Smile of a 30 year old cartoonist 🌞

Birthday time

Today it’s my birthday and I am 30 years old :^)

My lovely grandparents got me flowers for my birthday this weekend 💖

Good morning 🌞 thrilled to be working on OUT ON THE PROWL again after some hiccups! Here's a mixed media painting of Lola 🐺 #cartoon #comic #illustration #comicproject

Happy opening day! #sketchbook #ink #people #portraits

Sketchbook comic! My husband is babysitting my tamagotchis whilst I'm at a print fair 🙂‍↕️ #illustration #sketchbook #pen #ink

A comic about having deadlines ⏰ Recently finished my MA essay and submitted it on time! Had that lovely floaty glow feeling when I clicked submit… before returning back down to my office chair to finish further work… #comic #illustration #cartoonist #illustrator #artist

Recent developments 🤓 #sketchbook #diarycomic #cartoon #ink

Submitted my finished dissertation, studying MA illustration with graphic novel wahooo!!! :-)

Sketchbook doodles about hanging out with a close pal on their bed #pen #drawing #journal

A sketchbook comic about having a body 🦴 #comic #illustration #cartoonist #illustrator #artist

Defy their jaws. Continue to make, create, collaborate and gather. Be the problem they knew you’d become. #illustration #cartoon #artist

Designed this illustration for Wellington Place Leeds 🐝 for their latest edition of ParkLIFE! #illustration #cartoon #artistonbluesky #freelanceartist

Had a lovely day today teaching a comic drawing workshop with a fantastic group of young artists! ✏️ ___ *posted with permission

THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRIDEOG # 10 Thank you for reading! For now this is the end, but I hope to draw this little world again in the future. #comic #webcomic #cartoonist #illustrator

I had a lovely day today at MAKE A ZINE DAY 2026 at the brilliant Leeds city museum ✏️ ___ thank you to everyone who dropped by to say hi! Special thank you to my buddy Eden for being my stall buddy :^) #cartoon #illustration #artistoninstagram #artmarket #artistalley

My favourite chant from todays protest was the single rude word one 🙂‍↕️

Here's a bump self portrait I did to recover from anxiety post-dental work 🦷 thank you northern rail for my safe return to not that #pen #ink #inkpen #sketchbook

Man, I love Richard Dawson

I've been doing a lot of reflecting on things over the weekend. Perhaps you're feeling the same for your own reason? Let's enjoy our seething together ♥️

THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRIDEOG # 9 #weeklycomic #cartoon #webcomic

Excited to be back for TBUBZ 2026 ✨ @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social

Sketchbook page! Quick drawings during a gig #ink #pen #drawing #illustration

THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRIDEOG # 8 #weeklycomic #cartoon #webcomic

Happy international women's day! Throw back to the commission I did for Leeds City Council for a women's day festival back in 2023 :-) #illustration #cartoon #artist #freelance

This weekend ( Sat 7th - Sun 8th March ) I'll be at Sunnybank Mills PRINT FESTIVAL 2026 drawing live portraits, sharing my work and leading a COMIC DRAWING workshop on Sunday! ✏️ _____

Got inspired by this comic by Scott McCloud #comic #illustration #cartoonist #illustrator #artist

THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRIDEOG # 7 #weeklycomic #cartoon #webcomic

Clips from table today! BARNSLEY ZINE FAIR FEB 2026 #zines #comics #artist #illustration #cartoons

Here at Barnsley Zine Fair! Until 4pm

My animation 'a loud conversation' is exhibiting at Studio Greenly's THE GREAT FUNGI EXHIBITION 2026 ( headrow house Leeds) this weekend 🍄 Pop down to take a look at a fantastic collection of artwork about mushrooms and fungi! Open until 5PM 🌞 #artexhibition #handmade #illustrator #cartoonist #leeds

Happy pokemon day! I LOVE BROWT!!! #sketchbook #doodle #ink

Happy 30th anniversary to POKÉMON! Thrilled to be sharing turning 30 together this year ⚡️ #pokemonday #pokemon #fanart

I'll be here, come say hi folks 👋

Sketchbook bus doodle... boots 👶 #ink #pen #drawing #cartoon #illustration

Sketchbook doodles from tonights board game night with pals #mothership #boardgame #ink #sailorpen

THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRIDEOG # 6 #weeklycomic #cartoon #webcomic

My entry for @mchibig.studio BEL’S FANFARE ‘draw this in your style’ contest! 🔥 #dtiys #drawthisinyourstylechallenge #cartoon

Mysterious comic doodling today...

Mitski tickets secured 👍 thank you for not crashing Crash records Leeds

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! 🐴

THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRIDEOG # 5 #weeklycomic #cartoon #webcomic

My husband doesn't draw often... but when they do it's really special to me. This is a small zine like card containing one of their poems :,)

Had the opportunity to create this illustrated story bird box for LEEDS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL with Leeds Libraries 🌱 special thank you to my lecturer Beth for inviting me to contribute!

Had an interview about my cartoons today ✏️ lovely team of folks!

Morning bus doodle 💤 #ink #sketchbook #cartoon

A friendly reminder from an actual person:

THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRIDEOG # 4 #weeklycomic #cartoon #webcomic

#hourlycomicday 2026 ✏️ sketched with ink in my sketchbook every hour until awake, scanned in and coloured digitally #cartoonist #illustrator #artist #sketchbook