Jenna Mathews🤓

-"I know it's tough but if you sit down and just get this one more little bit of writing done for me, you can play Minecraft and watch a show when you get home! Doesn't that sound fun? Alright just a bit more!"

-"Yes I know washing the dishes is very boring, but guess what! You can listen to that funny video you really like while you do it, doesn't that sound fun buddy?"

-"You wanna buy a treat? Hey y'know what else would make you super cool tho? if you could save money this time! You're gonna be sooo rich! And there's a really tasty treat you can have when you get home! Wow yes that's it you're so good at saving money! You can have a treat next time, okay?"

-"I know it seems really boring and scary, but let's just go and see how you feel when you get there, okay? We can listen to that song you really like on the way!"

Sometimes the kid in my brain just stops listening and has a tantrum and then I feel like an unsuccessful parent to that child or I get really mad at the child for not doing enough, but sometimes the kid needs an easy fun play day to calm down, sometimes I gotta slowly ease the kid back into an activity that seems daunting

“With your support, the lineart is now FINISHED! I’m excited to color it tomorrow because that’s the FUN part!”

“Special thanks to Netta too, for encouraging me to sit down and work and for helping a bit with the lineart too.”

“TODAY IS A HISTORIC DAY! I MANAGED TO GET THE COLORING DONE! Also, I was going to design a separate album cover for volume 2, but then I realized I can literally just add a little chalkboard in the corner with the number of the volume and then just stick with this same cover.”

“Theo’s badges and Netta’s bracelets were the toughest part of all this!”

“Also, fun fact: The letters are supposed to be like those rainbow letter fridge magnets!”

“With your support, the lineart is now FINISHED! I’m excited to color it tomorrow because that’s the FUN part!”

“Special thanks to Netta too, for encouraging me to sit down and work and for helping a bit with the lineart too.”

“How I got my paint splatter jeans.”

“Got this illustration for Brace For Impact Part 2 finished! And fun fact, all the designs on Jeanette’s bug dress are drawn individually and not copy pasted. This project is WAY more complicated than I expected, but it’s paying off!”

“Another interesting thing is that, in the story, I describe Jeanette’s painting as more realistic than my cartoony one, but that’s tricky to convey in an illustration that I’m drawing myself…which makes all of it cartoony by default.” 😅

“Check out Dr. Wilson’s awesome classroom in this illustration from Physics Fiasco Part 4!”

“Those posters were very time consuming!”

“Also, check out the clock. It took me a while to learn what time it was in there.”

“The illustration for chapter 4 (Physics Fiasco Part 2) is now finished!”