A little taster of some of our members' fun and fabulous Artist Trading Cards! The cards featured here showcase art by @kalakal.bsky.social, @nathandaniels.bsky.social and @carolynsehgal.bsky.social.

Happy Halloween 🎃 everyone 👻 #halloween #trickortreat #kidlitart 🎨

Thinking long and hard about what I need in order to make my work grow and improve. It is hard to make a change as an artist but I think I need to focus on the art in a new way. #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

auto trace is an amazing timesaver… and also a complete 🤬 !!!! these statements can be true and pain in my 🤬 at the same time … chaos week continues ... how are you all doing? #illustrator #artist #podcast #art 🎨

There is increasing evidence that dolphins may have a language. The High Seas Treaty is officially ratified, meaning that two-thirds of the worlds oceans will be protected. Read the good news from this week. Weekly roundup for September 28th, 2025 #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Everywhere you look there are art challenges to be found, but does finding those find you work anymore? Is social media really tipping the scale? And what about AI? This article is mostly me thinking through what is really best for me as an artist. 🤔 #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

Bluey is not just entertaining, but also teaches resilience. Great Britain is showing the world how to have safer roads and fewer traffic fatalities. Read the good news from this week. Weekly roundup for September 13th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

The Reemergence of pay phones. Green hydrogen may be on the horizon as a fuel source. Restoring reefs with discarded oysters. #GoodNews #Illustration #ArtShare @hireillo.com @iconfactory.com #editorialillustration 🎨 carolynsehgal.com/2025/08/31/a... carolynsehgal.substack.com/p/art-and-go...

The Reemergence of pay phones as a solution to spotty rural cellular coverage. Circular and green hydrogen may be on the horizon as a fuel source. Restoring reefs with discarded oysters. Weekly roundup for August 31st, 2025 with art and uplifting stories. #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Wow it’s so great to be amongst such talented illustrators!!! #illustrators #artist 🎨

Vultures are returning and reviving ecosystems in Bulgaria. Growing Ancient and strong trees to help our climate crisis. Need to recycle derelict ocean fishing gear, one Omaha company has got you covered. Read the good news from this week. #GoodNews #Illustration #editorialillustration #cartoon 🎨

#FollowFriday #FF · @christinawald.com @rachelperciphone.bsky.social @alistaps.bsky.social @tomparsonsart.bsky.social @carolynsehgal.bsky.social @emclelland.bsky.social @splinteredshard.bsky.social @raid71.bsky.social @zoeranucci.bsky.social · Have a great weekend people! 😎✌️❤️✏️ #HireAnIllustrator

Gigi is going to be a superhero. And just like Clark Kent, it doesn’t take much to make the switch. However, Lulu is very confused about why. #artshare #comic #cartoon #comicstrip #illustrator 🎨

I might actually have a new cartoon this week … it is only Tuesday though so plenty of time to get derailed 🤣 #comic #cartoon #illustration #artist 🎨

What your breath says about you. A city takes a huge step to eliminating plastic cups. Solar panels on a railroad? Read the good news from this week. Weekly roundup for August 2nd, 2025 with art and uplifting stories #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Plastic that dissolves in seawater. Teaching empathy to kids reinforces positive outcomes. Crossbreeding corals to save reefs. Read the good news from this week. Weekly roundup for July 19th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

It is hard to make a living as an artist, so how do you diversify, and is the push to do so something I should be forcing? I am thinking through how to keep my creative practice sustainable. #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

Taxing tourists to fund climate resilience. Beekeeping as a mental heath aid. Closing coal power plants. Read the good news from this week. Weekly roundup with art and uplifting stories #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare #EditorialArt 🎨 carolynsehgal.substack.com/p/art-and-go...

I finally finished a mobile I was making for my cousin who had a baby recently!!! This was well overdue but I am glad to say my new baby cousin loved it!!!😍 #crochet #babyshowergift #camping 🎨 #art Patterns from: Mary’s yarn basket on Etsy

Taxing tourists to fund climate resilience. Beekeeping as a mental heath aid. Closing coal power plants. Read the good news from this week. Weekly roundup for July 5th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare #EditorialArt 🎨

I love this case … great design and it is good for the planet #ecofriendly #pelacase #compostable

Spent yesterday sketching for Expecto Podtronum coloring pages while around chicago. I didn’t have a paper sketchbook with me so I used Linea Sketch and a stylus I had handy. Apple needs to make a pencil for iPhone. #artist #illustrator #coloringpages #lineasketch #chicago #podcasting #patreon 🎨

This week the world got away from me. So I am sharing what I did accomplish 😊. #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨 #crochet

Europe is mining gold from our old devices. Sand is for more than just sand castles. Regenerative farming cows getting their own water has turned around Oklahoma’s rivers and streams. Read the good news from this week. #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Lets talk use the starving artist vs. thriving artist to think about what really makes and artist successful. I think for everyone it is different as to how we become successful but there are some things that are constant for us all be a success. #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

Probiotic taco shells, shelf stable and great for your gut. Penguin poop cooling the planet? Publisher fights book bans and defends libraries. How wireless energy could power our lives. Read the good news from this week. #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Do any of us feel like “real” artists? Creative people often fall into the trap of am I a real… and it got my rambling brain all over the place this week. #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

More to do, however, sea turtle populations are growing. Creative design to remind people of the necessity of national parks. Harnessing the wind for commercial shipping. The path to green hydrogen. Read the good news from this week. #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Despite my hard work on illustrations, I’ve realized I need improvement as an artist. Let’s organize your character sheets. I’ve never taken time for this, but I should have been all along. #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

The Italian fruit detective. Does taxing the rich really make people leave a state? Rewinding a concrete river. The quest for clean water. Read the good news from this week. Weekly roundup for May 10th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories. #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

It has been a long absence and burnout phase. With a lot of changes to our little world, it was hard to keep up for a while. I do my best to explain in this ramble of a post. If I am lucky, I will get funnier with age, though it isn’t likely 😉. #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

4 count them 4 of these podcast logos are mine!!! It makes me so happy to see my design out in the wild… even if it is only on my own podcast feed 🤣😜🤣😜 #podcast #podcasts #graphicdesign #artist

I am officially back on some kind of track. It only took me till May to get there 🤦‍♀️. Last panel is getting done today and then I just need to write about where I disappeared to. Hopefully I haven’t lost everyone who cares/likes my work. 🎨 #kidlitart #artist #illustrator

Prepping character sheets that should have been done years ago … Gigi and Lulu are about to get way more consistent and hopefully more cartoons are coming more regularly as I get back into the swing and recover from burnout… see you all in my Substack or Blog soon! #kidlitart 🎨 #comicstrip

Most of you all probably don’t know but I have not cut my hair in awhile…. This is so short compared to any other time I have chopped it off … my head is a lot lighter now 🤣

Welp maybe I should think ahead so the layout isn’t boring 😑 #comics #animals #kidlitart 🎨

I know, I know, it has been a while, but I promise I am still around and working on new things to create and share. One thing I can say for sure is that I am not dead 🤣.cri I am expecting to be back into the swing of things by the middle of April. #failingcreatively #illustrator #crickets

New Artist Trading Cards by @carolynsehgal.bsky.social, @timothy-banks.bsky.social and Matt Curtis have just landed! We always love getting new cards in. After last time, I'm also going to apologise in advance to anyone offended by my hands - unfortunately, they're the only ones I have.

I had to put my cat down today … I am feeling lots of feels

The scientists working to make coffee more resilient. Over 1,000 endangered turtles were rescued and recovered in Bangladesh. Considering the advantages of repatriating cultural artifacts #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨 #turtles #coffee #museum

Two video coming out soon. The first is an animated short I started over a year ago as part of my Procreate Dreams review. I decided to finish it and get it out there. The second video is a breakdown of how I made that video. The software I used, the steps I took and what I learned along the way.

While it's so cold and gloomy, it's particularly nice seeing reminders of warmer times to come. These bees and flowers by @carolynsehgal.bsky.social have made us feel all summery inside 🐝

I’ve been working on a collection of all my illustrations celebrating the good news from 2024. I’m also thinking ahead to 2025 and have some ideas for future projects. Stay tuned for more updates! #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

Robots weeding the farm. To leave Bob's Red Mill to the employees who built the company is amazing. A statue of a female athlete found in Mexico has people talking. #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

My kids got pikmin 4 for Christmas… I think it is going to be really hard to get any work done in the new year!! #kidlitart #videogames #nintendo

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 and Happy Hanukkah 🕎

In 2024, I had a goal to use social media less. I’m not sure if I totally succeeded, but I did try and I think I made more fun art as a result!🫶 #artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨 #artvsartist

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Women’s Soccer gets largest ever donation to foster next generation. The state of Minnesota is converting a coal plant into a solar plant. Read the good news from this week. #GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨