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Hello, 2025! If you’re looking a pick-me-up this new year, I have some news for you. Jennifer Lynch’s creative work has been appearing on my Instagram feed lately, and I do think that you should check out her work on her Instagram page because they’re not only inspiring and relatable, but also gives you a colourful and an honest perspective of important but usually overlooked notions or concepts.

One that caught my eye was – if people could see our boundaries, which is the perfect way to kick off the year with. Illustrating boundaries and what they would mean if people could see them is something I never really thought of. So, having this visualised in this way was truly eye-opening. For now, this particular reel has 6.6 million views.  

The Montreal-based artist also did an exceptional representation of the different kinds of silences most of us are used to hearing about including silence of anticipation, and awkward silence. Who knew silence could be sketched?

She also posts about love, friendship breakups and their journey. In this particular category, her work on the quest for a soulmate looks simple but also unusual, with multiple arrows drawn and used to depict that journey simply but also powerfully.

I’m no mathematics whiz, but Lynch’s idea of illustrating her work through the use of Venn diagrams is noteworthy, not something you’ll usually find to cover topics like closure and our place on Earth. In fact, she aptly and comically names them (J)enn diagrams.

There’s a certain way in which she draws faces and most of her figures – they remind me of the test tubes and even beakers you find in a science laboratory. This is, I believe, a smart and comical technique to make her drawings more accessible to even those are outside the illustration/design/comics industry.

Generally, Lynch uses black ink to both write the story and draw or doodle, although she uses different shades to depict other concepts, where appropriate. I think it helps her gain viewership and discussion online.

Unfortunately, for print versions of Lynch’s cute pieces of work, they’re priced in Canadian Dollars (CAD), as stated on her own website. In fact, there are those who get her drawings tattooed and her tattoo ticket is worth CAD20. This means that only those with adequate funds and purchasing power can obtain her work in the traditional sense, printed on cardstock though you are allowed to choose the size(s) you want. Oh well, thank God for the Internet and other platforms like Instagram that allow creators to share their content freely. Of course, this also largely depends on the creator’s privacy settings. Though for now, audiences across the globe can enjoy her work – even if you’re analysing them from afar.