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Selfie sticker sheet!

I designed a sticker sheet set for [THE FUTURE]!

The concept is "Percy keeps taking selfies and cutting Leeds out of the shot" lol ... I was looking at a lot of Citypop album/single covers and thought the lines looked so fun and clean, so I wanted to use that as a touchstone. I've never done clear stickers befo...

Chapter 9 / Page 14 pencils

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PAGES IN THIS CHAPTER LOL (there are many favorite pages in this chapter)

Basically Ananth stood over my shoulder while I designed Leeds' outfit for this chapter and was chanting "LESS CLOTHING LESS CLOTHING" - this is exactly how it happened

we started playing Clair Obscur

My brother sent me a copy of Clair Obscur for my birthday and we've finally had the time to start it! So far I've been really impressed, I tend to enjoy things that feel like they had a first life as a pitch for a high-concept short story. (this is also how I feel about my favorite star trek episodes lol)

Anyway we fina...

Fortuna Design (final!)

YAY she's done!!

I really enjoyed working with all of the diagonals on this one, Fortuna was just begging to be made into a bunch of harmonious shapes! ✨

Originally I was leaning heavily towards using blue and purple tones for this design, but since I've consistently used teals for Leeds when doing these types o...

Fortuna design!

I did some exploration for a geometric Fortuna design today! Ultimately, I landed on something that felt heraldic and went for a rampant pose.

I love playing with heraldry so this felt really fun to explore... Fortuna is supposed t...

Chapter 9 / Page 13 pencils

Welcome to CAMERON'S BRAIN, also we're in a throwback!!!! Who remembers this page from Chapter 6 when Cameron was first introduced!!! (if you don't, it's added as the last image!)

This was a fun page to do, but also very involved! I wanted a mix of the building Cameron first had his binding ceremony in (which is based o...

Percy Doodle!

HI I feel like both Ananth and I have been pulled in 10000 directions lately but we're working hard!!!

I downloaded this brush set lately and wanted to try out the "ribbon brush", I love the wiggly line with the high line stab...

We did a guest lecture for Parsons Illustration senior class!

We were asked to give a guest lecture to a class of about 130 seniors at Parsons College earlier this week! Ananth put together this GORGEOUS presentation and I thought it was too pretty* not to share. :)

We more or less talked about our work history, our processes, and our current ongoing public projects. It's been a w...

Gesture drawing: shape & character

If you’re seeing this I’m at ECCC (aaaa!!!)!!!! I wanted to make sure I left an update in the queue while we’re traveling for the week.

I was lucky to attend a friend’s online drawing event last week where they shared a bunch of exercises for animators pushing pose and character for maximum effect. It was reall...

Chapter 9 / Page 12 pencils

HELLO, it's been a minute since I've shared Barbarous pencils!!

There's something satisfying about hanging Cameron upside down from a big spiderweb. :,) It's been fun finding alternate magical uses for string, though we've been trying to subtly nudge Percy's spider-ness for a little bit. Maybe too subtly??

I'm st...

🐝 It's BUZZ! release day!!

The color edition of BUZZ is out in stores today! Written by Ananth Hirsh and drawn by Tess Stone, with fresh colors by Tess Stone and Fen Garza, and published by Oni Press! We're super excited to finally have this out in the world! You can find it at your local book store, library or you can pick it up online:

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HAPPY VALENTINES 2025

YAYY HAPPY VALENTINES DAY (later this week)

I saw someone's cute art of some characters dressed as waiters from a bunny cafe and wanted to do something in that vein haha-- I am not below putting my characters in a bodysuit!

Anyway I hope you are all having a lovely week ~ 💐

We'll be at Emerald City Comicon on March 6-9 in Seattle, WA!

We're going to be at ECCC this year, from March 6-9 in Seattle, WA! You can find us on the 2nd floor of the Summit Building, at Organized Havoc booth 20804!

We'll also be doing panels! Check it out:

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I didn't do hourlies BUT-

I haven't felt the compulsion to do hourly comics day in a few years but this year I wanted to do a few 'here's an average day' comics to feel like I was participating! I enjoy the act of drawing loose and graceless but haven't had the energy lately to draw for the joy of doing something for myself. So this was a fun novelty ...

Rook is preventing me from working!!!! aaa

For the past week Rook has been dealing with [undisclosed health issues / procedure that aren't necessarily BAD but GROSS] and has been forced to wear a cone. In a brief moment of respite, he was allowed to wear a plush donut which he obviously liked more but it turned out he was able to [bother the afflicte...