CraftSanity #228: Dear Art Students with Connie Jin

This week Jennifer and her daughter Abby are bringing you an interview with Connie Jin, an interactive developer/designer, comics journalist, and illustrator. Connie is working on a graphic novel and is a graphics reporter at National Public Radio! They share their journey with art, how to balance the creative workloads of a day job and a passion project, getting out of a creative slump, and mental health tips for creatives! Zines! Zines! Zines! You can read a free zine of Connie’s advice here: https://craftsanity.com/connie-jin/ Or order a physical copy: https://craftsanityshop.com/products/dear-art-student-zines Keep up with Connie! Check out Connie's work... for NPR: https://www.npr.org/people/776502220/connie-hanzhang-jin website: https://connjin.github.io/ and Twitter: https://x.com/connjie (This comic for NPR might be particularly helpful to check out if you’re feeling stressed! https://www.npr.org/2024/10/16/g-s1-27725/comic-science-backed-mood-boosters-to-almost-instantly-snap-you-out-of-a-funk) Get involved! Have some advice for fellow artists you want to share? Send a short voice recording to [email protected] and we might play it in a future episode!