It's really great to see Kali Ciesemier's original illustration for the cover of NEWT'S EMERALD back again for the new Australian "Romantasy" edition. Out in June. The new US edition (different cover) is already out. www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/...

In Japan, there is a plant with a name that brings to mind the deity “HOTOKE.” The way people in the past named plants can sometimes be quite interesting. #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) House in the Garden, 1908. Oil on canvas. #Cubism

Lrp I am once again humbly recommending everyone to read these two novels.

Artemisia from IDW TMNT

Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate for kids. 🌟 Available for books + other kids-related projects 🌟 Portfolio - charlenechua.com#kidlitartpostcardRep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration

for the bluesky is dying ppl here’s something interesting, left is bluesky right is tiktok, both posted at the same time, similar following, about an hour ago, simply put algorithms are killing artists, you feel it, i feel it, we all feel it, niche webs are still the best for community building

Forget the world for a while, watch a kdrama!

Lotta people using “scaffolding” as a metaphor when they mean “armature.” Scaffolding is an exterior structure that allows construction to occur within it, armature is an interior framework around which something is built.

Elizabeth Keith - Spring in Suzhou #ShinHanga #Woodblock #Print #JapaneseArt #Ukiyo-e

Children to get free flu vaccine via nasal spray in NSW, with minister spruiking ‘needle-free alternative’

I hear NASA is currently orbiting the far side of the Moon. Humanity’s spirit of exploration will never end. #Illustration #LineArt #CommentPls

Today I get to join the coolest club in flash: people published in Had! A flash about a memory of a family reunion of a recording of a

"According to the Authors Guild’s most recent income survey, which queried 5,699 book authors in 2023, the median book-related income for traditionally published trade authors was between $15,000 and $18,000." yep. when writers say we do not make very much, believe us.

DAN DA DAN is getting a stage play, and it will probably be bananas!

Josie and the Pussycats was released on this day 25 years ago 🥁

Excellent article on the current recalibration of the children’s book market. For writers trying to understand why word counts are shrinking in mg and ya, this explains it incredibly well.

"The wind has become a project manager. The cones are its staff. Nobody has overruled them." Someone sent me this essay about roadworks in Dublin, which I think is genuinely funny, in a Kafkaesque kind of way. So I wanted to share it with you. 1/ telegra.ph/The-500-Metr...

Two elementary school-aged sisters from Tokyo discovered a rare cicada fossil possibly 300,000 years old when they broke open a rock sold as a souvenir by a museum.

Upcoming kdrama #PerfectCrown shares new teaser featuring leads #IU and #ByeonWooSeok. youtu.be/MOXFNE9x1G4?...

No joke — Kana's the captain now!

"Are you sure you want me? I'm lazy and have all these umbrellas." With those words, Maho Okamoto helped revive an ancient form of Japanese poetry — and reshape it for a new generation.

Working my way down with adding color to Kenny Omega. I didn’t intend it to but that left arm has a kind of Frazetta palette to it. #aew #art #painting #prowrestling #watercolor #wrestling

Death color commission, 11X17 inch, inks, watercolors, acrylics on watercolor paper.

#Stunday #SmArtist #ArtYear @fravery.bsky.social 🎨 Artist not crecited

Please stop asking me to be on "Women in comics" panels. For one thing, if you ask women about "what's it like to be a woman in comics" inevitably we will be talking about negative experiences with sexism. Maybe we just want to talk about our thoughts about writing, reading, making art.

Hoppy Easter! 🩷🐰🐣

Why most #cdrama don’t have a second season? China’s entertainment business model differs from others, particularly when it comes to tv. Most cdramas are a one-off production, with a typical episode count between 20 and 40. The story is created with a begins and ends mindset.

‘Relentless’: National Gallery of Victoria exhibition celebrates motherhood

Happy Easter

As a reader of Marvel Comics since 1969 this is one of the best things I’ve read on the state of the comics and the MCU, www.radiotimes.com/movies/scifi...

This really puts my problems into perspective.

This is so, so well-articulated.

SUPER NINTENDO CHALMERS

I hate every bot I see. From gpa to gpt

🌈🏙️💖😊 (pt 2)

🩷🐰🎨 (pt 1)

Texts are just phone emails, man. Another thing to keep up with.

A Secretary bird which is a bird of prey native to Africa.

Not a great start to my day off, but here’s a closeup of my first iris doing a Georgia O’Keefe impression.

Day 4: Friendship #HospitalPlaylist Writer #LeeWooJung is an expert at creating realistic characters with strong, lasting friendships. What makes this my favorite is that it’s a true ensemble, not just one lead and her circle of admirers. I want to be their chingu, too. #ChinguChallenge

Toshi Yoshida - Birds of the Four Seasons - Spring #ShinHanga #Woodblock #Print #JapaneseArt #Ukiyo-e

Who called them “foot notes” and not “sub text”?

yep this is still the best anime OP ever www.youtube.com/watch?v=d75o...

If this is the future of going on submission, I only want to sell on proposal 💀

Kishio Koizumi - Hirakawa Gate in Spring Rain #ShinHanga #Woodblock #Print #JapaneseArt #Ukiyo-e

The skill of knowing when something is 'good enough' and moving on to another area is a *vital* skill/sense to develop.

not ‘shopped. not cropped. not stock. straight from the phone of stormwater inspector Lindsay Schiel snapped yesterday at a basin in Hudson.

Oh so now copyright matters.

The only good April Fools joke was when a library posted a headline saying “Study Shows Literacy Problems BC People Reply To Articles They Didn’t Read” When you clicked the link “lol April Fools there is no article. Tell no one” Then people who had not clicked the link argued about literacy all day.