Born to be a whale, cursed to be confused with a lizard, the Ballad of Basilosaurus is a tale as long and winding as its serpentine body. The process of making this linocut print of my favorite prehistoric whale was almost as terrifying as the beast itself.

Running machines for the sake of running machines cause the idea of running machines makes some people rich thats what we are betting the whole of future of the economy and the biosphere on. And we all know which is the one that matters more to the ruling class

leafy sea dragon mermaid from... 2014 🫣 #art #mermay I still like her

Between 1900 and now, illustrators used a changing set of painting media. Oil dominated at first. Gouache and casein had their heyday mid-century. Acrylic gradually replaced casein. But by the year 2000 digital trounced them all. jamesgurney.substack.com/p/which-medi...

Serra Magna #MerMay We have yet to observe a living specimen of Serra Magna. Analysis of the stomach content remains suggest her to be the first mermaid species known to prey on her own kind.

Just finished a book and am genuinely wondering if the last chapter was missing

THE HOBBIT - A3 Riso Edition.

And original Pearl vs Pearl edited for cohesion. I think this was drawn before the gag order reveal??? Now suddenly the pose is twice as fitting, hah

It was winter once, and cold. Tamagawa River, Tokyo side Small Town Tokyo circa 2011

Grief, 2024 #art

Coward, 2022. Acrylic paint and... might also be some gouache there? I don't remember #art

It’s arrived - somewhere - and I think it’s time to accept this as a final destination or I’ll just keep noodling and mess it up #art

Fungi painting from 2023, acrylic on a random piece of wood I found in the street. #art #fungifriends

My threadless is always open! #art elenarenn.threadless.com/accessories/...

Closing for vacation on the 15th!

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I’ve been using Pencil Booth for my newsletter for a few months now, and I think it’s really very nice. Rather more chill than the other platforms that I found very MARKETING BUSINESS BUSINESS pencilbooth.com/elenarenn

Spring has sprung, I love Max Richter’s Spring #art

I did this design like 5 years ago, and just this week it occurred to me that it would go perfectly with the trans flag. Man, better late than never I guess! #art

They/she seem like the most cool and mysterious pronoun combo. I have no particular reasoning for this except I wish to be cool and mysterious

Playing around with new mixed media combos, always grateful for great references from @trueref.bsky.social !

Sant Jordi - don't interrupt my reading #art

Another one I almost threw away but came back with a brush pen and it saved itself. But now I don't know what to call it... #art

Spring has sprung, I love Max Richter’s Spring #art

It's been a very long week and yesss I know it's only Monday 😐

I’ll be going on vacation on May 15, so check out my Etsy store before then! www.etsy.com/shop/elenare...

It’s easy to despair that I’ll never be able to make a living doing this

Happy #mermay fellas 🐡🐟🐠 Sorry if these colors burn your retinas off #art #mermay2026

Another mermaid - this one from 2021 and very obviously inspired by one singer #art #mermay

On My Way Home 🌄

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

Can't believe I forgot to add the book link yesterday: www.eyeofnewtpress.com/collections/...

leafy sea dragon mermaid from... 2014 🫣 #art #mermay I still like her

studies from today and yesterday processes in reply

BARAD DÛR! Now on Inprnt :) www.inprnt.com/gallery/brucemackay/barad-dur/

Star Wars

#mermay aw shiiit, more mermen.

somebody told me that you had a boyfriend, who looks like a girlfriend, he sounds really pretty, i'm glad u are thriving

Sedna Inanis This solitary spirit haunts the Northern Pacific and Arctic Ocean, restlessly collecting and stealing the souls of every animate creature she comes across, eternally trying to fill the void of her own existence.

Puffin Burrows

Another one I almost threw away but came back with a brush pen and it saved itself. But now I don't know what to call it... #art

I love that bats are 30% puppy faces, 30% weird little goblins, 30% eldritch horrors, and 10% all three at once. (📷: Merlin Tuttle, arranged by Bryan Bongey)

the second I'm with you, all my love pour out #MerMay

Hahahahaha love the extras i got when I ordered a shirt from @rogueprintco.bsky.social

Not to brag or anything, but I ALSO styled an LOTR themed product shot this week and instead of using generative AI I used an old railway sleeper and some binding wire I had turned into chainmail.

Moleskine used AI to generate their Lord of The Rings collection, by the way. Don't buy their products.