Lyla

Lyla is a semi-autobiographical comic written by friend and comics author Joshua Sloan. I did the design work, layouts, illustration and coloring while taking art direction. Working with Joshua was wonderful and it was very fulfilling to bring someone else's work to life. 

Parrots

Parrots is a mini-comic I wrote based (extremely) loosely on the first time I saw wild parrots while walking around Eagle Rock in the summer of 2017. I also got to ask myself the very fun question "If I could have wished for anything at the time, what would it be?"

1 page zine - The Star

The Star was created to be printed on a single sheet of 8.5x11" printer paper and folded into a mini-zine. This one is based on the star Tarot card, which both the front and back cover are references to.

Apple Picking (excerpt)

This is a five-page excerpt from my October 2020 comic project, Apple Picking. I posted one page per day for the month of October. For Apple Picking, I chose to focus on themes of neurodivergence and how much easier the world is to navigate with a good support system. Or, in more cliché terms, the power of friendship!!!
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1 page zine - Excalibur

Excalibur was created to be printed on a single sheet of 8.5x11" printer paper and folded into a mini-zine. I drew the comic traditionally, scanned it, then colored it digitally.

1 page zine - NEON

NEON was created to be printed on a single sheet of 8.5x11" printer paper and folded into a mini-zine. I enjoy working with limitations, like small dimensions, because they force me to be creative about my final product.

Breakfast in Bed

Breakfast in Bed is a good example of two of my favorite things to explore in my comics: limited palates and food! I wanted to make something short, sweet and warm, moving through very familiar actions in the kitchen. 

Thrifting

Thrifting is my rumination on what a positive shopping experience looks like as a transgender person. I included my shopping essentials: a cheap, low-stakes environment and a good friend who understands what your dysphoria/euphoria looks like. I also experimented with blank speech bubbles. Their placement and size is intentional to reflect the characters personalities and conversational flow. But, since this is my exploration of a generic transgender experience, I wanted readers to be able to project as much of their own experience onto this zine as possible. Also, you can't often hear the specifics of a stranger's conversation while walking through a store, you can just hear that they're talking. The reader can be the characters in the comic and the other shoppers in the thrift store!