“Make life better. Make it about more than yourself. But don’t forget about you.”
 
Scroll down and smile while reading this uplifting series of messages and illustrations from the blogger at The Chatter Blog.

Jessie Kanelos Weiner attended the Women’s March in Paris, France, and reported back — in beautiful watercolor paintings.

Author Greg van Eekhout and illustrator Sarah Searle collaborate on this sad, sweet comic about life, community, and balloon animals.

“To this day, animals are my guides to distant lands and fantastic realms beyond my urban experience and human reality.” Isaac Yuen describes drawing animals as a child and explores his favorite nature illustrations from the late Ohio artist Charley Harper.

“Before they were published, they were just scribbles in a sketchbook.” New Yorker cartoonist Drew Dernavich shares the process from sketch to caption to publication.

“There’s a lot happening in the world right now that would lead us to believe how disconnected we are from each other — but if this map says anything, I believe it’s that connection is real, alive, and important to us all.” Candace Rose Rardon illustrates a map of her readers’ travel stories.

Pondering the 2016 US presidential election, Ben Orlin’s signature stick figures wonder about other, mathematically fairer ways to determine who wins.

“Once you let go of any judgement and faithfully transport what’s in your mind onto the page, that’s when you discover who you really are.” Writer and illustrator Millie Ho candidly describes her creative process.

Whether you’re going back to school or graduated years ago, you’ll enjoy this stick-figure-filled conversation with Math with Bad Drawings blogger and UK-based math teacher Ben Orlin.

“Silence makes music / perceptible; perhaps / sadness makes life.” Words and images come together on The Doodling Poet’s blog, like this poem on the creative power of sadness.

Rejected Princesses illustrates the stories of “women too awesome, awful, or offbeat for kids’ movies.” In this installment, learn about Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, her military career, and her friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt.

“In an increasingly disconnected and attention-deficient world, sketching the veins on a leaf or the mountains out the living room window can help ground us in place and time…” Isaac Yuen explores the work of field ecologist Lyn Baldwin.

John Atkinson will help you get ready for Game of Thrones, season 6, with his handy (and hilarious!) character generator.

Artist Maxine Dodd captures the visual frenzy of a rugby match in striking watercolor.

Australian illustrator Zen Pencils (Gavin Aung Than) created a Peanuts-style comic based on Bobby Kennedy’s inspiring words on inclusion and openness to others.