My studio space in downtown Ojai has been a refuge during this last year of graphic novel-making, niche freelancing, community building, and, above all, caregiving. I'm doing a livestream tour at noon today if any of you digital friends wanna come say hello. www.patreon.com/posts/novemb...

Finally made myself a video of a cartoonist warm-up routine from @kriotaw.bsky.social's fantastic book DRAW STRONGER. It ain't high art, but it *has* gotten me to actually do the exercises after years of owning the book. Maybe it'll help you, too: www.patreon.com/posts/draw-s...

Deeply grateful to @sarahgailey.bsky.social for publishing this essay this week. I first drafted it a year ago, and so much has changed in the interim, but the first rain of the season blew through last night and today I'm on my knees, planting. So I guess some things haven't changed much at all.

Hello, Kind People Reposting This & Following Me on Bluesky! Glad you're enjoying this short primer. My luscious lockdown locks are gone, but I still stand by everything I said. I'm not much for feed-based social media these days, but you can always hang with me on Patreon: patreon.com/lucybellwood

Night shift 🌕

Been making a lot of stickers lately. This one has been a slam dunk with small children and seasoned academics alike. buyolympia.com/Item/lucy-be...

BECOME A CARTOONIST, THEY SAID. IT'LL BE FUN, THEY SAID.

Not gonna lie it feels extravagantly weird to post anything in a Twitter-esque container after spending the last four years in deep hiding from the wider web

Had the immense pleasure of designing a logo for the robot-run noodle house in @annaleen.bsky.social's forthcoming novella AUTOMATIC NOODLE! It's racking up starred reviews and comes out on August 5th. Big thanks to @monteiro.bsky.social for bringing me on to make goofy shit. automaticnoodle.website

QUEER WHALES! EMANCIPATION NARRATIVES! SCURVY! I’m infiltrating the International @melville-society.bsky.social Conference this week to bring you the latest and greatest in illustrated academics. (Full versions to come when I’m no longer sleeping aboard a Danish sail training vessel from 1882.)

Boats.