COOL
(Anji's mind exclusive, and also an !inauguration! of sorts) A comic about what it really means to be cool, explored through a conversation between two friends.
I’ve been thinking about how I want to start off this newsletter, and I have a lot of ideas - but to make it slightly less intimidating for myself, I decided sharing some past work I’m quite fond of and haven’t decided what I want to do with yet - would be a good, not scary, manageable plan. So - here is a 4 paged comic I made for class last year. It’s called COOL. (The text can get a bit tiny, so this is best read on a computer - so sorry about this slightly annoying detail)
Here is also a drawing I made while at Domino park last weekend. Quite rusty, but the feeling of smelling the grass, peeling my china marker, sitting next to a friend who was just reading in silence - felt like a nice time to let myself record what I saw, without putting too much pressure on myself, without drawing feeling like a chore. When asked what their favorite smells are, people will sometimes say the smell of freshly cut grass - but I felt like I never quite understood that until this day.
Weekly song : All My Friends Know by Pink Panthress. I really like the piano section, and the lyric - ‘Every time I look outside my house, I try to make myself believe (I can look at nature and feel good again)’
I hope y’all are having a nice week - and thank you, thank you for reading, and bearing with me as I figure out the structure of this new format.
More in a bit!
Love this! Feels like a warm hug 💛
You are cool! :)