Curiosity-encouraging views of life.
Waking Up From Winter A short one this month! My social hibernation has ended with a stressful trip to the car dealership, BUT I’ve been having a great month. There aren’t many fancy drawings to accompany this one, but I do go into a bit more rambling over on my Patreon page (don’t worry, there’s …
February I’ve been really delving into personal projects this month, but I have kept an ear out for fun curiosities! I keep it short here, listing out awesome information, entertainment and resources for you to explore. If you want my extended ramblings about each item, as well as illustrations, info about upcoming projects I’m working …
Hourly Comic Day It’s been years since I’ve done Hourly Comic Day. You can read my expanded thoughts on that here (free post): Patreon – Hourly Comic Day Click an image to expand the gallery:
Another New Year I’ve been reveling in my Winter break! It’s given me a lot of time to do things I don’t usually do, and to discover more and more things about myself and life in general. It’s been a great time. I even have time to make food doodles now! Patreon is where I …
December This season is all about pairing down; deadlines, social obligations, spaces I’m interacting with, etc. Let’s call it a hibernation! In that spirit, I’m finally integrating my letter, Patreon and my website’s blog!! Patreon is where I do my long rambles about what I’m working on and the tools I’m using, so if you …
I haven’t been able to do much mapping lately, but I did finally get to dig into the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s information a bit more, and put together images of Hawaiian star lines, while I watched the night sky on my last expedition. This is information that I’ve been keen to discuss in Star Math: …
Last time on STAR MATH, we talked about most of the angles that explain how finding the angle of a star’s height can help us calculate how far North or South we are on the globe or, our Latitude. We’ll continue that today for the deeply curious, but first a handy Latitude flowchart for picking …
Geometry is interesting. I personally never took a real geometry class, skipping over it and just getting the gist through other concepts. But boy did I have to do a ton of trigonometry! Thinking beyond math, shapes are just interesting. Life is interesting. As an artist who often has to depict a variety of real …
When I first started learning about celestial navigation as a wee tot, everyone stressed how difficult it was, and how much math was involved. I’m learning now, that it’s all about the approach. We’ve already done half the work, figuring out Longitude: how far East or West we are on the globe, now we enter …
The last Star Math post talked about what longitude is, and how the Earth is theoretically divided in slices, spreading out East and West, originating from Greenwich, England. This time, we get to calculate how far East or West we are on the globe! You will need: Your current time The current time in Greenwich …