Office Hours
Christopher ThornockOffice Hours is where I, Chris Thornock, spill the good stuff from years of teaching, drawing, and figuring it out as I go. It’s part advice column, part studio confessional—for anyone trying to make creative work that matters.
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My Advice I Ignore
If you have followed my page closely you probably noticed that I have been absent for a few weeks. And if you didn’t notice, that’s okay. I am not expecting y’all to be waiting with bated breath for my weekly missives.
The reason I have no...
Bad Advice
Picture this. I am on a train somewhere between Rome and Lyon. It is sometime in the early 2000s. I have taken a trip with a small group of artists—most about five years older than me. I’d left a young family at home. I have just accepted a...
You Are Not a Machine
You are not a machine. You are a being of flesh, bone, blood, and sweat. You have a brain and body that feel good at times and rotten at other times. You cannot expect to move ever faster until you reach the speed of light. You will need to...
Draw Along
For all the pitfalls associated with social media, it can be a place of creativity and inspiration. I am not talking about being inspired by what you find, though there is plenty of that. I am talking about a creative motivation to make wor...
Something in Common
A view from the window of my commuter train.
This semester I started taking a commuter train to campus. I live about an hour away from work and with gas prices and freeway stresses in the forefront of my mind, I decided to let the conducto...
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I’m Chris and I am an illustrator, artist, and educator living in the Mountain West of the USA. When I'm not walking the dog my nose is in my sketchbook.
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