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Artists this is your friendly reminder to draw a little something just for yourself once in a while! Even if it’s small or self-indulgent or rough/unpolished! It’s tough to only draw client work all the time. Try to make time to draw just for the fun and joy of it, too! 💞

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Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...

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Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general. If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.

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Make comics. Actually make them and FINISH them and MOVE ON and make another one and another. Start small. Make a one panel comic. Make a one page comic. Make a two or three page comic. Make a five page comic. Now you've really learned something! Keep going.

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i reposted some of these yesterday but the whole thread is good! also a small bit of advice on writing short comics: i find that focusing on writing one moment/scene, or a thought, or a single character as they are, is a good way to start. you don't have to do character arcs and subplots etc

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From @barefootbooks.bsky.social RAMADAN ON RAHMA ROAD "is incredibly meticulous & intentional in appealing to Muslims & non Muslims alike, as well as a variety of ages...messages about community & diversity celebrated...a story framing to feel connection” islamicschoollibrarian.com/2025/01/24/r...

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Today from @darkhorse.com! INTO THE UNBEING PART TWO #1 is in shops everywhere! Thank you to everyone who continues to support our weird adventure into a giant eldritch corpse. It really means the world. @cleanlined.bsky.social @campbell-letters.bsky.social

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As trans girls, neither I or my girlfriend were allowed to play with cute stationery. So I'm crafting a brand called Lovely Bunny, and a series of stationery. (copyleft, free to print) I'm taking it as serious as if I was hired as brand director and illustrator.

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Sometimes a dream-game I'd like to work on pops into my head, and I have to mock it up. TMNT point-and-click adventure. Nickelodeon just make it happen please. I'll art direct it for you

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Hey #KidLitArtPostcard ! I've just finished work on my debut picture book (WHEN THE AIR SANG, Annick Press Spring 2025), and looking for more opportunities for the year! 🧸 sunhawhang.com 🌷 [email protected] 🌠 Repped by @kellydhouse.bsky.social

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Hiya #KidLitArtPostcard ☃️ I'm Mathias, an illustrator who loves using lots of colour! ❄️ mathiasball.com 📙 Repp'd by @socalledyalife.bsky.social [ #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration ]

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Silly creatures celebrating Carnival traditions around the world 🎉 ladybug pigeon is my fave ❤️ #planner #stickers

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Sometimes resistance is simply continuing to do the work that you were already doing which aligns with your values.

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#kidlitartpostcard is an example of what I mean. It’s about building community, lowering the barriers to entry, inclusion, and equity. It’s about self-affirmation. Sharing a postcard might feel frivolous in the face of everything that’s going on, but it too is an act of resistance.

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Printable Valentine's Pigeon postcards also on my Etsy 🌷 inestheunicorn.etsy.com/listing/1152...

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Collecting crumbs 😆 #kidlitart

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11:30 - 12:30 #hourlycomicsday

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Lazy Saturday #art #comics #hourlycomicsday

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Resident Evil 4 si fuera realista.

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2025 Hourly Comic Day is here once again! As always here are my first few, where I put too much effort in because I'm still fresh and have hope I'll get anything but this done all day. some old ones here: amwishbow.com/hourly-comic-day

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Hourly comics! It's impossible to talk about my daily life without talking about my health, so they're also disability diaries #HourlyComicDay #HourlyComicsDay #comics #pwME #MEcfs

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✨🏳️‍⚧️ trans art for no particular reason whatsoever 🏳️‍⚧️✨

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Hi all! I'm ines, an Interdisciplinary Visual Artist who's actively looking for work as an illustrator/designer of book covers and posters in publishing and advertising! 💼: inesvisual.com/illus 📧: [email protected] #PortfolioDay #illustration #graphicdesign #publishing #advertising

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Hourly Comic Day? It's technically right now. #HourlyComicDay

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spontaneous dread

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Picked up a brush and painted something for the first time this year. It was awful 😆 but also invigorating Here’s to getting through the ugly stages and getting back into a gouachey habit #painting #artprogress

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Rainy day yesterday #inksketch #artwarmup

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Aside from the fact that Ilias is cool and great, you should buy his new book because it's refreshing and fun and strangely greek (and has some very unexpected trans rep) ❤️

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No more 👍

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#illustration #art

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First they came for the transgenders and i said nothing because i am one of the good ones and it’s a distraction

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If you live in Rhode Island, please call Whitehouse's office and tell him to vote NO on RFK, Jr. No excuses for endangering all of our lives during an age of pandemics. (202) 224-2921.

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Got promoted to animation director at my current gig at Sun & Moon studio so I made a silly little animation of their logo - think it turned out pretty cute!

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We're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.

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“It’s very, very tempting to artists only to make art that is friendly to capital as well. To quietly delete that trans character, that reference to the King's mortality.” My pledge to readers, going forward. Read here:

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a trip to the greenhouse 🌳 new #kidlit portfolio piece

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Yes libraries! Books, for free, and supporting creators. Support them! In person, online, however!

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Anja yells at Bosch for being an attention hog. Bosch apologies. (Wolf Watch UK, my photos as a volunteer member of staff)

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CANNOT WAIT Mr. Muffins by Ben Kahn, Georgeo Brooks

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I spent today working on book art about drag queens and LGBTQ trailblazers that we will never allow to be erased from history, and it did a lot more for my mental health than tuning into the news would have. I’ll stay up to date later, but today was about emotional preservation.

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Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

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Ponder

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If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].

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Happy MLK Day.

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