Art Journal

Illustration MM0287, finished on 2025-07-11.  Artwork drawn with Procreate, Apple Pencil, and iPad Pro.

Here's a new illustration I made featuring my original characters Pyra (the fire witch) and Soot (the cat). It’s impossible to build a business that brings in large profits without the labor of your workers. Why do the people at the top deserve a life of luxury, while the people at the bottom that helped them get there can barely afford to live? If you work 40 hours a week, you shouldn’t have to struggle while others benefiting from your labor live large. Don’t ask why a factory worker is worth more than $18 an hour, ask why the CEO...

I reimagined my old "Monster Girl Ramen" illustration from 2018! If you've never seen it, here's what the old one looked like... ...This is the rough sketch for my new version: And here's how it turned out!

Look at how the cost of housing has skyrocketed over the decades. Compare that to wages. Eventually more people will hit a breaking point. I'm not cheering or asking for it, just extremely frustrated that it's coming to this. When economic inequality gets bad enough people revolt. It's bad for the rich, but worse for the poor.