Jenn Whitcomb

I haven’t uploaded any new artwork this week and there are three reasons for that:

1. I have an intense awesome job that may or may not be pivotal to the future of our country. (c’mon, it’s a little pivotal, right?)

2. I moved last week and don’t know what box my art supplies are in. What began as a perfectly organized labeling system, fell apart about mid-way through when I started just throwing everything into boxes. There are boxes at my storage unit, my supporter housing, and in my car. It will take me a few days to sort this out. I’m reminded of my patented ‘post-it system’ at work that always seems to fall apart about a week from election day.

3. I’ve been working on getting my Grassroots and Ink website up and running. Those who have been following this project for a while know that it has gone through many phases of what the completed project would look like. The Kickstarter era, where I started to raise money for printing costs, sadly fell apart when I was sent to Hawaii to work on a special election. The idea of actually hocking the idea and draft to publishing houses really isn’t feasible with my time constraints at work. Above all else, the completion of this project will be a huge personal accomplishment and that is what I have chosen to focus on.

And so, I am uploading the project, drawing by drawing to Grassroots and Ink, complete with the running commentary I envisioned the completed book to have. Right now I’m uploading each primary state in bulk, though once I get to the general election (which is not yet completed) it will be on a drawing by drawing basis. Both for myself, and I’m hoping for others involved in the process, it will be a fun and valuable way to reminisce on the past as we prepare for the future election.

My intention is to make this project available free online now, as well as bound into a book through self-publishing when complete. I will even sign it for ya.

Yeah... this happened.

So, long story short- go check it out! If you enjoy the work, please also find the project’s page on Facebook and ‘like’ it.

Thanks,

Jenn