Grad school conversations

Home for the Holidays (Geography Lesson)

Just a quick comic page from my sketchbook, drawn late at night after I couldn’t think well enough to write anymore.

In case you, like many of my friends, are Canadian or otherwise not familiar with the East Coast of the United States, D.C. is an hour further south than Baltimore. Also, geography is not taught in most public schools.

–jb

Babes

Finally started sketching for All Fats All Femmes!

Also, some random sketches for characters in an upcoming project:

With the advent of funemployment, my access to photoshop has ceased for now, but I’m sure I’ll scheme up a way to access it soon.

jb

Summer in the city

Lately I’ve just been carrying around a watercolor set, sketchbook and a paintbrush and busting out sketchy little comics and doodles whenever I have a moment, not really about anything. My fingers are itching for when I have time to work on bigger things!

I’m also still blogging over at Lazy Femme, and am in the process of doodling these little “Dear Abby” heart author portraits. They aren’t very consistent so far, but I do like both of them.

JB

Traveling

I just got back from a week in Tennessee and Kentucky, which I wrote a little bit about at Lazy Femme. From an art perspective, it was amazing having a weekend at Ida with some of my greatest heroes and buds, feeling inspired and challenged to push harder and try new things. I’m mostly going to be sketching for the next month, flexing my watercolor and life drawing muscles to build up to a couple of new projects.

Sketching with my buds at Ida. Photo by Jessie Xander.

Jessie and Jacob before lunch.

The other night I watched an entire season of Game of Thrones while filling my sketchbook with those swirly things. I used to fill notebooks with those things during class. Call it meditation.

Home, watching Game of Thrones and sketching pelicans.

I’ve also been making a lot of friendship bracelets which I suppose I’ll post about soon enough.

<3jb

Some more quickies

Someone told me to draw a chorus line of dancing donuts:

Someone told me to draw “Mitt Romney as he who shall not be named from Harry Potter. Maybe drinking unicorn’s blood.”:

My roommate Matthew comments, “too political!”
My mother comments, “How about [you draw] Obama running back to school to learn how to run a country . . .”
Keepin’ it fair and balanced, people. Just kidding, smash the state.

Someone told me to draw a unicorn eating Malcolm Harris’s cigarettes:

Someone told me to draw “a gorgeous pic of a bearded lady”:

–jb

Bulldog sketches

Practicing drawing my grandparent’s puppy, Dexter.

I don’t usually post such doodles but hey, why not. Maybe I’ll get some Labrador practice in this weekend, since I’m dogsitting my parent’s pups!

–jb

A brief sketchbook discussion of community service

Inspired by a recent “ask” on tumblr, and every student ever that aspires to make a million peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and never interact with anyone outside of their own social group. This is one of those rare times that my day job creeps its way into my sketchbook. Enjoy.

<3 jb.

p.s. this is three pages tacked together.

Fun with verbs (Queering)!

Oh man internet, I need to sleep more and be more motivated to wake up in the morning.

<3 jb

If I were a pirate, I would be “naval” gazing.

<3 j.bee

p.s. Chicago area people, Quimby’s is carrying Sassyfrass #4 & 5, and Femme a Barbe #1 and 2. Also I am still taking submissions for Femme a Barbe. Get on it.

p.p.s. The top font is clearly stolen from emilja.