I Lost My Job In The Pandemic So I Started Drawing (28 Pics)

During the pandemic, I lost my job as a content producer and was unable to find work in that field for almost a year. Forced to relocate away from our home in Southern California to Spokane, Washington where my husband finally found work, I didn’t know what to do with a young child at home and a new town full of people we didn’t know (and really couldn’t get to know).

Depressed and broke, I went back to my art school roots and started drawing again to relieve some of the pressure I was under. I started posting my “doodles” to Instagram (@sequoiakelley) and, to my surprise, people actually liked them.

At a time when I felt absolutely useless and depressed about my career crumbling out from under me so easily; having people not only look at but LIKE my illustrations have helped me survive this pandemic.

Most ink and watercolor illustrations of things like my neighborhood and ways I felt during the year, here are some of my favorites that kept me afloat during Corona.

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#1 Ensomhet

#2 Magstræde

#3 Joona Og Valen

#4 One Of These Is Porn

#5 I Heard Amazon Is Hiring

#6 Desert Sunrise

#7 Gentri-X

#8 What Are You Worried About?

#9 Zoom Sports

#10 Neighbors

#11 1814

#12 Make A Wish

#13 Dancing In The Moonlight

#14 Nyhavn

#15 Den Sorte Plads

#16 1441

#17 Envy

#18 Nørrebro

#19 The Wave House

#20 And We’re Good.

#21 We Are The Ones

#22 We Buy Houses

#23 In A Coma

#24 Retir-Ex

#25 Rows

#26 You’re Not Obliged To Swallow Anything You Despise.

#27 Suburban War

#28 Hot Summer