disneyland in july!

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I’m excited to share that I will be at Disneyland a few times in July! Catch me at Wonderground Gallery where they will release 2 new Disney prints, Disney California Adventure where I will perform live wood burning demonstrations or on July 21st for the Pixar Artist Showcase. My artwork will be featured at both Wonderground Gallery and Rushin’ River Outfitters in California Adventure for the month of July.

Meanwhile I will be presenting about PASHMINA and doing a mini presentation tomorrow the Turn the Page event at Fairyland in Oakland with a whole lot of amazing children’s book authors.

Whew! That’s a lot of events – hope to catch you at one!

schulz museum tomorrow

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Seven years ago I made this drawing for my mother-in-law. She loves Peanuts and Snoopy.

So I’m extra excited that tomorrow I will be featured at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa. If you’re in the area, please come by. I will be signing books and talking about my comics process.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Mother’s day & Free Comic Book Day

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From now until May 10th enjoy 15% off my shop during the Mother’s Day sale.

I will also be signing books as part of Free Comic Book Day at Isotope Comics in San Francisco this Saturday.

Meanwhile I’m close to complete on the final art for my upcoming picture book, written by Bea Birdsong, I WILL BE FIERCE. After which I will roll right into finishing artwork for my first bilingual board book, Shubh Raatri Dost! Sometime after that I hope to create some new illustrations to share here.

Until then, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Bay Area Book Fest and PASHMINA in India!

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Some of my best friends - Magnet

SUNDAY! Catch me at two events discussing PASHMINA at the Bay Area Book Festival With Mitalit Perkins, Abdi Nazemian and Chris Crutcher in the morning (tix: https://bit.ly/2r08Wce ) and Thi Bui Amber Padilla, Trinidad Escobar, Meggie Ramm, Matt Silady in the afternoon (tix:https://bit.ly/2qZH9tl ).

Also this month PASHMINA was released in India with Harper Collins India! There has been some great press already in the Deccan Chronicle (Kochi) and and The Asian Age News (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata)!

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

nihara + new items

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I’m back from a whirlwind trip to Anaheim for Wondercon. We released some new products there that are now in the shop – a limited edition cupcake warrior tote bag and snuggling sea turtle notepads. Every purchase over $15 will received a free calendar (while supplies last).

  

I hope you have a great week!

wondercon this weekend!

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By request, I drew this Moana for my toddler.

We’re off to Wondercon this weekend and I’m happy to share that I’m a special guest of the show. You can find me there Fri-Sun in Artist Alley table B-01. I will also participate on a couple panels. My spotlight panel is on Sunday at 10:30am, Room 208 with my friend and tv writer Teresa Huang.

If you’re not at the show but around, I will have a signing at Wonderground Gallery on Friday evening from 6-8pm with Eunjung June Kim and Ashley Taylor.

I hope to see you there!

cat basket

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As I travel and am away from my drawing equipment more and more, I decided to invest in an ipad and apple pencil. I started to play with an app that tons of my artist friends have been raving about – procreate. Last night I discovered that it records the creation process! I’m sharing it here:

Tomorrow I will be speaking at St. Victors in San Jose with Gene Yang, if you’re around please join us.

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

shubh raatri dost

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We are raising our daughter bilingual. She makes jokes, demands and sweet proclamations in Hindi and English. As we build her personal library I noticed a lack of bilingual books that incorporate both languages. And so I set out to create my own. I approached Bharat Babies and they happily agreed to join me on this journey.

In my work, I commit myself to representation, inclusion and love. Creating Shubh Raatri Dost/Good Night Friend is a project very close to my heart. It addresses an important need. With it, I invite you into a culture and language.  I love my culture, my language and books. I am overjoyed to be able to create and share this board book with you.

Shubh Raatri Dost is available for pre-order now. It ships in October. Pre-order exclusives include the options for a signed copy and postcard set.

Thank you for your support, always.

With love,

Nidhi

international women’s day

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I was invited to contribute to the Mary Sue for International women’s day. I created a short comic about one of my favorite authors, Arundhati Roy. Read it and my interview here.

I hope you have a lovely week!

we meditate

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Another commission that I love – it’s all I have time for between my book projects and preparing for Emerald City Comicon. I will be exhibiting at booth 409 with the supremely talented Lyla Warren who will have a slew of seedlings for sale.

I will also speak on a few panels about Pashmina. I hope to see you in Seattle.

Stay strong & hopeful.