..it’s been a bit over 一年 since I moved to nyc to be an artist/illustrator. ⁣
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I made the picture in this post at the end September 2019. I still remember sitting in Battery Park, during a drawing meet-up, making one of the very first @pandacubstories comics. ⁣

So much has happened since then! ⁣

I started learning digital art, connected with fellow webcomics ( @thirdculturechinese @jellybyisabel@catandcatcomics @pinkandpearlpig@suzumelon @drawingwithdung@moonsia_art @akiigato@adhdemoncomic@thechopsticknoodle …), and discovered the #chinesestudygramcommunity (@han_characters@learnchineseputonghua@elementarychinese @studywithdanai@loopylinguist @chinesewithmira@complexsyrup @_akadanie@mymandarinstudygram..)⁣
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I’m so, SO grateful for this community (y’all!!!) forming around my comics. I LOVE being able to share my learner’s journey with you, and beyond thrilled that some of you find it useful on your own path towards learning Mandarin Chinese! ⁣
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𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝟿𝘵𝘩, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶 ⁣
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I’m all at once excited about the future, but also a bit (very..) exhausted. Same ol'story: I took up too many projects at once (including that 中秋節 podcast that never ended up materializing 😑) and burnt myself out. I’m also working through some things in my personal life.⁣
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So...I’m taking a little break. ⁣
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I’ll still be posting (you might notice me posting more than usual, actually). Details are in the 2nd panel, but long story short: ⁣
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1️⃣I’m scaling back on the long-form comics to focus on 2 big projects (Kickstarter?! Book proposal?!!)⁣
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2️⃣In the meantime, I’ll be making mini vocab posts (like the “Potions” right before this post)…and purrhaps redrawing some old comics:). ⁣
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With that said, I’ve rambled long enough. Happy 星期五 to all, and enjoy the weekend! I’ll be back w/ Panda’s first “mini post” on Monday:) ⁣
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Linda⁣
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