if you're outside of mn and want to understand more of the local context that lead to trumps invasion- give this a listen

I’ve been telling people: Ice agents are black bears, easily frightened. Clap your hands and whistle and they run away. Treat CBP like grizzlies.

So hey, while Frey is doing soundbytes and spouting off, Sheriff Dawanna Witt and Frey's Police Chief Brian O'Hara's people were at HCMC last night protecting ICE agents, refusing to trespass them from the ER waiting room there despite requests from the hospital, and elected officials.

Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles. It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.

A gentle reminder in your grief that Renee Good was out there to protect her Black and brown neighbors from ethnic cleansing. That is still the mission. The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.

"Invasion is not an event, it is a structure. In Minneapolis, the federal monopoly of violence takes literal structural form in Fort Snelling."

Mpls & Chicago

Finally took proper photos of my Creature from the Black Lagoon embroidery! You can meet him this week, at the Horrofied IV: Creature Feature show, put on by The Snips Minneapolis! I'll be there this Friday, for opening night! #thecreaturefromtheblacklagoon #creaturefeature #embroidery

Did you know harpies might be a personification of storm winds? On this wet and windy day, I'm excited to announce my recent harpy piece will be featured in @oacmn.bsky.social 's Gods and Monsters exhibit, on October 18th! At ALTR Gallery, 4pm-10pm. #godsandmonsters

#birdtober 4: belted kingfisher!

Hi, I made my recent fishmen for a gallery show with The Snips MPLS. I usually make work to keep, but this is a rare instance where they're ✨️ for sale ✨️ Come see my boys in person in two weeks! 🗓 Oct 17–25 | 📍 Squirrel Haus Arts | 🎟 [events.humanitix.com/horrified-iv-creature-feature]

Cartela de adesivo dourada 🌷 A Primavera tá chegando #art #BRart

My Amphibian Man is done! Just gotta wait a little longer for him to dry completely before I put him back in the hoop. My favorite part is the soak. Somehow, embroidery looks so good in cloudy water #theshapeofwater @realgdt.bsky.social

Made a lot of progress today! The colors have a lot more contrast than my usual color picking, so it feels very graphic instead of softer gradients. #theshapeofwater #embroidery #wip

Finally getting started on my sexy Fishman. I've been procrastinating, but it's fun once I get started

This one is hard because there's a lot of values and crevices. Because of that, the head is almost all one color right now! I'll go back in with shading and highlights later. This will be the last update before the final piece! #creaturefromtheblacklagoon #classichorror #embroidery #embroiderywip

making art is cool & it's work, & it feeds the mind. but it's not more magical than any other work like making food or houses. the magic & artistry of much work is often overlooked, intentionally or not. specifically in america, ppl do not appreciate the WORK people do around them

I am.... so incredibly bad at using this website.... here's an embroidery I finished in like May. It's silk floss on silk dupioni, which was really lovely to work with! Reference image was the OST cover for Millenium Actress #embroidery #anime #milleniumactress #satoshikon

Update on the Gill Man! I'm doing my fishmen one at a time, since I only have two months do them and I want as many complete as possible.

I'm making an embroidery triptych of fishmen for a Creature Feature themed gallery show #embroidery #creaturefeature #classichorror

Millenium Actress update~ It's going so much faster than I expected it to! #embroiderywip #embroidery #milleniumactress #satoshikon #anime #cozy

It was my friend's birthday this weekend, so I drew her BG3 Tav! She was so much fun, and I'm astonished the lilac skin and hair turned out so good! If you want me to draw your D&D or BG3 character, hit me up 😘 I'm opening just a few commissions for interested folks #bg3 #dnd #oc #commission #gift

It's a rainy day, so maybe I'll work on this one #embroidery #milleniumactress #satoshikon

Update! I usually use all of one color before going on to the next, but decided to render all of a small section to test my technique! I'm really glad it's looking the way I want it too, I'm more excited to do the rest of it now!

Birb

Update~ I spilt water on my water soluble stabilizer, so its a little ugly 🥲 but it's nice being able to see the design in context with the bright base fabric. This is a bigger piece, but it feels like it's going faster than usual. #embroidery #milleniumactress #silk

The thing I'll always remember about Al Green is that he was the first Democrat to introduce articles of impeachment against Trump in 2017, after Comey was fired. He also argued that Trump was impeachable for his bigotry alone. This was completely out of step with most Democrats and party leaders.

Gosh, I hope this list doesn't fall into the hands of extremely angry and obnoxious people with nothing to lose

Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!

Officially started my next piece! The lineart and hair are the only cotton floss I'm using. I tried using shorter, more graceful stitches for the lineart because I'm leaving the background blank and will need cleaner edges.

A wall of faces I really like. Slightly softer shapes than usual, and trying to get a bit more proportional #sketch #drawing #pencil

Acrylic pen drawing at a cafe :) her jacket is based off my own own, but I got the colors swapped, despite literally wearing it every day AND sewing the jacket myself. Welp.

I got a wood burning kit, and needed a box to store it in, so I burnt the box! Went with a fresh water fish theme, and most of them happened to be reddish, so I used vermillion ink and a lil white acrylic for highlights :)

Behold! A weekend full of mending. I may be a careful sewist when making apparel, but I hate mending. Every time I do it, I learn the meaning of "a stitch in time saves nine" and my stitches are almost never in time. Some of my mending was punctual, but there were a lot of holes I had to patch up.

Making an embroidered patch for the first time since 2020 and I am reminded why I don't make them 🫠 whip stitching the edges takes foreverrrr #embroideredpatch #embroidery

It's not my main art form, but I paint minis sometimes and wanna show them off. Some of them need touch ups and others are very dusty, but they all have their own charm :) #minipainting #ttrpgminis q

Did some drawing at MIA today! @artsmia.bsky.social

Shoe pattern pieces for a Witch Hat Atelier cosplay, and it took me over a month and five mock ups to get to this point. Yes, I decided Baby's First Leather Project would be shoes (well, more of moccasins or slippers). Ambitious, but the heart wants what the heart wants 🤷🏼‍♀️ #witchhatatelier #cosplay

I've been playing with acrylic markers a lot lately, here's some recent sketches #art