Listen, if you’re in the UK and you can get to this, get to this. One of the few comics conventions that is STILL about comics, stunning location, just a great time.

Seriously! If there's a piece of mine you like and want to use commercially licencing is an option. There are some images I can't resell but many I can! And it's far cheaper than custom work.

I can't speak for other artists but I'm sure many feel the same!

2-panel comic drawn in pen with minimal inkwash shading; the panels are stacked vertically and equal in size. Panel 1 starts with a caption that says "Drawing with my non-dominant hand the other day got me thinking about other fun (interesting?) ways to restrict the drawing process, like: drawing something I'm not super familiar with, w/o using a reference. An Ibex!" Beneath that caption is a drawing of what mostly resembles a fawn but with tall, straight, spindly antlers and black spots on its back. Little notes in cursive surround the animal and say "spots? Mountain terrain? Rocks? (A deer, but, kind of cunty?)" Panel 2 shows a drawing that actually referenced an Ibex, which basically just looks like a regular ram with long horns that arch back gracefully away from the head. The captions say "And then drawing it again *with* reference. Oh wow... I was way off. I was right about the rocks tho. No spots. (still pretty cunty)" Beneath the comic is my signature (Kat Baumann), today's date (11-6-2025) and the time I spent drawing this (40 minutes)

Day 310: Drawing animals I've never seen in person like a 400CE monk

If there's an object or living thing you think I don't know much about, and you'd like to see me draw it very badly and then kind of okay, sound off in the comments baby

It's our final week and we need your help to get us over the line!

Back our book, spread the word, if you have an active campaign going yourself - maybe give us a shout-out, we'd really appreciate it!

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How to write for men.

How to beat the mould this winter.

Illustration done several years ago, for an artbook.

Happy Halloween, summon responsibly 🖤

It’s still remarkable that Disney produced - and released - this segment in 1940. A horror short that should rank with its Universal monster movie contemporaries… The animation is lush and experimental, and really shows off the Disney special animated effects team…

Happy International Animation Day. Bring new life into the world, cherish it, then abandon it like a god.

Sarah & Duck - Series 3: 1. Picture Planes Animation for preschool children. When Sarah and Duck race paper planes, they chance upon an exciting discovery.

It's International Animation Day. Animation professionals, quote this with something you worked on. Here's an episode of Sarah & Duck I wrote ten years ago. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

Sketches from the Travelbook 2024

Set up at MCM London today and this weekend at table A21 in artist alley. I've got books, prints, cards, pins, all sorts.
Looking forward to seeing old friends and new.
See you there x

It’s hard to accurately explain how much danger America is in right now without sounding hysterical.

a painting of a girl wading through a foggy lake

I challenged myself to paint this at A3 size, which is huge for me! medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache

Artist Portfolio Reviews With Thought Bubble Guests — Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival Drop-in comic artist portfolio review sessions with a selection of excellent Thought Bubble guests.

www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/programme/tb...
This year there's going to be accessible and inclusive portfolio reviews at the Thought Bubble comic convention, with the artist guests. These are for absolutely anyone who makes comics from kids to professionals. You should take advantage... Thread. 1/?

The full quote: "I think the sublime confusion is from nineteen to twenty-nine. You think you are late for everything, you're a has been, nothing is happening, there's no opportunity for you, the world is closed, everything is a disaster, you wanna die. And then you're thirty. " "You young people are in the exact age of desperation. I never felt more done and old than in my twenties. I'd say 'life has passed me and I did nothing.' But I'm here to tell you that's not true: you have a lot of fucking time."

I love Guillermo del Toro calling ages 19 to 29 "sublime confusion"

"Tears of the Mountain", the 3rd 2025 graduation short from french Gobelins school, is online.
Directed by Luke Ashworth, Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoğlu, Romane Talva and Ange Yajima.
Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9J...

Absolutely epic thread. He was a former head teacher of the secondary school I went to. Just an old picture on a wall with the other former heads. No post-nominals. No fuss made. I expect now all this is known the school would make a bigger deal of him. It's the kind of school that would.

The Ellisons Are Beta-Testing Big Brother. If your feeds, subs, streams, games, and sports don't ensure you are on your "best behavior," your school and its EdTech partners will.

"If you believe, as Ellison does, that Americans will be better off when they are subjected to 'supervision at all times,' then buying microvideo platforms, enterprise software, streaming services, cable networks, gaming developers, & internet publishers is just buying supervision capacity."

Alongside being involved with the portfolio , I’m also on the Batman panel at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social alongside legends @jockbsky.bsky.social and Declan Shalvey. Talking not just Gotham but the jump from artist to writer.

Goal: To stop having dream jobs.
Obstacle:

Machines wait.

As someone with experience on both sides of the fence here (a cartoonist without enough time to do all they’d wish, and someone who recently tried to get others to fill out a survey and was surprised by who didn’t) I encourage anyone UK-based who hasn’t yet done so to get on this asap!

A photo of my cream British Shorthair cat Mori curled up comfily on the floor, looking at the camera as The Moon tarot card from the Rider Waite Smith deck leans up against his perfectly loafly side. He looks both tolerant and content in equal measure - he is an extremely chill little dude.

I don't qualify for a COVID booster this year due to tightened restrictions but have found a local pharmacy who'll do one privately... for just over £100 🙃

Cheeky little October tarot reading, anyone?

Find out more here: materiamagica.carrd.co#tarot
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"You're gonna need a bigger bookshelf"
The Very Hungry Great White Shark is available now!
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Seconding this post. Please keep calling and mailing. ESPECIALLY if you're in Germany.

If Germany flips to opposed, with how the current shakeup is looking, chatcontrol is dead in the water once again.

We all love the obvious graphic power of a monumental, centered image on a double-page spread, but artists, please, heed the words of someone who's been doing this for a long time: if your work will EVER be published in book format, the entire concept of designing a DPS this way is off the table.