Small New York Moments

Illustrated scenes from my sketchbook this week

Art description: 6-panel diary comic with small scenes from New York City, drawn from memory by the artist. The panels illustrate a few quirky details she noticed about individual New Yorkers. The comic ends with her saluting the now-famous "Giant Pigeon" sculpture, an homage to NYC style. Titled "Small New York," 2026, by Connie Sun.

I love the high-octane, unapologetic individuality of New Yorkers. Even in the small moments, it’s never boring. This week, I turned some sketchbook drawings from memory and life into a small comic strip homage.

Even though a lot feels broken in the world, there’s a lot that keeps going, like trains and every one of us.

Even if we can’t fix everything, we can still do small things to make things a little better everyday.

Shout out to friends Onyx and Malik (in panel 4) for their amazing fashion choices on Tuesday, which made me very happy.

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6-panel diary comic with small scenes from New York City, drawn from memory by the artist. The panels illustrate a few quirky details she noticed about individual New Yorkers. The comic ends with her saluting the now-famous "Giant Pigeon" sculpture, an homage to NYC style. Titled "Small New York," 2026, by Connie Sun.

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