Archive - Illustrated Life

An Unbroken Line

Etch A Sketch, bird walking, and a prompt for you

11 hrs ago •

Week 29 Journal Prompts for Illustrate Your Week 2025

Prompts for Week 29 in your illustrated journal

16 hrs ago •

Making Comics—Week 9

Reflections on Week Nine of working through Lynda Barry's Making Comics

Jul 10 •

I Am Always Writing a Letter 01

Somewhere between memory and fiction: a stick of gum, a paper boat, and the shape of trees

Jul 6 •

Week 28 Journal Prompts for Illustrate Your Week 2025

Prompts for Week 28 in your illustrated journal

Jul 6 •

Making Comics—Week 8

Reflections on Week Eight of working through Lynda Barry's Making Comics

Jul 3 •

Postcard Prompt 10: Mapping

A here-to-there mapping prompt for June

Jul 1 •

June 2025

The shape of a murmuration

Concave, convex, or a curtain? Plus, rabbit ears.

Jun 29 •

Week 27 Journal Prompts for Illustrate Your Week 2025

Prompts for Week 27 in your illustrated journal

Jun 29 •

Making Comics—Week 7

Reflections on Week Seven of working through Lynda Barry's Making Comics

Jun 26 •

Birthday Wishes

Year quilts, open doors, and reflections before a matching double-digit birthday, good numbers for backgammon.

Jun 22 •

Week 26 Journal Prompts for Illustrate Your Week 2025

Prompts for Week 26 in your illustrated journal

Jun 22 •

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