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Chicago-based illustrator & graphic designer ✶ Formerly at NASA ✶ Rep'd by Astound US Agency ✶ Children’s books, science, art & design history ✶ they/she/siya https://www.shanetolentino.com/
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#sketch for your saturday!! 🕯️

submitted 97 days ago • 2 comments

lil study of a still life painting by Severin Roesen #digitalart

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Yusuf and Zulaikha (يوسف وزليخة), unknown scribe, 1880–1910, Kashmir. ⁠ This Muslim story was adapted in Persian by Jami in the 15th century. See the full illuminated manuscript in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=... ⁠ #Persian #Quran #YusufAndZulaikha #Calligraphy #Nastaliq

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

we have graduated from knitting socks to knitting a sweater!!

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

yes girls!!!

submitted 114 days ago • 15 comments

thinking abt that baby king crab

submitted 114 days ago • 3 comments

Did you know that the USPS delivers 44% of the world's mail and is a critical part of our infrastructure? #weloveusps

submitted 116 days ago • 21 comments

sometimes the lineart is complex. and sometimes it’s just not!

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

Happening now: hundreds have gathered in Chicago's La Villita neighborhood this afternoon in freezing rain for a rally and march in support of immigrants.

submitted 118 days ago • 7 comments

Chicago Area Gardening Friends! I’m hosting a seed exchange in two weeks at the public library in my neighborhood 🌻 I’ve wanted to do this for a few years, I would love to see y’all and share in the gardening joy! More info on the poster below, I hope to see you there, and please bring friends!

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

she’s dying but she’s already so pale in color, it might be time for a new one 🫡

submitted 123 days ago • 1 comment

big asterisk please know that i’m talking about Cats (1998) and not Cats (2019)

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

in my defense, i think munkustrap the cat is rather debonair #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday 1/x

submitted 124 days ago • 1 comment

i’m pleased that i’ve refilled this pen twice in the last few weeks or so but alas i’ve made a mess

submitted 125 days ago • 4 comments

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

submitted 136 days ago • 99 comments

Happy year of the snake, friendsssss!! 🐍🌱 19x24" prismacolor pencila on paper

submitted 128 days ago • 28 comments

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

submitted 128 days ago • 1260 comments

i’ve been missing my walks to the bird sanctuary lately because of the cold so it’s a coloring + billy joel kind of morning

submitted 130 days ago • 0 comments

Y'all, I am BEGGING YOU to turn on your alt text switch and alt text your images. Take the time, please. Make this place different in the ways that matter. It has gotten much worse, and we need to be moving the other way.

submitted 131 days ago • 55 comments

worked on this #sketch a little more this morning 🌱

submitted 131 days ago • 2 comments

Instead of just avoiding opening tw*tter I finally committed and made an account here. Howdy! I’m Molly I’m an illustrator and I like to draw lush greenery, animals, and clutter. I also make and sell risograph prints. Let me draw for you! 💖 www.mollymagnell.com 🛒 www.etsy.com/ 💌 [email protected]

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

A plate from my upcoming field guide project, Winter Wildlife of Chicago #scientificillustration #procreate #wildlifeart #queerartist #queerscientist

submitted 132 days ago • 4 comments

bonus #sketch from the garfield park conservatory today 🌱

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

original sinners

submitted 132 days ago • 96 comments

#sketch for your saturday ✏️ #sketchbook #drawing #art

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

wiggly guys I made for ZooLights 🐛

submitted 133 days ago • 1 comment

Logos designed by Herb Lubalin, featured in Graphic Designers in the USA, Volume 1, 1971. www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/gr... #herblubalin

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

another view of my workspace, this time from the side #sketch

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

bear #sketch for your sunday :’)) look at that little guy #art #bear #animaldrawing

submitted 152 days ago • 0 comments

I submitted a FOIA request for every submission for the Illinois state flag competition. Today, I got the files. You have no idea what they're keeping from us.

submitted 165 days ago • 50 comments

koala #sketch for your sunday! #art #illustration #sketchbook

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume? Graphic designer: white space is beautiful.

submitted 168 days ago • 1 comment