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Portland Theatre photo by Chandler O'Leary

Saturday was a scorcher—I wouldn’t normally pick a day with the temperature in the mid-nineties to hang out in a concrete jungle, but it was a special occasion.

Lilla Rogers meetup photo by Chandler O'Leary

You see, it’s a rare treat to get to have a tasty meal and a good conversation with a roomful of talented illustrators.

Lilla Rogers meetup photo by Sophie Dufresne

Photo by Sophie Dufresne—thanks, Sophie!

We all got together in downtown Portland with the lovely Lilla Rogers to talk shop, ask advice and compare notes. I think all of us came away with our heads full of ideas and our hearts full of confidence. (Not bad for a lunch date, I’d say.)

After that, though, I had a lot to think about, and 95 degrees wasn’t doing my brain any favors. So I bolted for the coast—where it was 30 degrees cooler and a thousand times more peaceful than the city. So I soaked in the sun and stared out to sea, while my ideas took shape.

Cannon Beach photo by Chandler O'Leary