For me, it has always been difficult to listen to Jazz because I always considered it as something that people that are highbrow 🧐 and full of themselves listed to, until recently when I noticed one of my favorite illustrators (Frannerd) listened to it and I was humble and open enough to finally give it a try and I loved it.
Month: March 2021
Mapping to understand Figure Drawing
I have been learning about Figure Drawing because I would love to learn how to draw bodies and Mapping is one of the techniques that has been the most helpful to understand how to place something on a white page.
Mapping is just selecting points as in image 1 and 2, connecting them and create a map on a white page as shown in the images below. I would recommend you just to repeat and practice and you will understand little by little more about mapping.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Story
I remembered when I was little, back in Mexico, I loved playing with my cousin to be one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 🥷 (in Spanish Las Tortugas 🐢 Ninja).
Why a “No” is a “Yes” to myself?
“A question is just an opportunity to be honest” –Byron Katie
I started wondering why it is so hard for me to say “NO”. Sometimes, I say it but I feel guilty afterwards, like wrong and I was wondering why it is so hard inside my mind to be honest. So I started researching on google and I found this article:
25 Ways to Say No by Kim A. Flodin
I liked it, I think that is a good introduction to the main question: “Why is it so hard to say “No”?” but for me it wasn’t completely clear, so I continued with my research and as always I decided to look for Byron Katie’s experience and I found this video:
My favorite Illustrators from “Making Comics” by Scott McCloud
This is a list of Illustrators that caught my eye in the awesome book “Making Comics” by Scott McCloud which I read recently and is full of important information if you are a self-taught illustrator or comic artist so I definitely recommend you to check it out.
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New Video: Mossery Unboxing Sketchbook
Hi blog bunnies!
In this video I share the unboxing of a Mossery Pastel Sky Sketchbook that I got back in 2018, I don’t own it anymore because the paper it has wasn’t what I was looking for to use with my watercolors but the cover and the brand is so beautiful that I wanted to share.
Back in 2018 Mossery created a Zine which I showed in the video, if you want to know more about the Zine just go to this link: https://www.mossery.co/blogs/news/to-inspire-and-encourage-inktober-2018-zine and if you want to know more about the artists that collaborated in this project you can go here: https://www.mossery.co/pages/mossery-inktober-2018
Do you own a Mossery sketchbook? What do you think about the paper?
Paola
My second stationery haul from my trip to Philly
Hi beautiful you!
There are four amazing stores that I visited in Philly:
- Philly’s AIDS thrift @ Giovanni’s room (Very curated thrift store)
- Atomic City Comics (Comic store)
- Omoi Zakka Shop (Stationery boutique and pen shop like Goods for the Study here in NYC)
- Kitchen Kapers (kitchen and food supplies)
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Weekend No. 10: Around Philadelphia, PA
Hi!
I just wanted to share our last weekend trip to Philly. I took some pictures, well a lot of pictures, sorry for the amount, I’m experimenting and finding the sweet spot for the right amount I suppose, maybe not. Enjoy.
Weekend No. 9: Around New York City
Did you know there are numbers for the weeks of the year? I didn’t 👀
Two weekends ago my husband and I went to for a classic Saturday walk, we started eating in a restaurant called Raclette, where we ate a delicious burger with lots of cheese 🤤
Video from Raclette recorded in my phone