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Equilibrium and Social Safety

Studying stories gave me another space to think about racism.

5 min readAug 24, 2021

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A drawing of a city street. Paper lanterns hang above the buildings, which are coloured yellow and grey. A small figure stands outside a shop, looking down.

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Give Me Feedback on My Gay Hong Baos

Please look at my project and give me advice 💖

2 min readDec 28, 2023

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A hong bao design showing the front and back. The front features a rainbow that radiates out from the centre, with a sun and moon smiling happily at each other in the middle. The back of the hong bao is pastel purple with a rainbow flap and small white stars scattered over it.

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Exploded drawing series #1: Graphite pencil

Now that I’ve made pathway maps for learning art, I’m back with a series that goes in-depth about different traditional art media using…

4 min readJan 6, 2023

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A exploded-layer diagram showing four layers labeled “sealant/varnish”, “graphite”, “paper” and “drawing surface” in that order from top to bottom.

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Life, Death and Intertextuality

Intertextuality, but make it people: the shaping of a person’s life by another life.

5 min readAug 24, 2021

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A close-up of two hands shaking as they twist open a jar.

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Notes from Trauma Therapy

Numbness: When you are not feeling things. It’s generally obvious to you that you are not feeling things.

6 min readAug 22, 2021

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Handwritten header that reads “Definitions 15/04/2020 (therapy notes)”

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Shading Techniques for Dry Media

Hello! This is a guide to different shading techniques you can use with dry media like pencils, charcoal or even fineliners (for some of…

11 min readJul 26, 2021

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Example of a loose smudge, a more uniform smudge, and a smudged sphere.

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A complete guide to alcohol markers

A guide to alcohol markers including tips and techniques on how to use them.

8 min readJul 20, 2021

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An illustrated diagram showing the Copic Airbrush System. The marker, airbrush and aircan are all labelled.

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Pathways to Learning Art

Hello! This is for anyone who wants to learn visual art but doesn’t know where to start. Learning art is a very multifaceted thing (which…

7 min readJul 8, 2021

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A flowchart showing a recommended order of learning for art skills: line, shape, shade, texture, light, colour, perspective and then composition.

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Guide to Choosing Coloured Pencils

Hello! This is a guide on coloured pencils. This is meant to only be about the art materials and won’t include any drawing or shading tips…

6 min readJul 7, 2021

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A diagram of a pencil showing that a pencil core is made of fillers, binders, pigment and water.

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Types of Pencils Used For Sketching and Shading (Guide)

Hello! This is a guide to graphite (aka lead) pencils. This guide is meant to only be about the art materials themselves and won’t include…

7 min readJun 28, 2021

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A jar of graphite powder with the caption “good for soft shading, smudging and making your own pencils”. Graphite sticks with the caption “no wooden casing means more room for side-shading”. Two pieces of lead labelled with “0.3–0.9mm for mechanical pencils and technical precision”, and “2mm for clutch pencils and more expressive drawing and shading”.

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crystal

Doing coding things (badly) and drawing things (less badly). Slowly working on a game about trauma recovery and running an lgbtqia+ hong bao shop.

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