2020 Advent Calendar [23] – Helen Richmond

December 23, 2020

Today I’m recommending you an artist you can’t actually buy from: Helen Richmond. If you go on her website, you get a pink warning: she’s on maternity leave. Which is a perfect reason for bookmarking her shop and coming back later this year, and keep supporting her work. The Christmas Cards are lovely, but my absolute favorite is the North Pole Map.

I warned you I would try and do a sort of Advent Calendar recommending you an indipendent artist and illustrator each day till Christmas. We’re almost there.

note to self

We’re all faking it

Disclaimer. Before you continue reading, I’d like to point out that this post isn’t in any way aimed at saying that someone didn’t do their job, and I sincerely hope no one gets in trouble because of this. This is just meant to uplift you,

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