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So I’ve been trying to practice my quick sketch skills, where my goal is to capture the essence of someone or something more than a detailed, accurate likeness.
Anyone want to volunteer (or nominate someone) to be quick sketched? 👀
I’m working on a lot these days, but here’s a doodle of some banana trees for no reason!
New mini-series! (6-8 posts, not 💯 sure.)
This is on personal history, starting with my first childhood home in Hawaii! It was a big communal home with studio apartments. The owners were a Filipino family who lived upstairs, and their kids were my first “siblings.”
For Advent…
The Bible describes Magi only as “men from the East.” We don’t know how many there were, but stories from history evolved that name 3: Melchior of Persia, Gaspar from India, Balthazar from Arabia. 🧵
#inktober2021day28 CRISPY
Time for a snack break. Here’s some crispy lumpia! Great for parties, snacks, and…
…throwing in the faces of your mortal enemies (see @LumpiaMovie 😆).
#FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth #fahm #inktober2021
#inktober2021day25 SPLAT
I know I stretched this prompt, but today is Larry Itilong Day! He was a resilient farm labor organizer best known for organizing the Delano grape strike to demand better pay. (🧵👇)
#filipinoamericanhistorymonth #fahm
#inktober2021day23 LEAK
Corporal Magdalena Leoness: Filipina spy for the US in WWII, the only Asian to receive a US Silver Star Medal.
Brief captivity by the Japanese gave her time to learn Japanese, so she was recruited as a US special agent.
#FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth