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From Scottie · July 31, 2026
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Reader priorities
An artist or writer who wants illustrated essays about practice, reading, travel, rejection, and continuing to make work.
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Sources in this brief
- The Habit of Art by Kelcey ErvickThe publication this guide is about
- Drawing LinksAdds observational drawing and autobiographical visual storytelling.
- Minna Sundberg Art and Comics BlogAdds concrete serialized-comics progress from a working artist.
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July 31, 2026 · Executive brief
01 / The rundown
- Treating creative submissions as a numbers game can reframe early project rejections into necessary steps toward securing major grants and publications.
- Adopting daily visual diary habits and constrained color palettes provides reliable low-pressure methods to sustain a continuous artistic writing practice.
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02 / The briefing
01 / main
Turn writing rejections into steps toward your next grant
The takeaway: Viewing creative submissions as a numbers game softens the sting of refusal. Anticipating nineteen rejections for every single acceptance transforms pitch rejections into helpful metrics. Writing concise grant applications also clarifies project goals, budgets, and core significance.
Concrete details
- Expect a baseline ratio of nineteen rejections for every single literary journal acceptance when starting out.
- Secured three grants out of five applications by aligning project goals directly with funder guidelines.
Why it matters for this reader: As an artist navigating pitch cycles, adopting a strategic submission mindset helps you protect your momentum and refine your project proposals.
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Capture daily creative inspiration through simple single-panel diary comics
The takeaway: Combining one quick illustration with brief text creates a low-pressure habit for visual storytelling. Drawing routine observations, overheard phrases, or travel moments sharpens daily attention without requiring complex multi-panel narrative structures.
Concrete details
- Illustrated custom travel diary postcards for over thirty subscribers during a summer trip through Ireland.
- Categorizes daily comics into four emotional triggers: humorous, weird, relatable, and poetic moments.
Why it matters for this reader: For your daily making habit, single-panel sketching offers an accessible way to document observations and generate fresh essay ideas.
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Embrace creative constraints when physical limitations disrupt your routine
The takeaway: Switching tools or imposing strict stylistic rules can reignite storytelling when physical fatigue hits your drawing hand. Exploring constrained formats forces you to discover fresh structural variations for existing project ideas.
Concrete details
- Georges Perec authored the entire 1969 novel A Void without using the letter E.
- Matt Madden demonstrated ninety-nine distinct visual variations of a single template comic story.
Why it matters for this reader: When physical strain threatens your artistic workflow, leaning into structured creative constraints helps you keep producing work without injury.
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Build visual narratives using a five-color gouache daily painting challenge
The takeaway: Painting desk objects daily with a fixed color palette builds narrative discipline across a month-long challenge. Unlike forgiving acryla-gouache, traditional gouache reactivates with water, demanding deliberate brushwork while forcing story connections between isolated visual studies.
Concrete details
- Restricted daily Gouachevember studies to cadmium yellow, quinacridone red, Payne's gray, raw umber, and titanium white.
- Used regular water-reactivating gouache rather than forgiving acryla-gouache to complete daily desk paintings.
Why it matters for this reader: Limiting your physical medium forces you to rely on color harmony and subtle writing to tie daily sketches into cohesive essays.
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Let travel side-quests enrich your ongoing graphic memoir work
The takeaway: Exploring new locations like Norway provides fresh perspective while taking necessary pauses from long-form writing projects. Treating artistic side-quests as part of the primary creative journey helps refresh focus on major graphic memoir drafts.
Concrete details
- Traveled through Norway while actively progressing on graphic memoir updates and creative side-quests.
- Maintains creative production while living along the St. Joseph River as a creative writing professor.
Why it matters for this reader: Your travel experiences and artistic side-quests serve as essential fuel rather than distractions for your ongoing creative essays.
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Pair pleasure reading with research novels to fuel your creative practice
The takeaway: Mixing diverse fiction titles ranging from dark romance to moving speculative stories offers dual benefits for practice and pleasure. Analyzing different literary styles provides immediate structural inspiration for companion comic projects and essay drafting.
Concrete details
- Read four recent novels including The Correspondent, Perfume, The Midnight Library, and Lost Lambs.
- Currently reading Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow alongside research title The King of Flesh and Bone.
Why it matters for this reader: Curating a balanced reading list provides direct technique research for your writing while sustaining overall creative inspiration.
Original sourcesDrawing Links
Action items
- Track your grant and journal submission counts this week to reframe incoming rejections as progress toward acceptance.
- Draft a single-panel diary comic today combining one observed detail with text to capture a routine moment.
- Limit your next painting practice to a five-color gouache palette to build narrative focus through visual constraints.
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Travels in Norway and graphic memoir updates
- Travels in Norway: Side-quests are part of the storyThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Included
Team Rejection vs Team Acceptance
- Team Rejection vs Team AcceptanceThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Included
Solstice Reset
- A Solstice ResetThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Art Habit in Maine
- Shake up your art habitThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Nature Journaling Workshop
- Nature journals for people who get attacked by geese, can't draw trees, and generally prefer to be indoorsThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Making single-panel diary comics
- Making single-panel diary comicsThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Included
April Art Chaos
- Embracing April's chaotic energyThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Unconscious in Storytelling
- 10 minutes: Light candle, make art.The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Structural Elements of Story
- The most powerful, overlooked, difficult element of a story (or a painting)The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Graphic Memoir The Keeper
- Are these the same questions you ask the boys' teams?The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Writing with a typewriter under physical constraints
- My drawing hand hurts so I got out my typewriterThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Included
Big Projects Era
- Think Small to Go BigThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
- Define your New Year's...EraThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Creative Meltdowns and Submissions
- My latest creative meltdownThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Writing About Ancestors
- Trying to write about my ancestorsThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Writing from Photographs
- Finding stories in family photosThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Daily gouache storytelling
- The girl who holds the worldThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Included
Illustrated Book Announcement
- 10KDrawing Links · Read, not included
Student Comic Workshop
- A cartoonist's eyes can see what's hiddenThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Substack Friends Zine
- A Substack Friends ZineThe Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Political Art and Activism
- Sharpen your axes, artists!The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick · Read, not included
Reading lists for research and pleasure
- UniformsDrawing Links · Included
Slug and Books
- Slug & BooksDrawing Links · Read, not included
Journey Upstream Comics
- Pages 244-248 of JU, early accessMinna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
- New Journey Upstream pages (early access)Minna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
- New JU pages (early access)Minna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
- New Journey Upstream pages (early access)Minna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
- New JU pages (early access)Minna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
- Pages 205-210 are here for subscribers (early access)Minna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
- Journey Upstream pages 199-204 (early access)Minna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
- Pages 193-198 of JU, early accessMinna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
- Pages 187-192 of Journey Upstream, early accessMinna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
Ocean Critters Art
- Ocean CrittersDrawing Links · Read, not included
Journey Upstream New Year
- Journey Upstream pages 217-220 (early access)Minna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
Journey Upstream Early Access
- Early access of pages 211-216 of Journey UpstreamMinna Sundberg Art and Comics Blog · Read, not included
Floridian Mythos Oracle Deck
- FloridoracleDrawing Links · Read, not included
Enchanted Book Paywall
- Enchanted BookDrawing Links · Read, not included
Newsletter Advice
- Is Your Newsletter Boring?Drawing Links · Read, not included
The Edith Oracle
- ✨ The Edith Oracle 🔮Drawing Links · Read, not included
Water Fountains
- Water FountainsDrawing Links · Read, not included
Spring Break Reflection
- Spring BreakDrawing Links · Read, not included
Bubbles Art Link
- BubblesDrawing Links · Read, not included
Vikingur Olafsson Listening
- Vikingur OlafssonDrawing Links · Read, not included
Vintage Dresser Archive
- Vintage DresserDrawing Links · Read, not included
Ears Drawing Link
- EarsDrawing Links · Read, not included
Gemstones for Happiness
- Gemstones for HappinessDrawing Links · Read, not included
Ring Cycle Art Link
- Ring CycleDrawing Links · Read, not included
Florida Running Review
- Florida Running ReviewDrawing Links · Read, not included
Mystery Fragrance
- Mystery FragranceDrawing Links · Read, not included
Underwear Post
- UnderwearDrawing Links · Read, not included
Bok Tower
- Bok TowerDrawing Links · Read, not included
About The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick
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Sustain a creative practice through honest illustrated essays about making and rejection.[1][2][3]
Who it’s for
An artist or writer who wants illustrated essays about practice, reading, travel, rejection, and continuing to make work.[1][2]
What you’ll find in it
The issues linked below include “A Woman Reading”, “Travels in Norway: Side-quests are part of the story”, and “Team Rejection vs Team Acceptance”. Open them to judge the publication in its own words.
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- A Woman ReadingPublic issue[2]
- Travels in Norway: Side-quests are part of the storyPublic issue[3]
- Team Rejection vs Team AcceptanceSun, 05 Jul 2026[4]