Pride, Work and Necessity of Side Projects: Stationery Enthusiast April Wu Explores the World through Urban Journaling

What are you working on—on the side?

My side project, Penguins Creative, evolved from my doodling habit since high school. I was always drawing little illustrations of penguins and my daily life. In 2014, I committed to a one-day-a-page journal since 2014 called the Hobonichi Techo. In this journal, I would doodle, sketch, paint and utilize crafting materials to document adventures and explorations from my daily life. From this process, I’ve cultivated a formidable following of friends and aud...