Sketchnotes – Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Day
Way back in August 2019, my workplace closed all their library branches so all staff could attend a full-day of seminars regarding equity, diversity, and inclusion. They brought in experts from Canada and the U.S. I enjoyed the day and learned a lot. I wasn't planning on sharing my sketchnotes from ...
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COVID-19 – Stay Home and Draw YEG
I started working from home March 13, 2020 once COVID-19 preparations began in earnest at my workplace. It's been a adjustment (both weird as well as kinda good) and its been emotional too, if I'm being honest. I'm wrestling with my worry - for my family overseas, friends who own their own businesses, ...
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Pizza Battle New York City
We went to New York City this past September. Over four days, we tried many slices of 'za. We had a lot of fun ranking each slice judging by sauce, crust, and street 'eatability'. Our favourite was Prince Street. They had a ton of photos of celebrities on the wall who have visited in the past. ...
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Trout-Mere
I am loving Lynda Barry's new book 'Making Comics'. This is a result of one of her brilliant exercises from that book. She says that you need to just let your hands and your mind wander and something personal will come out. So out came this Trout-Mere but living in a pacific ocean environment (notice ...
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Diary Comic – Markets, Encounters, and Errands
Here's a flashback of my Christmas shopping in
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Making Maps – My Hometown
I went to a session about Indigenous relations (and making sure you are in good relations) and one aspect of introducing yourself that was discussed as vitally important was rooting yourself in place and where you come from. This ties closely to the importance of ancestors and passed on knowledge. I ...
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Flenglish – Morning
In an attempt to learn more Flemish, I asked my in-laws to give me their favourite Flemish sayings and I would illustrate them as I go. It's a sporadic project that I'm going to share with you as I go. This is from my father-in-law, Michel: "de ochtendstond heeft goud in de mond"Flemish ...
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