29. Meaning of your name + 30. Favorite outfit

I realize now that the topic for #29 is what triggered my memory for #5. So this is about my middle name. 

Thanks for a fun challenge, y'all! Now on to inktober and to becoming a pajama clown. 

27. Sentimental value + 28. Your zodiac sign

So relatable. Who doesn't have a treasured potato?

Also: 1000% Virgo.

25. Best Friend + 26. Instrument

24. A collage

I kind of hate collages. I can't seem to make one that does anything beyond just the obvious joke of putting a couple of incongruous things together, which just feels meaningless and therefore a waste of time after a while. But I've probably made hundreds of collages and will probably make hundreds more because sometimes they're kind of funny and because I have SO MANY collage materials. I dunno.  

20 + 21 + 22 + 23

20. Wanted to draw a dream-generating assembly line but somehow drew a duck bill, so now it's a duck employed by the dream industry.

21. I couldn't think of anything I felt guilty about, so I drew this from my cat's pov. I think he feels guilty because he hops away really fast if he hears us coming. 

22. For reference:


Easter Egg (at the end) is actually my favorite, but I didn't want to draw a spoiler on the off chance that everyone hasn't seen this cartoon and is looking forward to watching it. The Bad Egg, of course, is also amazing. I think about this cartoon A LOT. Also, I think this might be the best drawing I've ever done of anything.


23. For reference:


I think about this movie constantly. Fay Ray actually plays 3 roles, but Mrs. Hardly is a standout.

16 + 17 + 18 + 19

14 + 15, pet & dinosaur

14. Marlow is my friend's chihuahua. I told him I would draw a portrait of him and then he got too cold and had to go under his bed. 

15. This is an ancestor to the duck.

12 + 13, elderly person and baby

Ugh, that baby is disgusting. 

10. Superhero + 11. Supervillain

10. Superpowers include: flying, shape-shifting, collecting water, peeing on the earth, mis-labeling drawings with a #9 instead of a 10, etc.

11. Superpowers include: being the worst, having a lot of money.

8 + 9 Siamese Twins

8. I spent basically all summer drawing scenes from movies for this zine, so it is important for my mental health to take a break and NOT do this one.

9. We always call our cats twins. They are not related in any way, but they do enjoy sitting in exactly the same position - "twinning" - and both have black tails and triangle ears.

5 + 6 + 7

5. I'm sure I had some "I'm the favorite because I'm beloved and you're an old fort" 'tude after this baby-name investigation. It was a program at the library where everyone was making buttons with their names + meanings, and my sister was super dejected afterward. But she's actually named after someone, while I'm just named a name my parents liked, so I think she got over it with some explanation from our mom.

6. I helped to organize this year's SF Zine Fest and it involved me carrying a lot of stuff.

7. What idiot thought frog-shark would be the best name for a FRORCA? I guess it's because I was thinking of it as a shark instead of a whale, but what a missed opportunity.



I've been drawing these mostly on time, but getting them into the internet is hard for me.

4. Re-design book cover

I totally have #ferrantefever and am so excited to read #4 of her Neapolitan Novels, but this series has some of the worst cover designs I've ever seen. Here are the Europa Editions covers (the ones available in the US) :

This writer suggests it's possible they're good designs if they're "deeply ironic" but a deeply ironic book cover design seems like bad design in principle.

Anyway here's my hastily rendered version of My Brilliant Friend, which I still think is better than the Europa Editions version and I only spent like 15 minutes on it.

3. Most recent dream

An elephant enjoying a bubble bath while listening to Sheila E. 

2. Imaginary Friend

I was trying to think of what I'd want to do with an imaginary friend that I don't already do with my real friends, and realized I basically want a personal assistant to scan things for me. 

So, ice cream it is. 

His is fish-blood flavored and mine is lime.

1. Self Portrait

Greeting an animal while wearing loud clothes: my eternal state.