Substacks recommended by The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

Recommended by The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

Notes from a Creative Freelancer

By Zsofi

Writing about freelancing, illustration, and building a sustainable creative business.

Andy J. Pizza's Audio / Visual Newsletter

Stories and drawings about creative practice, self love, neurodivergence and Invisible Things.

Creating Comics

By K. Woodman-Maynard

I help artists create more and feel less bad about themselves in the process. I share the tools, structure, and mindset I use to overcome creative obstacles.

My eyes relish in K. Woodman-Maynard's lush watercolors, and I'm always lifted by her insightful observations about the creative journey.

- The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

How to Make a Graphic Novel

We are the artists of The Sequential Artists Workshop and we want you to make a graphic novel. Here is where we will show you how to do it, and talk about all things sequential art. Collaborative from Tom Hart, Jess Ruliffson, Emma Jensen and others!

Margreet’s Comics

By Margreet de Heer

Comics and stuff from my life: caring for my 80-year old mom; experiments in polyamory with my husband of 17 years; juggling living between Northern Germany and Amsterdam. Chickens in the garden. Cats in the bed.

I love Margreet's comics, straight from the headlines of her life! Tender, funny, poignant, alive.

- The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

Bookish

By Christine Sneed

Books & book-adjacent topics, taking the long view, the writing life, and related resources. Posts every 5-6 days.

Incidental Comics

By Grant Snider

Impossible thoughts and complicated feelings, illustrated. With bonus musings on how to live a creative life.

I have loved Grant Snider's comics for years. Poignant, funny, heart-piercing. It's so great to get a regular dose on Substack.

- The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

Dandelion Seeds: Illustrated Essays

By Candace Rose Rardon

Once a week, I share a short illustrated essay, hand-painted and hand-lettered, from my desk to yours. Like wishing on a dandelion, I hope it’ll bring a moment of beauty and wonder to your day.

How to Draw ____. (w/ RJR)

By Robert James Russell

A monthly-ish newsletter full of drawing lessons and mini essays, behind-the-scenes looks at my graphic memoir HARD BODY, musings on what I'm currently reading, and other various inspirations and infatuations.

So smart and warm and informative!

- The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

Found Objects

By Sarah Shaw

Comics, sketches, ramblings, and research, drawn and written on a rescued table.

Making a Graphic Memoir

By Margaret Kimball

A newsletter by Margaret Kimball about the process of making a graphic memoir, and also life.

I'm a huge fan of Margaret Kimball's art and storytelling. Here she gives practical tips and behind-the-scenes of making her graphic memoir as its being made!

- The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

Men: An Explanation

By Tom Hart

A periodic table of men's impulses, reactions and behaviors.

I'll read anything Tom Hart wants to say or draw, especially when he's mad.

- The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

It's Good to Be Here

By Amy Stewart

Be the artist in residence of your world. A weekly dose of wonder from artist and bestselling author Amy Stewart. Supporters get art tutorials and a deeper dive.

Sometimes a Ghost

By Deborah J. Stein

I live between NYC and a small mountain town in New Mexico. I write and make pictures, often in tandem, working toward languages that speak and listen to ghosts and other things in and out of the world.

Soft Things: Comics about science, research, & being human

By Cara Gormally

A scientist draws comics to share the joy of research

Creative Journey and motherhood

By Creative Journey and Motherhood

A monthly conversation about creativity and motherhood.

Beautiful, personal, honest, and visual meditations on life and art.

- The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

You Are Doing A Good Enough Job

By Sophie Lucido Johnson

A newsletter for people who beat themselves up.

Autobiographix

By Nora and Amaris

Explorations in nonfiction and autobio comics

Terrific resource featuring interviews with comics artists as well as lessons in comics to try in the classroom or on your own.

- The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

Road2Elsewhere by Peter Moore

Not all who wander are lost...they're on the Road2Elsewhere.

Closet Dispatch

By Teresa Wong

An illustrated newsletter about what we wear and what it all means

I love reading Teresa's unpretentious, perhaps even unfashionable insights on clothes. And her drawings are divine.

- The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

Haley Wrote This

By Haley Weaver

A pop of color for your inbox <3

The Sometimes Newsletter

By Ella Frances Sanders

A dispatch from the desk of New York Times and internationally-bestselling author and illustrator Ella Frances Sanders, concerned primarily with paying close attention, the relationship between beauty and the mundane, and the things we fall in love with.