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tara-nicole.bsky.social
Director & NYT best selling Illustrator 🎥🎨 insta: taranicolewhitaker http://www.taranicolewhitaker.com she/her #calartsmafia Brooklyn-->Poconos-->LA (My views and art are my own unless otherwise noted.) Fix your hearts or die❤️‍🔥
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An interview with Creaky Acres co-author @calistabrill.bsky.social! #comics #graphicnovels

Listen @shanfiction.bsky.social likes our book so you pretty much have to buy it now. 🐎 And it's still available for preorder! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558467...

Was looking for this meme today and couldn’t find it so I made it myself in photoshop lol

Our voices are stronger when we howl together 🐺🐺

RIP Clem Burke, a magnificent rock (and disco) drummer. The isolated drums of "Dreaming," which are essentially non-stop fills for the entire track--genius. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xse...

A moo’d 🐮

❤️ deadline.com/2025/03/coyo...

Delighted to announce I will be leading a #characterdesign workshop… Come join us! ✨ #AfroAnimation25 Lead Character Design in Episodic Stories Workshop - April 5th, 2025 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM Cambria Hotel, Burbank First Floor #animation #animationart #conceptart

It's also the day for my favorite meme! If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.

Drawn by an actual human (me) 💜 #hairlove #fanart

🌺 #TBT a watercolor I did as a student at CalArts #watercolor #sisters #islandgirls🌴 #ohanameansfamily #LiloAndStitch 💙

Mister Rogers raised me 🥹 I’ve always tried to be a neighbor he’d be proud of!

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMANS DAY

Sketch to final paint 🎨 #thelittlemermaid #ariel #littlegoldenbooks #worldbookday

FEBRUARY 28TH 10AM PST!!!!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...

So so honored to have gotten to contribute a little piece to @kianamai.bsky.social ‘s project and seeing it come to life is so amazing 😭 I’m gonna link it in the replies PLEEEASE go watch it andI did the background painting for the credits but there’s a whole group of awesome people who helped!! 🌿

some bgs i did for @kianamai.bsky.social's amazing pilot: pretty pretty please i don't want to be a magical girl! thank you to kiana for having me and encouraging my dumbass background jokes :} xtra thanks to my fellow bg artist eric omega and the incredible animator, mathieu hains!

PILOT ANIMATIC THIS WEEK!!!! 🌟

Hey there everyone! The first episode comes out Friday Feb 28th. To listen go to keepingyouanimated.podbean.com , Spotify or Apple Podcasts and follow us on Insta and Bsky at KeepingYouAnimated See ya soon! Cause we’re… KEEPING YOU ANIMATED!! @breanimator.bsky.social @waysingleton.bsky.social

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wedding flashback!! 👰🏽‍♀️🤍 baby’s breath crown inspired by Minnie Riperton, did my own hair, makeup inspired by Halle Bailey in TLM of course 😆🤓🧜🏽‍♀️ 📷 by Let’s Frolic Together

Please talk with your loved ones about Ruby Bridges. Read “I Am Ruby Bridges” by Ruby Bridges 💛 The first Black child at an all-white public elementary school in Louisiana. She was only six-years-old when she made history marching into that school. Ruby Bridges is living history. She's only 70!

❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day 💌 and thank you to our mail carriers for all they do year round! #MyBabyLovesValentinesDay #boardbooks #babybooks #ValentinesDay

Ariel was nominated for an Annie Award! So incredibly proud of our talented crew for making this series possible. 🧜🏾‍♀️✨️

A flashback 💜 youtu.be/JAKoWc4WhFE?...

#valentinesday is almost here! 🫶🏽 🩷❤️🩷❤️ #illustration #babybooks #giftideas #blackbabymagic✨ #mybabylovesvalentinesday

It’s been a minute since I’ve done a selfie drop✌🏽 We will not be silenced, we will not go back. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ! 🤎🖤 Thank you for following and supporting my work❣️ #Blackwomendirectors #BlackwomeninAnimation #animationlife #animation #directorlife

#PBSKIDS sets WEATHER HUNTERS animated STEM series premiere; created by and starring #AlRoker to further young audience’s understanding of Earth Science and Meteorology, show debuts July 7. bit.ly/3WxrVuo #WeatherHunters #animation #AnimationWorld #AWN

😊 Wind-erful news! 🌬️ I just snow ❄️ y’all will love this show! It was so fun being involved in the design process and helping with the main characters and style. Weather Hunters will premiere July 7 on PBS KIDS!! #pbskids #weatherhunters

Checked the mail and to my surprise, Creaky Acres ARCs have arrived! Creaky Acres is a middle-grade graphic novel about friendship, weathering change, and horses, horses, HORSES! Coming May 6, 2025. Preorder today! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558467... #nilafflepub

Apropos of nothing, just thinking about the time I directed a Baymax! episode about periods and we made it gender-inclusive because people do and always have existed outside of the binary or whatever 💅

We’ve stood strong before—this time is no different. Together, we’ve got this.

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

The Eaton fires destroyed a youth care facility my friend worked at. They had no time to pack, and everything is lost. Please help support them if you can. These children and teen were ALREADY vulnerable before the fires. www.gofundme.com/f/provide-ai...

I don’t think the power of community can ever be understated. In times of hardship and suffering like these, people coming together to provide support in a range of ways will never fail to remind me of the good we still have in this world.

If you or someone you know is running a GoFundMe for wildfire damages, they can apply for additional funding through the GoFundMe Wildlife Relief Fund. It’s free and takes about two minutes to apply. Please share. www.gofundme.com/f/wildfire-r...

Worked with Jordan on Urkel. This one really breaks my heart, though a lot of us has lost our property and things, losing loved ones like this is beyond devastating. Help out if you can. gofund.me/8ee34665

Wishing you all a bright and wonderful new year ✨

Happy holidays everyone!!! ✨#illustration

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