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Hannah Dunscombe is a painter, portrait artist, and aspiring graphic novelist based in Mansfield, MA.
Holidays 2022
This year we spent Christmas with my parents in Upstate NY. It was Chris’s first time spending the holidays there and it was so much fun to introduce him to our family traditions.
Our wedding attire
I got the dress secondhand and it cost $240. I found it one afternoon on Poshmark and pulled the trigger in a matter of minutes…
Our wedding: family/friend contributions and Ukrainian details
Our wedding would not have been possible without the help of our family and friends!
Our wedding decor
We landed on a library theme for the wedding (and rounded it out with some autumnal motifs), and in between working on the comic all summer, I assembled the following details…
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This portrait was a good challenge for me, since tabby fur can be so complex. It’s very tempting to get out an eye-lash thin brush and articulate every fleck of white or black to add texture, but it can end up looking hyperrealistic and leave an awkward digital graphics vibe. Instead, I went heavy on the colored pencil, which naturally creates a texture with the grain of the paper, especially when combined with layers of different tones.
Tina & Tristan
This is my cousin Tina and her husband Tristan. The two had a private ceremony in Washington, DC last year and celebrated with family in Maitland, FL this past weekend.
Remembering Ivy
Whenever Ivy heard a noise that might be related to food, she perked up.
It could be the fridge door opening, or the crinkle of packaging, or even the sound of tablets rattling in a vitamin bottle.
She would pop out of her enclosure, ears alert, nose pointed upward to detect the scent of appetizing food, eyes eager for some confirmation of her suspicion, teeth chattering excitedly.
These would also be accompanied by the classic guinea pig sounds of anticipation: a hopeful "brweep! brweep! beweep!" and the metallic drumming sound of teeth gnawing on the bars of her enclosure.
Saying goodbye to our beloved Ivy
Yesterday was one of the hardest days I've ever had. Ivy has been my friend since 2016. She was there for me when Archie died in 2019, only months before the pandemic started. I never once felt lonely over two years of working from home and then studying from home while my partner was out working each day. She comforted me while he was ill and quarantining for weeks in another room, helped me adjust to moving from an apartment we had lived in for eight years, and celebrated with us when we got engaged…
Ukraine
Grandpa Andy’s parents emigrated from Ukraine in the early twentieth century. His father Michael Mysiura, son of Eudocia (Czornii) and Andreas Mysiura, left at age 18 and arrived at Ellis Island aboard the Graf Waldersee on June 21, 1907.
Roughly eight years later, Michael’s future wife, Anastasia (who later went by “Stella”) Dwulit made the same journey, leaving her parents Catherine and Alexander Dwulit and arriving in the United States at roughly the age of 16.
Thanksgiving 2021
Thanksgiving was so fun! My nephew Teddy has grown so much and it was such a treat to see how much Juliette appreciates her little brother.
Teddy James
Welcome Theodore James Dunscombe! My nephew was born on September 9, 2021 (just a day shy of Grandpa Andy's 95th birthday) at 11:28am, 7 pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches…
Uncle Pat & Aunt Bobbie / Great Grand-Aunt Margaret
This weekend my family traveled to lower NY to pay our respects to my Uncle Patrick…
Engagement Photoshoot
My grandfathers – both of whom grew up during the Great Depression – never paid for services they could do themselves for free (for better or worse). That continues to be a big theme in the Misura/Dunscombe family…
Career changes
Aside from working on the script, I haven't worked on the comic in two months. That said, this has been for fairly productive reasons that I hope will result in more time to work on the comic long term. In May I shared with my employer that I planned to leave my position mid-July. I gave eight weeks of notice as I am not immediately moving onto something with urgency.
Summer Trip to New York State
Last week we visited both my parents and got to see my Aunt Mary who was visiting from Florida. It was a pretty busy visit. Chris drove to his brother's house in lower NY Thursday night, while I went further west to my parents' house. Chris was partially returning his brother's car – which had ended up with us in a roundabout way – but more importantly meeting our new niece!