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Short writing on drawing, timing and getting paid on time. A new one most months.

A sketchbook of characters beside a camera and a glass

On the back: the bakery paid partly in croissants. not a policy. From the notebook · 26.

Latest note

12 Oct 2026

4 min read

How I price a mascot

Three numbers, one awkward conversation, and why I never price by the hour.

Earlier notes

Process

4 min

The bouncing ball still teaches me things

28 Sept 2026

drew this one before lunch. it shows.

Process

4 min

The bouncing ball still teaches me things

28 Sept 2026

drew this one before lunch. it shows.

A red pencil roll full of coloured pencils

Tools

4 min

My pencil case, honestly

3 Sept 2026

the green one was my grandad’s. it stays.

A hand drawing small icons in an open notebook

Process

3 min

Thumbnails are the cheapest good idea

14 Aug 2026

sixty is a lot. that’s the point.

Invoices, a pen, a mug and a yellow notebook on a desk

Business

4 min

Getting paid on time, without being weird about it

20 Jul 2026

this email has never not worked.

A box covered in a black and white zigzag pattern

Process

3 min

Drawing for packaging: think in corners

30 Jun 2026

i folded fourteen boxes for this.

Ida

Let’s talk

Ida

Let’s talk

Ida

Let’s talk

Ida

Let’s talk

hello@example.com

Booking projects from March

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How I price a mascot

The bouncing ball still teaches me things

The bouncing ball still teaches me things

My pencil case, honestly

Thumbnails are the cheapest good idea

Getting paid on time, without being weird about it

Drawing for packaging: think in corners

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