While most of my contributions to this website in the last few years have been in the form of words and doodles, when I joined newschoolers I dreamed of being a ski photographer. I shot for various outlets for a few years, and even landed a couple photos in print, before I decided that drawing was way easier and switched over.
But, occasionally, an old friend from those formative years calls me out of retirement. So, this week, instead of sitting at my desk and cranking away at art projects and comics, I spent four days skiing and taking photos with Sander Hadley.
I got back to my desk Friday morning with SD cards full of photos that I can't share yet, sore legs, and stinky boots. And waiting on my desk was a pile of sticky notes with hastily scribbled reminders on them. Between shooting and editing, I didn't have much time to do anything else all week, so I just let the deadlines pile up and stuck notes all over my monitor to remind me to get to them.
I love shooting photos, but this week left me really excited to draw, like actually, physically draw, not digital comics or cartoons, but pens on paper. So Friday afternoon I sat down and started putting some ideas onto sticky notes. This winter I've focused on making my art bigger, doing larger scale projects that take longer and have bigger payoffs. So it was a nice change to instead take it back to basics, a pencil, pen, bottle of whiteout, and grey and red markers. No consequences hanging over me, no cost to crumpling up a sticky note and throwing it away, no pressure. Just making ideas physical. So here you go!
Drawing on sticky notes was fun. It's great to create throwaway art every once in a while, not worrying about if it will work on a wall or in a frame. just cranking out ideas. I hope you enjoyed!