“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”

okay um, a long time ago I was going to do a sequel zine to this but I got really busy with a job and other things, so I'm just going to post the best of what I managed, free. These are all based off of actual outfits of hers! I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨ #artpost

Speaking of things that were trendy despite being basically poison and got shoehorned in where they were unwanted and unneeded during the 20's, one of my local friends has begun referring to genAI as "radium"

Sharing the opening pages of Strange Bedfellows to convince you to buy it day one:

Minerva (2024) • Acrylic on Fabriano

@bostontrophywife.bsky.social made prints of my Clue art for queen Lesley Ann Warren to sign, and then surprised me with a framed copy. Thank you @bostontrophywife.bsky.social for the incredible decor upgrade. 💖

been in my condo for 1.5 years and have finally had the formative homeowner experience of a simple DIY $25 repair snowballing into a $$$ emergency plumber call

I'm SO EXCITED to see that fantastically talented artists @bettyjiang.bsky.social and @arthurgain.bsky.social were commissioned to make paintings for this movie! I wonder who else did work for GdT's Frankenstein?!

A family of Apatosaurus at Banff's wildlife crossing 👻🦕 Addition to my ghost animal series! #originalart #oc #art #illustration #ghost #dinosaurs #banff #nature

my middle (cat) child is at the fancy oral surgeon today getting his entire bottom jaw's worth of teeth extracted because it turns out cat bodies will just sometimes break down their teeth and reabsorb them! that's just a thing that happens!

I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.

A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF! Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!

the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*

The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.

Untitled | Kaoru Yamada

Early reports from the front lines of right-wing media tonight are starting to trickle in. We’re being told “hoes mad”

Save the Dolls; save the world.

setting a 72-hour timer. this is the NYC LIB OUT ZONE. everyone gets a free pass for expressing enthusiasm for electoral politics in this carefully delineated window. post about the power of voting!!! cry over a schmaltzy campaign video!!!! allow a brief flutter of hope in ur rotted soul!!!!

I have a new book out today! It's a fun one! If you know a middle-grade reader who enjoys action-adventure, I think they'll enjoy it! Here is the cover and a couple of my favorite pages :^)

Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name. The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.

How this wasn't a Simpsons plot yet it beyond me

For something a little different, Octavia as a Vacation Wizard. (to the private pool, not the beach, thank you very much) I have ideas for a number of these outfits, some sillier than others.

Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.

Charles J, Palmie (German, 1863-1911) "The Marienplatz in Munich," 1907 Oil on canvas 150 x 117 cm #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

He just like me fr fr

ahhhh @bostontrophywife.bsky.social met queen lesley ann warren last night and she signed a print of mine!!

Merry Hallows' Eve 🎃✨ [from 2022]

Happy Halloween! 🎃

they buy themselves treats because they know without drastic structural changes, those will be the only treats they get the era of delayed gratification is over: the billionaires stole the gratification part, all they’re left with is delay

Happy Halloween!

Jess Portrait in Pencil

Because people think you're a bitch if you don't. See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.

It fuckin rules that every 6 months they bring our big boy president to the hospital to make him do the Junior Jumble on a Friendly’s placemat and then he spends the next several weeks bragging about how he found “TITAY” on the word search and it’s not even one of the words they ask you to find.

Holy Mothers Viva and Morte

it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby

Rereading Wolf Hall for the third time, and my hot take was that Rylance was not the guy for Cromwell. He's got the soulful intelligence, but the role really needed Clive Owen or Benecio del Toro, someone who you also could believe would call you out for an ass-kicking behind ye olde Arby's.

Here is a corrected version of it. It should have any and all typos taken care of - but feel free to point out any! I want this to be squared away before I make any prints! Thanks, #JewSky for your enthusiasm!

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

prove me wrong: grits are southern American congee

Mixed feelings on A House of Dynamite. Metatextually, it's kind of terrifying, because it's about a bunch of competent, intelligent people in government trying to make an impossible decision, and in the present context, that scenario is ... not reassuring.

well this kicks ass www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

few things more galling than spending money on the luxury fruit (avocado) and discovering the one you picked is like 50% pit

Suddenly remembering this surfing cowboy i drew in 2023

this shit is so embarrassing. the government used to have guys who like, built bridges. now it’s just a gaggle of bleary-eyed cave children jacking themselves off to porno deepfakes of AOC while posting “based meme edits” of reaper drone strikes on venezuelan children. quit gooning and fix a pothole

Unfortunately this one can't be made into prints for blatant violence (my work usually skirts it; not today), but I can likely get them made elsewhere if there's demand. Did you know lionesses will sometimes take out their males when the pride is under intense pressure? That's pretty cool. #art

my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract

If you’re in a creative field and you don’t lift up the work of your peers, you can’t expect people to care about your stuff