[tapping the sign intensifies]

I don’t “network,” I make friends. Other artists are not my competition, they’re my beloved peers and sources of inspiration. We all have the same goal; to share our art. I’m not gonna corporatize my human relationships with them. I am in my sandbox playing and I hope they join me.

Moss moss moss #Embroidery #WIP #FiberArt #Art

Moss moss moss #Embroidery #WIP #FiberArt #Art

If there are folks who would like to design a couple of "FUND OUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES" posters, holler at me at [email protected] and please tell me your rate for this. Poster size would be 11 by 17 landscape size. I need to print some posters for a forthcoming event.

This is the thread for my minicomic, Into the Bladelands! I will be posting updates of anywhere from 2-4 pages here, hopefully to be finished before the end of the year. Sky disappears. Ari gets left behind. Five years later, the door to the Bladelands opens again.

It shocks me how many businesses still don’t seem to get that Trump’s cultural revolution did not actually happen

It’s good to test over multiple days. Good practice to test on days 1, 3, 5, when feeling sick (it can take 5 days after feeling sick to first test positive these days). After known exposure, days 3 & 6 after exposure would be good.

people will tell you it’s complicated but it’s really not

I don't know what's given me the urge to do yet another project with a million of the same stitch, but here we are. Here we are... #Embroidery #WIP

"Luddites" is a good term for those who oppose AI because the Luddites weren't against *all* technology, just forms of technology that they knew would pay workers less and turn out a shittier product

You can see this piece in person, right now, if you're in the LA area! This Sunday (4/12) 1-4 pm will be the opening reception, and will feature a Trashion show full of fashion made of trash. There are also just some amazing pieces in this show: highly recommend you check it out!

Here's the whole, finished piece! "Fire King", on display at The Los Angeles Makery from April 2nd to May 24th for their Fantastical World of Wearable Art show. 1/

Trying to navigate [art] grant writing when you never took more than a handful of art classes in community college, and never went to a four-year university, sure is something. (Not even touching on the lack of funding thru the NEA, at least here in the States...)

On April 10th, join host Iris Jay & cartoonists Maia Kobabe, Taylor Titmouse, and PomPoison as they talk about censorship, personal struggles with suppression, and triumphs in the contentious arenas of erotic comics and internet privacy. Open to the public! cartoonist.coop/calendar/

there are altogether too many quotable paragraphs in this must-read article but i think i can restrain myself to just this one

April is a World Autism Acceptance Month- and with that, as a person diagnosed with both autism spectrum and ADHD, I would like to ask folks to stop using puzzle piece as a symbol for autism and instead go for the gold (autism) or rainbow (neurodivergent) infinity symbol. ♾️❣️ >>>

my piece for the Knights of Guinevere exhibition at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social ! 18x24, graphite on hot pressed watercolor paper

Here's the whole, finished piece! "Fire King", on display at The Los Angeles Makery from April 2nd to May 24th for their Fantastical World of Wearable Art show. 1/

HALLOWED GROUND A 100+ Page Horror Comic Anthology. 12 stories of HELL, PURGATORY, and HEAVEN, from LGBTQIA+ Creative Teams! LIVE NOW: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea... With covers by @bailierosenlund.bsky.social @kevinwada.bsky.social @fellhound.bsky.social @dennismenheere.bsky.social

free-to-download poster for printing sajan.itch.io/wizard-poster

I cannot emphasize enough that if your newsletter is on s*bstack I won't even click into it, please switch platforms!!! www.leavesubstack.com

Artists, never forget that you are not a brand. You do not need to be consistent and marketable. If you CHOOSE to strive for these things that’s fine, but you do not NEED them. You are a fucking person, multi-faceted and complex. People who do not respect that see your art as a product

Fuck people who reply with spam links to their own substack

The first and last thing I’ll say about this whole HP series thing is that the best way to choke out an evil that still breathes is to deprive it of oxygen. Don’t hate-watch it. Not even the trailer. Not even clips that pop up on TikTok. Don’t post about it. Starve it. Make it irrelevant.

People committed to electoralism send out emails to supporters daily/weekly with lists of things those folks can do. Folks committed to mutual aid and other forms of civic participation don't do the same.

if you're travelling and you are a documented citizen (esp if you're white/white-passing), you need to speak up & interrupt any racial profiling you witness. We are absolutely defeated if we allow ICE agents to harass people in the broad light of crowded airports. Don't be a good deputy citizen.

Art matters. And what do we do with things that matter? We protect them. Here is information about H.R. 7661, a US book banning bill that explicitly targets books about trans people, and what you can do right now to help stop it.

I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

This entire thread is good. Stigma against psychotic people is really rife, and attributing bigotry to mental illness is a common form of reactionary sentiment. But this stereotype both minimizes transphobia and further harms mentally ill—especially psychotic/severely mentally ill—people.

If we're not sharing resources with each other, wtf are we sharing? Feelings? I don't think so! Here's a thread of where I get my 1980-present fashion references without slogging through AI 🧵

Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R. 7661

don't fall for 200 year old propaganda. The Luddites fought against using the fear of human obsolescence as a way to keep the working poor scared and accepting of dogshit treatment.

Sounds pretty similar to when the first Trump admin chucked out the Obama admin's pandemic infrastructure plans, not too long before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Pay attention to how often the media reports something as "Trump Does Thing" when the story is actually "Trump Says He'll Do Thing, Six Months Later It Still Hasn't Happened and Someone Finally Tells Him to Fuck Off"

Someone just said "if no one's coming to save you, no one's coming to stop you either". And that my friends has been floating through my brain for a hot minute 😇

Realest post I have read today

Removing the olive branch from the new 250th anniversary dime is something that most people won’t notice, but speaks volumes. The currency of a nation reflects its values and history. The idea of peace, however tenuous it may be, is a noble one. Our money now reflects the blood we so readily seek.

Hello, I'm a woodcarver, and this what I do ✌️ You can help me a lot by sharing my work, so people can buy or commission me sculptures. Praying for octopus blessings on your life 🐙🙏

hey if you're sometimes feeling paralyzed because of the horrors and want to find something to DO to help make things better, here are some good accounts to follow go.bsky.app/9H3C9Ty

Remember when people used to be all “hard times creates great art” because no actually it’s just this.

Kill the [ HAYES CODE ] in your head

im grabbing your hand to tell you. it’s not too late to start wearing a mask again. it’s better to wear a mask 1/4 of the time (or whatever your percent looks like) than not at all. there’s no shame in starting to be covid safe again even if you havent been for a long time. its okay

The government is asking for public comments on whether banks should be able to deny you from buying legal goods at their own whim (i.e. how they're cracking down on art) Tell them you don't want to be told how to spend your money www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposa...

Coming March 24: 25 original animated shorts, featuring Amphibia creator Matt Braly and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's Violaine Briat.

I’ve been photographing anti-ICE and related yard/window/tree/street signs around Minneapolis. The variety of commercial and especially handmade signs is amazing, as is the urge for people to let their neighbors know they care and are furious in ways big and small. Batch #5

reminder: for covid, you won't show pos for 36-48hrs after exposure. if your flight's friday morning, testing = inaccurate anytime before saturday night (unless you're feeling sick sooner) also why it's responsible to stay at home for a few days after events so tests+no symptoms can be verified.

We JUST moved to a new state when this happens. Anything you can do to help would be appreciated beyond words

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

Thinking a lot about Maggie Gyllenhaal's character in "Stranger Than Fiction" lately. A baker and small business owner who gets audited by the IRS for only paying the percentage of taxes that DOESN'T go to the military and corporate bailouts.