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" A hot dog cut up with ketchup is, like, lunch for me, so I just think it's funny to Instagram it. I just don't want to put that much effort into cooking. "
Effort
Cooking
Think
" Fashion blogs are great, but I also take inspiration from movies, nature, everyday objects. "
Great
Movies
Nature
" Good cooking is good cooking, regardless of the price. "
Price
Cooking
Regardless
" Humans are generally much trickier to draw because we're so used to looking at and analyzing human faces. The slightest tweak makes a huge difference in how we perceive that character. "
Looking
Human
Difference
" I'd love to do a book with scratch n' sniff pages and pieces of string and plastic attached to the pages, you know? "
Know
Book
Plastic
" I don't consider myself a political artist, but I am political just by nature of being a woman. "
Woman
Myself
Political
" If someone leaves me a bad review, I briefly fantasize about pushing them down a well. "
Review
Me
Down
" I had to train myself to like spicy foods as I got older because they weren't a part of my upbringing at all. "
Like
Got
Train
" I have existential worries inside of me, but I don't always know how to express them all the time. "
Me
Always
How
" I haven't thought too much about the word 'foodie,' but I definitely lie closer to the 'I just need to eat a thing to fuel myself' end of the spectrum. It's not quite a hobby. I don't feel a need to try all the newest restaurants. "
Need
End
Feel
" I like observing intelligent people who have expertise in areas I'm mostly ignorant about. "
Ignorant
Intelligent
Like
" I like that talented chefs are able to keep coming up with new ways of preparing food - it really is an art form. "
Keep
Art
Up
" I'm a bad artist. I'm lazy and untalented and bad. "
Bad
Lazy
Artist
" I'm drawn towards people who have a little pathos and a little dark side, and I feel the same towards fictional characters. "
Side
Dark Side
Feel
" I'm not a great boss because I don't like to tell other people what to do. "
People
Because
Tell
" I'm not a vegetarian, but while I don't want to defend it, I try to be mindful about the amount of animal products I consume. I eat a lot of vegan meals at home, and I'm okay with paying more for higher quality meat and eggs as a tax. "
Try
Animal
Okay
" I never thought I'd enjoy collaborating so much, but turns out it feels like a super power if you collab with the right people. "
Like
You
Thought
" I never thought, 'I'm going to learn how to be funny now!,' and I'm still surprised when other people think I'm funny. I just learned to make jokes as a way of moving through the world. It helps me deal with all sorts of discomfort and boredom. "
Thought
People
World
" I no longer enjoy drawing people's pets. I just want to draw what I want to draw and have people not tell me what to draw. "
People
Tell
Me
" I think a lot of people see fashion as a feminine art form and use that as an excuse to dismiss it. Highlighting it can be a way of affirming that women's interests are of value. "
People
See
Value
" I think, a lot of time, when I'm making art, I'm trying to get into a state of childlike play, where I'm not self-conscious; I'm not worried about what the outcome is going to be. I'm just having fun. "
Fun
Think
Art
" I think being creative is incredibly difficult and painful. "
Think
Creative
Difficult
" I think that even at my most anxious, if I have a job to do or a role to fill, I know on some level I can step up and complete it. I mean, I'm probably not going to go bungee jumping anytime soon... but pushing myself to weather some discomfort now and then feels healthy. "
Weather
Know
Myself
" I think the price of the food can totally alter the perception of it. If I know something is expensive and the ambience is fancy, the food just invariably tastes a little better - and I feel like I'm getting away with something. But I'm also bored by most 'fancy' food. "
Think
Better
Food
" It's hard to find things that haven't been said before or drawn before, but I'm trying. "
Hard
Trying
Things
" I used to think fashion was something unattainable and reserved only for people who look like models. But looking back, I've always made bold choices, possibly beginning with the silk jungle print jacket, orange shorts, and Nepalese cap I insisted on wearing every day when I was ten. "
Day
Looking Back
People
" I value multi-layered artwork that warrants a second glance, so I try my best to achieve that with my own work. If something is solely pretty or solely disgusting, you look at it once and get the gist and move on. If it's a mix of both, it's potentially more interesting. "
Interesting
Move On
Best
" I've always liked writing. Even when I was in art school and thought I was going to be a gallery painter, I liked to pair my artwork with writing. And so that naturally led to drawing comics. "
Thought
Art
Writing
" I've had trouble gaining access to certain people I'd really love to interview because they're worried I'll make fun of them. I'm a pretty private and self-conscious person, so I relate to that concern! "
Fun
Trouble
People
" I went to UCLA and studied studio art. I thought I was going to be a gallery painter, photographer, or ceramicist. Then, when I graduated, that didn't happen immediately. I didn't suddenly get solo shows in Chelsea, and I realized that is actually kind of difficult to break into. "
Thought
Difficult
Solo
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