Quotes from Lisa Hanawalt

A hot dog cut up with ketchup is, like, lunch for me, so I just think it's funny to Instagram it. I just don't want to put that much effort into cooking.

The social aspects of food are really important to me - my favourite food-related memories are meals I've shared with my family and friends. Posting Instagram pictures of your food and then seeing your friends comment on it is just a modern form of that kinship.

I value multi-layered artwork that warrants a second glance, so I try my best to achieve that with my own work. If something is solely pretty or solely disgusting, you look at it once and get the gist and move on. If it's a mix of both, it's potentially more interesting.

I never thought I'd enjoy collaborating so much, but turns out it feels like a super power if you collab with the right people.

Humans are generally much trickier to draw because we're so used to looking at and analyzing human faces. The slightest tweak makes a huge difference in how we perceive that character.

Fashion blogs are great, but I also take inspiration from movies, nature, everyday objects.

I like observing intelligent people who have expertise in areas I'm mostly ignorant about.

I had to train myself to like spicy foods as I got older because they weren't a part of my upbringing at all.

I'd love to do a book with scratch n' sniff pages and pieces of string and plastic attached to the pages, you know?

I'm not a vegetarian, but while I don't want to defend it, I try to be mindful about the amount of animal products I consume. I eat a lot of vegan meals at home, and I'm okay with paying more for higher quality meat and eggs as a tax.

I'm a bad artist. I'm lazy and untalented and bad.