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They discontinued my signature fragrance, and I've become fixated on finding a replacement. I think it's perhaps a symptom of my mental state going into 2025.

the only phrase dems need for the next 4 years is “how does this lower egg prices” and i havent seen it once

I hate how many companies keep forcing AI on their users, coming up with ways to use it that reflect no one’s needs or desires.

AI is like a life saving vaccine is not a take I expected to see when I logged in on this day

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

Why aren’t we hearing this from every Democrat in office?

Always ready to celebrate these beasts.

this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional

Incredible tour of the Los Angeles Central Library this morning.

I’m really burning through the Hitchcock movies currently on the Criterion Channel.

This year is the Audubon Society’s 125th annual Christmas Bird Count, an event in which naturalists throughout the western hemisphere head out to check on how our birds are doing. I was very honored to be asked to create the artwork to celebrate this very special anniversary. #sciart #kidlitart

Two of my favorite autumn spreads from my book Wilds of the United States, from Chronicle.

I think if I could travel in time to see any extinct animal alive in its natural habitat, it would maybe be the woolly rhinoceros.

I’ll be honest and say that in 2016 I felt inspired as a picture book author and illustrator to create work that addressed the existential threats facing our country— and this time, I’m struggling to find that energy.

Ferdy and Laszlo.

An illustration for the @montereyaq.bsky.social of their Open Ocean tank. #sciart

He just has no bad angles

Birds of a feather. A distinctly Los Angeles flock of birds, part of a set of graphics for the new Commons building opening this weekend at @nhmla.bsky.social

We’re all going to die

First time in my studio* since the election.

The reason Elie Weisel said "no one is illegal" is because declaring people as "illegal" is an early step to creating a permission structure for mass dehumanization and genocide. That's why it matters. We are in the business of words. Accuracy matters in the word business. Intent and context matter

Peak physical form

Still one of my favorite beasts. A rhino covered in oxpeckers from “Just You and Me”, a book about symbiotic relationships from Beach Lane Books. #kidlit #kidlitart #sciart

Some wild looks in the Ida Lupino movies currently on Criterion Collection.

Another illustration created for the Cal Academy’s State of Nature exhibit. They had different illustrators for each of the California ecosystems: ocean, mountain, desert. Last year we started living part time in Joshua Tree, so I loved getting to represent the Mojave Desert in the exhibit. #sciart

Laszlo.

phew maybe we can still back out

I’m doomed

Somehow our tv reset in a way that means when it turns on it goes automatically to a channel that ONLY shows episodes of Project Runway, and honestly I really miss this deranged show.

looks like the cable news anchors are finally asking minor questions like “what does a mass deportation actually look like” and “are you going to deport citizen children?”

I have a silly little book about the border coming out in 2026… and it’s a very strange feeling to wish your work were not so relevant to current events?

Some semi-recent work: desert wildflowers, for the State of Nature Exhibit at the Cal Academy of Sciences. #illustration

Sounds reasonable. #kidlit

There’s so much to be upset about right now, but a small part of it is that I was just hoping I would not have to see JD Vance’s face ever again.

Some new work being installed at the Natural History Museum LA. #illustration #kidlitart

Here to cure my Twitter addiction.