Monica Gallagher ’01, visual arts, was recently featured in the BuzzFeed Geeky post, “20 Pieces of Advice for Female Artists from Female Artists.”

Her advice to her fellow female artists?

Draw all the time and keep going despite any negativity.

Gallagher’s work was included in the Winter 2012 issue of UMBC Magazine when she created an illustrated essay about her post-college life.

About Monica Gallagher: Gallagher is a designer, illustrator and comicker who lives in Baltimore with her boyfriend and two dueling cats. She graduated magna cum laude from UMBC in 2001, with a degree in visual arts, emphasis on animation. While at UMBC she learned Japanese, traveled to Greece with the ancient studies department, fainted in a yoga class, participated in film festivals, worked in the photo cage, stayed up way too late in the computer lab, got hit in the head with a volleyball, and has many, many other awesome memories.

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When asked to chronicle her life since college, illustrator Monica Gallagher did so in the way that meant most to her: in comic book form.
Check out her essay from the Winter 2012 issue of UMBC Magazine:

 
A designer, illustrator and comicker living in Baltimore, Gallagher graduated magna cum laude from UMBC in 2001 with a degree in visual arts, emphasis on animation. While at UMBC she learned Japanese, traveled to Greece with the ancient studies department, fainted in a yoga class, participated in film festivals, worked in the photo cage, stayed up way too late in the computer lab, got hit in the head with a volleyball, and has many, many other awesome memories.
 

When asked to chronicle her life since college, illustrator Monica Gallagher did so in the way that meant most to her: in comic book form.

Check out her essay from the Winter 2012 issue of UMBC Magazine:

A designer, illustrator and comicker living in Baltimore, Gallagher graduated magna cum laude from UMBC in 2001 with a degree in visual arts, emphasis on animation. While at UMBC she learned Japanese, traveled to Greece with the ancient studies department, fainted in a yoga class, participated in film festivals, worked in the photo cage, stayed up way too late in the computer lab, got hit in the head with a volleyball, and has many, many other awesome memories.

Visit the latest issue of UMBC Magazine online to read some great new stories — and view exclusive web extras! This issue includes features on:

• UMBC professor of political science Thomas Schaller talking about the success of his book, “Whistling Past Dixie,” and putting the 2012 presidential race into perspective.
• The coolest jobs (you never knew existed) at UMBC, including a glass blower, rat caretaker and more. (Plus, video!)
• We’ve also got a story about one of the biggest controversies in UMBC history: the 1969 literary magazine that featured nude photographs from a rising star in the Washington, DC art scene.

We’ve got some great alumni stories in this issue, too, from a really special alumni story told and drawn by comics whiz Monica Gallagher ’01, as well as UMBC employee George Vitak ’73; TV cameraman and children’s television producer George Stover ’73 and distinguished artist Kelley Bell ’06.

We’ve also got stories about everything from our Shady Grove campus anniversary, to tattoos of the new dog logo, to poet faculty member Michael Fallon, to research that may help children’s vaccinations become more effective, to “How to be Fast,” featuring an interview with track coach David Bobb ’02. We even made a  video in which members of the magazine staff put Coach Bobb’s suggestions to the test!

Read the latest issue of UMBC Magazine.