Digital Sketchbook: Hand-drawn animated GIFs, drawn on my iPad with an Apple Pencil

At the beginning of the pandemic, I started making these drawings (doodles) on my iPad before bedtime, to clear my mind. Some went on to be featured in various online publications.

We thought it would be two weeks of “shelter in place.”

an animated gif of a woman with a vibrating tree growing from her forehead. — A vivid dream I had: a tree, growing from my forehead, wants to unstick itself.

The innocent discomforts of constant mask-wearing: foggy glasses, awkward mouth positions..

animated gif of a pigeon pooping on a $5 bill — My illustration of a pigeon pooping on a $5 bill was featured in ‘The Nerdletter,’ a beloved financial literacy newsletter by author of *Finance for the People*, Paco de Leon.

Digital Sketchbook: Hand-drawn animated GIFs, drawn on my iPad with an Apple Pencil

All visuals are designed and created by Anne Beal. Do not reproduce this imagery without obtaining explicit, written permission from the artist.

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