Offhours Weekly #8: Apple Season
Drawings, Quotes, Lettering & Notes.
This is Offhours Weekly. A share of illustrations, drawings, thoughts and links.
More Cider
The real fall drink of the gawds is apple cider. Good apple cider, like the stuff you get from a farm stand. Not the mass produced kind. Pumpkin themed/flavored things are cool and all, but real recognize real.
The first time I had an “American” apple was as a teenager in Kingston, Jamaica, it was a semi luxury import. I’d grown up with Jamaican otaheite apples as our go to, which have different taste profile, texture and a pear shape. I miss those apples, and I’m used to the variation here now, but there’s something about apple cider that brings me back to the first time experiencing aspects of America, and not from an external lens.
Keys Open Doors
Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Wizard of Oz’ - the heroes journey to world unlike their own. I find dreams and portals interesting to explore. How can I reflect a little of that wonder in my work? I come back to doors, key holes and keys as representations of this idea. I created a zine entitled ‘Keys Open Doors’ a while back riffing on the idea. The conceptual ideas are still with me and, still fun to explore and evolve.
🎧 Music Vibes
Been revisiting Speakerboxx/TheLoveBelow by Outkast since its the 20 year anniversary. Still holds up today.
Flames & Figures by The Seshen is back in my rotation as new music of theirs is set to come out.
🔗 Linky Links
‘The Spark in You’ - A new children’s picture book by Andrea Pippins—an awesome illustrator and author, who has created some excellent books.
How Tunji Adeniyi-Jones Brings His Art to Life - Came across this youtube channel and loved it. I search for studio visit videos all the time.
As promised from last week - a Halloween sketch. Final form coming shortly.
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