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chillygorilly.bsky.social
expressive art & some design & they/she 🧜 meredithelzea.com
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some artists made an experimental typeface by carving letters into a tree and then capturing images of how the tree continued to grow over the span of 4 years bjoernkarmann.dk/project/occl...

finished the book design course earlier last month. respect for the craft of typesetting. i was one of the more novice students in the class, and i'm happy with how mine turned out. i made a contemporary redesign of the wonderful wizard of oz. will share more once i upload my revised mocks.

"I feel like I'm wearing too tight of a shirt, but the shirt is my skin" quotes from friends, a series

making a shared online space with @notplants.bsky.social is sweet and fun, come check it out :)

Everything is penis

april showers bring may flowers illustration + gif by me #art #emo #cartoon #gif

last night i dreamt that i was on my way to burning man and as i was getting off the train, my luggage disappeared, so i called the @dame.is hotline to ask for advice. it was literally called "dame.is hotline". my first bsky friend appearance in dream land lol

I want to send someone an envelope in an envelope in an envelope in an envelope in an envelope... Ending with a teeny tiny letter in a teeny tiny envelope

"signs of Spring all around ~ but feels like Fall's decay, descent towards darkness and cold. Seasons are getting switchier. Compost cruelty. Plant empathy especially." appreciating @ecocourage.bsky.social words today

tinyurl.com/yat2n57h "Body doubling is very simple: the ADHDer who is having trouble starting or staying on task simply sits down with another person who is also working on a focus-intensive project, and the ADHDer feeds off the other person’s social energy and attention in order to get things done"

fantasizing about summer. specifically camping next to big rock formations, sharing conversation at night around a bonfire, wearing less clothing, barefoot and sunkissed, biking around, eating nightshades...

remembering my "potato meets flower meets potato during a pandemic" drawing

an audio and video map from aberdeen, south dakota from idk what year. was thinking how nice it would be to explore art and music in a particular location in this way, even if it doesnt harmonize all together like they did in this project. www.markermusic.com

Good stuff

Having consecutive bad hair days/not liking your haircut is directly linked to depression.

grief is a dom

check out my girrrl

wanting an expressive arts collective space in my life.

currently listening to ~ wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/track/yushh-...

@akikonkym.bsky.social akiko nakayama's alive paintings for the recent floating point sets are so insanely beautiful. those visuals with him playing music from cascade, all live, omfffffgggg

Brown for the town @evanbrown4thetown.bsky.social

had a great time at the fundraiser for my friend @evanbrown4thetown.bsky.social ! was nice to meet new people in the community, see old friends I haven't seen in years, and receive stacks of envelopes of donations supporting Evan's move into local politics <3

patricia wolf is pretty much the only thing i listen to while i work these days: patriciawolf.bandcamp.com/album/see-th...

LOL Miss Huang playing the theremin during the campfire in szn 2 of severance. Good work to whomever came up with that idea.

I just published a write-up over on my blog about how I created my new automated dynamic Bluesky avatar that changes every hour of every day. 🌅 See the project's inner workings and take a look at my creative process here:

TMW @jojolorenzo.bsky.social played a led zeppelin whole lotta love remix 🤯 TMW I was dancing next to an 11(?) y/o girl dancing her heart out while watching @tin-zo.bsky.social dj 🫶🏽 #dialuptour tysm

talking to my friend who moved to Chile and when getting off the phone Freudian slipped n said, "love you miss me" 😂 #plzdontforgetaboutmeandtellmeumissmeallthetime love, your anxious friends

today i start a 10 week long contemporary book design intensive with kevin barrett kane + emma hall. so0o0 excited! having visions of serving my brilliant writer friends by turning their brilliant words into really cool, timeless, and beautiful artifacts for others to enjoy for years to come ✨ lfg

Color combo testing on a scrap paper. Playing with abstract lettering. I want to learn how to spray! #arttherapy #lettering #abstract

today i cried because long-dist relationship is hard and loneliness sucks, so i: joined the sierra club (thx ev) made no-kneed bread with my mom drew "protect trans bodies" sigils finished designing a website for my teacher, friend observed geese who love chilling in the snow behind the house

again thinking about friendship as a solidarity infastructure

Covering this painting in watered down blue while listening to hania rani after an evening and morning of grief #arttherapy #griefwork #abstract #painting #expressivearttherapy

Rip moon bruv

when you meet a flower deity, 2024 #illustration #deity #cartoons #surrealism #love

drawing connection helps me feel connection. luv buds.

genocide continues while i post this skeet of this drawing i did.