Alison Garwood Jones

New grads need jobs

April 6, 2018

Watercolor painting of a coffee cup promoting Summer Professional Edge Program for new grads at the University of Toronto's SCS

SHAMELESS PLUG, TORONTO:

Dear recent university grads:

Please join me this summer if you want to earn an in-demand certificate in Digital Strategy from the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies (@UofTSCS).

In just four weeks, you’ll develop essential job-ready employment skills, and lay the foundation for career success to last a lifetime. Learn how to:

• Understand the key trends and considerations in fast-changing digital and social media communications landscape.
• Use key digital tools, channels, and platforms in a strategic way aimed at maximizing the power of your message.

It’s immersive, intensive, and designed to develop your skills and prepare you for professional success. @UofT grads can use their $550 U of T SCS Alumni Benefit.

Register right here.

My fellow instructors are Donna Papacosta, Martin Waxman and Andrew Jenkins

Digitally yours,

Alison                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Illustration by Alison Garwood-Jones

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Telling time

April 3, 2018

Watches on display, illustration by Alison Garwood-Jones

Queen Street window shopping: I still appreciate these ancient devices for marking time.

Also, a watch is a piece of jewelry to me.

A phone is not.

#Toronto #the6ix #timepiece #watches(@WestQueenWest)

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Bill Cunningham left us a memoir — oh joy!

April 3, 2018

Bill Cunningham memoir discoveredSource: The New York Times

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Let’s help more

April 3, 2018

Demonizing the Poor illustration by Alison Garwood-Jones

Let’s give what we can: time, encouragement, money, and love.

For those who have much and are still cranky and upset for some unknowable reason, it’s probably because you’re not doing enough for others.

Changing someone else’s sense of what’s possible, changes your own.

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The Bouvier Sisters

March 17, 2018

Jacqueline and Lee Bouvier illustration by Alison Garwood-Jones

Jacqueline and Lee Bouvier, 1951.
Watercolour illustration by Alison Garwood-Jones

 

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Gender equality …

March 12, 2018

Monetize That cartoon by Alison Garwood-Jones

Monetize That cartoon by Alison Garwood-Jones

Monetize That cartoon by Alison Garwood-Jones

Monetize That cartoon by Alison Garwood-Jones

See this other story from my Monetize That comic strip.

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Missing them

March 3, 2018

Catherine and Trevor Garwood-Jones

 

Catherine and Trevor Garwood-Jones

Catherine, Trevor, Peter and Richard.

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Handrawn social media portraits vs. bitmojis

February 16, 2018

Illustration of Eden Robinson, author

Does your #bitmoji express the real you (even with 1.9 septillion options)?

Not in my books.

Hand-drawn #portraits catch the flutter of your spirit and reveal your hidden strengths way better than the frozen stare of digitized art.

Portrait Sketch by Alison Garwood-Jones

Email me if you’re looking for an illustrated social media profile picture. Because creativity is a part of everyone’s job description today. — P.S. I could even make you a #superhero!

Joe Shuster as Superman, by Alison Garwood-Jones

I’m at alison.garwoodjones@gmail.com

There, I’m done shilling.

#gigeconomy #drawing #doodling #graphicvisualizer #marketing #branding #freshperspectives #YourCreativePotential #creativemindset

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Pinecones

February 12, 2018

Pinecones and Berries Painting by Alison Garwood-Jones

Bluebird winter day. #illustration #watercolour #nature

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Homemade brush holder

February 10, 2018

Joe Shuster illustration by Alison Garwood-Jones, with homemade brush holder

My brushes kept rolling off my desk. Then I remembered that old salt dough recipe from First Grade, and I baked a brush holder! In this sketch, it’s Joe Shuster, co-creator of #Superman.

Most Americans don’t realize Superman sprung from a Canadian brain. But it makes sense to us. We’re quiet, we’re strong, and we have eachother’s backs — all the qualities that Clark Kent and Superman have.

America would never have created such a bland, straight arrow.

#SuperHeroes #pentelbrushpen #watercoloursketch #toronto #canadianheroes

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