Alison Garwood Jones

Hi Tomato

Originally published in July 2019 in Blog, Comic, Doodling, Graphic Facilitator, Graphic Recorder, Graphic Visualizer, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators

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A cure for homesickness

Originally published in July 2019 in Blog, Illustration, Pen Jar Productions, Toronto Illustrators

I got homesick at university. This is me on the left with my good friend, Kelly. Every time I went home, I would pinch something — a blanket, a framed photo, one of my dad’s sweatshirts, even a favourite soup spoon — and take it back to my dorm room. Technically-speaking, I was a thief […]

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Pool People

Originally published in July 2019 in Blog, Comic, Graphic Recorder, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators

I move between many different tribes: writer people, illustrator people, and hotel pool people.    

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Say No to racism

Originally published in July 2019 in Blog

I grew up in a multiracial family. It was the norm for me right from day one. When heads of state spout racist beliefs, silence is not an option. And so I speak up. I encourage my fellow humans not to tolerate such inhumanity and to scale that message online. Whether you are protecting your […]

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Live illustration in Toronto

Originally published in July 2019 in Blog, Graphic Facilitator, Graphic Recorder, Graphic Visualizer, Toronto Illustrators, Visual Storytelling

It’s always my goal to work with good people. Teaching provides me with that in spades thanks to the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies where I teach the ever-morphing topic of Digital Communications Strategy and Social Media. In essence, this course is about storytelling and the best way to digitally distribute your stories, […]

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