Michelle Lam

PET HEALTH ANXIETY 😫

My toxic trait is "CAT"-astrophizing everything in life. My brain is definitely an expert in assuming the worst, especially when it comes to my pets' health. Whenever my pets experience the SMALLEST thing, the uncertainty of not knowing what it really is always looms over me until I'm given the final verdict from the vet. Anyway, the moral of the story is that it's still better to get your pet checked up on and find out it's nothing, rather than something! 😸

F*CKING UP LANGUAGES

When you speaking the wrong language at the wrong time 🤦🏻‍♀️ This time last year I started to learn some Spanish to prepare for my trip to Peru...but BEING MULTILINGUAL IS A STRUGGLE. I'm sure it may be a shock to some, but I actually first learned Cantonese as a child, but my language abilities have severely suffered in the past few years. I have my seasons of learning languages and the new languages I learn definitely know how to interfere with my preexisting ones. And unfortuna...

WALKING YOUR CAT??

I've seen plenty of cat walkers in my life, but unfortunately, I don't think I'm one of them as I'm the one who gets walked by my cats LOL. I always just think it's cute how whenever I play with my cats, they pridefully walk away with a string related toy in their mouth after catching it, while I'm just still lingering behind them holding the toy. Then wherever they go, I must follow 😭. Anyway the chances of my ever walking my cats are below 0 LOL. 

I used to think I was too introverted...

"I used to think I was introverted because I really liked being alone, but it turns out that I just like my peace, and I am very extroverted around people who bring me peace," -Jhene Aiko. I would definitely say despite the troubles of 2022, I still somehow managed to come out of it with an amazing group of friends. I've always been used to the version of myself that just sits alone at group gatherings, overly exhausting myself of ways to get a word in, only to be spoken over by someone else....

Dating Apps for Couples (The Vanilla Tier)

I'll definitely say I'm proud of how many couple-friends my boyfriend and I have been able to accumulate in the past years. While we usually have our individual friends we hang out with, we barely had any other couple-friends to go on double dates with. But before we acquired most of our now couple-friends, we had a funny, awkward start 🤡 We were just sitting in a parking lot, figuring out what else to do for the night. We tried looking up apps that would allow us to find other couples nea...

A "Busy Bee"

"If you don't pick a day to relax, your body will pick it for you." Post graduation was definitely one of my peak workaholic phases in life. It felt like there was just so much to prove as a newly graduated student entering the workforce. You had to do anything in your power to avoid rejection and unemployment. Any moment taking a break felt like a moment wasted progressing towards your goals. In the end, it only hurts you when you burn out and are forced to take a break at the most inconveni...

When your cat walks on your keyboard...

When your cat walks on your keyboard... Sometimes it seems like it's always when I need to write the most important email of my life that Moon Pie feels the need to jump up to my desk and assist in my writing. She clearly has better ideas of what to write for me, but it just doesn't translate well 😤 Thankfully, I'm able to preserve my original writing 89% of the time. 

DISCLAIMER: No cats were harmed in the making of this comic. This is a cartoon purely made for imaginative and ...

Eating Alone...is Weird?

It never struck me that eating alone could be a weird thing until I had some friends bring it up to me at one point, but also I don't blame people who think eating alone is strange. Eating out at restaurants does tend to be more of a social event, but I'm sure many people who are from big cities can relate to just needing to stop for quick bite and heading back out. However, I still do have many times where I just enjoy the feeling of fully indulging in my senses, alone. I like to just observ...

Artists Get Nowhere in Life

I feel like a lot of notorious class doodlers have had their hands slapped at least once in class for being caught doodling, or had that be the "reason" why you failed certain classes. While I've had my fair share of unsupportive teachers, I also wanted to remember the ones who were supportive, and went against the traditional schooling system. I went to very academically driven schools as a kid growing up, and being the "art kid,"made me not fit in all the time. Everyone was already worrying...

Dirty Talk

FINALLY EXPOSING MY KINK...😏 Anyone who is in their mid-late twenties and onward would be lying if this wasn't yours as well 🤪

The Marathon of Life

Sometimes a part about loving others is letting others love you back. This comic is more on the personal side, and some of you may know this year has particularly been rockier than others for me due to various reasons. The good news is that things have started to feel more hopeful and positive for me lately, and looking back I'm just grateful to have those in my life that prevented me from hitting rock bottom. There definitely are more people than the ones showcased in this comic, but my hand...

Two types of pet parents...🐱🐱

There are always two types of parents when it comes to spoiling your fur babies with toys 🤔... Which one are you? 

People Who Don't Know Me Vs. People Who Actually Know Me

My resting b*tch face, consistent wearing of black clothing, and tendency to walk fast have often caused many people to get the wrong idea of me. Or...they're only half wrong 😏 Before @noorrasoull became friends with me, she also thought I was a strange, antisocial person...but fast forward 8+ years, she is now showered in my affection, kitty time, and inner crevices of my mind. But that pretty much goes for any friend who I consider close to me 😇 I'd like to just think we all have a "m...

CATCHING UP 💕💀

Do you have a friend that you get really happy and giddy about catching up with? Yet, you two manage to somehow stumble across the topic of life, death, and existentialism all within a few minutes after starting the conversation 💀 Literally me and @noorrasoull always have such great catch up sessions, but we get existential FAST LOL. We always have to tell ourselves to stop talking about the topic of death and just resume to happy rainbows, sunshines ASAP. But hey I guess you can say we ju...

The Wrist Test

Back then in school, there was the pacer test, push up test, and curl up test...but no one ever spoke about the "wrist test." A secret test done behind teachers' backs where kids wrapped their fingers around each others wrists in order to determine who's "fat," who's "skinny," and leave the "non-skinny" kids with an insecurity that will take years and years to unravel. Obviously when you're younger, you don't know any better, but it's quite obvious today that the circumference of your wrist (...

The GHOST FESTIVAL 👻

Late August is usually when many Asian cultures celebrate the Ghost Festival. It's a day where the dead usually come to visit the living, so a lot of food and goodies are prepared for their visit. My mom's side is definitely the more superstitious side which I actually find cute (and funny). My mom always likes to talk to our deceased relatives, and will go as far as trying to get psychic readings from "the other side." She clearly has no fear of ghosts or spirits, and in fact I think she wel...

5AM CLUB 🌞

I just find it funny how a lot of people I’ve worked with noticed I tend to be a morning person, which contributed to my disciplined, productive persona. Little did they know my reasons for waking up isn’t because I’m up to hustle and grind…it’s bc I have to peeeee 😭 It also doesn’t help that I am so vulnerable to UTIs LOL. Once I sit on the toilet, all my braincells seem to immediately get to work and run through the list of to-do’s without my consent. Then my heart begins t...

Everywhere

"I loved you your whole life and I'll miss you for the rest of mine." I just wanted to say thank you to everyone again for sharing your experiences with pet loss and grieving in general. While I'm no stranger to grief, it never gets easier over time. Whenever we lose someone, I feel like we equate the random things around us to them, or memories we had with them. Grass is suddenly no longer just grass, it's the land you had a walk on together one time. The wind becomes those car rides with th...

White T-Shirt

My boyfriend has a collection of white T-shirts that he often pairs up with brown pants. He's basically like those cartoon characters that you see that have a wardrobe of the same outfits everyday. While he truly values his new efficient sense of fashion, he's still generous enough to sacrifice it when need be ❤️ I haven't been the greatest partner ever since losing Dash, but I'm grateful to have someone that understands and will let me use his precious white t-shirt as my giant tissue �...

Street Harassment

Upcoming comic for either next week or the week after -- sorry I don't have a caption for this comic yet, I feel like it's a serious topic that I just need more time to think of, and this week got a bit more hectic than expected. But I'm sure the comic speaks for itself! 

When You Don't Wear Black For One Day

When you're that friend who always wears black, and one day you wanted to try on some color 🤷🏻‍♀️ Disclaimer: NO ONE WAS ACTUALLY HARMED IN REAL LIFE ✌🏼

MACHU PICCHU

"In order to create life, you need to go out and live life." It's fascinating how when you draw cartoons as a little kid, you think everything you create is out of your imagination, when in actuality there are real life places out in there in the world that inspired the fantastical universes we see in stories. As a story artist, my job is to translate a written script into a visual sequence of drawings that represent what people will eventually be seeing on screen. Along with that, I have to ...

PUNISHMENT THONG 🩲

Somebody please tell me I'm not the only one out there who has a "punishment thong." LOL. For those of you wondering wtf I am talking about, I've always had this one uncomfortable, old thong that I accidentally bought. Ever since I started working from home, the number of times I did my laundry lessened, but underwear is always used, so of course whenever I run out of it, I'm always stuck with this old ugly thong as my last resort. So now whenever I forget to do laundry, I have to associate m...

Is the animation industry competitive? Answering your questions! (Q&A)

Upcoming video answering various questions asked from youtube!

You think this is a joke?

When the work from home life exposes more spectrums of your personality based on your at home life ✨😸 Anyway, yeah, this is literally just a comic about me making fun of my bf's extreme opposite sides that I get to witness him switch on and off throughout the day LOL. 

How to Get Promoted in Animation 👩🏻‍🎨 (and how to get a raise 💸)

Some tips from my personal experience on how to grow, get promoted, or get a raise in animation!

Getting Ready For Your S.O. vs FRIENDS

When you're at that point in life where you no longer try for your partner...BUT FOR YOUR FRIENDS--

Why I Don't Trust Animation Studios 🤣 DRAW WITH ME

New video in response to the recent Netflix layoffs... :( Unfortunately this is not uncommon in the animation world (or in entertainment in general).

IMPOSTER SYNDROME

I feel like you never realize how bad your imposter syndrome is or was until you look back on it a while later...LOL. I mean, even to this day I still struggle with a bit of imposter syndrome, but I definitely gained more confidence since then. I always thought that the smallest mistakes I made could get me fired, since I wasn't as familiar about the subtleties of working in a professional environment yet. I constantly feared that if I couldn't keep up with the pace of the project timeline, d...

How I Make Comics for Instagram on Procreate 🖋

Finally casually walking through my process making comics on instagram!