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I just found some of my #inktober art from this year. This is #22, dedicated to how hard it is to work a long shift (especially a night shift) and be functional afterwards. I have had some... interesting times navigating public transport after gruelling shifts. I was working a lot of #oncalls in #October and forgot to upload most of them, so here are a few more... #dxart https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZN5CghqfY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k8x4iptpg8ot

A doodle of a nice relaxing place  :) I’m not going to lie, I’d like a nice nap on one of those sky islands...

New art! You know what this means :D It’s around 3 years since I started posting my comic online (but around 6 years since I started writing it). Somehow, almost 6000 of you follow my comic tumblr @dxmedicalstudent, and over 12,000 follow my everything-else medblr @dxmedstudent. For someone who usually shows their art to perhaps a handful of people in real life, and who has been struggling to balance art with doctorhood, that’s pretty awesome. I honestly didn’t expect many people at all to be interested in my very niche lil comics, or my medical rambles, so every time one of you likes something (or replies, or reblogs!) it genuinely makes my day. Creating is tiring, and it genuinely makes a big difference when people interact with your work. So thank you to each of you, whether you’ve been here from the start, or just clicked by the other day. And I hope that if you’re considering making a medical comic, it’ll inspire you to give it a shot. If a lazy person like me can do it, it’s not impossible! If you want to combine medicine and art, give it a shot! Because it’s awesome. I love the header image I used for my comic page on mobile tumblr, but I’ve been feeling like it needed an update. It’s pretty challenging to come up with an idea that says ‘med school’ and combines a shedload of characters, I hope the final product isn’t too cramped or busy!   And, because I’ve lately become a fan of sun-glow haloes and effects, here’s a second version of the same pic. I’m getting rather fond of messing around with them...

I just found some of my #inktober art from this year. This is #20. They use the same sounds for #pagers and #alarms in #hospital in a range of other settings, so I can't go to the coffee shop or supermarket without being startled by a sound with negative connotations. I was working a lot of #oncalls in #October and forgot to upload most of them, so here are a few more... #dxart https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZNRwWB3jv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ffjx5wje974j

I just found some of my #inktober art from this year. This is #16, about navigating the piles and piles of paperwork we deal with in #healthcare. I was working a lot of #oncalls in #October and forgot to upload most of them, so here are a few more... #dxart https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZLxtVB0tK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f9sm0t7ka99e

I always struggle with keeping up with #inktober because daily challenges and 12h oncalls don't mix. So I thought I'd stick to something simple this year; post-it note doodles about doctorhood. #inktober1 is: the way you note down things like patients' observations *anywhere* handy during an emergency. After this weekend's shifts, my left wrist is still scrawled with faint biro observations. #myart #dxart https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZmsMcBkXG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uder4usc37xr

I just found some of my #inktober art from this year. This is #21, dedicated to those times when medicine or revision are taking over your life and you miss life outside of medicine. I was working a lot of #oncalls in #October and forgot to upload most of them, so here are a few more... #dxart https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZNma-h2Mz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11ry1ubg8epfh

I just found some of my #inktober art from this year. This is #18 : about the medical superstitious belief in White Clouds (lucky people) and Black Clouds (people who get all the rotten luck)... I was working a lot of #oncalls in #October and forgot to upload most of them, so here are a few more... #dxart https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZMyUvh8lK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1zsmvnvpayss