Page 14! I'm working dilligently toward more things I encountered in Tucson/ Catalina Foothills. Contractors delivering papers rely on holiday tipping to supplement their wage. Working a job like this to make ends meet is a reality for a lot of Americans. It's not uncommon to work 2 or 3 jobs.

Delivering papers in Tucson includes practically a night shift, seven days a week with almost no time off. You can read the full page on my website, www.ytje.org.

Page 12 of 'Life in the Catalina Foothills' is the start of some insight about what it entails to deliver papers in Tucson, Arizona. Believe you me, it ain't a cakewalk.

Waking up to good news: a new Pynchon book!

Mornin'. New page of Life in the Catalina Foothills is up on my on my website! The mischievous Chihuahua PETAL is caught, thanks to good ol' Luz. Read it on www.ytje.org 🏜

Analogue studio: sketching with pencil, while leafing through books on photography and magazines. Like it's 1995.

I got back from a trip to #Hamburg and now's the time to start seriously working on a series about subways. Strike the iron while it's hot.

Hi I'm Ytje. After a 24 yr career of being a professional illustrator, I'm now focusing on my own art projects exclusively. Currently I'm working on a webcomic called Bright Light, Desert City 🏜, based on a month long stay in Tucson, AZ, in 2022. Read it for free on my website!

PETAL!!!!!!!!!!!! #chihuahua

Peculiar mailboxes adorn the roadside in the Catalina Foothills. Here's a snippet of page 9 of "Bright Light, Desert City - Life in the Catalina Foothills". Read the full story of a European in the US: www.ytje.org. #roadside #catalinafoothills #mailbox #soithwestusa #webcomic #drawing #journey

People retreat inside, when it grows hotter in the Catalina Foothills. Workers persist through the rising temperatures. Read the story on my website ytje.org. This is part 3 of my webcomic Bright Light, Desert City 🏜 #Tucson #southwestusa #comic #drawing #gardener #builder #catalinafoothills

Here's a preview of page 7 of my comic 'Life in the Catalina Foothills'. I'm taking more time to work on pages, which pays off, I feel. I'm also working on the cover for part 2 'Hello Tucson'. Read the story on www.ytje.org. #catalinafoothills #tucson #comic #lineart #drawing #journey

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

Thank you for your service! Een tijdlijn is nodig om de totale gish gallop te blijven duiden.

food distribution #gaza #israel @volkskrant.nl

"We've already established that the neighborhood has no sidewalks. It's entirely car centric." A preview of 6 of Life in the Catalina Foothills. Read it on my website. #catalinafoothills #carcentric #dogwalking #arizona #dividedhighway

Here's a detail of page 5 of my comic Life in the Catalina Foothills, part 3 of Bright Light, Desert City. I'll be posting pages to my website on more of an intermittent basis. I'll be able to give the pages more attention, visually. #comic #webcomic #arizona #tucson #foothills #walking #dog

De enige goeie parade is dat theaterfestival in Amsterdam.

A subtle button. For everybody to wear during this whole sordid election campaign. #shame #politics #scapegoat #elections #racism #xenophobia #ultraright #decency #civilization #whitesupremists #geertwilders #vvd #disgusting

Ik heb deze maar eens uit de kast getrokken. Nu ga ik 'm echt uit lezen.

Page 4 of Life in the Catalina Foothills, part 3 of Bright Light, Desert City 🌵 read the ongoing story on my website! #webcomic #arizona #morning #breakfast #dog

Luz is waiting for Hester, who's out on her morning excercise round. A bright morning in the Catalina Foothills. Read the webcomic on ytje.com. #arizona #catalinafoothills #webcomic #drawing

"Ik ben klaar met kwark". Gesprekken meeluisteren in de trein is soms te verkiezen boven een podcast.

Early morning. The sun rises above the mountain range. Page 2 of Life in the Catalina Foothills 🗻which is part 3 of my webcomic Bright Light, Desert City 🏜 read the full story on my website #comic #catalinafoothills #drawing #story #villa #arizona

“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." Stephen Jay Gould, 1941 - 2002

Title page of part 3 of Bright Light, Desert City: Life in the Catalina Foothills. Read the comic on my website. #catalinafoothills #Tucson #arizona #drawing #comic #landscape #goldeneagle

If you’re a collector of ‘Proper Punks’ by @theAngieTaylor, your wallet is eligible for the presale of my upcoming generative art project, launching on #Bitcoin Pizza Day. Image-based, concept-driven, and rooted in time, value, and transformation 👇👇🍀🍀🍀more info🍕🍕🍕👇👇

This is the preview of the last page of Hello Tucson. Next week, part 3 will kick off! Read the full story, Bright Light, Desert City, about my stay in Tucson on my website. #webcomic #story #graphicnovel #Tucson #sunset

As shadows lengthen, we loop back to the house. This is a preview of page 38 of Hello Tucson - Bright Light, Desert City.  Read the full story on my website. #saguaro #cactus #Arizona #catalinafoothills

James Leg in @patronaathaarlem.bsky.social gisteravond. Vuig!

Preview of page 37 of Hello Tucson, part 2 of my webcomic Bright Light, Desert City. Read the full story on my website. #comic #webcomic #Tucson #Arizona #Foothills #usa

Page 36 of Hello Tucson: before I continue my story, remember that creating is important, especially now. The far right can only appropriate and regurgitate. We can actually create something original. #webcomic #hellotucson #drawing #create

On page 35 of Hello Tucson, a window into our current time. Stay strong. #humanrights #climatechange #usa #bigbusiness #darktimes #dutchcabinet #webcomic

Schetsen voor een verhaal over metro's. #metro #Leeuwarden #Rotterdam #ns #trein

The meticulous craft, years and years of honing it to tell stories about humanity, now perverted and regurgitated so reflect the worst of humanity.

No preview this time, but the whole page. While revelling in the beauty of Arizona, I'm also thinking about what's happening right now in the U.S.A. A window into my current thoughts. Page 34 of my webcomic Hello Tucson. #arizona #free #speech #humanrights #USA #webcomic

You know things are bad when our timeline is a cross between the stupidest version of Idiocracy and the stupidest AI version of Colossus: The Forbin Project.

Page 33 of Hello Tucson, where we take a stroll through the neighborhood. The desert vegetation is so beautiful. It feels a bit like walking in a park, with homes scattered throughout. #Catalinafoothills #tucson #webcomic #drawing #Arizona

Working on a new page of Hello Tucson. #sketch #webcomic #Tucson #AZ #drawing #landscape #USA

I purchased this classic album today on #bandcamp. Such a great album, sleek as sh*t. A whole list of bangers, one after the other. The Upper Cuts by Alan Braxe and Fred Falke, so good!

Here's a detail of page 32 of my #webcomic. Chapter 2 of Bright Light, Desert City: Hello Tucson. Read it for free on my website. #drawing #az #Tucson #Foothills www.ytje.com/bldc/hellotu...

Hieronder een aantal Europese alternatieven als het om #zoekmachines gaat. #Qwant bevalt me vooralsnog erg goed.

Ik heb totaal geen referentiekader wat #dans betreft, maar ik vond het erg tof om hier gisteravond bij te zijn geweest. Dans + muziek van Tears for Fears. #ita #Amsterdam ita.nl/nl/voorstell...

i never expected to have a President who would beat Tim & Eric at their own game

Vijf prachtige #design collecties in de Trans Europa Design Express tentoonstelling in het Design Museum in Den Bosch. Ik was er zaterdag: designmuseum.nl/tentoonstell...

Afgelopen vrijdag bezocht ik 'Close Enough' in Museum Helmond. Een compacte, maar indrukwekkende tentoonstelling van 13 vrouwelijke Magnum-fotografen. #museumhelmond #fotografie #helmond #magnumfotografie museumhelmond.nl/tentoonstell...

In 2022 I started my dystopian art project, GIGATURA based on the Dark Enlightenment. I created it as science fiction and tbh I didn’t think it would actually COME TRUE. It’s based on my research on Yarvin and the tech fascists i observed in the crypto world. i named the USA in 2045 as “Mirage”

"Pay these kids salaries instead of giving them grades and they might learn what America's all about." J.R. - William Gaddis #books

Coming up for air. Page 31 of my webcomic. #Water #swimmingpool #usa #tucson #Arizona