning and donating and reblogging! I won’t be able to start work on them until the 30th, but donation rewards and whatnot will be available after that!
• Those of you who’ve commissioned/donated so far: mega thanks! You’ve gotten me through June. Having zero income cripples my long term saving-up but you’ve been great about keeping me afloat for a super hard month.
• There will be a lot more comics added to indianburns after this trip, definitely.

Drawn: Maurice Sendak on his life and work

drawnblog:

I posted a YouTube video earlier today of Tell Them Anything You Want, a 40-minute documentary on Maurice Sendak who died earlier today. The video has been taken down, but not before I managed to transcribe the author and illustrator’s parting thoughts on his work and life:

I did some…

This is some devastating news.

Maurice Sendak’s work has been a constant source of inspiration to me, as both an illustrator and a precocious child looking to make sense of darker feelings in the world. The dedication and thought with which he worked is what I want from my own work. His approach to creating his books, and the refusal to condescend to children by painting saccharine, problem-free worlds, has stayed with me well into adulthood. He taught me that growing bigger did not mean growing out of, that my brain could change but my heart would not, that being scared or angry did not make me broken.

So thank you, Mr. Sendak. From a headstrong, ferocious child who has grown into a headstrong, ferocious adult, thank you from the bottom of my heart. My childhood would not have been as rich without your influence. And the joy I take in my work would never have been as deep.

RIP, Maurice Sendak. All of your wild things will miss you.

Hey Atlanta people!

areyoutryingtodeduceme:

I’ll be chillin’ at Criminal Records for a while tomorrow doing free sketches for Free Comic Book day! Free art and free comics in Little Five Points! Plus there’ll be live music? Pretty rad stuff y’all. 

I will be there, as I do not want to be square. Pass on by to give Cara some high fives, and if you know who I am, really you’re lucky I might bring some paper for drawing, too.