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Creativity in Computer Science

A recent project: working with University of Oregon computer science professor Michal Young to develop graphic interludes for open-source computer science textbooks. Interlude 1, Conquering Harder Problems with Abstraction in the CS 210 textbook Interlude 2, Careers in Computing, in the CS 210 textbook

This Could Fix Everything

You can see the more charming print version on Allia s site, or buy a print copy or a PDF. We re actively collecting things for volume 2 (I don t know if you ve noticed, but not everything seems fixed yet. Still working on it). So: if you ve got anything that could fix everything, drop me a line.

Building Digital Safety Skills: Consumer Confidence Comics #3 and #4

The latest Oregon Consumer Justice comic, Building Digital Safety Skills, #4 (!) in the series of Consumer Confidence Comics. I care a ton about making digital safety easy and approachable, so this was a project I was really excited to work on. The comic was created in collaboration with another local nonprofit, AGE+; the two [ ]

Winter illustrations for Libro.fm

Three illustrations for audiobook seller Libro.fm, created for the winter holidays.

Consumer Confidence Comics #2

Dealing with Debt Collections , another comic for Oregon Consumer Justice. It s the first of two comics about debt; lawyers Kelly Donovan Jones and Michael Fuller wrote the text, I did the pictures, you can read the whole thing on the Oregon Consumer Justice website in Spanish and English and order copies of the comic for [ ]

Stop as Yield

Another Allia x Audra creation. Pulled together semi-feverishly for this year s Portland Zine Symposium (as is traditional). Citations Further Reading Bonus material: development sketches (and little heads). (I mostly doodle little heads.)

Crucial Comix launch

Subhead: I make a third website, proving I am not a web developer. After months of working, Crucial Comix is a real thing that makes sense to talk about with other people! That s absolutely crazy! I made the website we re using WordPress because the storefront (for printed comics, the ever-important hats, and the thing we re [ ]

Mini zine: SEND IT

Or: how we learned to stop worrying and love the cold email.

Consumer Confidence Comics #1

Oregon Consumer Justice (a nonprofit that advocates for consumer rights) commissioned me to make a comic about what to know when you’re purchasing a used car. Lawyer Young Walgenkim provided the text, I did the art. What did I learn in the process? I practiced drawing cars, and got pretty good at using designing compositions [ ]

Mycology illustrations

Drawn for mycologist Jessie Uehling (OSU professor), to be included in her open curriculum introducing the principles of mycology to middle schoolers