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On my desk is a framed page of storyboards from Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. Spin the frame around and on the other side is a print from Scott McCloud’s g…
AdamWestbrook
Jan 19
I received some lovely emails after last week’s letter! Marc sent a message about writers who keep journals. I’ve been thinking about this since watchi…
AdamWestbrook
Jan 12
Hello and welcome to a new year of The Third Something. This feels like an appropriate time to remind you of what this is! The Third Something is a let…
AdamWestbrook
Jan 5
I have begun work on your postcards this week! I have so far sketched out about half of them. After a bit of research into how ink actually works, I th…
AdamWestbrook
Dec 29, 2019
First up - wow! I received way more requests for ink postcards than I was expecting. Yesterday I bought two extra packs of blank cards just to match de…
AdamWestbrook
Dec 22, 2019
Months ago I took myself to an art store with a promise to spend £30. (This is a fun idea by the way: to go to an art store with no specific purchase i…
AdamWestbrook
Dec 15, 2019
Thank you to all of you who took some time out of your week to tell me your thoughts on this letter. The quantity of replies honestly took me by surpri…
AdamWestbrook
Dec 8, 2019
To begin, a quick PSA: on Friday night, after what has been a dreadful week, I finished work and treated myself to my favourite comfort activity: an ol…
AdamWestbrook
Dec 1, 2019
I recently finished Tillie Walden’s new graphic novel Are You Listening? I understand she made it very quickly (having already produced two others by t…
AdamWestbrook
Nov 24, 2019
A few weeks ago Nathalie Sejean, a fellow journeyman who I have long been inspired by, sent out a letter encouraging artists to make a residency. Yes. …
AdamWestbrook
Nov 17, 2019
I James Clear’s book Atomic Habits is as good as everyone says it is. With minimal self-help guff, he presents a tangible and usable process for buildi…
AdamWestbrook
Nov 10, 2019
Gliding over a still Irish Sea last Sunday, the low clouds looked like small icebergs drifting in artic water. Dublin is a lovely city isn’t it? Monday…
AdamWestbrook
Nov 3, 2019
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