Lately, I’ve been a little obsessed with the Hilda comics series by Luke Pearson. Visually, the comics and the Netflix TV series are stunning, mainly for the beautifully controlled colour palettes they use.
May 21, 2019
Other observations
Creating space for the reader
What if illustrations didn’t prescribe a world to the reader, but, instead, suggested one?
Every drawing is a raffle ticket
Until I’ve put an idea on a page, it’s nothing more than an idea – something that’s difficult to see, hold, and connect with.
A conversation with a pencil
If a pencil could talk, what would it say to you? Nothing, I suspect, if you don’t use it.
I believe in you
Are there any set of words that one human can say to another that have a more profound effect than these?
A siren’s song
Social media is a siren’s song – of scale, of connection, of ‘monetisation’, of a valuable way to spend time. Might there be a better way?