More artwork for @thenarwhalca 🏡 “Ontario weakens watershed protections (again) as natural resources minister gets new powers” by journalist Fatima Syed — read the story at thenarwhal.ca
Hire me! 🤠 Are you someone who’s looking for digital arts action in your life? Know a musician/publication/author who could use illustration and design work? I’m on the hunt to expand my portfolio in animation, illustration and design 🎨 Here’s a rapid fire of some of my latest work ⚡️
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(Psst… I’m teaching myself Adobe After Effects, TouchDesigner and Blender — more to come!!)
On the front page of The Narwhal today: “A resort proposed in Kananaskis would bring thousands of visitors. Where will the water come from?” by Sara King-Abadi
#FreelanceIllustrator #Procreate #Animation
“Metaphors are like models: all are wrong, but some are helpful.”
I am so excited to share this work!! These comics are the result of a collaboration between myself and Dr. James Day @jamesday76 an experimental physicist and research associate with the Quantum Matter Institute @ubcquantumscience at the University of British Columbia. Together, we developed these comics with the goal of making a complex subject matter — like quantum numbers — approachable. James and his colleagues developed the metaphors, and I turned them into illustrations!
Art and science are not disparate subjects — in fact, they go hand in hand. Mulling over imperfect metaphors, like right vs. left-handedness for binary electron spin, was one of many exercises in the development of these comics that made me even more excited about utilizing science communications through a visual lens. It also made me realize that is so much opportunity to democratize subjects like science, math, law through visual formats.
It was a privilege to work with James and a super fun exercise in skills exchange. And, we had so much fun collabing together that there’s more projects to come! 🔬
#quantumphysics #comicstrip
Visual Storytelling in the Age of Information Overload with @simone.willy 🧠 In this 90-minute session, you’ll learn illustration, design and comic-based approaches for translating technically dense material into clear, visually compelling stories. I’ll share examples from my work collaborating with environmental lawyers and scientists in the neurological and quantum fields, showing how visual storytelling can open doors for public understanding and engagement. We’ll explore how drawing, design and metaphor can make complex ideas graspable without oversimplifying them 🔩
Bring whatever tools you would use to create art, whether that be a physical sketch pad, an iPad with Procreate downloaded, Adobe Suite tools like Photoshop or Illustrator and so on 💭
📆 12th February 2026
⏰ 7PM CET
📍 Online DM for additional information and visit the link to our website in bio ✏️
