Hello! I'm Mel, an illustrator + artist with a love of sketching on location. I share artist vlogs, sketching adventures, sketchbook tours and process videos here.

Come out and celebrate zines, independent and self-published books, comics drawings and more at the Central Library this Saturday.

It’s a lot of sorting through and a lot of hunting. To me, that’s kind of the fun. I like having the mission of the book,” ...

Do you have some paper, something to mark it with, and some thoughts or creative inspiration to share? Congratulations, you ...

Jaclyn Westlake was a recruiter, HR manager, resume writer, career advice columnist, and career coach before writing “Dear ...

Most commonly produced by and for members of various subcultures, zines (rhymes with “scenes”) had a dip in popularity with ...

Many zines are printed on regular 8.5x11 paper, folded in half, and stapled or bound to create a booklet. Keep your design simple but eye-catching, using interesting fonts, illustrations, and ...

It can be intimidating to enter a new queer space, especially if you're starting to explore your gender and sexuality.

Basically, you’d have to jot down the name of the book and head to the web version of Amazon to look it up and make a purchase. This move is, of course, thanks to a recent court ruling that ...

Lee may not have a physical community center — at least not yet — but its Youth Commission is piecing one together through ...

Whose stories get printed? From zines to manifestos, risograph prints to hand-bound books, independent publishing has long been where the marginalised take control of their own narratives. This ...